Pop Critics: Ron Moore begins final script for BSG
Cap'n Schwartz
· 1 year ago
ugh... finale in 2009, man thats a long time...
jina
· 1 year ago
Friends had a great finale... Seinfeld, not so much.
Cap'n Schwartz
· 1 year ago
Seinfeld had left an inkling that it was possible they might be back after a year... they were only going to jail for a year, that would have been cool if they came back...
Mike
· 1 year ago
I guess any finale works, but I sort of meant like a serialized show's ending...The X-Files would be one that pretty much sucked.
R.A. Porter
· 1 year ago
If you ignore the weirdness of season 5 (because they didn't think they were going to get that final season until it was too late to fix things) then the season *4* finale to Babylon 5 was right up there.
Buffy's season 5 and season 7 finales (both of which were written to serve as series finales) also rocked. Nicely completed stories, though completion meant different things in each of those two.
If we're talking season finales, last year's Lost with the flash-forward was mind blowing.
R.A. Porter
· 1 year ago
No Mike, I knew what you'd meant. I was talking about shows that *thought* they were ending forever. So Buffy's season 5 finale was written as a series finale. Same with B5's season 4 finale.
It just turned out that both shows got reprieves and had to do it all over again. :)
Yeah, it's hard for a show that doesn't know for sure when it's going to end to do a great ending. BSG and Lost are the exception and not the rule. They are lucky to know exactly when they will be ending and are able to build the show to the ultimate climax of the series. It sucks for us, the fans, but in the end it'll be much better for us too knowing that it's going to end.
Adam
· 1 year ago
I just had this thought after I read you say "new world of serialized television." I remember back when movies were good and not just means of setting up potential franchises. In other words, they wrote movies to be good. Now, it seems they are more likely to create TV shows with finite plans (4-5 years) just for the sake of being good. If thats the case, we are on the cusp of a golden age of television.
Mike
· 1 year ago
Agreed Adam, and I'm enjoying it.
Just look at the slate of shows coming out next year, like Dollhouse, Fringe, etc.
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Buffy's season 5 and season 7 finales (both of which were written to serve as series finales) also rocked. Nicely completed stories, though completion meant different things in each of those two.
R.A. Porter's last blog post..She must give a mighty good blowjob
If we're talking season finales, last year's Lost with the flash-forward was mind blowing.
It just turned out that both shows got reprieves and had to do it all over again. :)
R.A. Porter's last blog post..She must give a mighty good blowjob
Just look at the slate of shows coming out next year, like Dollhouse, Fringe, etc.
The problem is, they aren't all going to be good.