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I just did some very fast research about that, and apparently both Lost and Battlestar Galactica attributed their coherent story arcs to Babylon 5. I never wat
by Diederich 8y ago
I just did some very fast research about that, and apparently both Lost and Battlestar Galactica attributed their coherent story arcs to Babylon 5.
I never watched Lost though.
If I may ask, assuming you watched the show: did they ever film scenes from years in the future, seamlessly connecting them in the present and then later on?
Thanks for your reference.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Lost [...] coherent story arcs No. Those things cannot be used together that way. And I'm pretty sure that's the comparison the grandparent was suggesting.
- philwelch 8y agoBSG borrowed the idea of having a coherent story arc, but they didn't plan it out ahead of time. Ronald D. Moore had a podcast of commentary tracks for each episode and openly admitted they were winging it the whole time. What BSG did right was to get all the small things right--get a bunch of really, really good actors, make everything look as naturalistic as possible, and let characterization rather than plotting or abstract concepts drive most of the storytelling.
- mcguire 8y agoI didn't watch it, but I had many friends who did and were very upset about the ending and lack of closure on story lines.