Glory ,'Potential'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
English language telenovelas. A multi-season show with the length of the arc, and the end point planned from day one. Like Babylon five, only now Hollywood has a name for it. IJS
On the other hand, the "film thirteen episodes and cancel after the fourth is shown" bit would be even more frustrating with a Telenovela.
Exactly, Typo Boy. Warren Ellis claims to have planned out several years of arcs for Global Frequency, and that didn't get past pilot. The chance of getting a pilot picked up is usually fairly small (although if you're actually a talented writer/show runner it does increase that chance substantially). Then, something like only 1 in 4 of shows make it past 13 filmed episodes, with fewer actually airing that many.
I'd rather have a 13 episode arc, with more stuff layered on afterwards if the show is actually successful at the network. I think one of the lessons learned from Firefly is that layering on a crap load of elements is fine, but it got cancelled, and now chances are we'll never know what half of it was about.
Mm, Tim? I was flying AmericaWest to Las Vegas (just don't, is my advice), and this month's inflight magazine had a list of shows to buy on DVD. Their top pick was Wonderfalls, and Firefly also made the list. Do you have somebody doing clips for you? Sorry, I didn't think to swipe it for you.
Warren Ellis claims to have planned out several years of arcs for Global Frequency, and that didn't get past pilot.
Probably had, too. Bastard has to have been doing SOMETHING during the time he should've been spending finishing Planetary up. I mean, aside from playing on the Internet and posting shit to Scans_Daily.
Ellis playing on the Internet and posting random stuff is 2/7ths of my daily entertainment. I hope he never stops.
Warren Ellis claims to have planned out several years of arcs for Global Frequency, and that didn't get past pilot.
I think you mean John Rogers.
Well, Warren did write twelve issues of the comic.
I have a question. In an earlier linked interview about The Inside, it said that the finale (or at least some unaired episode) implied that one of the members of the team was a serial killer. I didn't get that from "Skin and Bone." Did I miss something?
I think that's about Thief of Hearts.
Warren did write twelve issues of the comic.
Oh, I know, but Rogers was the one who mentioned planning a five-year story. As far as I know, Ellis didn't talk about it like he was actively involved with that kind of planning.