Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 10:21:34 GMT -5
It's not a disaster or anything, far from it, but I think Avatar: The Last Airbender's finale is pretty weak.
The lion turtle stuff speaks for itself really - though I feel like it did become a little better in light of Korra actually explaining it (which is one of the few positive points I'll give season two of that... actually, I'll come back to Korra in a minute come to think of it) - but beyond that it just feels like they didn't actually plan out a bit of it. Katara has nothing better going on so she just hijacks the logical story arc of Zuko being the one to beat Azula, meanwhile the rest of the Gaang basically just gets shoved into stopping the Earth Kingdom genocide as a subplot that doesn't have anywhere near the emotional impact they're going for with it because you're only seeing it from the sky, it's all sprung on you last minute, it entirely consists of fighting mooks (really should've saved Combustion Man for this) and most of it's played for laughs. Then there's the Zuko's mom thing, which annoys me more because it's acting like it's been an issue the whole time as opposed to something largely glossed over after initially coming up than the fact that they bring it up only to not actually bother with an explanation. Additionally the Aang and Katara romance was always kind of limp anyway but it's really jarring how they just... get together at the end without anything having really changed from when they previously talked about it other than it's the end of the show so better wrap it up.
And in saying that prompted me to mention Korra's finale as well, think it's much worse. The end fight scene goes WAY too long, and it makes basically no sense at all that it even happens because the mech just comes right the f*** out of nowhere to force a climax. The lowered budget means the fight scene really isn't even impressively animated or anything so there's really not even spectacle to it, and as much as they try to make Kuvira and Baatar Jr. sympathetic they just... They aren't. Not even a little. Especially Baatar Jr., the guy's face turn entirely feels like he did it because it was the most self-preserving option present at that moment. Also while I like the idea of the Korra and Asami couple, I really feel like it comes right the hell out of nowhere. Same for Varrick and Zhu Li for that matter.
|
|
|
Post by Mid-Carder on May 11, 2019 10:22:36 GMT -5
I've never known a TV show completely ruin itself and its fanbase with its finale like How I Met Your Mother. One episode made the last nine years null and void.
|
|
|
Post by Tiger Millionaire on May 11, 2019 10:55:54 GMT -5
DBZ for such an important anime, had a awful last episode, a backdoor pilot for the abomination that is GT, Goku just leaving his family to train a character introduced in the 3rd to last episode.
|
|
|
Post by WoodStoner1 on May 11, 2019 11:01:53 GMT -5
Again, it HAS an ending... ...only the Chances shouldn't have changed the channel before the reporter could tell us what it was (on Raising Hope.... Don't even remember how RH ended, actually, so we can fit it in here too!). An ending is referenced on Raising Hope, but it still had nothing to do with the final episode cliffhanger. I know. It's a running joke of mine that it would have had an ending if they only kept the TV on ;-)
|
|
|
Post by The Wild Man of Borneo on May 11, 2019 11:10:02 GMT -5
The Batman: Brave and the Bold finale that everyone else seems to like. It was fine when Batmite was causing the 4th wall breaking, but the wrap party ending--I don't know, maybe it's just me, but when they come out and say "it's all just a show, folks," it's like nothing in the series really mattered since it's all fake anyway. Yeah, it's weird, I guess I'm overthinking it, but that's just how I feel about it. Have you ever heard of the 'reality' show "The Hills" or the short lived 80's sitcom "I Married Dora"? Never watched The Hills, not into reality shows. I looked up the other show and, yeah, it's one thing when a sitcom does it, I don't mind that. BATB, as goofy as it was, it would get serious and even dark at times. I got to care for the characters, and when at the end it's like "we're just actors," it kinda kills it for me.
|
|
|
Post by brown bricks on May 11, 2019 11:11:46 GMT -5
If the "leaked" spoilers are to be believed, it's going to be Game of Thrones and it's not even close.
|
|
|
Post by Casey Jones on May 11, 2019 11:24:13 GMT -5
What are some shows that you were a fan of but you were disappointed by the way it ended? Full House. An Amnesia story? Then it ends with "Michelle's ok, bye everybody, thanks for watching" Sopranos. Although I understand why. I didn't like the blackout How I Met Your Mother. I invested all those years. You spent seasons making not want to see Ted and Robin together while making me care about Barney and Robin's relationship. Just to end with "Mom died, Robin got divorced and I still love her" What the hell? In the case of Full House they didn't know it was going to be the series finale until after it was shot. There was talk of moving the series to The WB for another season. That's what bugs me. We didn't even get an ending. Much like Married with Children. But to be honest. I got worn out on that show a few seasons before it ended
|
|
|
Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on May 11, 2019 11:28:03 GMT -5
Death Note - Great series but just never liked the ending with Near/Mello tandem outsmarting Light and it never had the highs as it did with L vs Light I think the biggest issue with the end of Death Note is they focused on the wrong part of the tandem. It has other problems - the flood of new characters and shift to being much more action-focused are also mistakes - but Mello is WAY more interesting than Near, and there's a better story to be found in Mello being willing to go just as low as Light does and managing to succeed because of it than there is in Near basically just being a lame knockoff of L. The problem is both Near and Mello were willing to fight dirty but Mello made the sacrifice to catch Light which sort of gets swept under the rug. Also the subtle hints that those two combined are smarter than L just doesn’t work There was a better way of writing those 2 more so Near. He’s too much like L except hints are he could be smarter. Mello has his faults and didn’t get picked to be the next L which made him more interesting but he essentially still played fodder to Near in the bigger scheme
|
|
|
Post by Casey Jones on May 11, 2019 11:40:23 GMT -5
Seinfeld ending with our four main characters going to jail. Well that's it they are in jail thanks for watching really though. Add in the mega storm of hype the finale got and just...damn. I mean I knew it wasn't gonna match the hype. But what a contrived reason for old characters to get one last shot.
|
|
CMWaters
Ozymandius
Rolled a Seven, Beat the Ads.
