I thought the way the recent Stand series restructured the story was a decent idea for episodic TV, just executed terribly and still very rushed for the amount of ground to cover.
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I *understood* the choice on an intellectual level. At no point did it feel like it improved the text.
jul 13, 2025, 9:30 pm • 1 0 • view
i got motivated to see what i wrote about it boxd.it/1ECUmL
jul 13, 2025, 9:33 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm sure I said roughly the same, only in 1500 words.
jul 13, 2025, 9:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Don’t know if improvement is possible. But for tv unless you’re going to spend a season on the world ending, a season on players getting to Boulder and a season on the end I feel like you have to play with the structure to have a chance at watchability. And can’t begin to imagine a faithful movie.
jul 13, 2025, 9:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Dunno. Lots of ways to tell stories! "Station 11" had a semi-similar, but more successful contained approach. But agree that a movie, even a couple of movies, won't work.
jul 13, 2025, 9:43 pm • 1 0 • view