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Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks ended in 1991 with Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle Machlachlan)
trapped in the Black Lodge and the fate of Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn)
up in the air after a bank explosion, to name a few things. Fans of the
cult series were left hanging for over two decades but a third season
has been approved for Showtime that will hopefully answer a lot of
lingering questions.
Deadwood
Deadwood producer David Milch has gone on record saying that the series
finale was written as such, but fans of the Western series aren't buying
it due to all the loose ends.
Farscape
When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
Pushing Daisies
The critically acclaimed Pushing Daisies was about a pie maker with the
ability to bring dead things back to life. The show ran for two seasons
but it took the network a while to even air the final three episodes
and, even when it happened, it didn't satisfyingly wrap up the show.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The second season of the show inspired by the Terminator movies ended
with the characters making a time jump to the future where no one has
heard of John Connor. That's quite a setup, except that the show was
cancelled and now we'll never know where the writers were going to go
with this.
Sliders
During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
V (1984)
In the final episode of the first full season, Kyle (Jeff Yagher) stows
away on a shuttle with the Starchild unaware that Visitor leader Diana
(Jane Badler) has placed a bomb on board. Since the show never came back
for season two, we'll never know if that bomb ever went off.
V (1984)
In the final episode of the first full season, Kyle (Jeff Yagher) stows
away on a shuttle with the Starchild unaware that Visitor leader Diana
(Jane Badler) has placed a bomb on board. Since the show never came back
for season two, we'll never know if that bomb ever went off.
Dallas
In the 1980s, we all found out who shot J.R. TNT's reboot of Dallas
ended with Jesse Metcalfe's character starting his car and it exploding.
Did he survive? We'll never know.
(No, he didn't survive, the idiot producer thought killing him was the
way to get renewed)
In the Flesh
In the Flesh was a British zombie drama that focused more on its
characters' relationships as opposed to visceral zombie action, like The
Walking Dead. Sadly, BBC Three pulled the plug on the series, which
ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
Kyle XY
The ABC Family show about a kid without memory or a belly button was
popular at first but lost a little steam, which led to its unceremonious
cancellation before a proper finale could be filmed.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas was abruptly cancelled 19 episodes into a planned 22-episode
fifth season. The main characters were supposed to make a crossover
appearance in NBC's Knight Rider reboot, but it was cancelled too.
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
The once-popular series ended with a time-traveling H.G. Wells
delivering a mystery baby wrapped in a Superman cape to Lois and Clark.
Whose baby was it? No one knows, since the show got axed.
Melrose Place
We're not talking about the original Melrose Place, we're talking about
the rebooted Melrose Place 2.0 on the CW. It ended with Amanda Woodward
(Heather Locklear) screaming and being dragged out of her office to
jail. Does she get out? Dish out some revenge? We'll have to use our
imagination, because the show wasn't renewed for a second season.
Mork and Mindy
In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
characters and the fans deserved better.
Mork and Mindy
In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
characters and the fans deserved better.
Quantum Leap
The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
V
Unlike the original V from the '80s, the V reboot starring Morena
Baccarin as Visitor queen Anna got renewed for a second season. But just
like the original V, it was cancelled on a cliffhanger with the fate of
humanity in question. "V" must stand for "vexing."
Alcatraz
In the cliffhanger for this Fox series starring Sam Neill and Hurley
from Lost, the female lead played by Sarah Jones supposedly dies and it
is revealed that what is happening in the prison is happening all over
the country. Those are two big ideas to dump on viewers with no
resolution.
Flashforward
Producers claimed to have a five-season arc for this high-concept series
starring Joseph Fiennes, but it only lasted one season. The season-one
finale episode involved a flash-forward event happening two decades in
the future and didn't resolve anything about the characters fans just
got to know. Some call it the worst final episode of any TV show.
Happy Town
This supernatural mystery was about a town recovering from a series of
kidnappings and a so-called "Magic Man" with the ability to make people
disappear. Eight episodes were filmed, but ABC unceremoniously yanked
the show off the air after six. The final two episodes were posted
online for a while, but they didn't solve the mystery at the center the
show or offer any kind of satisfying resolution.
Invasion
With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
show was cancelled without warning.
Alphas
Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot point
about whether the entire population of New York was dead or just
unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about the Alphas
cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
Awake
When NBC's Awake ended its first season, the collective response was,
"what just happened?" Creator Kyle Killen insists that was always the
intended ending for the first season, but it felt like something slapped
together due to cancellation. Awake never woke up for a second season.
Reaper
The CW has a history of yanking shows after one season and leaving
unresolved cliffhangers, and a perfect example of this is Reaper. Season
one ended before a reveal that would have changed the whole premise of
the show. Of course, with cancellation the premise is dead.
Defiance
Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
(This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
Dominion
Another Syfy casualty of 2015 was Dominion, a series set in the future
after a war between man and angels that is based on the movie Legion.
The show was on the air for two seasons, the second of which ended with
two cliffhangers and the death of a major character. Fans can pray for a
third season or proper finale, but these angels have flown away.
Dark Shadows
The 1991 revival of the vampy soap opera ended with some time traveling
and Victoria figuring out that Barnabas was a 200-plus-year-old vampire,
something her character never found out in the original series. It would
have been interesting to see how the reboot dealt with this new story
twist, but the show was staked before it could be explored.
