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Just because it's Friday
Feb. 13th, 2004 09:21 amThe Fannish Friday 5
1. Is there a type of story (humor, musical, costume drama, etc.) that your show should never do again?
I'm going to pre-emptively say muppets for the episode of Angel next week. True I have seen it yet, but come on.
2. Is there a character or guest star you wish had never returned (would never return)?
The pathological liar from "The Man Who Knew Too Little" on Due South. TMWKTL is one of Due South's best episodes, and Starman is one of the worst. His just not as funny when dealing with an alien conspiracy and true love than when fleeing the Canadian mob.
3. What episode made you realize a show was past its prime (jumped the shark in ‘net speak)? Did you continue watching?
"When Irish Eyes are Killing" for Lois and Clark. There are worse episodes of LaC (much worse), but this one stands out in my mind as the moment I realized the writers had run out of ideas.
4. What series finale did you hate?
The Pretender - Island of the Haunted. I would not be exagerating to say seeing that made me depressed for days. (If you haven't seen it and wish to remain unspoiled, skip ahead.) Jarod spends four years searching for and trying to find his mother. And he never does. I needed that closure. I really did. I needed Jarod to finally embrace his mother. And when you add to that an ancient prophecy in English (since English, as we all know, is an ancient language) foretelling the coming of Jarod, Miss Parker being Raynes' daughter, MP, Broots and Sydney never escaping the Centre, and shoehorning the whole series into some sort of mystical Druid pseudo-religious quest. Talk about ret-con. The Centre never seemed to be about "scrolls" before. I've read in an interview with the producers that they were hoping to continue the show. To which I say - give it up. It's over. It will never be made again. So give your fans some damn closure.
This lack of closure for a series is only equalled by Twin Peaks, but I wasn't as invested in that show. Still, you've got to respect Lynch for knowing the show was over and still ending it on a cliffhanger. This falls in the "cancel my show, will ya? Well f*** you!" category.
5. What made you give up on a show?
Oddly enough, I stopped watching X-Files when Autumn Tysko, who's reviews I read every week, said in her final review she was switching to watching Buffy where the producers paid attention to continuity. So I started watching Buffy instead, and wouldn't you know it, she was right. I should add, though, that I did see all of season 9 in one marathon weekend. I watched each episode thinking, it can't possibly get any worse, then I'd go to the next one, and low and behold, it was. Which leads me to ask - the season 9 DVD. Why?
1. Is there a type of story (humor, musical, costume drama, etc.) that your show should never do again?
I'm going to pre-emptively say muppets for the episode of Angel next week. True I have seen it yet, but come on.
2. Is there a character or guest star you wish had never returned (would never return)?
The pathological liar from "The Man Who Knew Too Little" on Due South. TMWKTL is one of Due South's best episodes, and Starman is one of the worst. His just not as funny when dealing with an alien conspiracy and true love than when fleeing the Canadian mob.
3. What episode made you realize a show was past its prime (jumped the shark in ‘net speak)? Did you continue watching?
"When Irish Eyes are Killing" for Lois and Clark. There are worse episodes of LaC (much worse), but this one stands out in my mind as the moment I realized the writers had run out of ideas.
4. What series finale did you hate?
The Pretender - Island of the Haunted. I would not be exagerating to say seeing that made me depressed for days. (If you haven't seen it and wish to remain unspoiled, skip ahead.) Jarod spends four years searching for and trying to find his mother. And he never does. I needed that closure. I really did. I needed Jarod to finally embrace his mother. And when you add to that an ancient prophecy in English (since English, as we all know, is an ancient language) foretelling the coming of Jarod, Miss Parker being Raynes' daughter, MP, Broots and Sydney never escaping the Centre, and shoehorning the whole series into some sort of mystical Druid pseudo-religious quest. Talk about ret-con. The Centre never seemed to be about "scrolls" before. I've read in an interview with the producers that they were hoping to continue the show. To which I say - give it up. It's over. It will never be made again. So give your fans some damn closure.
This lack of closure for a series is only equalled by Twin Peaks, but I wasn't as invested in that show. Still, you've got to respect Lynch for knowing the show was over and still ending it on a cliffhanger. This falls in the "cancel my show, will ya? Well f*** you!" category.
5. What made you give up on a show?
Oddly enough, I stopped watching X-Files when Autumn Tysko, who's reviews I read every week, said in her final review she was switching to watching Buffy where the producers paid attention to continuity. So I started watching Buffy instead, and wouldn't you know it, she was right. I should add, though, that I did see all of season 9 in one marathon weekend. I watched each episode thinking, it can't possibly get any worse, then I'd go to the next one, and low and behold, it was. Which leads me to ask - the season 9 DVD. Why?