I actually liked DS9's finale, in part because there was always an underlying current of mysticism/the supernatural because of the wormhole aliens and the Bajoran orbs - whereas I felt like Voyager's finale just felt like a cheap win*.
*Made doubly cheap by the 7-year systematic cheapening of the Borg as big-bad and subsequent disregard for the Temporal Prime Directive. Having Janeway show up on Picard's viewscreen wearing Admiral's pips just made it feel like Rick Berman was shitting on the fans for not loving 'his baby'. On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:01:14 AM UTC-4, Jon Delfin wrote: > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:56 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > To be fair, some shows lend themselves to finales. "The Fugitive" is > > an easy example. Ending the war was an obvious thing to do with > > "M*A*S*H". Whether or not it actually worked, "Lost" needed to answer > > its ongoing questions. > > > > More often, imposing a finale is awfully arbitrary. Either the series > > ends without a serious change to the show's milieu (like "Hill Street > > Blues" or "Cheers") or there's a mess like "Seinfeld". > > I'll see you, and raise you Star Trek TNG (great ending because it > didn't end, and you knew those people would just go on) vs. Star Trek > DS9 (terrible ending because it tried to be an ending). Voyager is in > the "lend themselves to finales" category -- they had to get home. > > I anticipate that How I Met Your Mother will not stick the landing. > Ideally (for me, at least), they'll introduce the mother and spend 22 > episodes developing the character and the relationship with Ted. I'm > not holding my breath. > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
