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<blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 8859042" data-attributes="member: 4881"><p>I think one facet that I enjoy about "long form" types of media (4 hour movies or 5 season shows like BB) is that the pacing of character change seems to feel more "real".</p><p></p><p>You can do a 2 hour movie featuring a story of a good character gone bad, but the number of steps from good to bad will be much smaller than a 5 year show with the same arc.</p><p></p><p>To put it in different terms, the two hour movie paints a character in three shades of grey whereas the 5 year show can have 50.</p><p></p><p>This longer format also allows the same slow growth to happen for side characters. In the movie version of BB most characters would exist only to change or show the change of Walter or Jesse. They would by necessity feel less like an actual person and more like a background object.</p><p></p><p>You see the shoplifting and mineral collecting as filler but I see it as world building.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JiffyPopTart, post: 8859042, member: 4881"] I think one facet that I enjoy about "long form" types of media (4 hour movies or 5 season shows like BB) is that the pacing of character change seems to feel more "real". You can do a 2 hour movie featuring a story of a good character gone bad, but the number of steps from good to bad will be much smaller than a 5 year show with the same arc. To put it in different terms, the two hour movie paints a character in three shades of grey whereas the 5 year show can have 50. This longer format also allows the same slow growth to happen for side characters. In the movie version of BB most characters would exist only to change or show the change of Walter or Jesse. They would by necessity feel less like an actual person and more like a background object. You see the shoplifting and mineral collecting as filler but I see it as world building. [/QUOTE]
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