Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4753851-20140909163244/@comment-6383956-20140913050250

JEK wrote: LadyX wrote: So, I don't know if this is just me, or a normal thing, but if I just want action scenes, I watch a movie. I watch tv shows for the characters. Primarily any way. ^^THIS^^

A thousand times this. TV Shows have spoiled me. I can barely even watch movies anymore unless I'm sure they're going to have sequels/others in the same universe. I just can't even deal with the lack of character development in a single movie (or with never getting to see these characters ever again; god I hate singular instalments).

Unless I'm getting an urge for some kind of alien armageddon. Of course. THEN I watch movies. This is the reason why I want to move my acting career into television (98% chance it's never gonna happen but let me dream :P) -- because the thing I love most is building a character. And, y'know, you do a show on stage you've got that character for maybe a couple months and you never really get to move outside the situation in that one script (or maybe two if it's an epic piece like Angels in America).

But, on TV, you can have years building and expanding and growing this character. That's why actors want to do television (or at least why I do). And that's why audiences watch TV. And, presumably, writers write for TV for that same reason too but apparently that presumption is false. :P