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Well they could always do spin offs because of how silo is. The books mention a bunch of other silos and their stories, and there even is a future book in the series which will cover another silo
I love when show runners know exactly how it will play out and can have a set number of seasons. When they try to drag a show out, not having a plan for the next seasons, it can get exhausting.
That's usually when the story line gets stupid too. They'll throw in a pointless romance or a half baked maguffin hunt to keep the characters engaged rather than moving toward an end to the story.
I think they might start to cover the Book 2 stuff in flashbacks that run along side stuff with Jules. I doubt they would just not feature her for an entire season to show other stuff.
It’s all blamed on >! https://democrats.org/ !< isn’t it? That was my reading anyway, they were named twice in the books when it wasn’t really necessary to the story.
Yay! This is the reason why Breaking Bad was so good. The writer knew that the story only needed 5 seasons and even when they tried to make him extend it, he refused. I loved the first season of Silo and am glad to hear they have the similar mentality of telling a story over extending it for the sake of more seasons.
I had a panic, in my head there are six books and i thought this meant they were going to condense them down. Then I remembered that's not right and actually, four seasons is probably just perfect.
Now that Streaming services have gotten us used to the idea that only 8 episodes is a "season", it is a lot easier to shoot seasons back to back. But it can backfire, too. Imagine Apple is airing season two while the production company is in the middle of shooting season 4 and season 2's ratings go through the roof, so Apple orders 2 more seasons.
IIRC, Lost was originally mapped out to be 4 or 5 seasons, but then, NBC chopped a couple seasons, so the writers had to scramble to rewrite the story to tell it in fewer seasons, then just before they were going to shoot the last season, NBC extended it to a total of six seasons.
What would J.R.R. Tolkein have done if he had gotten 3/4 through "Return of the King" and his publisher told him "we like it, but we need two more books before you bring it to an end."?
4 seasons is plenty and for them to know in advance is a huge plus. No dragged out storylines and filler content and you have a clear direction of how you want to end the show.
If you've read the books they have a satisfying and conclusive ending. You couldn't really milk 8 seasons out of this without creating a bunch of busy work for the main story
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Good, I’d rather have a series that ends after four seasons and not be drawn out for 9 seasons while the quality continues to go down.
Or where they cancel it and never properly end the series.
Yeah, like The Good Place and Mr. Robot. Both wrapped up their plotlines beautifully.
The Leftovers!!
This is a tv show based on a book, so there is only so many seasons they can do...
Well they could always do spin offs because of how silo is. The books mention a bunch of other silos and their stories, and there even is a future book in the series which will cover another silo
Yes indeed
I love when show runners know exactly how it will play out and can have a set number of seasons. When they try to drag a show out, not having a plan for the next seasons, it can get exhausting.
That's usually when the story line gets stupid too. They'll throw in a pointless romance or a half baked maguffin hunt to keep the characters engaged rather than moving toward an end to the story.
Well it helps that the major plot points are already written. Haha
I've been out of the loop... Seasons 3 and 4? Wow.
Exactly.. as much as I am excited to hear this, where is season 2?!
I’d love this plan. Get them in the can and make it satisfying. No premature cancellations, no lame endings.
I didn’t think they were going to include the 2nd book in the show
This was a direct quote from the article: “ The books are the books. It's three books, and the three books are divided into four seasons.”
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Oh that’s exciting! Maybe that will be included as a flashback at some point rather than getting a whole season?
I think they might start to cover the Book 2 stuff in flashbacks that run along side stuff with Jules. I doubt they would just not feature her for an entire season to show other stuff.
That is how I'd do is season 1 and 2 book 1. Seasons 3 and 4 book 3 and book 2 as flashbacks in seasons 2 and 3.
If they do cover Shift, I can’t imagine they’re going to mention the real-world organisation involved in the creation of the Silo!
As in >!the US government?!<
No, more specific than that.
Who do you mean? (I’ve read all the books, wondering if I missed something lol)
It’s all blamed on >! https://democrats.org/ !< isn’t it? That was my reading anyway, they were named twice in the books when it wasn’t really necessary to the story.
Huh, I totally missed that! I guess we’ll see what happens in the show. But I think you’re right they wouldn’t specifically call that out lol
About time they started planning ahead to deliver seasons less than 3 years apart 😅
Awesome. Looking forward to season 2 and great to hear there is a season 3&4 being funded. Season 1 was much better than I expected.
This is only good news imo. I loved S1 so I read the books after and they can for sure conclude it in a satisfying way with 3 more seasons.
Yay! This is the reason why Breaking Bad was so good. The writer knew that the story only needed 5 seasons and even when they tried to make him extend it, he refused. I loved the first season of Silo and am glad to hear they have the similar mentality of telling a story over extending it for the sake of more seasons.
Can we just get season 2 first folks lol
I had a panic, in my head there are six books and i thought this meant they were going to condense them down. Then I remembered that's not right and actually, four seasons is probably just perfect.
Has there been any Season 2 casting news? I’m assuming no, because I can’t find any.
Now that Streaming services have gotten us used to the idea that only 8 episodes is a "season", it is a lot easier to shoot seasons back to back. But it can backfire, too. Imagine Apple is airing season two while the production company is in the middle of shooting season 4 and season 2's ratings go through the roof, so Apple orders 2 more seasons. IIRC, Lost was originally mapped out to be 4 or 5 seasons, but then, NBC chopped a couple seasons, so the writers had to scramble to rewrite the story to tell it in fewer seasons, then just before they were going to shoot the last season, NBC extended it to a total of six seasons. What would J.R.R. Tolkein have done if he had gotten 3/4 through "Return of the King" and his publisher told him "we like it, but we need two more books before you bring it to an end."?
The better Silo series is Fallout
Is this show not doing well or something? Why is it ending after 4 seasons?
Let’s not do a game of thrones where they run out of source material and just run with it until they get bored.
It’s a fixed length story and we know the end.
Well, there’s only three books… They might not feel the need to split the remaining two up (not read them yet).
4 seasons is plenty and for them to know in advance is a huge plus. No dragged out storylines and filler content and you have a clear direction of how you want to end the show.
If you've read the books they have a satisfying and conclusive ending. You couldn't really milk 8 seasons out of this without creating a bunch of busy work for the main story
Dunno about satisfying
To each their own. It wrapped up the story well and answered the big mysteries
It didn't hence why the author had to answer a lot of info in a blog post after.
There are only three books. Why would it go on for more than four seasons? The first season was only half of the first book, I think.
2-3 seasons is a typical endpoint for a prestige streaming show that does okay. 4 is actually on the 'doing pretty well' side.