Odyssey 5
This 2002 Showtime sci-fi series followed five space travelers given the
opportunity to go back in time and prevent the destruction of Earth. The
first and only season ends with one of the characters learning the truth
about the impending destruction of Earth before that dreaded, empty
promise "To be continued" appears on the screen.
The Dead Zone
Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
unresolved plot threads.
Earth 2
The sci-fi show ended with the colonists getting sick from an unknown
illness, including Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino), who is left in
suspended animation until she can be cured. To make matters worse, this
cliffhanger episode was aired out of order as the third-to-the-last
episode for no apparent reason.
Forever Knight
This cult Canadian vampire show had its fans, and they are still sore
about the abrupt ending during which 800-year-old vampire Nick Knight
bites Natalie in the hope that it will make him human but instead brings
her to the brink of death. Knight asks to be stabbed with a stake. Did
it happen? We'll never know.
(this one pictures the first season cast)
Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack was an animated series set in Feudal Japan that ran from
2001-2004 on the Cartoon Network. It ended abruptly on a cliffhanger
that was supposed to be resolved with a feature-length movie, but it
never happened.
Angel
This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Over the course of this popular '90s series, Spider-man discovers that
his wife, Mary Jane, has been replaced by a clone and that the real M.J.
is lost in some kind of dimensional vortex. Then the series just ends
abruptly without Spidey finding her.
Stargate Universe
This umpteenth series inspired by the Stargate movie ended with a main
character zipping through space on a ship where his life-support pod was
broken, leaving him with about two weeks to live. The other
Stargate-based shows that got cancelled all got follow-up movies that
tied up loose threads, but not SG U.
Soap
The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
bullets? We'll never know.
ALF
This popular '80s sitcom ended with ALF (aka Alien Life Form) being
captured by the Alien Task Force. What happened after that? We'll never
know, because the show was abruptly cancelled in 1990.
Hannibal
After three seasons of cutting-edge drama and violence, NBC pulled the
plug on Hannibal as its titular character and Will embraced and
literally fell of a cliff. Oh, and Gillian Anderson's psychiatrist
character cut off her own leg and cooked it for Hannibal. Will he ever
show up for dinner? We'll never know.
The Secret Circle
This bewitching CW show about a coven of young witches only lasted one
season. It ended with some nonsense about a crystal skull and a
mysterious group called the Balcoin kids, but you'll need a crystal ball
and some serious magic to find out what happens next.
The Tomorrow People
It was teased from the beginning that the character played by Robbie
Amell was a special kind of Tomorrow Person with different mutant
powers. In the final episode, it's revealed that he can literally turn
back to time in order to save Cara. What happens next? The answer is
lost in time since CW shut down the show after one season.
Bored to Death
After three seasons of Jason Schwartzman's character trying to find out
the identity of his biological father in between smoking weed with Zach
Galifianakis and Ted Danson, he solves the case. Yes, it's revealed that
Schwartzman had been sleeping with his half-sister... and then the show
ends. Forever.
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Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks ended in 1991 with Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle Machlachlan)
trapped in the Black Lodge and the fate of Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn)
up in the air after a bank explosion, to name a few things. Fans of the
cult series were left hanging for over two decades but a third season
has been approved for Showtime that will hopefully answer a lot of
lingering questions.
Deadwood
Deadwood producer David Milch has gone on record saying that the series
finale was written as such, but fans of the Western series aren't buying
it due to all the loose ends.
Farscape
When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
Pushing Daisies
The critically acclaimed Pushing Daisies was about a pie maker with the
ability to bring dead things back to life. The show ran for two seasons
but it took the network a while to even air the final three episodes
and, even when it happened, it didn't satisfyingly wrap up the show.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The second season of the show inspired by the Terminator movies ended
with the characters making a time jump to the future where no one has
heard of John Connor. That's quite a setup, except that the show was
cancelled and now we'll never know where the writers were going to go
with this.
Sliders
During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
V (1984)
In the final episode of the first full season, Kyle (Jeff Yagher) stows
away on a shuttle with the Starchild unaware that Visitor leader Diana
(Jane Badler) has placed a bomb on board. Since the show never came back
for season two, we'll never know if that bomb ever went off.
V (1984)
In the final episode of the first full season, Kyle (Jeff Yagher) stows
away on a shuttle with the Starchild unaware that Visitor leader Diana
(Jane Badler) has placed a bomb on board. Since the show never came back
for season two, we'll never know if that bomb ever went off.
Dallas
In the 1980s, we all found out who shot J.R. TNT's reboot of Dallas
ended with Jesse Metcalfe's character starting his car and it exploding.
Did he survive? We'll never know.
(No, he didn't survive, the idiot producer thought killing him was the
way to get renewed)
In the Flesh
In the Flesh was a British zombie drama that focused more on its
characters' relationships as opposed to visceral zombie action, like The
Walking Dead. Sadly, BBC Three pulled the plug on the series, which
ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
Kyle XY
The ABC Family show about a kid without memory or a belly button was
popular at first but lost a little steam, which led to its unceremonious
cancellation before a proper finale could be filmed.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas was abruptly cancelled 19 episodes into a planned 22-episode
fifth season. The main characters were supposed to make a crossover
appearance in NBC's Knight Rider reboot, but it was cancelled too.
