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<blockquote data-quote="rmtew" data-source="post: 9385587" data-attributes="member: 7046160"><p>TL;DR: In an age where I rewatch things I enjoy and gain reenjoyment from the rewatch, I can excise specific shows or seasons from existence and make a better experience. I can make a great ending for myself.</p><p></p><p>When I was younger and watching things like Farscape and Stargate as they aired I often complained about endings and season cliff-hangers and series that never got resolution. Part of it was that things were different then, the media had to be caught on air and I didn't want to miss it and wanted to be caught up so I could discuss it without for instance being spoiled and so on. Now we can rewatch things on demand, and can often consume a whole series as it comes out.. well you know this.</p><p></p><p>Now given how often I rewatch series I like I've come to different conclusions from the different perspective. If I didn't like the ending I can excise that episode and enjoy the story I was told. Often if I didn't like the ending I didn't like the season (especially given many shows have season-long story arcs) and I can excise that season and end up with the standout first one I did like.</p><p></p><p>Some of my top of my head :</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Westworld only had a first season for me.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Altered Carbon only had a first season for me.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Boys only had a first season for me.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The X-Files had 9 seasons, a lot of episodes can be marked for me as do not watch even story arc ones. Excise complete new season ending. Keep old one.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Star Trek, Stargate, Farscape: a lot of episodes can be marked for me as do not watch. Excise Farscape ending. Excise Stargate Universe ending. Give some thought to considering excising the end of Stargate from when Macguyver left. Definitely keep Voyager ending.</li> </ul><p>There's some negotiation with myself for this. I long considered Farscape to be a dumpster fire of mind-numbingly boring episodes and bad writing from in-the-day watching, with a terrible ending. Nowadays I think I'd mostly excise the ending.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rmtew, post: 9385587, member: 7046160"] TL;DR: In an age where I rewatch things I enjoy and gain reenjoyment from the rewatch, I can excise specific shows or seasons from existence and make a better experience. I can make a great ending for myself. When I was younger and watching things like Farscape and Stargate as they aired I often complained about endings and season cliff-hangers and series that never got resolution. Part of it was that things were different then, the media had to be caught on air and I didn't want to miss it and wanted to be caught up so I could discuss it without for instance being spoiled and so on. Now we can rewatch things on demand, and can often consume a whole series as it comes out.. well you know this. Now given how often I rewatch series I like I've come to different conclusions from the different perspective. If I didn't like the ending I can excise that episode and enjoy the story I was told. Often if I didn't like the ending I didn't like the season (especially given many shows have season-long story arcs) and I can excise that season and end up with the standout first one I did like. Some of my top of my head : [LIST] [*]Westworld only had a first season for me. [*]Altered Carbon only had a first season for me. [*]The Boys only had a first season for me. [*]The X-Files had 9 seasons, a lot of episodes can be marked for me as do not watch even story arc ones. Excise complete new season ending. Keep old one. [*]Star Trek, Stargate, Farscape: a lot of episodes can be marked for me as do not watch. Excise Farscape ending. Excise Stargate Universe ending. Give some thought to considering excising the end of Stargate from when Macguyver left. Definitely keep Voyager ending. [/LIST] There's some negotiation with myself for this. I long considered Farscape to be a dumpster fire of mind-numbingly boring episodes and bad writing from in-the-day watching, with a terrible ending. Nowadays I think I'd mostly excise the ending. [/QUOTE]
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