aairfccha wrote:Star Trek might not be the best analogy, rather look to Dune. David Lynch turned in a bit of a monster movie but the miniseries got the balance story/time about right.
I don't think
Dune serves as a better analogy in this case. If I remember correctly, the plan is to start with
Honor of the Queen, which is a very different kind of story in terms of scope and complexity. A better example would be
Dune vs
On Basilisk Station, at least in terms of structure, but the latter is a much simpler narrative.
The story of
Dune required a lot of world-building to work, but the narrative was substantial enough to support it. But Dune made sense as a series due of its sheer scale.
On Basilisk Station requires a lot of world-building to work, but the narrative is too modest to support it. The scale of the narrative makes it a poor fit for a series, but the scale of the world-building made it unsuitable for a film.
Honor of the Queen has narrative of similar scale to
On Basilisk Station, but requires much less world-building to function. It doesn't fit as a series for the same reason, but it could work as a film.
