Mathesar
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Just to be clear, since there seems to be some confusion, a clip show and a bottle episode are two entirely different concepts.
A clip show recaps previous content by recycling existing content. This keeps the budget down by requiring them to only film a few minutes of footage for a new episode. They tend to be awful and have largely disappeared now that you don't need to worry about watching the show the one time a week that it airs.
A bottle episode, which is what is currently being considered, is an episode that only uses a small number of preexisting sets and nobody from outside of the main cast. These keep the budget down by giving groups, like the prop department, some time off. Bottle episodes can be pretty fucking good since they have to rely on the strength of the script and how well the main cast act off of each other after having worked together for years.
Perverteer's idea for a bottle episode for Tales would probably be interpersonal stuff aboard the Bastard with just the Bastard's crew. Could be a good opportunity to get everyone up to date on who's fucking who and how everyone is related so the entire crew is on the same page.
A clip show recaps previous content by recycling existing content. This keeps the budget down by requiring them to only film a few minutes of footage for a new episode. They tend to be awful and have largely disappeared now that you don't need to worry about watching the show the one time a week that it airs.
A bottle episode, which is what is currently being considered, is an episode that only uses a small number of preexisting sets and nobody from outside of the main cast. These keep the budget down by giving groups, like the prop department, some time off. Bottle episodes can be pretty fucking good since they have to rely on the strength of the script and how well the main cast act off of each other after having worked together for years.
Perverteer's idea for a bottle episode for Tales would probably be interpersonal stuff aboard the Bastard with just the Bastard's crew. Could be a good opportunity to get everyone up to date on who's fucking who and how everyone is related so the entire crew is on the same page.