The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

I mean, when I'm in the mood for a Calzone, a pizza slice won't satisfy.

Also, I'll eat enough calories in one sitting to last a normal human for two days...

The Pazone has enough sodium for 6 weeks. Maybe even in every bite?

 

[Cadence]

"Do we need to know the relative power of the people in the conversation to determine if it is actually classifiable as that?"

 

[Gradine]

"Do we need to know the relative power of the people in the conversation to determine if it is actually classifiable as that?"

Not sure what this is in reference to, but generally yeah?

 

[Ryujin]

I have often argued that endings are overrated in determining the value of a story.

For example, I think LOST was an (overall) awesome show. Some people argue that the ending and lack of answers "ruined it." I argue that the whole point was they were lost all along and any ending involving "finding answers" would have been worse (and to the degree they tried to give answers in that ending is what made it awful). I simply have never re-watched that ending, but have enjoyed part of the previous seasons over and over.

This is out of date now (esp. given Adnan Syad's recent freeing from prison), but I explored the idea of endings using Lost and the Serial podcast back in 2014: “We have to go back!” Getting Lost in the Serial Podcast

I just watched for a couple of seasons, after coming to the conclusion that they were all dead pretty early on, and moved on to something else.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I just watched for a couple of seasons, after coming to the conclusion that they were all dead pretty early on

I know! I can't believe Damon Lindelof, when writing Lost, decided to shamelessly copy the entire plot of Mary Poppins.

 

[Gradine]

They weren't all dead all along. People always say that and it's never actually been true. I mean, except in the "flash-sideways" stuff that happened in the final season, but that was more of a "flash-way-way-forward" than anything.

Lost actually had a great ending.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

They weren't all dead all along. People always say that and it's never actually been true. I mean, except in the "flash-sideways" stuff that happened in the final season, but that was more of a "flash-way-way-forward" than anything.

Lost actually had a great ending.

All of these debates about shows' endings have happened before, and all of these debates about shows' endings will happen again.

 

[Gradine]

All of these debates about shows' endings have happened before, and all of these debates about shows' endings will happen again.

Also a fantastic ending (until the last scene, anyway).

Fun fact: I was playing Mass Effect 3 at launch and loving every minute of it and started hearing grumbling about the ending, and I just kind of rolled my eyes, because of how much people complained about these two shows' endings and were incredibly wrong about them.

Turns out they weren't wrong about Mass Effect 3 though.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Also a fantastic ending (until the last scene, anyway).

Random (non-ordered) list of some of my favorite endings in TV history. I am sure there are others, but this is off the top of my head. If I had to go with one, it might The Leftovers.

1. The Americans.
2. The Prisoner.
3. Blake's 7.
4. Newhart.
5. Mr. Robot.
6. Angel.
7. The Leftovers.
8. The Shield.
9. BoJack Horseman.
10. The Sopranos.


Bonus: I can tell a lot about a person simply by learning their opinion of the ending of the Sopranos.

(slight edit)

 

[el-remmen]

Bonus: I can tell a lot about a person simply by learning their opinion of the ending of the Sopranos.

What if they just got bored somewhere in the third season and never went back to watch any more it?