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1. Saw the finale episode of The Good Wife, entitled "The End" tonight and whoa, that was an interesting ending. It makes you think. And it fit the tone and theme of the show. While the writing was uneven in places, it was amongst the better series finales.
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Hmmm, the more I think about the episode, the more I like it and think it was rather brilliant in retrospect. I may buy that series someday on DVD and binge watch it. It interlinks quite wonderfully and references past seasons and past episodes beautifully.
2. ) Ah, Once Upon a Time, you are getting predictable and repetitive. I smell a reboot or curse or reset in our not too distant future, either caused by Henry, Rumple or Regina.
I'm sort of hoping they don't do that. Also hoping they don't use ( spoiler ) to turn Regina evil again. Evil Regina screeches and grates on my nerves. I much prefer the male villains or the Snow Queen, none of whom screeched. I've decided Regina has the best wardrobe. Snow or possibly Belle the worst.
( spoilers )
Television series do enjoy killing people off and bringing them back, don't they? Particularly fantasy shows and soap operas. (They think it is shocking, it's not. The audience is on to them.) Except, for some reason, it's only the leads that get this privilege, poor supporting characters or characters the writers are bored of...stay dead. Also actors that have either pissed the writers off or have decided to leave the series to pursue more lucrative and interesting gigs, tend to get their characters killed off. (That's when they'll kill off a lead character. It's actually the only time they will kill off a lead character.) See Grey's Anatomy, LOST, The Good Wife, Buffy, Angel, The 100, Vampire Diaries, etc...for examples. I'm a fan of a daytime soaps, so am used to this sort of thing.
So and so is in contract negotiations. Oh, it's not going well. Oh...they got another better role on another soap...or better yet a prime time television series??? Guess what their character just got shot and thrown in the river, the character is now deader than a doornail. Damn. I liked that character. Wait, no, the character isn't dead, they've been frozen, woken up, brain-washed, and had facial reconstruction, so alive, just being played by a new and better actor. After a while, I stopped caring when fictional characters are killed off on television series...other people get upset, I think, yeah well that was sort of predictable, and don't worry, they may be back next season in a different form. If it's a soap opera or a fantasy series...it doesn't matter if their organs were donated and they were cremated, the writers will find a way if they are so inclined. Makes it hard to care one way or another or to understand why other people get so upset about it. I remember being afraid they were going to permanently kill off Spike -- seriously? He was too frigging popular with practically everybody including the writers, but fanatical Angel and Bangle fans, who were woefully in the minority and still are. We were idiots. Hook is similar on OUAT. You can always tell which characters writers like -- hint, they get a lot of screen-time, great costume, and all the best lines. )
( spoilers )
Hmmm, the more I think about the episode, the more I like it and think it was rather brilliant in retrospect. I may buy that series someday on DVD and binge watch it. It interlinks quite wonderfully and references past seasons and past episodes beautifully.
2. ) Ah, Once Upon a Time, you are getting predictable and repetitive. I smell a reboot or curse or reset in our not too distant future, either caused by Henry, Rumple or Regina.
I'm sort of hoping they don't do that. Also hoping they don't use ( spoiler ) to turn Regina evil again. Evil Regina screeches and grates on my nerves. I much prefer the male villains or the Snow Queen, none of whom screeched. I've decided Regina has the best wardrobe. Snow or possibly Belle the worst.
( spoilers )
Television series do enjoy killing people off and bringing them back, don't they? Particularly fantasy shows and soap operas. (They think it is shocking, it's not. The audience is on to them.) Except, for some reason, it's only the leads that get this privilege, poor supporting characters or characters the writers are bored of...stay dead. Also actors that have either pissed the writers off or have decided to leave the series to pursue more lucrative and interesting gigs, tend to get their characters killed off. (That's when they'll kill off a lead character. It's actually the only time they will kill off a lead character.) See Grey's Anatomy, LOST, The Good Wife, Buffy, Angel, The 100, Vampire Diaries, etc...for examples. I'm a fan of a daytime soaps, so am used to this sort of thing.
So and so is in contract negotiations. Oh, it's not going well. Oh...they got another better role on another soap...or better yet a prime time television series??? Guess what their character just got shot and thrown in the river, the character is now deader than a doornail. Damn. I liked that character. Wait, no, the character isn't dead, they've been frozen, woken up, brain-washed, and had facial reconstruction, so alive, just being played by a new and better actor. After a while, I stopped caring when fictional characters are killed off on television series...other people get upset, I think, yeah well that was sort of predictable, and don't worry, they may be back next season in a different form. If it's a soap opera or a fantasy series...it doesn't matter if their organs were donated and they were cremated, the writers will find a way if they are so inclined. Makes it hard to care one way or another or to understand why other people get so upset about it. I remember being afraid they were going to permanently kill off Spike -- seriously? He was too frigging popular with practically everybody including the writers, but fanatical Angel and Bangle fans, who were woefully in the minority and still are. We were idiots. Hook is similar on OUAT. You can always tell which characters writers like -- hint, they get a lot of screen-time, great costume, and all the best lines. )