Joss doesn't want these characters to grow up. I'm not sure he can even deal envision how to write them with any level of true maturity. That's why the sort of stalled out at a certain point emotionally, and why --as the actors clearly became older-- the immaturity of their actions became less and less understandable.
It's a tricky question. I noticed that many people see "maturity" as an euphemism of always doing the right thing. When they call characters immature they mean they did something wrong.
I'm trying to avoid using the word "maturity" because I mean something completely different. The overall ambience of season 8 is teenagers-oriented. The problems characters face are taken either from fairy-tales ("the kiss of true love") or from some cartoons (beautiful superpowered chicks fighting evil military types). Characters do the right thing but their adventures are not particularly interesting because writers play at give-away.
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Date: 2007-06-09 10:52 pm (UTC)It's a tricky question. I noticed that many people see "maturity" as an euphemism of always doing the right thing. When they call characters immature they mean they did something wrong.
I'm trying to avoid using the word "maturity" because I mean something completely different. The overall ambience of season 8 is teenagers-oriented. The problems characters face are taken either from fairy-tales ("the kiss of true love") or from some cartoons (beautiful superpowered chicks fighting evil military types). Characters do the right thing but their adventures are not particularly interesting because writers play at give-away.