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[SaintRob]

This belongs in the “Things that make you feel old” thread.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

This belongs in the “Things that make you feel old” thread.

What makes ME feel old is the fact that Friends went off the air almost 20 yrs ago…..


ETA and Seinfeld has been off the air and out of production for a quarter century now , eek

 

[bigdaddysaints]

Now we’re talking
Regardless of feelings about the final season, still one of the best (like top 5, maybe 3), most daring tv shows ever

I don't understand why people are so down on the ending.
the show wasn't necessarily about the island but about that specific group of people on the island at the time. many groups before them, many groups after them. Hurley was the protector after Jacob (and jacks very short time) and I have no doubt there were protectors after Hurley.
that last season with the alternate time line that turned out to be purgatory or whatever was just a way to bring everyone back together at the end of the show. maybe I am in a minority, but I liked it.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I don't understand why people are so down on the ending.
the show wasn't necessarily about the island but about that specific group of people on the island at the time. many groups before them, many groups after them. Hurley was the protector after Jacob (and jacks very short time) and I have no doubt there were protectors after Hurley.
that last season with the alternate time line that turned out to be purgatory or whatever was just a way to bring everyone back together at the end of the show. maybe I am in a minority, but I liked it.

The structure of the resolution works with flash sideways and all
But the message of the resolution was structurally unsound- everyone was working towards some ethical, spiritual apotheosis but the symbol of (almost) all meeting in a nondenominational church was well wide of the mark

It’s been widely reported that the runners wanted to finish much sooner and ABC kept ‘demanding’ more shows
Ending of Lost wasn’t anything like the character/story assassination of GoT but I think some criticism is justified

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

To me, Lost is a lot like 24, in that it is best enjoyed if you only watch the first season, or maaayyybbbeee the second.. becuase each of those shows were only intended to be basically mini-series, lasting 12 or 15 episodes.. then when they became crazy successful cash cows, the writers were ordered to churn out more and more seasons, when that’s not how those shows were intended to go… im sure there are more examples, but those are the famous ones that i happen to have watched myself , and greatly lost (pun intended) interest after the first season or two of each .

 

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[Mr. Blue Sky]

Never.. not one episode .

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

To me, Lost is a lot like 24, in that it is best enjoyed if you only watch the first season, or maaayyybbbeee the second.. becuase each of those shows were only intended to be basically mini-series, lasting 12 or 15 episodes.. then when they became crazy successful cash cows, the writers were ordered to churn out more and more seasons, when that’s not how those shows were intended to go… im sure there are more examples, but those are the famous ones that i happen to have watched myself , and greatly lost (pun intended) interest after the first season or two of each .

Lost: Damon Lindelof on the Original 3-Season Plan and Ending the Series

Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof explains his original three-season plan for the show and how they negotiated the endpoint for the series with ABC.

collider.com

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Lost: Damon Lindelof on the Original 3-Season Plan and Ending the Series

Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof explains his original three-season plan for the show and how they negotiated the endpoint for the series with ABC.

collider.com

My point stands, the show limped on well past its intended expiration date .. like more than twice as many seasons as originally intended .

 

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[Mr. Blue Sky]

One of my absolute favorites .. right around the same time as the heyday of Cosby and Family Ties and Night Court and Cheers on NBC, you had Growing Pains and Whos the Boss and Moonlighting on ABC.. i think they may have all aired on Tuesday night (?) What a murderers row.. truly, a golden age of television .

 

[bigdaddysaints]

One of my absolute favorites .. right around the same time as the heyday of Cosby and Family Ties and Night Court and Cheers on NBC, you had Growing Pains and Whos the Boss and Moonlighting on ABC.. i think they may have all aired on Tuesday night (?) What a murderers row.. truly, a golden age of television .

night court is one of my all time favorite sitcoms.