Dutchie said:

PrettyFloralBonnet said:

Dutchie said:

It's odd the question what you would to if they didn't get romantically involved has only three answers, all positive or neutral. I think the answer I hope everyone gives, that continuing to delay their relationship will mean I'll stop watching eventually was missed in the making of the article as all other questions have four answers.

 I was able to successfully join and did the survey.  I saw that odd question choice, too, and actually commented on it in the comment section.  In a very nice polite way, I said, "Don't screw with the loyal viewers."  I was very polite. 

I also in a couple of the comment section pointed out how much I like the way Andrew Marlowe is telling Castle and Beckett's story with the hope that it would be allowed to play out naturally according to his plan and not artificial constraints.  I said I would like to see them together by the end of this season.  It wasn't one of the choices so I wrote it in the comments.

There was seriously no other choice to answer that question other then 'I'll keep watching the same or even more' ? That's pretty terrible. I'm sure AM will pull this survey out later to explain why even at the end of season 8 they're not together: Everybody Wanted It Like This !

Yes.  They were definitely looking for an "atta-boy" on not getting them together.  On the poll, I gave an example of how I had watched Grey's Anatomy since Season 5 because I was captivated by Owen and Christina's story.  But this season, Shonda Rimes has taken their story in horrible directions (and frankly, out-of-character), particularly with the stupid abortion story arc.  Because Christina decided her only choice was to abort her husband's baby since she never wanted to be a mother–why the heck didn't you get your tubes tied the first time you got pregnant?!  You're a doctor fer-pete's-sake!  Hello, I get that some people don't want to be parents, but to make Ms. Hyper-Type-A too stupid to take responsibility for her own birth control?  It is stretching belief too far to think the current scenario is in character, and their marriage has gone to hell in a handbasket.  I quit watching because I don't have time to waste on poor story-telling.

Castle has great story-telling–I don't want TPTB at ABC messing with that.  I'd rather they went and messed with Grey's and Shonda Rimes.  

I was allowed to join the advisory board too… Answered all the current surveys.

Keep in mind that this is the advisory board for ABC Studies.  It is not for the ABC network.  So they talk about shows that they make even if they are on other networks.

little eve said:

From the ABC fan board I got this link from someone who posted it there. You can apply to become a member of this ABC board.

 

http://abcstudios.brand-adviso…..04fc3200eb

 

Maybe some of you already are. I'd never heard of it, so in case you're interested you can try and join.

lulu12345 said:

Last year, around this time, they did the same poll. Only the question was: which character is not so important? 

 

I did not take part in the poll as i did not lk that question but then again i was not surprised when monty was bumped off!!! Did everybody vote for monty then??? I hope not!! 

 

I hope monty's dealth was completely from AM's storytellin and not ABC's interfering!!!

I was about to mention a similar poll last year, but you beat me to it. I also remember some of the same-sounding fears expressed then.

Chill.

There was a lot of fear that we would lose one or more cast members in a cost-cutting move then. What we got was the loss of one character who was immediately replaced by another. That's not exactly cost-cutting.

What we found out at the end of the season was that one of the writers (Beals?) had pitched the idea to AWM around mid-season as a natural consequence of the developments in Knockdown. But we didn't know that yet. For all we know, ABC was gauging the reaction from the fans before giving AWM the green light for it.

So far, it seems our writers have been relatively free in pursuing their desired storylines too much heavy handed interference from the network.

So let's just take a chill pill and wait for the next twist in the ride.

I definitely agree.  If picked the best choice for each question, then made a comment that qualified the answer to try and represent what I really wished I could have answered. 

sonnenschein77 said:

Thanks to everybody in this thread who answered the questionnaire so far and therewith represented our interests!

 

Can I say that I find this whole questionnaire-thing really strange? Itself and the style. But I`ve never been a friend of the MC-answers-style anyway (not even in university). I just don`t like it, when the answers are given. In these cases, they mostly try to drag you into a certain direction. I prefer to word my answers on my own.

 

ACF said:

Art by the numbers….  ick…

This whole concept of mucking around with a finely-tuned piece of art based on a poorly worded questionnaire is enough to make me want to throw something. 

Keep the bean counters out of my favorite story!  

I`m so with you!

waldkind said:

 

PrettyFloral: I agree 100% with you about Grey's. My friend made me watch it, and I liked Cristina and Owen but I'm not even going to watch the new season for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

Oh, rats!  I shouldn't have said so much–I forgot y'all have not seen this season of Grey's yet.  Yes, if you like Cristina and Owen together, you probably would be very frustrated/upset with their story arc this season.