How often have you heard a TV show creator or actor compare their series to a six to ten-hour film? According to Anthony Mackie, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” seems like a “six or eight-hour movie,” whereas “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is “one gigantic movie” that “just happens to be split up into these episodes,” according to Ewan McGregor. Eric Kripke, the creator of “The Boys,” declares that enough is enough. Speaking to Vulture, Kripke lamented the fact that streaming series aren’t created as episodic television, but rather as long-form movies.
The drawback of streaming, according to Kripke, is that many filmmakers who work in the industry didn’t necessarily leave the network grind. “They feel more at ease with the idea of giving you 10 hours, with nothing occurring until the eighth hour. That personally drives me absolutely crazy.
As a network person who needed to keep viewers engaged for 22 fucking hours a year, Kripke added, “I didn’t get the benefit of, ‘Oh, just hang in there and don’t worry. By episode eight, “shit truly hits the fan,” the critics will tell you. Additionally, anyone who claims, “Well, what I’m actually doing is a 10-hour movie,” Stupid you! Not at all, no! Create a TV program. Your line of work is entertainment.
Before finding success on streaming with “The Boys,” Kripke was well-known for creating the enduring broadcast TV series “Supernatural.” When the showrunner moved “The Boys” to Prime Video, he didn’t give up episodic storytelling. Kripke claims he won’t ever return to broadcasting now that he’s switched to streaming.
“I don’t think I’ll ever return to network. It’s the capacity to complete all of the episodes before submitting them for airing, as well as to have the majority of your screenplays prepared before you shoot a day of film, according to Kripke. “Because you can tell a coherent story in a way you just cannot with network TV, there are logistical advantages that would be tough to give up. You flung it out the door; it has already been airborne. You’re confined. We frequently realize we need a different storyline while recording episode 7 while we are in the thick of production. We still have time to shoot it again for episode one and insert it.
The third season of “The Boys,” which just ended, has already been renewed for a fourth season.