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
The once-popular series ended with a time-traveling H.G. Wells
delivering a mystery baby wrapped in a Superman cape to Lois and Clark.
Whose baby was it? No one knows, since the show got axed.
Melrose Place
We're not talking about the original Melrose Place, we're talking about
the rebooted Melrose Place 2.0 on the CW. It ended with Amanda Woodward
(Heather Locklear) screaming and being dragged out of her office to
jail. Does she get out? Dish out some revenge? We'll have to use our
imagination, because the show wasn't renewed for a second season.
Mork and Mindy
In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
characters and the fans deserved better.
Mork and Mindy
In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
characters and the fans deserved better.
Quantum Leap
The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
V
Unlike the original V from the '80s, the V reboot starring Morena
Baccarin as Visitor queen Anna got renewed for a second season. But just
like the original V, it was cancelled on a cliffhanger with the fate of
humanity in question. "V" must stand for "vexing."
Alcatraz
In the cliffhanger for this Fox series starring Sam Neill and Hurley
from Lost, the female lead played by Sarah Jones supposedly dies and it
is revealed that what is happening in the prison is happening all over
the country. Those are two big ideas to dump on viewers with no
resolution.
Flashforward
Producers claimed to have a five-season arc for this high-concept series
starring Joseph Fiennes, but it only lasted one season. The season-one
finale episode involved a flash-forward event happening two decades in
the future and didn't resolve anything about the characters fans just
got to know. Some call it the worst final episode of any TV show.
Happy Town
This supernatural mystery was about a town recovering from a series of
kidnappings and a so-called "Magic Man" with the ability to make people
disappear. Eight episodes were filmed, but ABC unceremoniously yanked
the show off the air after six. The final two episodes were posted
online for a while, but they didn't solve the mystery at the center the
show or offer any kind of satisfying resolution.
Invasion
With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
show was cancelled without warning.
Alphas
Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot point
about whether the entire population of New York was dead or just
unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about the Alphas
cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
Awake
When NBC's Awake ended its first season, the collective response was,
"what just happened?" Creator Kyle Killen insists that was always the
intended ending for the first season, but it felt like something slapped
together due to cancellation. Awake never woke up for a second season.
Reaper
The CW has a history of yanking shows after one season and leaving
unresolved cliffhangers, and a perfect example of this is Reaper. Season
one ended before a reveal that would have changed the whole premise of
the show. Of course, with cancellation the premise is dead.
Defiance
Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
(This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
Dominion
Another Syfy casualty of 2015 was Dominion, a series set in the future
after a war between man and angels that is based on the movie Legion.
The show was on the air for two seasons, the second of which ended with
two cliffhangers and the death of a major character. Fans can pray for a
third season or proper finale, but these angels have flown away.
Dark Shadows
The 1991 revival of the vampy soap opera ended with some time traveling
and Victoria figuring out that Barnabas was a 200-plus-year-old vampire,
something her character never found out in the original series. It would
have been interesting to see how the reboot dealt with this new story
twist, but the show was staked before it could be explored.
Odyssey 5
This 2002 Showtime sci-fi series followed five space travelers given the
opportunity to go back in time and prevent the destruction of Earth. The
first and only season ends with one of the characters learning the truth
about the impending destruction of Earth before that dreaded, empty
promise "To be continued" appears on the screen.
The Dead Zone
Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
unresolved plot threads.
Earth 2
The sci-fi show ended with the colonists getting sick from an unknown
illness, including Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino), who is left in
suspended animation until she can be cured. To make matters worse, this
cliffhanger episode was aired out of order as the third-to-the-last
episode for no apparent reason.
Forever Knight
This cult Canadian vampire show had its fans, and they are still sore
about the abrupt ending during which 800-year-old vampire Nick Knight
bites Natalie in the hope that it will make him human but instead brings
her to the brink of death. Knight asks to be stabbed with a stake. Did
it happen? We'll never know.
(this one pictures the first season cast)
Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack was an animated series set in Feudal Japan that ran from
2001-2004 on the Cartoon Network. It ended abruptly on a cliffhanger
that was supposed to be resolved with a feature-length movie, but it
never happened.
Angel
This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Over the course of this popular '90s series, Spider-man discovers that
his wife, Mary Jane, has been replaced by a clone and that the real M.J.
is lost in some kind of dimensional vortex. Then the series just ends
abruptly without Spidey finding her.
Stargate Universe
This umpteenth series inspired by the Stargate movie ended with a main
character zipping through space on a ship where his life-support pod was
broken, leaving him with about two weeks to live. The other
Stargate-based shows that got cancelled all got follow-up movies that
tied up loose threads, but not SG U.
Soap
The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
bullets? We'll never know.
ALF
This popular '80s sitcom ended with ALF (aka Alien Life Form) being
captured by the Alien Task Force. What happened after that? We'll never
know, because the show was abruptly cancelled in 1990.
Hannibal
After three seasons of cutting-edge drama and violence, NBC pulled the
plug on Hannibal as its titular character and Will embraced and
literally fell of a cliff. Oh, and Gillian Anderson's psychiatrist
character cut off her own leg and cooked it for Hannibal. Will he ever
show up for dinner? We'll never know.
