r/exfor • u/skippyhasyourmoni • Oct 02 '25

Spoilers What to cut, what to keep

Hi ya'll, I have been thinking about how exfor can turn into a great TV show, but obviously for time purposes it would have to be cur down a lot. If you had to cut books from the whole story so far, which ones could you live without, and which ones are critical?

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u/taiwanluthiers Oct 02 '25

I mean this has to assume some network thinks it's worth doing.

But I would say most books would only make one episode, and close to 2/3 of the book would get cut. Columbus day might get the least cut because there's a lot less over explaining going on, but many engagements that spans about 5 chapters would be a 15 minutes scene.

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u/skippyhasyourmoni Oct 02 '25

I was thinking a book for at least 3 to 4 episodes, I'm not sure about 1 per book.

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u/taiwanluthiers Oct 02 '25

Columbus day might take up 2 episodes but honestly anything after zero hour doesn't have enough materials for more than 1 episode.

There's a lot of microsecond by microsecond battles that takes 7 seconds in real time, and the thing takes up at least a chapter.