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Old 10-22-2008, 09:58 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
Does a major character have to die to have a good story?

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No, though we can probably think of TV series that would be vastly improved if a major character was killed off...

But the problem you run into is that most series confine the drama to individual episodes. At the end of each there's a RESET, and we're back to square one for the next episode. You know that whatever else happens, a major character won't get killed off.

This imposes limitations on the series that also affect spin off books, which must do the same. It's one reason I generally find media tie-ins unreadable. I may like the series well enough to watch it, but I'm almost certainly not interested in reading books based on it. If I want formula, I don't need to get it in two different forms for the same source material.
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