The Secret Circle
This bewitching CW show about a coven of young witches only lasted one
season. It ended with some nonsense about a crystal skull and a
mysterious group called the Balcoin kids, but you'll need a crystal ball
and some serious magic to find out what happens next.
The Tomorrow People
It was teased from the beginning that the character played by Robbie
Amell was a special kind of Tomorrow Person with different mutant
powers. In the final episode, it's revealed that he can literally turn
back to time in order to save Cara. What happens next? The answer is
lost in time since CW shut down the show after one season.
Bored to Death
After three seasons of Jason Schwartzman's character trying to find out
the identity of his biological father in between smoking weed with Zach
Galifianakis and Ted Danson, he solves the case. Yes, it's revealed that
Schwartzman had been sleeping with his half-sister... and then the show
ends. Forever.
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danny burstein
Jan 17, 2016, 2:38:14 PM1/17/16
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[snip]
the tv show "The Agency" about... the CIA
In the final episode one of the characters
is being held captive in a North Korean
spy "safe farm" somewhere outside DC, and
they've got a suicide vest on her.
If she walks more than 50 or so
feet from the house, it goes boom.
We see her give a shrug, the camera
looks away, and then we hear a boom
in the distance.
--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dan...@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
the tv show "The Agency" about... the CIA
In the final episode one of the characters
is being held captive in a North Korean
spy "safe farm" somewhere outside DC, and
they've got a suicide vest on her.
If she walks more than 50 or so
feet from the house, it goes boom.
We see her give a shrug, the camera
looks away, and then we hear a boom
in the distance.
--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dan...@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
David Johnston
Jan 17, 2016, 3:01:14 PM1/17/16
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On 1/17/2016 12:38 PM, danny burstein wrote:
> [snip]
>
> the tv show "The Agency" about... the CIA
>
> In the final episode one of the characters
> is being held captive in a North Korean
> spy "safe farm" somewhere outside DC, and
> they've got a suicide vest on her.
>
> If she walks more than 50 or so
> feet from the house, it goes boom.
>
> We see her give a shrug, the camera
> looks away, and then we hear a boom
> in the distance.
>
>
Seems like a resolved ending to me.
> [snip]
>
> the tv show "The Agency" about... the CIA
>
> In the final episode one of the characters
> is being held captive in a North Korean
> spy "safe farm" somewhere outside DC, and
> they've got a suicide vest on her.
>
> If she walks more than 50 or so
> feet from the house, it goes boom.
>
> We see her give a shrug, the camera
> looks away, and then we hear a boom
> in the distance.
>
>
Robin Miller
Jan 17, 2016, 3:02:23 PM1/17/16
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anim8rfsk wrote:
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
Thanks! But no mention of Glades? Maybe it didn't break our hearts?
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
--Robin
EGK
Jan 17, 2016, 3:09:43 PM1/17/16
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cynical about trying out new offerings of arc-driven programming. Then the
network honchos wonder why audience numbers continue to dwindle.
Obveeus
Jan 17, 2016, 3:25:06 PM1/17/16
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On 1/17/2016 2:00 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
> Deadwood
> Deadwood producer David Milch has gone on record saying that the series
> finale was written as such, but fans of the Western series aren't buying
> it due to all the loose ends.
> Pushing Daisies
> The critically acclaimed Pushing Daisies was about a pie maker with the
> ability to bring dead things back to life. The show ran for two seasons
> but it took the network a while to even air the final three episodes
> and, even when it happened, it didn't satisfyingly wrap up the show.
> Mork and Mindy
> In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> characters and the fans deserved better.
> Quantum Leap
> The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
> Alphas
> Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot point
> about whether the entire population of New York was dead or just
> unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about the Alphas
> cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
there is POWERS on the Playstation to play with the same ideas.
> Reaper
> The CW has a history of yanking shows after one season and leaving
> unresolved cliffhangers, and a perfect example of this is Reaper. Season
> one ended before a reveal that would have changed the whole premise of
> the show. Of course, with cancellation the premise is dead.
> Defiance
> Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
> species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
> St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
> jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
> alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
> never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
> (This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
The Arch so that it was whole again.
> Angel
> This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
> Soap
> The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
> Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
> executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
> bullets? We'll never know.
Adam H. Kerman
Jan 17, 2016, 3:44:04 PM1/17/16
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anim8rfsk wrote:
>42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>Farscape
>When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
>Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
>This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
>called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
The miniseries sucked and failed to provide any sense of closure.
>When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
>Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
>This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
>called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
>Kyle XY
>The ABC Family show about a kid without memory or a belly button was
>popular at first but lost a little steam, which led to its unceremonious
>cancellation before a proper finale could be filmed.
renewed and they they needed to wrap up all 200 open plot threads and
stop introducing all new soapiness.
>Quantum Leap
>The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
>people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
>in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
>Flashforward
>Producers claimed to have a five-season arc for this high-concept series
>starring Joseph Fiennes, but it only lasted one season. The season-one
>finale episode involved a flash-forward event happening two decades in
>the future and didn't resolve anything about the characters fans just
>got to know. Some call it the worst final episode of any TV show.
original source material.
>Invasion
>With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
>from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
>gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
>first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
>show was cancelled without warning.
the show was improving and the cast was fantastic, I was upset it
didn't get renewed.
