Endings are difficult, says Chuck. It's easy to start a story, but not end it. And of course, when it comes to popular stories, still many people who would always be like and who is not. Always going to complain about the fans. These phrases seemed like a genius at the end of Season 5 of Supernatural. It is true they are not originals, even if it is a little more the fact of putting the narrator as a character in the story, but contain a great truth.
This comment is on the end of series, I saw that I liked and I did not like, and a brief explanation of why. And it's funny how some are late to change the view on other end, but have nothing to do. Under the cut, by doubts. Comment late X-files, Buffy, Supernatural, Lost and some others.
Final Final
There are many types of end of stories, both series, soap operas, books or movies. Happy endings, sad, open, closed, unforeseen, unpredictable, with or without twists, almost as many different endings as the same stories. In my personal opinion, beyond that I like or not the decision of the writer, I think a good ending (not necessarily a nice final) has to have certain criteria. The most important is to be faithful to the story and characters. Not have to answer all questions or tie up all loose ends, not bad leaving things left to the imagination of the public. But if workition to the spirit of history, if he betrays the characters, I think a good ending. If you somehow cheat, really bothers me too. I feel cheated, as if wanted to buy a blender and sold me a hair dryer. It may be a good hair dryer, but not the product I ordered. I do not consider the fact cheating begin to tell a story that seems to go on one side and then go on the other, if done properly can be great. As in the novels of Robert Heinlein (Starship Troopers on), starting on one side and never finish the story started, but they are so good that the reader never feels cheated, but to be engaging in the new stories that appear .
But it was not the case of Lost. In lieus, the worst series finale I've seen. Real good characters, very good ideas, compelling stories. And all wasted in a final absurdity, where everything that was worthless, and the only thing left is that it was all a sort of group therapy, where people overcame personal conflicts, they became good and went to heaven together. The island of mysteries became nothing more than a place where these people had therapy. And it's not a story about people who are redeemed is not good, is not proved to be the product that sold all these years. A scam. That was not what I paid for my time, patience and even merchandising all this time. Not intended to explain everything, indeed, sometimes it's best not to explain anything, because it is goodor think and imagine things. What I got angry was that totally rejected all of that as it did not matter, that any kind of experience that these people have shared and it was strong enough well served. What was needed for that conclusion ancient magical creatures, abandoned temples, statues, mysterious, secret experiments, the time travel and everything else? Just for a group of conflicted people resolve their problems and die happy, and discovered that love is more important? Not that this is not important, and is not good, but not quite what it seemed. For that would have followed "Valiant." At the end I was right, when in one of my theories (all had a theory), I quand the island was a kind of costly clinical, virtual reality, where people were cured of their psychic problems, and when cured, was discharged, and his virtual alter ego die on the island. I was not that far after all. A complete disappointment.
That made me see with new eyes the final of X-files, which so disgusted me at the time. At least in this series, the viewer is not mocked. Mulder and Scully are defeated and have to flee, with all that were destroyed, including their minds, but at least they ran away together and remained faithful to its cause. Because it was clear from the beginning was a struggle that could not win. But beyond the turns and mistakes, never ceased to be so raised in the first episode: a man in aa crusade against superior forces, the secret government, the people hiding important things. Not resolved, saying it was all a dream or a hallucination, or group therapy, or who were dead from the start and were in purgatory. The story was always the same. And the characters have changed, yes, but after everything they lived, if not changed would not be logical. It was not so bad end, after all.
But the best series finale I saw was that of Buffy. It was almost perfect, if not entirely perfect. And it was still open, leaving the possibility of continuing it as they did in a way, in the series Angel.
Then there are the end of series that were canceled prematurely, leaving an incon finalCluses and wrong, but is expected to continue, such as Blood Ties and Moonlight. These do not count, because they were not authentic final.
And there are the partial final, like Supernatural. That should end there, and all had a great final, and the renovation cause they had to change, so it was not as good as planned. And he noted, which caused some last minute changes, some loose, some untidiness. I saw him again last night and was not so bad. I think I even imagined what was the final Kripke had in mind and could not do, and yes, it would be great. But we'll never know now. We'll see how they bring the sixth.
In conclusion, the end is there for all tastes. But the thin sidel Lost, almost any finish was better. So good thing was, after all, allowed to revalue other end.
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