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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020
2021-03-15 18:23:57

In Medias Res sounds like it applies, but doesn't fully cover what you're talking about here...

KD Since: May, 2009
2021-03-15 19:22:03

Alien who crash-lands in the first episode and then the rest of the series has no budget... like in Animorphs? (Tee-hee.)

I found that the article for Pilot mentions that "Live-action pilots often have somewhat larger budgets than a typical episode of the series", so it's kind of a typical thing as we all understand that budgets are not unlimited.

Action Prologue also comes to mind; a crash-landing is pretty exciting and actiony, and more expensive than people just standing around talking. Although that's also not specific to Speculative Fiction.

Edited by KD
Mac_R (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
2021-03-17 17:07:25

Yeah, Action Prologue has all the examples I want.

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