Well, I think she's arguing that only in a serial medium is that level of "excessive worldbuilding" possible. And that's why I said her arguments apply to fanfiction more so and better than they do television, because of the way that the fantext (although I remain skeptical on the subject, because my favorite fanfics relate primarily to the source text with few or superficial relations to other fantexts) can function as a WiP.
As for your last paragraph, well, we've had this conversation. For me, it's a question of trusting the author enough to surrender a little control to them, allowing them to design the experience so as to not provide what one wants so much as what one needs, aesthetically speaking. And as my brother has pointed out to me, there's something that's not just quite right when one watches a show that was originally designed for commercials with those commercials taken out (or put back in in different places, like watching American TV on a British commercial channel); it's not quite the same experience, as one loses the experience of being forced to mull over the last act for a couple minutes....
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As for your last paragraph, well, we've had this conversation. For me, it's a question of trusting the author enough to surrender a little control to them, allowing them to design the experience so as to not provide what one wants so much as what one needs, aesthetically speaking. And as my brother has pointed out to me, there's something that's not just quite right when one watches a show that was originally designed for commercials with those commercials taken out (or put back in in different places, like watching American TV on a British commercial channel); it's not quite the same experience, as one loses the experience of being forced to mull over the last act for a couple minutes....