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Season one I loved–it was novel and very original, unraveled the plot over time, had character development & an amazing ending that tied it all up in a bow. It

Season one I loved–it was novel and very original, unraveled the plot over time, had character development & an amazing ending that tied it all up in a bow. It was a clear and beautiful beginning-middle-end arc. My complaint is that adding another season doesn't enhance a begging-middle-end story arc that's already done, especially when it clearly was tacked on and not part of the original story. What I'd prefer? Give the creator a blank slate and let them make another amazing story, rather than saying "this Ducati is great–keep adding wheels!"

mekoka 6y ago
I had a different take. It didn't feel tacked on to me, but rather that season 1 was like a benign initiation phase, a dip-a-toe-in-the-crazy kinda deal. By season 2, they felt confident that the audience was now ready for the real deal and they upped the ante. Unfortunately not everyone followed. From what I understood, it was a 5 part story planned over 5 seasons.
- sequoia 6y ago
  wtf was the octopus about. This was a bunch of spooky concepts all mashed together without any clear theme. What was the main theme or central concept of season 2? Season 1 was clearly about the movements & what they did, whether they're supernatural or what. Season 2 was like "Silicon valley! Rhizomes! Time travel! Talking sea creatures!" just sort of a throw everything at the wall approach. Anyway it didn't work for me especially with how fantastic and cohesive the season 1 story was. Check out the notes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_OA#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_OA#Production which make clear that the season 1 story was a cohesive, beginning to end story that the creators refined over a series of years (and it shows). Then "hey lets add a season 2."
  - parineum 6y ago
    I assume this concept is in the TV industry as well but there's a saying in the music industry about a band having their entire life to write their first album and then a year to write their second.

mekoka 6y ago

I had a different take. It didn't feel tacked on to me, but rather that season 1 was like a benign initiation phase, a dip-a-toe-in-the-crazy kinda deal. By season 2, they felt confident that the audience was now ready for the real deal and they upped the ante. Unfortunately not everyone followed. From what I understood, it was a 5 part story planned over 5 seasons.

sequoia 6y ago
wtf was the octopus about. This was a bunch of spooky concepts all mashed together without any clear theme. What was the main theme or central concept of season 2? Season 1 was clearly about the movements & what they did, whether they're supernatural or what. Season 2 was like "Silicon valley! Rhizomes! Time travel! Talking sea creatures!" just sort of a throw everything at the wall approach. Anyway it didn't work for me especially with how fantastic and cohesive the season 1 story was. Check out the notes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_OA#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_OA#Production which make clear that the season 1 story was a cohesive, beginning to end story that the creators refined over a series of years (and it shows). Then "hey lets add a season 2."
- parineum 6y ago
  I assume this concept is in the TV industry as well but there's a saying in the music industry about a band having their entire life to write their first album and then a year to write their second.