>Reaper
>The CW has a history of yanking shows after one season and leaving
>unresolved cliffhangers, and a perfect example of this is Reaper. Season
>one ended before a reveal that would have changed the whole premise of
>the show. Of course, with cancellation the premise is dead.
13 episode order. The second season wasn't as good. Still, it
was keeping me entertained and I wanted it to continue.
>Defiance
>Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
>species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
>St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
>jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
>alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
>never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
>(This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
all new adventures. The episode worked quite well as a final episode,
in fact. As we discussed elsewhere on Usenet, many of the viewers
liked it.
>Odyssey 5
>This 2002 Showtime sci-fi series followed five space travelers given the
>opportunity to go back in time and prevent the destruction of Earth. The
>first and only season ends with one of the characters learning the truth
>about the impending destruction of Earth before that dreaded, empty
>promise "To be continued" appears on the screen.
with a record two-year hiatus before they would air its final six episodes.
>The Dead Zone
>Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
>with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
>freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
>The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
>vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
>Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
>unresolved plot threads.
Season 6 was a gift renewal that the series absolutely did not deserve,
and the shithead STILL wouldn't wrap it up, even though he even introduced
a few plot points from the King novel that hadn't been used before.
>Angel
>This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
>everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
>TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
>unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
>exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
>that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
David Johnston
Jan 17, 2016, 3:48:11 PM1/17/16
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On 1/17/2016 1:25 PM, Obveeus wrote:
>> Quantum Leap
>> The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
>> people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
>> in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
>
> QUANTUM LEAP's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
Yeah, he talks to God and decides to make it a permanent gig. What's
>> Quantum Leap
>> The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
>> people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
>> in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
>
> QUANTUM LEAP's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
the problem?
>
>> Defiance
>> Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
>> species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
>> St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
>> jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
>> alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
>> never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
>
> DEFIANCE's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
lives. Just without Nolan. There were no mysteries to be unraveled or
threats about to descend on them.
>
>> (This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
>
> They made a hole near the end of the series, just for you...then fixed
> The Arch so that it was whole again.
>
>> Angel
>> This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
>> everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
>> TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
>> unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
>> exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
>> that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
>
> ANGEL's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
Ed Stasiak
Jan 17, 2016, 4:02:39 PM1/17/16
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> anim8rfsk
> Twin Peaks
It became full artsy-fartsy shit after the killer was revealed anyway.
> Deadwood
Fantastic tv show but my understanding was the Milch got bored with the show
> Farscape
They did get a movie.
> Sliders
This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters sliding
to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> Quantum Leap
I thought the finale was fine, you don't always get a happy ending.
> Stargate Universe
More like "Stargate: 90201"...
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
Thank you, I wish more here would do that.
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
> Twin Peaks
It became full artsy-fartsy shit after the killer was revealed anyway.
> Deadwood
Fantastic tv show but my understanding was the Milch got bored with the show
> Farscape
They did get a movie.
> Sliders
This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters sliding
to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> Quantum Leap
I thought the finale was fine, you don't always get a happy ending.
> Stargate Universe
More like "Stargate: 90201"...
Dimensional Traveler
Jan 17, 2016, 4:04:40 PM1/17/16
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On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
42 reasons (some counted twice!) why networks hate serial shows. Fans
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
complain when they get cancelled! :D
--
Now the Force-Ghost of DTravel since he was forced by shame to commit
hara-kiri with a dull light-spork after liking the Abrams/Bad Robot Star
Wars movie.
anim8rfsk
Jan 17, 2016, 4:17:31 PM1/17/16
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In article <n7guh3$mbg$1...@dont-email.me>,
Sam never did return home.
.... until now ...
ever thought of, of making dead Wesley the new Wolf Ram and Hart
representative ... after all, he *was* under contract.
David Johnston <Da...@block.net> wrote:
> On 1/17/2016 1:25 PM, Obveeus wrote:
>
> >> Quantum Leap
> >> The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> >> people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> >> in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
> >
> > QUANTUM LEAP's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> Yeah, he talks to God and decides to make it a permanent gig. What's
> the problem?
And if you want more, you start with that end title card:
> On 1/17/2016 1:25 PM, Obveeus wrote:
>
> >> Quantum Leap
> >> The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> >> people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> >> in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
> >
> > QUANTUM LEAP's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> Yeah, he talks to God and decides to make it a permanent gig. What's
> the problem?
Sam never did return home.
.... until now ...
>
> >
> >> Defiance
> >> Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
> >> species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
> >> St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
> >> jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
> >> alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
> >> never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
> >
> > DEFIANCE's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> Yeah. It wasn't a cliffhanger at all. They will continue to live their
> lives. Just without Nolan. There were no mysteries to be unraveled or
> threats about to descend on them.
>
> >
> >> (This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
> >
> > They made a hole near the end of the series, just for you...then fixed
> > The Arch so that it was whole again.
> >
> >> Angel
> >> This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> >> everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> >> TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> >> unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> >> exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> >> that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
> >
> > ANGEL's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> I like to think they all died. Just like Blake's Seven.
