MJG wrote:And the biggest difference of all is probably Stewie, who transformed to completely new characters over the years. He started out as an evil genius, hell-bent on taking over the world. He spent his time trying to kill Lois and doing battle against Brian. Now, he's a closet homosexual who is attracted to Brian and rarely gives Lois a second glance. I'm sure some people love the new Stewie, but me, I think the original was ten times more funny.
Yup, that's another big problem. I think a nice balance of "Evil Stewie" and "Closet Homosexual" was hilarious. They implemented this in the middle of their show's run. His hatred of Lois was great and his mean streak-moments were the best (throwing his plate of dinner on the floor and telling Lois to make it again -- incredible).
No more of that today. I realize that shows naturally progress, but they pretty much changed everything.
