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Veedrock- posted...

And audience engagement which I mentioned. Movies aren't TV shows and can't be handled as such. Even if it was filmed all at once to work around actor aging, post processing and editing would have to be done individually and the series would certainly die before completion as interest declines and each movie makes less than the last. Then you're left with an unfinished, unfulfilling mess.

You say that but:

A) We've had MULTIPLE long-running franchises with continuity. In fact, the entire MCU disproves your theory.

B) We've seen movies filmed simultaneously. All of this has been done.

C) Actors aging isn't necessarily the issue anyway.

Veedrock- posted...

Yeah, finales have a lot more going on as they have to wrap up loose ends. If you wanna argue season 3 of avatar needs two movies then I can see that (might be unnecessary depending on what's established in the first films) but the series at large doesn't necessitate such treatment, let alone the 3-4 movies-per-season adaptation you originally fielded.

No, each season needs multiples because you're cramming 13 hours down to 90 minutes.

Veedrock- posted...

You focused solely on the finale being split while ignoring that the first six HP books fit into single movies. Your claim that eash season of ATLA would be 1000+ pages (a claim I find ridiculous) kinda hinges on those HP movies being equivalent to their book's page count, which they aren't.

The HP books could have been done as multiple movies and got away with it. However, more importantly, there was less going on in each HP book than any season of Avatar. And even with the ridiculous amounts of bridging narration, it left out more plot points than were in any HP book (or any 2-3 books combined)

Veedrock- posted...

It cut the 42 episode anime into three movies which was well received, and it's a cut there weren't any creative liberties.

So basically even that had to go with multiple movies because you could only condense so much? Sounds like the 2+ movie per season approach is the way to go. And that was Gundam, which tends to have a tighter running storyline as opposed to the more episodic Avatar.

Veedrock- posted...

Maybe give me an example that turned out bad?

How about The Last Airbender? >_>

In general, this concept isn't tried very often *because* people recognize you can't condense that heavily and still come out with a great movie.

The first season probably would have worked fine as two movies. The same is true of the second season. The third they might have gotten away with just one movie, because the conclusion is a 4-part episode, you have a recap episode, and so much would have already been established. But there wouldn't necessarily be anything wrong with 2 films for season 3.

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