The comic book follow up does the perfectly obvious move, that I never
> >
> >> Defiance
> >> Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
> >> species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
> >> St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
> >> jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
> >> alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
> >> never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
> >
> > DEFIANCE's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> Yeah. It wasn't a cliffhanger at all. They will continue to live their
> lives. Just without Nolan. There were no mysteries to be unraveled or
> threats about to descend on them.
>
> >
> >> (This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
> >
> > They made a hole near the end of the series, just for you...then fixed
> > The Arch so that it was whole again.
> >
> >> Angel
> >> This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> >> everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> >> TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> >> unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> >> exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> >> that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
> >
> > ANGEL's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> I like to think they all died. Just like Blake's Seven.
ever thought of, of making dead Wesley the new Wolf Ram and Hart
representative ... after all, he *was* under contract.
anim8rfsk
Jan 17, 2016, 4:18:28 PM1/17/16
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In article <dg2aab...@mid.individual.net>,
LOL! Yeah, good point. Glades broke *my* heart by not ever following
up on Josie TigerTail or whatever her name was, the hopelessly cute
Indian Casino security guard that was gonna become a cop.
up on Josie TigerTail or whatever her name was, the hopelessly cute
Indian Casino security guard that was gonna become a cop.
chicagofan
Jan 17, 2016, 4:39:32 PM1/17/16
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of those 42 disappointments mentioned.
bj
A Friend
Jan 17, 2016, 4:46:28 PM1/17/16
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In article <anim8rfsk-21ACA...@news.easynews.com>,
who was the same guy who wrote "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)," knew
the show was doomed, so he included an absurd number of cliffhangers in
the final episode -- something like half a dozen, all stuffed into half
an hour. I hope he fucking giggled himself to death.
BTW I disagreed with some of these. QUANTUM LEAP had an ending. So
did DEFIANCE.
anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
They neglected REMEMBER WENN, an early series on AMC. The showrunner,
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
who was the same guy who wrote "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)," knew
the show was doomed, so he included an absurd number of cliffhangers in
the final episode -- something like half a dozen, all stuffed into half
an hour. I hope he fucking giggled himself to death.
BTW I disagreed with some of these. QUANTUM LEAP had an ending. So
did DEFIANCE.
anim8rfsk
Jan 17, 2016, 5:02:53 PM1/17/16
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In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> > anim8rfsk
> >
> > Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
> Thank you, I wish more here would do that.
:)
> > anim8rfsk
> >
> > Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
> Thank you, I wish more here would do that.
>
> > Twin Peaks
>
> It became full artsy-fartsy shit after the killer was revealed anyway.
>
> > Deadwood
>
> Fantastic tv show but my understanding was the Milch got bored with the show
>
> > Farscape
>
> They did get a movie.
>
> > Sliders
>
> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters sliding
> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
Was there even an original character left by the end?
> > Twin Peaks
>
> It became full artsy-fartsy shit after the killer was revealed anyway.
>
> > Deadwood
>
> Fantastic tv show but my understanding was the Milch got bored with the show
>
> > Farscape
>
> They did get a movie.
>
> > Sliders
>
> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters sliding
> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>
> > Quantum Leap
>
> I thought the finale was fine, you don't always get a happy ending.
>
> > Stargate Universe
>
> More like "Stargate: 90201"...
> > Quantum Leap
>
> I thought the finale was fine, you don't always get a happy ending.
>
> > Stargate Universe
>
> More like "Stargate: 90201"...
suzeeq
Jan 17, 2016, 5:07:41 PM1/17/16
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anim8rfsk
Jan 17, 2016, 5:14:42 PM1/17/16
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that, but I assume Joss). Los Angeles went to Hell (literally). Wesley
and Gunn died (but got better, albeit in very different ways). Angel,
Spike, Illyria (and Fred), Connor, Nina, Gwen, Lorne, Groosalugg, Kate
are all still around. Even the dragon changed teams, and it's name is
Cordelia.
David Johnston
Jan 17, 2016, 5:24:07 PM1/17/16
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Robin Miller
Jan 17, 2016, 5:28:28 PM1/17/16
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel:_After_the_Fall
--Robin
--Robin
A Friend
Jan 17, 2016, 5:40:29 PM1/17/16
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In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> > > Sliders
> >
> > This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters sliding
> > to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
> > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>
> Was there even an original character left by the end?
Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> > > Sliders
> >
> > This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters sliding
> > to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
> > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>
> Was there even an original character left by the end?
Ed Stasiak
Jan 17, 2016, 5:52:04 PM1/17/16
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> anim8rfsk
> > Ed Stasiak
> > > anim8rfsk
> > >
> > > Sliders
sense for the concept and they should have factored it in from the
start.
I liked the alt-history premiss of the show but the network blew it
right off the bat, by trying to turn it into a Star Trek-type show with
at first a completely new adventure every week, then bringing in
Klingon-like bad guys after they used up all the cool timelines.
> > Ed Stasiak
> > > anim8rfsk
> > >
> > > Sliders
> >
> > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>
> Was there even an original character left by the end?
Maybe the Black guy? But eliminating or killing off characters made
> > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>
> Was there even an original character left by the end?
sense for the concept and they should have factored it in from the
start.
I liked the alt-history premiss of the show but the network blew it
right off the bat, by trying to turn it into a Star Trek-type show with
at first a completely new adventure every week, then bringing in
Klingon-like bad guys after they used up all the cool timelines.
