completely agree. i like the way movies just...stop. beginning, middle, end. 2 hours, in and out. i don't have to spend 22 hours with them.
Me too, it's nice to see an idea that's been shaped, refined, executed and that is that. You can execute everything more precisely that way, design relationships of elements and their significance more intentionally. I find series more often than not do less with a much wider berth than comparable movies. For instance, Downton Abbey is Gosford Park with much less to say, and then further diluted down to stretch across 50-something episodes. For someone who wants to hang out in that world indefinitely that's great, but I don't have that kind of time.
On the other hand, exactly, for certain ideas like episodic comedy, anthologies, etc where the sequence isn't critical it works great. I also see there being potential in a certain kind of nonlinear, neverending, ambient sort of show that goes on and on indefinitely but asks a viewer only to be in the moment with it.
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5 years ago
agreed, agreed, & agreed.
i know that there are those who make the case for giving creators free rein, for letting them take all the time they need to tell their story, giving them hours upon hours.
but i think there's almost always more to be said for imposing limits, dictatorial limits even, on people. say less, simplify, condense, focus, all that stuff.
it's better to say something quickly & concisely than to take forever.
that said, it's a big old world, and we're all entitled to our preferences, and i'm certainly not out to take anything away from people who want those things. they're just not for me.
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