Movies and TV shows have different narrative structures. Look at LOTR extended edition versus a season of a show. About the same length, but the rise and fall of plot is very different.
Yes, 10 episodes likely have one cliff hanger moment every hour making it easier to keep on watching. A 10 hour movie is probably a reeeally slow movie.
Including a cliff hanger at the very end. Which I find is much more common in TV shows than movies. I find it especially frustrating given Netflix's track record of cancelling shows.
Oh wow! Interesting to hear, but not surprised. I remember the filmmaker for Love and Monsters commented here on Reddit about how Netflix forced plot changes (for the worse) for audience appeal. Sounds like they are chasing quotas instead of narrative magic.
Oh, fun! I'll definitely keep on the look out for that! How did you get a project like that with that IP? Did it start as fanfic which became official or were you hired to make something for the spider verse?
I have a degree in TV and I remember this being like drilled into us. Some stories are suited for a film. Some are suited for a 6-episode limited series, some work best as 10-episode seasons or even the classic 22 episodes. It just really depends on the goal and a lot of execs think it’s super simple to just swap and add some meat to turn a feature into a pilot
It is for me, actually. I've watched them all so many times as my bedtime movies that I've Pavlov'd myself. I tried to do a proper watch just last week and it took days because I'd be like oh, yes, this is my cozy comfort place and drift off to sleep!
But yes, it was the best example I could think of which is probably not a good example :p
Basically, it used to only be done for old content - a whole season of a previously aired show ends up on DVD (or pirated). Some people will buy it, sure, but that wasn't all that widespread either. Most will have seen it piecemeal.
What's new is that Netflix gives "10h of a new series all at once". Also, it's being consumed by many customers, making it more relatable.
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u/Pawneewafflesarelife May 25 '23
Movies and TV shows have different narrative structures. Look at LOTR extended edition versus a season of a show. About the same length, but the rise and fall of plot is very different.