Subj : Re: Babylon 5
To : esc
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Aug 07 2022 04:32 pm
Re: Re: Babylon 5
By: esc to MRO on Sun Aug 07 2022 12:14 pm
es> When I was a kid I liked TNG, but I've tried rewatching it and I realize
es> I've grown accustomed to having a linear narrative across multiple
es> episodes. TNG is still very much the "you can watch any episode randomly
es> and the story is self contained" thing, which I realize now I don't like
es> as much.
I'm curious why you now tend to prefer the narrative across multiple episodes these days? It seems like almost all TV shows are done that way now, which I don't really mind, but I miss shows where each episode is its own story. These days, the story pretty much spans a whole season of a TV show, so if there are 10 episodes, it's basically a 10-hour movie. I feel like it all blends together, and later, if I want to go back and watch an episode where something happened, it's harder to remember which episode that was.
Also, sometimes I just like being able to just pick any episode and watch it without needing the context of the previous episodes.
es> Does DS9 have a linear narrative, or is each episode a single vignette by
es> itself?
DS9 starts out with more or less each episode having its own story, but it soon progresses to having a narrative that spans multiple episodes. Still, I think it was a mix of the two styles. Although it had a major storyline that spanned multiple episodes (and even multiple seasons), it still had individual side stories for many of the individual episodes.
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