Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20150724034444/@comment-25926288-20150725111221

Arctucrus wrote: Eskaver wrote: Well, when you shrink things down to an 11 epsiode arc of course it would seem rushed (especially with the many subplots).

One cannot simply compare it to season 1 because it changed dramas pretty much in season 2. Season 1 was a small town fantasy mystery type thing. Season 2 and onwards were action-oriented fantasy drama. Fair enough.

Not quite what I meant, though - I was referring to the extensiveness and intricacy of the backstories - I feel like they've gotten lazier since seasons 1 and maybe 2 and 3. Oz was pretty fine but like... with the Frozen arc and then the QoD, I just felt like the quality in terms of extensiveness and intricacy of the backstories went down.

As far as what you said though... fair enough, but that doesn't change that I wish some of these half-season arcs had been done in a full season, for better quality storytelling (just my opinion of course) (Neverland, QoD...). Neverland couldn't ba a full season and work well as it was because even though I didn't mind, you can only have people walk by the same set a number of times before people grow tired of the Dark potted plants.

See Seasson 2. Season two was great but it had some filler that didn't work out. During the half seasons, filler really doesn't work well because you don't have much time for it and they still do filler anyways.

So length isn't an issue. The QOD worked fine if they would have planned it better and didn't have Frozen delaying it and may have worked, but we know QOD were just distractions from much of the main plot.

Some plots don't work with being longer aka Neverland or Season 4b, which could have been a bit longer I'll agree, but it definitely doesn't need a season. The half season works when there is a reason to make it smaller and if the storytelling is clear and have wonderful connections. Like instead of Greg and Tamara, you could have had John and Michael and maybe Greg and Tamara doing some grunt work all in season 2 as a precursor to season 3.

SO, I'd agree with longer plot arc, but the half season arcs just need fine tuning. Eample, the Author arc lasted much of the whole season, but wasn't the one upfront in our face, like Frozen and QoD plots.