Having finished an enjoyable TV series this week I reflected on the many serialized media stories I have enjoyed. From book series, movie sagas, television shows, artwork collections, etc. there are so many ways that the next installment in a series can sour or enrich the enjoyment of the others and I don't think this is ever more true than the first or the final installments into any type of series. The way a story is first and last presented often define and label much of the middle.
What is it that makes a beginning so intriguing or an ending so satisfying? How complicated can a world get before it is too much for anyone to show interest? How much should be left open at the end of a series and how much should be sealed by revealing it?
So many variables that make a series successful. Personally I prefer more rather than less. Quite frankly just the fact that something is a series is likely to draw more interest from me than those pieces that are stand alone works of art. I enjoy the continuation of stories and being able to continually enjoy an established world without repeating the same actions. But these variables have to reach different levels for each individual and they are part of what defines our interest in a variety of media types and selections.
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