Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160926013536/@comment-1916997-20160926154006

Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: They can make this show go as long or as short as they want. If they want it to go longer, you just introduce more new stories. Like some of you already established, the plot for the mains doesn't change much, so it doesn't really matter. That just sounds awful. That's like reading a book and asking for more filler when the story's over. TV shows work differently than a book or book series. The ultimate end of the show will still be saved for the end, but they can make getting to that end longer or shorter. Adam and Eddy have basically said as much. I enjoy the show, and seeing the inturpetation of new stories, so I'm fine if it takes the longer route. Stories all work the same. The show can go on forever, but the story cannot without suffering.

I'm saying the approch to a tv show is different. With a book series, you can have the whole thing planned out before you write one page. A tv show you don't do that. A lot of decisions are made by factors outside of your control. An actor wants to leave after a few seasons, so you write them off somehow; you want to do a big scene with 1,000 extras, and the network tells you that can't afford it; etc. Once has all these problems, and more. They have such a large ensemble cast, that actors go do other things, and then they can't get them back when they would like to. Once has lots of expesive things they do, from lots of CGI to custom made fantasy clothing. Even rights can be an issue. The writers may want to do a certain character or story, and find out they can't get the rights. Point is, while both a tv show and a book series tell a story, the tv show has complications the book series does not.