Adams is a good example of a story with a message. A message with a story is more like today's TV sci-fi.
The way the message is being told has changed because the message is incredibly important.
The way the message is being told has changed because the message is incredibly important.
As someone else pointed out: you’re complaining that some media is poorly written and other media is well written.
There are past and current examples of overtly opinionated shows that people love and message-less media that nobody cared about.