re: #300 CyanSnowHawk

J. Michael Straczynski did that with Babylon 5 in the 90s. 5 years with a defined story arc. It’s an unusual way to make a series, but nothing is new in Hollywood.

Really, from what I read in the “pop” press, the blogs and fans of stuff like B5, fans have said the show jumped the shark and blew the viewers off in the final season, lost all internal consistency and just wrote themselves right off the story line.

And really, I don’t know, but this is what I have seen from ex-fans.

Hollywood is so much hype anyway. LOST crowed a lot about being the first to get such a deal and have such a stable story board, but who really know.

This much I know, they have stayed basically true to the story and for the most part, the internal consistency has reminded (although they are rushing it a bit this season (which I have written about on a Doc Arzt’s blog).