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<blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 8290527" data-attributes="member: 90374"><p>Not much to argue about really. Firefly was a whimsy character driven show that was fun to watch but often felt at odds with its all too serious setting and writing. A perfect storm of Wheddon fans, starving sci-fi enthusiasts, and cult followers of another too soon cancellation. The capstone film was a feat in itself. Many a cancelled too soon shows look on with envy.</p><p></p><p>I do think television has been evolving in the last couple decades and you can see some trends for sure. Moving to a serialized story instead of episodic allows for less filler and a better concentrated plot, al beit often at the expense of character development. As for episode #s declining, that has a lot to do with shooting in more interesting and expensive locations. A lot of those 24 episode shows shoot in the same set over and over again. Like friends apartment and coffee shop or Marvel netflix shows and their not so secret hideouts. You also cant overlook the talent. Film and Television used to be quite segregated. Now its not uncommon to see popular film stars take stabs at television series that would have been unthinkable just a few decades ago.</p><p></p><p>There is always the risk of jumping the shark. Lindelof and Abrams never wanted Lost to go more than 2 seasons. It was too popular for the studio to let it end that soon. I think Sopranos ran into this issue too where you have every actor on the show directing and writing episodes. Sooner or later you get too many cooks in the kitchen at the cost of consistency and quality. Breaking Bad was just long enough. The wire was too (woof that final season was getting bad, good time to call it quits) that these series will be remembered fondly. Dexter and Walking Dead type shows may have moments of brilliance, but extend themselves into irrelevancy, which hurts their overall legacy, IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="payn, post: 8290527, member: 90374"] Not much to argue about really. Firefly was a whimsy character driven show that was fun to watch but often felt at odds with its all too serious setting and writing. A perfect storm of Wheddon fans, starving sci-fi enthusiasts, and cult followers of another too soon cancellation. The capstone film was a feat in itself. Many a cancelled too soon shows look on with envy. I do think television has been evolving in the last couple decades and you can see some trends for sure. Moving to a serialized story instead of episodic allows for less filler and a better concentrated plot, al beit often at the expense of character development. As for episode #s declining, that has a lot to do with shooting in more interesting and expensive locations. A lot of those 24 episode shows shoot in the same set over and over again. Like friends apartment and coffee shop or Marvel netflix shows and their not so secret hideouts. You also cant overlook the talent. Film and Television used to be quite segregated. Now its not uncommon to see popular film stars take stabs at television series that would have been unthinkable just a few decades ago. There is always the risk of jumping the shark. Lindelof and Abrams never wanted Lost to go more than 2 seasons. It was too popular for the studio to let it end that soon. I think Sopranos ran into this issue too where you have every actor on the show directing and writing episodes. Sooner or later you get too many cooks in the kitchen at the cost of consistency and quality. Breaking Bad was just long enough. The wire was too (woof that final season was getting bad, good time to call it quits) that these series will be remembered fondly. Dexter and Walking Dead type shows may have moments of brilliance, but extend themselves into irrelevancy, which hurts their overall legacy, IMO. [/QUOTE]
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