So in the end, the English TV model wins?
-
-
-
I remember when I was into House (sigh) Hugh Laurie went on this rant about how a career as a film actor and as a UK TV actor did not prepare him *at all* for US TV Said it was the most grueling schedule he'd ever experienced
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
The fact that The Young Ones only had 12 episodes (about 7 hours total) across two seasons is a big part of why that show is so well remembered.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
If you didn’t say all you wanted to say in 13 episodes, you’re not gonna say it in 22
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
i think that's what made Twin Peaks so astounding at the time, there was no filler.. or at least, the filler was at such a high quality. I'd never seen a show that consistently good at that point
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
the extremely reductive take is that movies are (and have always been) the equivalent of short stories, but in the era of prestige tv we've begun to expect tv shows to be novels one of these is just exponentially more work, it turns out
-
prior to the prestige era the expectation was that television was just a familiar face riffing on a story she's told you before
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
It's weird, I actually like what a lot of people call filler. Because the episodes have characters I'm already familiar with, I get to just watch them do their thing for the run time. Though, I think a big part of that is that I just like episodic storytelling.
-
Give me a random-ass tng episode any day over more modern tv where an episode is just one chapter in a saga.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.