En una entrevista condedida a un medio británico, Paul Scheuring, máximo responable de la serie, hace un repaso de la 1ª y 2ª Temporadas, y adelanta pequeños detalles de la 3era Temporada, aunque me sorprende que aún dando todo el mundo por hecho que habrá al menos una Temporada más, no lo hagan oficial para que deje ser ser un rumor que todo el mundo conoce.
Por cierto, ¿que no se inspiran en LOST? ... No me lo creo...
Many people believe that season 1 should have ended on episode 21, just after they'd gone over the wall. Did you always intend the series to end where the airplane flew over their heads?
"We opted to end the first season after they were outside the walls for two reasons: we anticipated that the audience would think that getting over the walls would end the season, so we wanted to surprise them by making it happen an episode earlier; and moreover, we wanted to 'platform' season two by showing a little of what was to be expected before we went off the air. A lot of people at the time were saying, "Yeah, but the series will be over once they escape." We wanted to show within the body of season one that that wouldn't be the case."
Series two is now underway here in the UK. What's to come in the first half of the series?
"Lots of death. It's important to us that there be very real ramifications for season two. If all 8 of our escapees just continue to run with impunity, it was our feeling that the season would get very old, very quick. So we slowly wanted to pick off one character after another, so that the audience starts to a scheme... namely that these guys, one by one, are dying. Thereby leaving the question: will ANYONE be left standing at the end?"
How much do shows like Lost and 24 influence you in the serialised drama stakes?
"They have no influence on us whatsoever."
Michael's tattoo seems to have faded into the background in the first half of series 2 - is there anything more to come from it?
"Yes, there are a few more steps in the plan - encoded into the tattoo - that will be revealed over the course of the season. Particularly at the end."
You're renowned for the show's gore - and you've definitely delivered in series 2. I'm presuming there's more to come?
"Yes, more gore. Count on it!"
How much of the plot do you plan in advance? For example, did you know when you started to film the first few eps that a pipe was going to be in the way in series 1?
"As a writing staff, we plan ahead for virtually all of the main 'tentpole' moments. In the case of the pipe being in the way in season one, we definitely planned that from the outset. Major turning points are always well-scripted in advance. What comes out of T-Bag's mouth of course isn't. The structure is largely known in advance, it's just the smaller particulars that get worked out as we go along."
How do you think the second season compares to the first?
"They're two very different beasts. There'll always be a nostalgia for the first season, because it was first and fresh out of the box. But season two has a scope, a sense of wide-open American lands, that's sort of fresh in its own right. I guess it's like having children. They're different. But you love them the same. Usually."
Do you know how this season is going to end? Are we going to get a cliff hanger ending?
"Of course and of course!"
Are you still on course to wrap up the main plotlines by the end of this series?
"I'd say about 80 percent of the plotlines are resolved this year. Certainly the mystery behind the president and Terrance Steadman, as well as the President's fate. And most of our characters' fates as well."
How can the plot go on (into a third series) if you're wrapping up the main plot at the end of the current season?
"Re-invent, just like we did in season 2. The only thing I will say at this stage is that it will be a much more stripped-down, brutal, violent version of the show than we've seen in the past. Seasons one and two will seem tame in comparison."
Had you always envisaged it as a one or two season show?
"The main storyline I always saw as two seasons. However, having said that, with our success, and with Fox champing at the bit for us to deliever a third season, we've morphed the show again, allowing the original story to largely play itself out as originally conceived, but then move on to a next 'chapter'."
We're led to believe that you're already putting pen to paper for a third series - what's the official line on this? Any clues as to what to expect?
"We haven't officially been picked up for season 3. But it seems imminent. Our ratings are some of the highest on Fox. (A pittance compared to American Idol, but no one can compare to that beast.) We'll be back. And like I said, about season 3... it'll be brutal."
Por cierto, ¿que no se inspiran en LOST? ... No me lo creo...
Many people believe that season 1 should have ended on episode 21, just after they'd gone over the wall. Did you always intend the series to end where the airplane flew over their heads?
"We opted to end the first season after they were outside the walls for two reasons: we anticipated that the audience would think that getting over the walls would end the season, so we wanted to surprise them by making it happen an episode earlier; and moreover, we wanted to 'platform' season two by showing a little of what was to be expected before we went off the air. A lot of people at the time were saying, "Yeah, but the series will be over once they escape." We wanted to show within the body of season one that that wouldn't be the case."
Series two is now underway here in the UK. What's to come in the first half of the series?
"Lots of death. It's important to us that there be very real ramifications for season two. If all 8 of our escapees just continue to run with impunity, it was our feeling that the season would get very old, very quick. So we slowly wanted to pick off one character after another, so that the audience starts to a scheme... namely that these guys, one by one, are dying. Thereby leaving the question: will ANYONE be left standing at the end?"
How much do shows like Lost and 24 influence you in the serialised drama stakes?"They have no influence on us whatsoever."
Michael's tattoo seems to have faded into the background in the first half of series 2 - is there anything more to come from it?
"Yes, there are a few more steps in the plan - encoded into the tattoo - that will be revealed over the course of the season. Particularly at the end."
You're renowned for the show's gore - and you've definitely delivered in series 2. I'm presuming there's more to come?
"Yes, more gore. Count on it!"
"As a writing staff, we plan ahead for virtually all of the main 'tentpole' moments. In the case of the pipe being in the way in season one, we definitely planned that from the outset. Major turning points are always well-scripted in advance. What comes out of T-Bag's mouth of course isn't. The structure is largely known in advance, it's just the smaller particulars that get worked out as we go along."
How do you think the second season compares to the first?
"They're two very different beasts. There'll always be a nostalgia for the first season, because it was first and fresh out of the box. But season two has a scope, a sense of wide-open American lands, that's sort of fresh in its own right. I guess it's like having children. They're different. But you love them the same. Usually."
