Timeline for Is it uncompelling to continue the story with lower stakes?
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| Aug 10, 2019 at 13:40 | vote | accept | A. Kvåle | ||
| Aug 6, 2019 at 14:26 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | @Dave Right? what is the point of unending misery? Even soap opera characters get a damn break when an arc finishes. | |
| Aug 6, 2019 at 12:16 | comment | added | Dave | Your last sentence is exactly why I stopped watching The Walking Dead! | |
| Aug 5, 2019 at 10:49 | comment | added | Chronocidal | @Draco18s And there are different types of conflict: The big "A-versus-B" physical battles (e.g. "Night King vs Humanity"), the sprawling tendrils of a political intrigue with almost as many sides as there are characters (e.g. the fight for the Iron Throne), et cetera. But, one of those is easier to produce for TV than the other - flashy costumes, shaky cameras and loud noises can cover a multitude of sins, and pad an episode out with minimal effort. Weaving a gordian knot of promises, lies, loyalties and grudges, on the other hand, takes far longer than filming the series itself... | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 20:57 | comment | added | Draco18s no longer trusts SE | There's also different kinds of stakes. Take One Punch Man, for example. The stakes of fighting off monsters might regularly be on the city-destroying level, but objectively the audience knows that One Punch Man can and will win in one punch. But that's not what the story is about, the story is about a man who is seriously disappointed in his life choices. While its true that he does seek an opponent he can't beat in a single punch, a lot of the time he just wants to enjoy a good meal (etc) without being interrupted for once. | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 12:33 | history | answered | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |