If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place — Page 151

DuracellEnergizer said:

I feel your pain. Years back, when I still bothered watching TV for something other than older movies and shows, it happened to me all the time. 

 Yeah I mostly stick to my classic film collection and METV these days.  Still I have not been able to expand my home video collection for a while so it is always nice when there is something new on free broadcast Tv that I really enjoy.  It always makes me sad when they end like this after one season.

I wish Networks still made TV movies for one reason, it would be nice if when they canceled these shows they would at least give the show a movie to try and tie up the loose ends and give the story some kind of closure.

You will not believe how grateful I was when Farscape got The Peacekeepr war to close out it's story.  Every show that is left hanging should get that.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I wish Networks still made TV movies for one reason, it would be nice if when they canceled these shows they would at least give the show a movie to try and tie up the loose ends and give the story some kind of closure.

 On the other hand, look what Netflix did with Arrested Development.

(I know that doesn't help you, but still.)

TV's Frink said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I wish Networks still made TV movies for one reason, it would be nice if when they canceled these shows they would at least give the show a movie to try and tie up the loose ends and give the story some kind of closure.

 On the other hand, look what Netflix did with Arrested Development.

(I know that doesn't help you, but still.)

 Unrelated, but I heard a rumor that there may be sort of an 'official fanedit' or alternate version of the newest season of AD coming out to edit the episodes into the format of the original three seasons.  (meaning taking all the episodes that are only about specific people and editing them into the other episodes to play out side by side and with new narration)

I don't want to look into this because I'm afraid I'll find out it's bullshit and I want my hopes up damnit!

Well it does now. 

Because they finally released season four on DvD, I only got to see the first episode but I liked it.

I was expecting it to be really bad based on how people reacted to it but it felt like the some show to me.  I mean you could tell they were having to write around when actors were free to film it but lots of shows have had to do that and it was still funny.

Still when there isn't a chance the show will come back in any form and the viewers are left hanging it would be nice if the Network could give us some closure, I mean they already have the sets, costumes, and actors.  Just air a TV movie during the summer when you would normally be rerunning The Middle or The Big Bang Theory.

I know it's never going to happen but it would be nice if it did.

This sort of thing is why I am always reluctant to try new shows until they have at least three seasons behind them, because now adays there are always plot arcs and I can't stand not having answers so I want to be sure a show is going to be around before I jump in.

That said I am also getting kind of sick of plot arcs, I know they keep viewers coming back but now it seems like in every show ever character has a dark secret that is slowly revealed and there is a mastermind with a massive plot controlling everything and it is just getting a little stale.

I am not saying plot arcs are bad but I also miss stand alone episodes where if I miss a week I am not completely lost.

I think that may be why I like Deep Space Nine so much despite it's flaws, it did a mix of different type of episodes. Even during the war the writers knew that fighting moves away from certain fronts at times so it is rare for one person to be on the front line all the time and involved with every battle and life has to go on even in war time.  I miss the mix of episode types and it seems like every show just keeps going darker and darker.

I want a modern day show that is like The Rockford Files, a show that has some grit but also has a sense of fun to it.  Burn Notice used to be that show for me but it's not around any more and sadly I have yet to find a replacement.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I like Deep Space Nine so much 

 Agreed, it's majestic.

I thought AD-S4 was brilliant, actually.  And I had no idea it was finally out on DVD, so thanks for that.

A bit surprised there's no bluray, however.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

That said I am also getting kind of sick of plot arcs . . .

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I think that may be why I like Deep Space Nine so much despite it's flaws,

um . . . Deep Space Nine had story arcs galore. 

If you want a show that doesn't have story arcs, try Blue Bloods.   Pretty much each episode stands on its own.  

^I believe he's trying to say that even though DS9 had it's ongoing storyline with the Dominion War, the writers still had various standalone episodes scattered throughout the seasons so that the war wasn't front-and-centre in every single episode.

TV's Frink said:

I thought AD-S4 was brilliant, actually.  And I had no idea it was finally out on DVD, so thanks for that.

A bit surprised there's no bluray, however.

 I liked it too, but I'm also interested in the possibility of seeing it a little more like the original 3 seasons were.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I think that may be why I like Deep Space Nine so much despite it's flaws,

I LOVE DS9 due to the stand alone episodes sprinkled amidst story arcs.  It made for great TV.

I've always had a preference for shows which struck a balance between episodic and serialized storytelling, myself. That way you gets the pros of both without any of the cons.

It you ask me a show that got that just right was the first 4 seasons of the West Wing.  It was a great show.  Unfortunately, it jumped the shark after season 4.

In the last few days, I've found five fleas crawling on two of my cats.

For about a decade, my cats have been flea-free -- I don't believe I've seen a single one of those bloodsucking parasites since 2007 at the latest -- and now they're coming back?

*grumble*

And now I saw a tick today -- an ugly, brown, blended-into-the-doorframe-and-disappeared-from-sight tick.

First fleas, now ticks. What the fuck is happening around here?! *pulls out hair*

Wouldn't it be more helpful to pull out fleas? :p

When people say "For all intensive purposes" (as opposed to intents and purposes) it makes me want to really never speak to them again.  And sometimes the people and friends that I love and cherish use it, and it puts me in a moral dilemma and makes me make hard decisions I shouldn't have to make.

bkev said:

I think your just being dramatic

Possessed has a just? What's a just? 

Possessed said:

 ALLOL

Hey you guys stop talking shit about my just.  He's a nice guy, he just gets carried away.

^http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/If-you-need-to-B-tch-about-something-this-is-the-place/post/769519/#TopicPost769519