From: iloveds9@nospamlycos.com   
      
   "Ian B"  wrote in   
   news:4b04ec1c$0$2535$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk:   
      
   > Gisele wrote:   
   >> "Ian B"  wrote in   
   >> news:4b048cf1$0$2493$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk:   
   >>   
   >>> catpandaddy wrote:   
   >>>> "Ian B"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:4b036786$0$2536$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> For some reason my 2000 word polemic, "Rhubarb: The Case For Global   
   >>> Prohibition", keeps getting rejected by publishers. I cannot fathom   
   >>> why, but suspect some kind of a conspiracy.   
   >>   
   >> You are a good writer Ian, really and you have a good sense of humor   
   >> to boot.......:o)   
   >   
   >   
   > Yes, but the *really* exciting news is that I'm single, ladies!   
   >   
   > 8^D   
   >   
   > Ian   
      
   hehe   
      
   Gisele   
      
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