Not all Hero's can do it in 2 hours
- Nov 29, 2015
- 2 min read
Netflix original series Jessica Jones and Daredevil show that not all stories fit into a two hour movie and the critics agree, the flop that was the 2003 Daredevil movie and the roaring success of the 2015 Daredevil series proves that longform entertainment can be more successful than big budget movies.
Jessica Jones and Daredevil share the element that they are both done by Marvel and both highly rated from critics and users alike. The unique aspect of both series, relative to doing a movie, is that they consists of 13 one hour long episodes, this gives the show time to develop characters in a way that is difficult within a movie.
The failure and success of different adaptations of Daredevil show how the character's story is more relatable when the audience is given time to understand him. A similar thing could be said about Jessica Jones, with 13 hours in one season there is time to give her character depth that would not be as easily done in a movie.
An example of the effectiveness of this type of storytelling can be seen in other applications, such as the format for The Avengers movies, by giving some of the characters standalone movies before creating The Avenges the audience is able to be familial with characters, giving the director less need for in depth character
development. This raises the interesting question of making a series as opposed to a movie, a movie is likely to be more profitable but the series allows greater storytelling. Depending on the type of story it seems that outlets such as Netflix offer a good opportunity to have both the creative freedom and time needed to create rich meaningful character development.
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