Jake Dennisson
Jan 17, 2016, 7:05:54 PM1/17/16
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On 17/01/2016 2:00 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> The Dead Zone
> Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
> with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
> freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
> The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
> vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
> Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
> unresolved plot threads.
Not unless you read the Stephen King novel of the same name, you won't.
> The Dead Zone
> Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
> with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
> freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
> The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
> vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
> Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
> unresolved plot threads.
The series is essentially an interquel between the first part of the
novel, when Johnny gets his powers, and the Trump^H^H^H^H^HStillson
plotline.
Ian J. Ball
Jan 17, 2016, 8:19:00 PM1/17/16
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Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 17, 2016, 8:20:18 PM1/17/16
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On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
snip
> http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
>
> Farscape
> When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
> This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
> called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
>
>
Yeah, the mini series wrapped things up nicely.
> Farscape
> When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
> This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
> called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
>
>
>
> Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
> The second season of the show inspired by the Terminator movies ended
> with the characters making a time jump to the future where no one has
> heard of John Connor. That's quite a setup, except that the show was
> cancelled and now we'll never know where the writers were going to go
> with this.
>
> Sliders
> During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
> or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
> the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
> you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
>
>
> Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
> The once-popular series ended with a time-traveling H.G. Wells
> delivering a mystery baby wrapped in a Superman cape to Lois and Clark.
> Whose baby was it? No one knows, since the show got axed.
>
>
> Mork and Mindy
> In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> characters and the fans deserved better.
>
unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
the conclusion never came.
> Quantum Leap
> The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
>
jumped home.
>
> Invasion
> With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
> from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
> gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
> first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
> show was cancelled without warning.
>
resolution.
>
> Odyssey 5
> This 2002 Showtime sci-fi series followed five space travelers given the
> opportunity to go back in time and prevent the destruction of Earth. The
> first and only season ends with one of the characters learning the truth
> about the impending destruction of Earth before that dreaded, empty
> promise "To be continued" appears on the screen.
>
> The Dead Zone
> Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
> with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
> freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
> The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
> vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
> Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
> unresolved plot threads.
>
>
> Forever Knight
> This cult Canadian vampire show had its fans, and they are still sore
> about the abrupt ending during which 800-year-old vampire Nick Knight
> bites Natalie in the hope that it will make him human but instead brings
> her to the brink of death. Knight asks to be stabbed with a stake. Did
> it happen? We'll never know.
>
>
concerned, Knight got staked at the end.
>
> ALF
> This popular '80s sitcom ended with ALF (aka Alien Life Form) being
> captured by the Alien Task Force. What happened after that? We'll never
> know, because the show was abruptly cancelled in 1990.
>
Ian J. Ball
Jan 17, 2016, 8:22:35 PM1/17/16
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On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 12:44:04 PM UTC-8, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> anim8rfsk wrote:
>
> >42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>
> anim8rfsk wrote:
>
> >42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>
> >The Dead Zone
> >Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
> >with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
> >freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
> >The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
> >vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
> >Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
> >unresolved plot threads.
>
> Uh, no, what's worse is an asshole produce who damn well knew that
> Season 6 was a gift renewal that the series absolutely did not deserve,
> and the shithead STILL wouldn't wrap it up, even though he even introduced
> a few plot points from the King novel that hadn't been used before.
What Adam said - TDZ's finale is among the worst "series finales" of all time.
> >Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
> >with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
> >freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
> >The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
> >vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
> >Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
> >unresolved plot threads.
>
> Uh, no, what's worse is an asshole produce who damn well knew that
> Season 6 was a gift renewal that the series absolutely did not deserve,
> and the shithead STILL wouldn't wrap it up, even though he even introduced
> a few plot points from the King novel that hadn't been used before.
Lesmond
Jan 17, 2016, 8:39:59 PM1/17/16
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:00:19 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote:
>Samurai Jack
>Samurai Jack was an animated series set in Feudal Japan that ran from
>2001-2004 on the Cartoon Network. It ended abruptly on a cliffhanger
>that was supposed to be resolved with a feature-length movie, but it
>never happened.
Samurai Jack is coming back this
>Samurai Jack
>Samurai Jack was an animated series set in Feudal Japan that ran from
>2001-2004 on the Cartoon Network. It ended abruptly on a cliffhanger
>that was supposed to be resolved with a feature-length movie, but it
>never happened.
year:
http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/637821-samurai-jack-returns-2016#/slide
/1
--
If there's a nuclear winter, at least it'll snow.
Lesmond
Jan 17, 2016, 8:39:59 PM1/17/16
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Adam H. Kerman
Jan 17, 2016, 8:44:27 PM1/17/16
to
Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>anim8rfsk
>>Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>Thank you, I wish more here would do that.
I'm perfectly fine with anim making the personal sacrifice on my behalf.
>>anim8rfsk
>>Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>Thank you, I wish more here would do that.
>>Stargate Universe
>More like "Stargate: 90201"...
SoHillsGuy
Jan 17, 2016, 9:06:52 PM1/17/16
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> Soap
> The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
> Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
> executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
> bullets? We'll never know.
