will The Event learn from Lost?

[bigdaddy]

Might not be sci-fi, no one really knows what it is. Everyone's else is that "the prisoners" are aliens, but Temis has a good point, they can be aliens (not from this Earth) but from another Earth.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I think the plan for this show is there will be more than just one event over the course of the series. I'm curious to know what sci-fi element the show will have. Let's hope it doesn't just rip off nearly every Spielberg movie like Surface did.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Syfy miniseries?

Saw this today.
http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8519/syfy-denies-its-looking-at-the-event.html

Rumors or longer life on cable?

 

[sojourner]

Re: Syfy miniseries?

^Braaaiiinsss!

 

[Teelie]

I think it's safe to say The Event didn't learn much. I quit watching just after it's return from it's long hiatus and found I didn't care for it. Trying to draw out a plot like Lost did can only work when you a) have a compelling plot b) have good writing/actors c) don't stretch it to unreasonable levels with boring filler in an attempt to keep the audience around for your big reveal.

 

[startrekwatcher]

I think it's safe to say The Event didn't learn much. I quit watching just after it's return from it's long hiatus and found I didn't care for it. Trying to draw out a plot like Lost did can only work when you a) have a compelling plot b) have good writing/actors c) don't stretch it to unreasonable levels with boring filler in an attempt to keep the audience around for your big reveal.

Frankly I'm tired of shows trying to drag out the plot for the life of the series. None of the Lost wannabes succeeded and even LOST itself turned out to be a waste when it came to the mythology-we waited for answers for years and instead we got a convoluted mess. Give me a good old fashioned season long arc that wraps everything up in May before springboarding into a new season long arc in the fall. It is easier for the audience to follow than some densely plotted non linear, fast paced series spanning voluminous mythological arc and it forces the writer to know where they are going instead of putting it off thinking they've got years to come up with something eventually.

 

[Teelie]

True about Lost. It ironically became lost itself in the end which is why so many fans complained, tuned out or just never tuned back in. The finale was weak and vague but the build up itself in the first few seasons was fantastic.

The problem with this type of storytelling is going on too long and then failing to deliver soon enough or giving a late delivery that fails to live up to the hype.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Look at my zombie thread! But I was right. The Event failed to follow my sage advice, and got its fool self cancelled.

*Don't suck like FlashForward and all those other shows did (okay this one's a little vague)

Okay next shows that must follow my dictates or DIE: Alcatraz and The River. I'm not letting you off the hook easy!

I love that headline: Syfy Denies It's Looking At 'The Event'! Even the home of Sharktopus has its standards.

 

[startrekwatcher]

Okay next shows that must follow my dictates or DIE: Alcatraz and The River. I'm not letting you off the hook easy!

The odds are against both those shows--these limited premise shows that have to drag out answers and play coy with the audience just don't work. They end up piling up questions, dragging things out and being overly convoluted because if they give away too much it gives away the whole show.

I guess experimenting with the format these last few years thanks to LOST is somewhat admirable but I personally feel series should have an open premise that is very basic and then the writers can craft season long arcs around it--just look at primetime serialized dramas they adopted this format for decades with success. YOu didn't need recaps that were as long as the episode to be caught up on what you missed and they didn't require a wikipedia entry to keep track of the massive backstory.