tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post2261525777322008949..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Quality or Quantity: Which is More ImportantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-61940421718822947262012-02-26T13:14:44.441-05:002012-02-26T13:14:44.441-05:00I became hooked on the British method (though I di...I became hooked on the British method (though I didn't know what it was at the time) during HBO's heyday of THE SOPRANOS, DEADWOOD, and THE WIRE. That opinion has been cemented with JUSTIFIED, and the handful of standard, American-style shows I've tried to watch and had to give up on since.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-78886733739242349602012-02-25T17:47:53.353-05:002012-02-25T17:47:53.353-05:00For me, quality always wins out. The best TV shows...For me, quality always wins out. The best TV shows I can think of all favour shorter seasons. I think stories don't really add up to 22-24 episodes. More focus on the writing, acting and directing. Less filler.<br /><br />I also find most TV shows go on simply too long. I think 3-4 seasons is really the time to get in, tell your story and get out. 5 at a push. <br /><br />How much greater would THE PRISONER have been with 8-10 episodes rather than (if I recall) 17?<br /><br />How much better is THE WIRE for the fact it had a focused run, tight arcs and got out when the story was clearly done? <br /><br />Contrast that against shows that go on for a decade, rebooting and retooling, padding things out, and leaving plot threads unresolved when actors jump ship and have to be written out? And by the time shows crack past 100-150 episodes, how many of those have been padding?<br /><br />CASTLE is sadly starting to fall into this for me. Started out as a fresh and witty show that played with cliche, is now the very example of a show that's padding things out, trying to find ways to keep a story going that really needed to resolve at the end of last season.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.com