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In response to "TWuG, you can't enjoy 6 seasons of a show, get to the last episode, and " by JaxSean

Want to bet? The show was building to a payoff. The payoff was underwhelming.

Posted by TWuG May 24 '10, 06:18

I've compared the show to a novel in the past.

That's what it was. And the ending, while it works, is so lackluster as to be hardly worth it.

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An ending cannot possibly ruin a series. You had fun for years, don't be bitter. - MDH May 24, 06:48 2
- I was promised a payoff for those 6 years. The payoff didn't come close to satisfying. It was a miniseries ending. -- nm - TWuG May 24, 07:03
- *boom* -- nm - LOST May 24, 06:49
Parts of the show were underwhelming. It shouldn't be a shock that the "payoff" was also. -- nm - Strongbad May 24, 06:43
You have high expectations a lot. (lost spoils) - JaxSean May 24, 06:24 30
- Sequel possibilities... - Mel Profit May 24, 06:37 8
  - Fantasy Island reboot! -- nm - Reagen May 24, 06:49
  - that... - znufrii May 24, 06:39 6
    - not saying it wouldn't but they could do it. -- nm - Mel Profit May 24, 06:40 5
      - I want to see how - Reagen May 24, 06:50 4
        
        My brain is busted...so I have to ask...how so? -- nm - Mel Profit May 24, 06:51 3
        
        Because he's (spoils) - JaxSean May 24, 06:52 2
        
        It doesn't matter - oblique May 24, 06:53
        
        more like 150, but yeah. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 06:53
- well, your IM is a bit of a misstatement (spoliers) - oblique May 24, 06:26 20
  - But...that's the end. The. End. -- nm - JaxSean May 24, 06:27 19
    - Nope - Will Hunting May 24, 06:38 5
      - I disagree a bit. (lost spoils) - JaxSean May 24, 06:51 4
        
        Well, I mean more in the (spoils)\ - Will Hunting May 24, 06:54 3
        
        to be honest (spoils) - tRuMaN May 24, 06:58 2
        
        spoiler - nubby May 24, 07:00 1
        
        well yes and no, spoils - tRuMaN May 24, 07:03
    - only in so much that you go X years into the future and we're all dead (spoilers) - oblique May 24, 06:28 12
      - I'm still not convinced that the (spoils) - JaxSean May 24, 06:44 11
        
        yeah, i dont see that though (spoils) - tRuMaN May 24, 07:00 1
        
        Just thinking off the top of my head at the moment, but maybe (spoils) - JaxSean May 24, 07:11
        
        Yeah, I wonder about that as well. (spoils) - Inigo May 24, 06:53 2
        
        eh, that was just them paying tribute to the set. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 06:54 1
        
        You spend millions to buy a plane, make it earn it's keep. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 06:55
        
        I couldn't figure out... - Mel Profit May 24, 06:48 5
        
        spoiler - nubby May 24, 06:58 3
        
        interesting. So Jax may be onto something. -- nm - Mel Profit May 24, 06:59 2
        
        well, it could also be (spoils) - tRuMaN May 24, 07:01 1
        
        *spoils* - Ender May 24, 07:12
        
        Really? After six years of them throwing up stuff to see what sticks? -- nm - Reagen May 24, 06:51
I believe this is called "missing the trees for the forest". -- nm - TFox May 24, 06:21

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