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Question of the Day - Part 4
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 25, 2012, 07:35:18 PM ---Not to take us too far off the topic of writing, but I am the same way with TV shows. I tend to follow the shows that go on forever, and when they finally end, I like them to end big, with a two hour series finale that brings back old characters and references old storylines and wraps the whole thing up in a nice big package with a pretty bow.
It's no secret that my favorite show of all time is ER; I watched it faithfully for 15 years, every Thursday night at 9:00, I have all 15 seasons on DVD, and I've watched most of the episodes multiple times. It jumped the shark in Season 10 and really wasn't great for most of the last five seasons, but the series finale (really, the whole last season) definitely delivered. I feel cheated when shows either leave me hanging on purpose or get cancelled before they shoot a series finale (ugh).
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I am with you on this one! It's the one time I really crave a real ending. I need to know what happens to the characters I have invested so much of my time watching and I hate when a show gets cancelled before they have a chance to do that! (Alcatraz, The Firm, Harry's Law, etc...) I had stopped watching ER after Mark died off but I still watched the last few episodes of ER and was very happy with the end result. I loved how they brought so many people back including Rachel!
I have never watched the OC in my life lol the references always go over my head. It's been in my Blockbuster Queue for the longest time but never gets sent to me. I just got the first disc to the first season of the Good Wife though. Looking forward to seeing that one.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 25, 2012, 07:40:46 PM ---LOL Don't worry, CC definitely has an ending, though it's not anywhere near as over the top as BMS.
As for Swollen... that ending was abrupt, but fitting too because it was realistic. Even though I knew it was coming, I didn't know when and wasn't necessarily expecting it then, and I cried... oh I cried LOL.
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I was mad at first, but then after a few minutes thought it was brilliant lol
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 25, 2012, 07:37:01 PM ---I do think it depends on the story as far as open endings go. I thought Harry Potter ended perfectly. I do think I would have been just as happy if he died at the end though. A true open ending and one I probably would have done, would have been him just walking into the forest, even before he encounters Voldemort with no clue what happens once he goes through the trees.
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I really did think he was going to die and remember even saying at one point that if I were JKR, that's what I would do - have him sacrifice himself to kill Voldemort and save the world. But what I love about her brilliance is that she was able to do that... and still have him survive so we could have a full-on happy ending. It was the best of both worlds in my mind. And people definitely would have lost it if she had ended it with him walking into the forest! And I would have been one of them, OMG LOL.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 25, 2012, 07:44:20 PM ---I was mad at first, but then after a few minutes thought it was brilliant lol
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Yeah, it's a good ending!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 25, 2012, 07:42:31 PM ---I am with you on this one! It's the one time I really crave a real ending. I need to know what happens to the characters I have invested so much of my time watching and I hate when a show gets cancelled before they have a chance to do that! (Alcatraz, The Firm, Harry's Law, etc...) I had stopped watching ER after Mark died off but I still watched the last few episodes of ER and was very happy with the end result. I loved how they brought so many people back including Rachel!
I have never watched the OC in my life lol the references always go over my head. It's been in my Blockbuster Queue for the longest time but never gets sent to me. I just got the first disc to the first season of the Good Wife though. Looking forward to seeing that one.
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Yeah, ER was never the same after Mark died. That was kind of the beginning of the end, although Season 9 had some interesting stuff happen. Season 10 is where it started going over the top. But they brought back a lot of the old characters for cameos in Season 15, which played on the nostalgia and made it worth watching. Rachel coming back as a med student in the finale was a great way to bring it all full circle. I literally just gave myself goosebumps typing that, I'll have you know LOL. Love, love, LOVE that show.
You should bump The OC to the top of your queue! It's seriously an amazing show! Way more than just a teen drama. A friend in real life got me started watching it, and then I payed it forward and convinced several others to give it a try, and I seriously do not know anyone who hasn't gotten hooked by the end of the pilot. Season 1 especially is nothing short of outstanding.
We maybe should take this conversation to the TV show thread LOL.
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