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How do you like your TV shows to End?
Monday, March 1, 2010 8:04 AM
THESOMNAMBULIST
Monday, March 1, 2010 9:22 AM
ZEEK
Monday, March 1, 2010 9:56 AM
Monday, March 1, 2010 11:30 AM
CYBERSNARK
Monday, March 1, 2010 11:39 AM
CHRISISALL
Monday, March 1, 2010 11:56 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Quote:Originally posted by Zeek: A little of both. I think a show should have a purpose and be working toward something. It should reach that point by the end of the series. However, I don't want to feel like the characters lives are over. For instance Buffy ended well in that she wrapped things up and was left at a point where she should no longer need to follow the path she was on during the show's run. That's a good way to end. Though I really liked Angel's ending too even though it was much more ambiguous. It just didn't make sense for him to ever stop fighting. Though I guess if the prophecy was fulfilled then it would make sense. That might have been an OK was to end it too.
Monday, March 1, 2010 12:01 PM
BROWNCOAT1
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Quote:Originally posted by TheSomnambulist: Yeah Buffy and Angel are good examples. I liked the Buffy ending but I didn't like the Angel one. It was not extraordinary. Similar things had come Angels way before and he'd dealt with it. I felt a little cheated by that ending...
Monday, March 1, 2010 1:15 PM
STORYMARK
Monday, March 1, 2010 5:50 PM
ECGORDON
There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.
Monday, March 1, 2010 8:50 PM
BIGRICHARD
Monday, March 1, 2010 9:45 PM
OLDGUY
What Would Mal do ?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 5:43 AM
LWAVES
Quote:Originally posted by Oldguy: how bout St Elsewhere? it all happened inside a snow globe and an autistic kid's mind
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 6:03 AM
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 6:05 AM
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 6:09 AM
Quote:I'm a fan of mini-series, or limited series. I like a STORY, not an excuse for continuous work.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 7:12 AM
Quote:Originally posted by TheSomnambulist: Quote:Originally posted by Oldguy: how bout St Elsewhere? it all happened inside a snow globe and an autistic kid's mind ....you're yanking my plank right ?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 7:36 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Quote:Originally posted by TheSomnambulist: Quote:Originally posted by Oldguy: how bout St Elsewhere? it all happened inside a snow globe and an autistic kid's mind ....you're yanking my plank right ? You hadn't heard that? Not only did that show take place in the kids mind, but St Elswhere crossed over into several other shows, many of which crossed over into others.... there's a chart which cnnects about a third of all TV shows done EVER to that kid's imagination (including all, or most of the Whedon-verse shows). Some connections are tenuous at best, but it is amusing. Google Tommy Westphall, or Tommy Westphall Universe, and you'll see..... "I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 8:39 AM
Quote:Originally posted by ecgordon: The worst finale of any show I have followed was Ron Moore's Galactica. It not only didn't resolve a lot of plot points it copped out with a "God did it" resolution.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by TheSomnambulist: Very concise Lwaves. Glad to see you mention Blakes 7. That left an impact on me. I couldn't tell you about any other episode within that show, but I recall very clearly the end to it. Another one I thought was perfect in a bittersweet way was Quantum Leap. I adore that ending!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:51 PM
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 1:12 PM
Quote:Quantum Leap was a show that you wanted to have a happy ending and maybe should have. But I think that it is better off for it to have finished the way it did. I don't mind admitting that my eyes swelled up as I watched the ending. For what could be called a 'light' show (no over-arcing plot, most episodes were stand alone ones, used just about every cliche it could) it was a brave ending that paid off.
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