Do you know how this season is going to end? Are we going to get a cliff hanger ending?
"Of course and of course!"
Are you still on course to wrap up the main plotlines by the end of this series?
"I'd say about 80 percent of the plotlines are resolved this year. Certainly the mystery behind the president and Terrance Steadman, as well as the President's fate. And most of our characters' fates as well."
How can the plot go on (into a third series) if you're wrapping up the main plot at the end of the current season?
"Re-invent, just like we did in season 2. The only thing I will say at this stage is that it will be a much more stripped-down, brutal, violent version of the show than we've seen in the past. Seasons one and two will seem tame in comparison."
Had you always envisaged it as a one or two season show?
"The main storyline I always saw as two seasons. However, having said that, with our success, and with Fox champing at the bit for us to deliever a third season, we've morphed the show again, allowing the original story to largely play itself out as originally conceived, but then move on to a next 'chapter'."
We're led to believe that you're already putting pen to paper for a third series - what's the official line on this? Any clues as to what to expect?
"We haven't officially been picked up for season 3. But it seems imminent. Our ratings are some of the highest on Fox. (A pittance compared to American Idol, but no one can compare to that beast.) We'll be back. And like I said, about season 3... it'll be brutal."
Fuente: digitalspy
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Por cierto, ¿que no se inspiran en LOST? ... No me lo creo...
Yo no le veo ningún parecido. Lost no ha sido la primera serie que ha habido :P (aunque sí que parece que es la única serie que ha visto mucha gente).
Prison Break tiene varias influencias, pero ¿de Lost? no veo ninguna, como digo.
LOST no es la primera serie como tú dices, pero sin duda, ha marcado un antes y un después en la ficción americana. De hecho, no se donde leía el otro día (creo que en la transcripción de las conferencias del Paley Festival, que algún respobsale de PB decía que había una era PreLOST y otra desde que apareció esta serie.
No digo que LOST y PB sean parecidas, pero sin duda, creo que la 1ª ha revido de inspiración para el resto de series que han aparecido desde entonces.
No está dicho con ese sentido. Hace semanas, en otra entrevista (no recuerdo cuál) se decía mucho más claro. No es que Lost tenga influencia en las series que vengan detrás, es que los productores han visto un filón en los serial dramas, que se creía que no funcionaban en parrilla.
Es como con películas tipo Gladiator, Braveheart o El señor de los anillos, hasta que se hicieron, suponían un gran riesgo que pocos estaban dispuestos a correr. Una vez que fueron éxito, surgieron muchas del mismo género, no todas copias influenciadas, pero sí del mismo género.
En el caso de Lost se vió que un serial drama, una serie que no tenía un final, que tenías que esperar una semana para seguir con la historia... gustaba mucho, y tenía fans a montones. El proyecto de Prison Break (y otros) ya existía, pero no se atrevían a llevarlo adelante por el coste que tenía. Cuando vieron qu a la gente no le importaba que cada capítulo no tuviera un pseudofinal con tal de que mantuviera el suspense, la intriga, etc... pues dieron carta verde a todos esos proyectos.
¿Inspiraión? en absoluto. Lost, simplemente, abrió la puerta y cosas que antes no se hacían por el riesgo que suponían, ahora se hacen. Ese es el sentido. Lost y Prison Break pertenecen a un género, pero son historias diferentes.
En cierto modo me estás dando la razón con eso de que LOST "sirvió de inspiración" (llámale como quieras) para este tipo de series en las que todos los capítulos acaban con un final abierto, y en las que cada vez se desvela un misterio aparecen dos nuevos.
En ese sentido Perdidos ha marcado una época y ha cambiado la forma de hacer series en EEUU.
Un ejemplo es el caso de la web de europeangoldfinch.net, o la página webd e la Presidenta Reynolds. Dudo que si Perdidos no hubiese sacado las webs de el hospital St. Francis , Oceanic o Dharma.
LOST ha definido las pautas claras para las series de ficción de los próximos años, y las series que han aparecido desde entonces, creo yo que se han visto muy influenciadas por JJ. Abrams
En cierto modo me estás dando la razón con eso de que LOST "sirvió de inspiración"
No, los serial drama existen desde hace décadas, pero actualmente no se hacían porque no rendían tanto como años antes. Lost no ha inventado nada, salvo el merchadising que es propio de estos tiempos. Aunque menos mal que ninguna serie lo lleva a los extremos a que lo lleva Lost y sólo quedan en curiosidades para el que quiera vivir más la serie.
En la cuestión de "dejar un final abierto", Lost no ha inventado nada, sólo ha vuelto a técnicas antiguas que han vuelto a ponerse de moda. Por otra parte, Prison Break usa más que Lost lo de dejar colgado al final (o cliffhanger) y se basa más en los giros que Lost. Tanto, que a veces es exagerado.
No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol, las modas van y vienen.
Pues que quieres que te diga... Yo cuando veo PB hay muchísimas veces que es inevitable que se me venga a la cabeza Perdidos por algún detalle que me recuerda a algo que ya he visto... No estoy diciendo que sea una copia ni mucho menos, pero como digo, la forma de hacer ficción, el tipo de serie es muy muy parecido.
Y ojo, que no es nada malo decir que una serie se parece o se inspira en LOST. Todo lo contrario, ojalá todas las series que series que lleguen a partir de ahora tomen todo lo bueno de Perdidos aparte de lo que puedan aportar por ellas mismas...
Por cierto Anónimo, cuando dejes un comentario ponte un nick o algo (hasta donde se no hay que estar registrado en blogger, dimplemente en la opción de elegir una identidad seleccionar "Otros" y allí poner el nick que quieras) y así sabremos quien eres en próximos Posts...
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