With the visuals in place, about 80-90% of that dialog is completely redundant, and earth TV writers used to work in radio, and old TV shows were just radio plays with pictures. Cinema stated without sound, and it was added in later, meaning that most Cinema writers were used to writing a for a primarily visual medium. This video is a GREAT example of the different approaches in writing radio vs writing film.
With the visuals in place, about 80-90% of that dialog is completely redundant, and earth TV writers used to work in radio, and old TV shows were just radio plays with pictures. Cinema stated without sound, and it was added in later, meaning that most Cinema writers were used to writing a for a primarily visual medium. This video is a GREAT example of the different approaches in writing radio vs writing film.