[UA] Re: Fan Films?

[Chris Cooper]

--- Donald <dbachman at ionet.net> wrote:
 
> The problem with the above would be:
> 
> (1) Making each season utterly stand alone would
> risk losing people who you didn't hook with the
> current characters/plotline.

I find this to be a worthwhile effort. Most of the
best series I have seen follow the complete season
model much like Ultraviolet or Spaced. 

> (2) Ending a season without a hanging plotline means
> you risk losing people who simply due to not waiting
> on pins and needles for the next season forget to
> tune in.

Since each season is only marginally connected, each
season is a stand-alone event. It's not all
outrageously bland when you are in season 10 of
Three's Company when aliens move in and live in the
cupboard.

> Still I like the idea of arcs featuring different
> main characters with perhaps mains from one arc
> being minor figures in other ones in a Sin City/Pulp
> Fiction sort of way.

You can still have characters from different seasons
meeting and carrying on their stories but it would be
marginalised or secondary.

You could highlight and foreshadow the next season's
plot by having the elements appear in the background
but not usurp the current story.

C.


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