Subj : Re: Babylon 5
To   : esc
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Aug 07 2022 16:32:24

  Re: Re: Babylon 5
  By: esc to MRO on Sun Aug 07 2022 12:14 pm

 es> When I was a kid I liked TNG, but I've tried rewatching it and I realize
 es> I've grown accustomed to having a linear narrative across multiple
 es> episodes. TNG is still very much the "you can watch any episode randomly
 es> and the story is self contained" thing, which I realize now I don't like
 es> as much. 

I'm curious why you now tend to prefer the narrative across multiple episodes these days?  It seems like almost all TV shows are done that way now, which I don't really mind, but I miss shows where each episode is its own story.  These days, the story pretty much spans a whole season of a TV show, so if there are 10 episodes, it's basically a 10-hour movie.  I feel like it all blends together, and later, if I want to go back and watch an episode where something happened, it's harder to remember which episode that was.

Also, sometimes I just like being able to just pick any episode and watch it without needing the context of the previous episodes.

 es> Does DS9 have a linear narrative, or is each episode a single vignette by
 es> itself? 

DS9 starts out with more or less each episode having its own story, but it soon progresses to having a narrative that spans multiple episodes.  Still, I think it was a mix of the two styles.  Although it had a major storyline that spanned multiple episodes (and even multiple seasons), it still had individual side stories for many of the individual episodes.

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