hopeful_monster
Thousand Master
Every couple months someone does a thread asking what makes a good series, and after about three post most of the answers (plot, sound/ music, animation, characters). What may be more interesting may be what small things raise a good series from mediocre ones, for great from good. Give a few examples.
- Characters should have more than three outfits. Shinji (Eva) only seemed to ever wear his school uniform and the plug suit. Likewise some people just put on a coat and it can overcome Arctic conditions (Lara Croft for a game example).
- Characters Eat, **** and sleep. They should do every day stuff. Showing characters in every day life expands them and makes the midden hitting the windmill more personal and effective as you can see what they have lost.
- Jokes in non comedy series. People crack jokes all the time (even if like mine they are awful puns), but unless it's a comedy series it gets forgotten or lumped onto a 'joker' character.
What else pulls a series up a notch in your opinion.
- Characters should have more than three outfits. Shinji (Eva) only seemed to ever wear his school uniform and the plug suit. Likewise some people just put on a coat and it can overcome Arctic conditions (Lara Croft for a game example).
- Characters Eat, **** and sleep. They should do every day stuff. Showing characters in every day life expands them and makes the midden hitting the windmill more personal and effective as you can see what they have lost.
- Jokes in non comedy series. People crack jokes all the time (even if like mine they are awful puns), but unless it's a comedy series it gets forgotten or lumped onto a 'joker' character.
What else pulls a series up a notch in your opinion.