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OTOH, didn't Twin Peaks have a fairly continuity driven storyline for its first season? And didn't ratings drop whe they found out the murderer, and it just became another soap?
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Although what about Buffy? It's very continutity driven, although largely within a season.
Each year they build up to a big baddie. They kill him, and then (largely) whipe the slate clean. Howsabout that approach?
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You know, I'm not entirely sure what was behind the demise of Twin Peaks, aside from people being generally afraid of David Lynch.
But I think there are examples of popular shows that do maintain tighter continuity than the norm, and by tighter I mean any at all. But there has to be more to it then that.
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Well whatever it is, it'll probably be on UPN's piddling network, which means I won't get to watch it, at least not in first-run, when the ratings count.
What's hurting Trek now is that nobody can see it. :P
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I have a feeling we are going to all be praising Voyager when series V becomes reality. I honestly think that a series based on time travel is the safest bet, or maybe just the least offending to think about.
I swear if a time travel series becomes reality I'll......I'll......Well, I don't know what I'll do, but it will be serious. As for the speach The_Tom made, I have one comment: BRILLIANT SPEACH!!!!!!!!!! I completly agree!!!!!!
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While a series based on New Frontier would be interesting, it would be very difficult to pull off. Firstly, Peter David has said that he doesn't want NF to be on television. Secondly, some of the characters would be hard. Kebron? How do you create a moving mountain cheap enough to be used every week? And what about all the SFX? A giant flaming bird? The Black Mass? The Thul Sphere? The Quiet Place?
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Well, I don't mean actually BASED on NF. Just similar. Like that ST: Leeds that someone suggested a while back. Local empire colapses (Rommies, Cardies, whate'er), and a ship goes through their space helping what they can.
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