notes.husk.org. I’ve paid a lot of attention to ways that things....

“ I’ve paid a lot of attention to ways that things like “Lost” and “Battlestar Galactica” ended. I took a lot of notes on what people liked and what they didn’t like about those kinds of endings. I take it very seriously, the idea that people are getting into an ongoing here and into a long form mystery, and I want to make sure that they feel confident that there’s going to be a payoff that makes it worth it. This page is really about reinforcing that. ”

Nick Spencer, in the commentary track of “Morning Glories” #1 - Comic Book Resources (via timoni). This seems as good a quote as any to hang the following from.

Battlestar Galactica, while good, evidently didn’t have a plan (which is hilariously obvious if you watch the spin-off movie of the same name, which tries to retcon a narrative on top of the twists and turns of the first couple of series). Buffy, perhaps the first mainstream show to attempt long story arcs, only really did them on the scale of a single season.

However, way back in ‘93, Babylon 5 started what turned out to be a five year arc, and managed to carry it off despite both cast changes and uncertainty over its fifth season. The series may have a lot of flaws (the writer, JMS, has a nasty habit of portentous writing and the effects have dated somewhat badly) but I think it’s missing out on some of the credit it deserves for actually having a plot that was thought out at the beginning, rather than coming together as the series careered onwards.

(via timoni)

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