If they didn't treat the pilot as if they were to continue the series, it would lead to unpreparedness and a possible lack of quality. I really hope this does well enough for Telltale to carry out their plans for this series.
I didn't say that the pilot wouldn't lead into a series. I just dispute the idea that the pilot will be the first episode of a series. I have definitely been wrong before, that's just my take on it.
I just noticed that if you view the background image, you get a note from a letter of the special assistant to the director of the FBI, Linda Annabelle. The note says that Nelson Tethers has applied to be assigned to three cases that have been denied.
It mentions that the puzzle division hasn't been active for years, since Nelson worked in Nashville on a person of interest's impossibly secure safe. The FBI gave him the situation in Minnesota, and mentioned that he's a valuable member of the team and a case might pop up at any time.
This wording makes me think that if there is a season, the pilot would be the first episode (since it makes it sound like Nelson's next cases would be in the same continuity as the Mystery of Scoggins).
You can also see the letter if you click on Linda Annabelle's name.
The weird thing about that letter is that the letterhead uses an address from before the time of ZIP codes ("Washington 25, DC"), but Tethers' address in the JEH building has a proper ZIP code. Strange.
I wouldn't call SBCG4AP a bad release, especially since that doesn't really illustrate well how FAR they dropped when they...I don't really know how to describe the Wallace and Gromit disc's creation process, but I'd certainly make sure to make it sound derogatory if I knew a word angry enough to express how horrendous it is.
I don't see how you got this insider info, since nothing at all has been said about how a season from a pilot would work out.
In point of fact I believe that the evidence suggests the opposite of what they already stated, namely, that in all likelihood the hypothetical season would indeed continue on from the story of the pilot. There are two pieces of information I'm referring to here in making this conclusion.
The first is the previously quoted paragraph from Sean Vanaman stating that they "now exactly where this story is going if you deem it so." This suggests that while the pilot will probably be relatively self-contained, nevertheless the rest of the season will be very closely tied to the story of the original.
The second, and, in my opinion, more conclusive piece of evidence is something said in some interview somewhere that I don't remember where. Somebody will probably dig it up though. What they said was that 50% of the cost of creating a season went into the first episode, while the second 50% was spread out over the rest of the season. This was specifically stated in reference to the pilot program, and so I think it is not unreasonable at all to conclude from this that they are viewing Puzzle Agent as the first episode of a season which might, or might not, end up having another 4 episodes.
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I didn't say that the pilot wouldn't lead into a series. I just dispute the idea that the pilot will be the first episode of a series. I have definitely been wrong before, that's just my take on it.
It mentions that the puzzle division hasn't been active for years, since Nelson worked in Nashville on a person of interest's impossibly secure safe. The FBI gave him the situation in Minnesota, and mentioned that he's a valuable member of the team and a case might pop up at any time.
This wording makes me think that if there is a season, the pilot would be the first episode (since it makes it sound like Nelson's next cases would be in the same continuity as the Mystery of Scoggins).
The weird thing about that letter is that the letterhead uses an address from before the time of ZIP codes ("Washington 25, DC"), but Tethers' address in the JEH building has a proper ZIP code. Strange.
Does this help? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeU3IYNgJbY#t=0m29s
(should start @ 29secs)
In point of fact I believe that the evidence suggests the opposite of what they already stated, namely, that in all likelihood the hypothetical season would indeed continue on from the story of the pilot. There are two pieces of information I'm referring to here in making this conclusion.
The first is the previously quoted paragraph from Sean Vanaman stating that they "now exactly where this story is going if you deem it so." This suggests that while the pilot will probably be relatively self-contained, nevertheless the rest of the season will be very closely tied to the story of the original.
The second, and, in my opinion, more conclusive piece of evidence is something said in some interview somewhere that I don't remember where. Somebody will probably dig it up though. What they said was that 50% of the cost of creating a season went into the first episode, while the second 50% was spread out over the rest of the season. This was specifically stated in reference to the pilot program, and so I think it is not unreasonable at all to conclude from this that they are viewing Puzzle Agent as the first episode of a season which might, or might not, end up having another 4 episodes.