[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

“There is some pressure,” Uchida admits, “but unlike with Ultraman where the scripts are finished before filming even starts, Kamen Rider scripts are written as episodes are filmed."

Oh, I get it now.

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So, not an Ultraman guy (just haven't gotten around to yet, not a value judgment), but let me just say that I sort of prefer the Kamen Rider approach?

Writing a TV show isn't like writing a book. It's not about tying together every thread or making sure every development is appropriately foreshadowed. I mean, those are good things to do in a TV show! But I think a TV show's most important attribute is flexibility.

Like, if you're writing everything in advance, you can't respond to what the actors and directors are doing. You can't be surprised or inspired by those little bits of magic that occur on-set. You're locking yourself into the story in your head, instead of the art in production. I love the idea of a year-long series that gets to see what's working and adjust to it in real-time. It feels more collaborative, and that just makes more sense to me?

I don't know. I am totally okay with Kamen Rider writing as they go!