The Returned: the case for a thinking person’s supernatural story
Satisfying the hunger of movie and television consumers in dire need of original content grows more difficult with each and every passing year. Not only do the people who produce content want to release more of the same but the very fact of the matter is that nearly every story has already been told. What bold, creative new ideas can emerge in this early 21st century in which the quantity of the content grows exponentially at a dizzying rate? Making a television show that looks, sounds and most importantly feels like no other is no small order. One option is to genre mash, that is, splicing two or more disparate genres together to make something that, while familiar, at least tries to take old material in a fresh direction. Easier said than done however.