We had Smallville, then we have Gotham, and, now, we have Krypton. What's this trend with these soap operas dealing with what happened before?
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12-20-2018, 08:27 AM #1Amazing Member
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What's with all these prequel series anyway?
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12-20-2018, 08:55 AM #2Astonishing Member
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Yeah, not only in TV shows, in movies as well. Its populair.
And these prequels are leading to what? To which Batman movie does Gotham lead? It almost never fits together...
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12-20-2018, 12:02 PM #3Invincible Member
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They're sometimes successful so people keep making them.
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12-20-2018, 12:36 PM #4BANNED
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None of those shows are prequels.
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12-20-2018, 03:48 PM #5A Wearied Madness
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Since they don't want to have the main heroes in TV shows since they erroneously believe it will dampen movie profits with these characters, this is the work around.
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12-20-2018, 03:56 PM #6Niffleheim
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Sign me up to the prequel to a HP's Hogwarts House founders
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12-20-2018, 04:50 PM #7Extraordinary Member
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Don’t forget Pennyworth and Metropolis...
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12-20-2018, 05:37 PM #8Invincible Member
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As someone has pointed out, you are asking those questions and pointing that out because some of them are not really prequels. Originally Posted by DanMad1977
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12-20-2018, 05:42 PM #9BANNED
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None of them are Originally Posted by numberthirty
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12-20-2018, 05:51 PM #10Death becomes you
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What would be the proper term for a show about events that happened before the character donned the costume? Originally Posted by AJBopp
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12-20-2018, 06:00 PM #11Invincible Member
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That seems uncertain, to me. Originally Posted by AJBopp
It feels like it is a little too early to rule out Krypton as something of a "Prequel". Seems like they have the room to swerve back to something like that.
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12-20-2018, 06:00 PM #12Invincible Member
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"Show" is what I'd go with. Originally Posted by Osiris-Rex
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12-20-2018, 06:02 PM #13BANNED
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A show. Originally Posted by Osiris-Rex
A prequel is a show that is set before another show. What show is any of these set before?
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12-20-2018, 06:02 PM #14BANNED
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I suspect the showrunners would disagree, but I won't dispute the point. Originally Posted by numberthirty
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12-20-2018, 06:12 PM #15BANNED
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Here's the thing. It matters how you think about these shows. If you insist on thinking of them as "Before Batman Begins" or "Before Man of Steel" then you miss the point of what the shows really are. And you prejudge their quality based on what you think it's a prequel of. And it's just not a prequel of anything, so your predetermination is unfair, and limiting to what the show is really capable of. Originally Posted by AJBopp
If you think about them as their own thing, their own unique show, and not a "prequel" of anything, then you allow yourself to give the show the freedom to tell the story it intends to tell, and you can accept it on those terms.
A show may still fail, but at least not due to any ill-advised pre-judgement.
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