In Reply to: All tv series are pretty much doomed if they attempt continuity. posted by free.ranger on August 15, 2014 at 15:24:32:
The better series, be it The Killing, Spiral, Orange is the New Black, and The Following manage to keep the fire going.
In case of The Following they meandered more than I would like, especially in the second season, but still, the average level was very good.
Quite to the contrary, the one-shot deals, from the gruesome discovery to the conclusion in less than one hour, irritate me to no end, they tend to be so simplified that they become a joke.
At the VERY minimum you can have 90 minutes segments, like many British shows have, there you do have some room, but 45, 50 or so minutes is painfully inadequate.
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- I disagree - Victor Khomenko 15:58:35 08/15/14 (1)
- Example: Falling Skies. - free.ranger 17:03:31 08/15/14 (0)