Comments on: The end of a show: closure or no closure? http://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/the-end-of-a-show-closure-or-no-closure/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stu http://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/the-end-of-a-show-closure-or-no-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-11486 Stu Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:47:17 +0000 http://www.scifinow.co.uk/?p=9137#comment-11486 Not seen "Angel" but from the description, it sounds like it was inspired by "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Closure's for wimps. Who needs happy endings? Ambiguity's where it's at. Gotta leave 'em wanting more... Not seen “Angel” but from the description, it sounds like it was inspired by “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”. Closure’s for wimps. Who needs happy endings? Ambiguity’s where it’s at. Gotta leave ‘em wanting more…

]]> By: Kevin Hall http://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/the-end-of-a-show-closure-or-no-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-11405 Kevin Hall Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:12:46 +0000 http://www.scifinow.co.uk/?p=9137#comment-11405 Biggest.Cliffhanger.Ever? Sarah Connor Chronicles. We need a resolution to this show, even if it is a two hour mini-movie. Also Reaper's finale was rushed as they found out there wasn't to be a third season. I agree on Quantum Leap's. After all that journeying that's all we got! I hope that if networks know a show is nearing its end, they should at least tie up all the loose ends and end the show properly. I felt Pushing Daisies was rushed too. That was such a brilliant show. I wonder what Tru Calling and Hex's endings are going to be like, as I am currently watching them for the first time on Sky... Biggest.Cliffhanger.Ever? Sarah Connor Chronicles. We need a resolution to this show, even if it is a two hour mini-movie. Also Reaper’s finale was rushed as they found out there wasn’t to be a third season. I agree on Quantum Leap’s. After all that journeying that’s all we got! I hope that if networks know a show is nearing its end, they should at least tie up all the loose ends and end the show properly. I felt Pushing Daisies was rushed too. That was such a brilliant show. I wonder what Tru Calling and Hex’s endings are going to be like, as I am currently watching them for the first time on Sky…

]]> By: Elyse http://www.scifinow.co.uk/blog/the-end-of-a-show-closure-or-no-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-11327 Elyse Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:59:14 +0000 http://www.scifinow.co.uk/?p=9137#comment-11327 Sometimes closure works, if the producers are aware long enough in advance to do a realistic one. I'd say the worst closure of a scifi show was War of the Worlds (1989 tv series with Jared Martin). First, they screwed up the entire second season by killing off the popular characters, and more, and then, cut the season from 22 episodes to 20 and suddenly, in episode #20, the aliens were all killed and everything was right with the world. I don't know of any fan of that series that liked it. Stargate Atlantis ahd a very speedy conclusion, which it shouldn't have. They combined what definitely should have been two hours into one, had the heroes discover a new hyperdrive that conveniently helped them save the day. However, many fans still want the show to continue, or at least a movie, and not on Earth, but back in the PEgasus Galaxy. Of cousre, all of those are better than Blake's 7, which ended up with a massacre (literally) of many of the characters. OUch. Oh wait. Winner for worst end? Quantum Leap. "And Sam Beckett never returned home" said the crawl on the screen. Yech. Sometimes closure works, if the producers are aware long enough in advance to do a realistic one.

I’d say the worst closure of a scifi show was War of the Worlds (1989 tv series with Jared Martin). First, they screwed up the entire second season by killing off the popular characters, and more, and then, cut the season from 22 episodes to 20 and suddenly, in episode #20, the aliens were all killed and everything was right with the world. I don’t know of any fan of that series that liked it.

Stargate Atlantis ahd a very speedy conclusion, which it shouldn’t have. They combined what definitely should have been two hours into one, had the heroes discover a new hyperdrive that conveniently helped them save the day. However, many fans still want the show to continue, or at least a movie, and not on Earth, but back in the PEgasus Galaxy.

Of cousre, all of those are better than Blake’s 7, which ended up with a massacre (literally) of many of the characters. OUch.

Oh wait. Winner for worst end? Quantum Leap. “And Sam Beckett never returned home” said the crawl on the screen. Yech.

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