Bald and busy
Posts: 63,282
|
Post by CMWaters on May 11, 2019 11:51:20 GMT -5
DBZ for such an important anime, had a awful last episode, a backdoor pilot for the abomination that is GT, Goku just leaving his family to train a character introduced in the 3rd to last episode. Until the recent stuff with Super, that was THE ending of the manga. So I don't know if counting it as a backdoor pilot for GT counts when Toriyama had no plans for anything after that until recent times (well, kind of, as the stuff in Super happens before those last few episodes of Z)
|
|
|
Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on May 11, 2019 12:02:36 GMT -5
Generally speaking, any show that ends on an unresolved cliffhanger.
|
|
Rave
El Dandy
Perpetually Bored
Posts: 8,373
|
Post by Rave on May 11, 2019 12:05:43 GMT -5
FLCL Alternative just implodes at the finish line. I was really split which I preferred between it and Progressive going in, but then the ending being one giant fight scene that resolves none of the lingering plot points and ends in a confusing way that leaves you wondering both what the hell happened and whether this is a sequel, prequel, or alternative universe to the original pretty much clinched it for me that Progressive is better. I am still so glad I'm not the only one who has absolutely no clue what the hell was going on with that ending.
|
|
Ultimo Gallos
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Dreams SUCK!Nightmares live FOREVER!
Posts: 15,322
|
Post by Ultimo Gallos on May 11, 2019 12:10:11 GMT -5
SOA ended perfectly. Jax knew the only way his sons would have a good life is if he died. So he did was was needed. Loved the Rescue Me ending. With Lou now haunting Tommy. For me it is Freaks and Geeks. The ending leaves so many questions unanswered. If only NBC hadn't been asshats and not caved when they got complaints,rumored to be 20 or so,about 1 episode. V,the original,ends on a major cliffhanger. And never got resolved. Even though there was novels and a few issues of a comic published long after the show was over. Nope instead we got that horrid remake from the 2000s.
|
|
|
Post by Prince Petty on May 11, 2019 12:16:49 GMT -5
A lot of people who watched it will say Chuck. I'm not a fan of the entire last season, but the final episode doesn't upset me like it does others. It's rather convoluted, but the essence is that the central relationship of Chuck and Sarah is seemingly broken, because Sarah's mind has been tampered with and she doesn't remember the last five years. At the end, you expect she'll get her memory back and they'll be happy. But she doesn't. The show ends with them sitting together as Chuck tells her stories about their life together that she still doesn't recall.
So fans felt betrayed. But the thing is, I think the writing made it clear that, even if she doesn't remember now, she will eventually. And that she wants to remember, that she's not going to leave as she was planning, because she realises that what she had with Chuck was the real deal, and it's worth finding again. Was it bittersweet? I guess, but more sweet than bitter.
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Whiney on May 11, 2019 12:24:43 GMT -5
Season 8 or Live Another Day? Season 8
|
|
|
Post by Natural Born Farmer on May 11, 2019 14:38:46 GMT -5
SOA ended perfectly. Jax knew the only way his sons would have a good life is if he died. When we last see his son, isn’t he eyeing the SOA ring Gemma gave him? I interpreted Jax taking himself out as him just freeing the club of the responsibility for killing him so they could avoid conflict with other chapters. His son def getting into the life.
|
|
|
Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on May 11, 2019 15:21:02 GMT -5
New Girl.
|
|
|
Post by Bob Schlapowitz on May 11, 2019 15:38:30 GMT -5
How Your Mother Died and I tried to Make It Work With Robin for the 83rd Time.
|
|
Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
Posts: 42,399
|
Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 11, 2019 18:38:20 GMT -5
Season 1 was really the best of Rescue Me. I always thought it would end with Tommy being dead since 9/11 and the whole series was him as the ghost. Didn’t like seeing Lou die either.
|
|
|
Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on May 12, 2019 0:12:58 GMT -5
A lot of people who watched it will say Chuck. I'm not a fan of the entire last season, but the final episode doesn't upset me like it does others. It's rather convoluted, but the essence is that the central relationship of Chuck and Sarah is seemingly broken, because Sarah's mind has been tampered with and she doesn't remember the last five years. At the end, you expect she'll get her memory back and they'll be happy. But she doesn't. The show ends with them sitting together as Chuck tells her stories about their life together that she still doesn't recall. So fans felt betrayed. But the thing is, I think the writing made it clear that, even if she doesn't remember now, she will eventually. And that she wants to remember, that she's not going to leave as she was planning, because she realises that what she had with Chuck was the real deal, and it's worth finding again. Was it bittersweet? I guess, but more sweet than bitter. And Morgan's theory was right. Go back over the show, Morgan is never wrong about Chuck's life. More importantly, he's never wrong about Chuck and Sarah. Morgan's magical kiss theory worked.
|
|