While I've no doubt that HBO would indeed put together a full catch-up segment/episode to get viewers up to speed, I'd be surprised if the movie wasn't in some way made accessible to those who've never previously watched Deadwood, with plenty in there for those who are familiar with it. That kind of thing is always a challenge, but one that writers are capable of navigating.
I would imagine that the movie will have its own major standalone story-arc that is enough for newer or less diligent viewers to follow, including brief re-introductions to the key characters, while offering some kind of resolutions to stories of those main characters. Even the most serialised of dramas offer entry points to new viewers. There will be people who tune in to the final season of Game of Thrones who've never watched a previous one. I know it doesn't make sense, but it'll happen, and they'll be very slightly catered for too. Adam On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 2:21 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see it now. It was obscured for me because AMC does regularly run long > form recaps of previous seasons prior to the start of new seasons (I am not > sure if these are one or two hours). I don’t watch these, but my DVR picks > them up, and I have to check out a little before deleting. In my house we > refer to these as the “previously on” episodes of Waking Dead. So, it seems > likely to me that HBO will do something similar for Deadwood if they are > going to put out a two hour tie-up film. > > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 4:14 AM Jon Delfin <jondel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Maybe if I'd said a *four*-hour previously-on? >> >> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 11:58 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sorry Jon, sounds like there is a joke in your post that I missed. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:27 PM Jon Delfin <jondel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/against-all-odds-the-deadwood-movie-is-really-happening.html >>>> >>>> Guessing it'll be a two-hour movie, preceded by a two-hour "previously >>>> on." >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
