From: cpd@cat.pan.net
"Ian B" wrote in message
news:4b036786$0$2536$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...
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> I think part of the problem to be addressed is that what viewers want-
> especially in the sci-fi/fantasy/et al genres- has changed over the
> decades and is no longer well suited to seasons of episodes, as such. If
> you take the original Star Trek, or indeed BSG, or any other comparable
> series, episodes were self contatined with only marginal continuity;
> discover problem, have adventure, fix problem, back to the ranch
> (something that to modern eyes looks incongruous sometimes even in classic
> stories; e.g. Kirk and crew having a wrap-up joke at the end after a story
> featuring mass death. The Ultimate Computer's a classic of that).
>
>
>
> So this naturally leads to "arcs" rather than stories, to exploration of
> the world rather than the world merely as backdrop. And that doesn't fit
> well with seasons of episodes, because a run of the mill adventure episode
> feels trivial. We haven't learned any more about the world. It's just
> "filler". The series has a higher purpose for us. We want to see the
> world, and the stoires are just a vehicle for that.
>
> As such it'd make more sense for these types of world-building narratives
> to be mini-series- release an arc every now and again- rather than 26
> stories to come up with every year. You do the latter, guaranteed the fans
> will be disappointed with all the "filler" that doesn't explicitly advance
> the realness of the world they study with all the scholarly intensity of
> professional historians.
Excellent work Ian. When does your book come out?
That question is only a half-joke... I think you should consider writing one
if you haven't already so considered. Practically every subject you speak
on becomes a good read.
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