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re: If Breaking Bad is so good, why only 5 seasons?
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:23 pm to SabiDojo
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:23 pm to SabiDojo
the best shows are ones that just want to tell a complete, coherent story. if it takes 4 seasons, so be it. if it takes 9, that's okay too. im planning an entire series out right now and itll be 4, maybe 5 seasons tops.
you run into problems with shows like Lost that have a cool idea, but not a whole story, and they end up going through a shite period where they have no idea what theyre doing for a few seasons. they then right the ship and finish teh story.
in short, the best shows have their stories planned out from the start and generally have an idea how long it will take to end. shows that just make up as they go tend to suffer in quality as time goes on.
you run into problems with shows like Lost that have a cool idea, but not a whole story, and they end up going through a shite period where they have no idea what theyre doing for a few seasons. they then right the ship and finish teh story.
in short, the best shows have their stories planned out from the start and generally have an idea how long it will take to end. shows that just make up as they go tend to suffer in quality as time goes on.
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Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:26 pm to Carson123987
Carson! 
Fo realz?!
That's awesome.
quote:
m planning an entire series out right now and itll be 4, maybe 5 seasons tops.
Fo realz?!
That's awesome.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:28 pm to 1999
Gilligan set 60 episodes as his stopping point
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:30 pm to SabiDojo
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Carson!
quote:
Fo realz?! That's awesome.
yeah bro i do a lot of writing on the side for fun.
the set decorator for Secretariat and the harold and kumar movies lived with my family for a few months, and i know someone that works for HBO, so ill send a few of my screenplays/series pitch to them and see if they can help
obviously not expecting anythign to happen, but i like writing in my free time and ill be able to look back in 40 years and say "look, i wrote all of these screenplays"
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:31 pm to SabiDojo
You also have to take into account that the lead character has lung cancer. Dragging it out another 3-5 seasons, would be, ummm, unreasonable.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:33 pm to Carson123987
Bro, that is AWESOME!!! I admire that you are doing that. I know you will write great stuff.
I admire that you are doing that. I know you will write great stuff.Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:34 pm to ZZTIGERS
Oh. 
Yeah, I don't know much about it. I guess that makes sense.
Yeah, I don't know much about it. I guess that makes sense. 
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:38 pm to Carson123987
I'd watch your show
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:42 pm to Carson123987
actually in the process of making a show myself.
nothing great like Breaking Bad. More like Seinfeld meets Workaholics
nothing great like Breaking Bad. More like Seinfeld meets Workaholics
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:43 pm to Melvin
im gonna send you the pitch once i finish.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:46 pm to Carson123987
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im gonna send you the pitch once i finish.
what the frick!
I thought we were boys
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:48 pm to Carson123987
quote:For sure. You have good taste so I'm expecting some good stuff
im gonna send you the pitch once i finish.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:51 pm to wish i was tebow
ill send it to you too
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:52 pm to Carson123987
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ill send it to you too
Copyright that stuff, brother.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:53 pm to SabiDojo
Most of your good tv shows have a 5 season plan. Hell, even freaking Supernatural was only intended for 5 seasons. Writers create a story & tell it. It's the tv carriers who milk a show out for all the cash they can get out of it, which leaves us with a poorly drawn out stale product not meant to be written.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:54 pm to StealthCalais11
Really interesting stuff. Thanks.
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:54 pm to SabiDojo
dont worry, i definitely do. it's only $20 to register with writer's guild so it's not bad at all
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:55 pm to Carson123987
Posted on 9/30/13 at 11:56 pm to SabiDojo
I was gonna steal his stuff dammit!
Posted on 10/1/13 at 12:00 am to Carson123987
God dammit Carson, you beat me to it
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