tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465921806650574383.post7730985508443690130..comments2023-08-10T02:41:31.558-07:00Comments on Cowgirl Contemporary Fantasy: Tension: Too High, Too LongScooter Carlylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06193754150220063430noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465921806650574383.post-21298808358553755222011-12-19T08:17:09.748-08:002011-12-19T08:17:09.748-08:00This is what happens when an open-ended series rel...This is what happens when an open-ended series relies on essentially a single device to keep its audience hooked. It gets old. Indeed, my wife strenuously objects to series that stress continuity developments along with, or over, solving the Problem du Jour. "Prime-time soap operas!" I hear her cry. She refuses to be brought under the power of such machinations, and I don't blame her.<br /><br />My proposal: Term limits. <i>Babylon 5</i> rather spoiled me on series television because from the start <b>it knew where it was going and got there.</b> Now, five years is admittedly a long time to continue story threads; but at least I knew Straczynski wasn't doing it to see if he could play with our heads indefinitely. (My wife refused to believe he had a five-year plan until the day when, toward the end of year four, I told her they had shot the final episode, to be aired after the rest of the series was done.)<br /><br />Tension? Not a problem, I'd say, as long as the reader trusts you not to string him/her along <i>in saecula saeculorum, amen.</i> Go for it. Just go <i>somewhere,</i> okay?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166104782324539863noreply@blogger.com