Your Name
Jan 17, 2016, 10:54:12 PM1/17/16
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<snip>
>
> Farscape
> When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
> This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
> called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
Nah, we all know they went into an alternate universe to become members
>
> Farscape
> When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
> This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
> called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
of SG-1. ;-)
> Sliders
> During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
> or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
> the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
> you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
www.members.tripod.com/skiles/
> V (1984)
> In the final episode of the first full season, Kyle (Jeff Yagher) stows
> away on a shuttle with the Starchild unaware that Visitor leader Diana
> (Jane Badler) has placed a bomb on board. Since the show never came back
> for season two, we'll never know if that bomb ever went off.
There are books though, including a V The Next Generation.
> Samurai Jack
> Samurai Jack was an animated series set in Feudal Japan that ran from
> 2001-2004 on the Cartoon Network. It ended abruptly on a cliffhanger
> that was supposed to be resolved with a feature-length movie, but it
> never happened.
coming back again.
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 1:21:19 AM1/18/16
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In article <n7hefb$gl5$1...@dont-email.me>,
it?
fortune to get the Hell out of their contract early.
Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> > 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
> >
> > Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
> >
> snip
> >
> > Farscape
> > When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> > Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
> > This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
> > called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
> >
> >
> Yeah, the mini series wrapped things up nicely.
+1
> On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> > 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
> >
> > Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
> >
> snip
> >
> > Farscape
> > When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> > Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were crystallized.
> > This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a subsequent miniseries
> > called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided some sense of closure.
> >
> >
> Yeah, the mini series wrapped things up nicely.
>
> >
> > Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
> > The second season of the show inspired by the Terminator movies ended
> > with the characters making a time jump to the future where no one has
> > heard of John Connor. That's quite a setup, except that the show was
> > cancelled and now we'll never know where the writers were going to go
> > with this.
>
> This one *still* hurts!!!
yeah
> >
> > Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
> > The second season of the show inspired by the Terminator movies ended
> > with the characters making a time jump to the future where no one has
> > heard of John Connor. That's quite a setup, except that the show was
> > cancelled and now we'll never know where the writers were going to go
> > with this.
>
> This one *still* hurts!!!
>
> >
> > Sliders
> > During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
> > or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
> > the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
> > you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
> >
>
> As far as I'm concerned it was resolved.
Wasn't it all alternate characters by that point? How *could* you end
> >
> > Sliders
> > During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
> > or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
> > the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
> > you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
> >
>
> As far as I'm concerned it was resolved.
it?
>
> >
> > Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
> > The once-popular series ended with a time-traveling H.G. Wells
> > delivering a mystery baby wrapped in a Superman cape to Lois and Clark.
> > Whose baby was it? No one knows, since the show got axed.
> >
>
> But that *was* written as a series finale wasn't it?
I don't think so. It was performing so wretchedly that ABC paid a
> >
> > Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
> > The once-popular series ended with a time-traveling H.G. Wells
> > delivering a mystery baby wrapped in a Superman cape to Lois and Clark.
> > Whose baby was it? No one knows, since the show got axed.
> >
>
> But that *was* written as a series finale wasn't it?
fortune to get the Hell out of their contract early.
>
> >
> > Mork and Mindy
> > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > characters and the fans deserved better.
> >
>
> As a kid, I think this was probably the first time the concept of
> unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
> used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
> the conclusion never came.
I don't remember this end at all
> >
> > Mork and Mindy
> > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > characters and the fans deserved better.
> >
>
> As a kid, I think this was probably the first time the concept of
> unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
> used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
> the conclusion never came.
>
>
> > Quantum Leap
> > The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> > people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> > in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
> >
>
> It did have a resolution. He helped lots of other people but never
> jumped home.
>
> >
> > Invasion
> > With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
> > from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
> > gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
> > first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
> > show was cancelled without warning.
> >
>
> I couldn't care less. Threshold on the other hand, now *that* needed a
> resolution.
heh
>
> > Quantum Leap
> > The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> > people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> > in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
> >
>
> It did have a resolution. He helped lots of other people but never
> jumped home.
>
> >
> > Invasion
> > With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
> > from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
> > gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
> > first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
> > show was cancelled without warning.
> >
>
> I couldn't care less. Threshold on the other hand, now *that* needed a
> resolution.
>
> >
> > Odyssey 5
> > This 2002 Showtime sci-fi series followed five space travelers given the
> > opportunity to go back in time and prevent the destruction of Earth. The
> > first and only season ends with one of the characters learning the truth
> > about the impending destruction of Earth before that dreaded, empty
> > promise "To be continued" appears on the screen.
> >
>
> Yeah, I was not happy about this.
>
> > The Dead Zone
> > Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
> > with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
> > freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
> > The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
> > vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
> > Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
> > unresolved plot threads.
> >
>
>
> I remember watching this series but not how it ended. I guess that's why.
>
> >
> > Forever Knight
> > This cult Canadian vampire show had its fans, and they are still sore
> > about the abrupt ending during which 800-year-old vampire Nick Knight
> > bites Natalie in the hope that it will make him human but instead brings
> > her to the brink of death. Knight asks to be stabbed with a stake. Did
> > it happen? We'll never know.
> >
> >
> I thought that was an OK way to end the series. As far as I was
> concerned, Knight got staked at the end.
Yeah, everybody but Lacroix is dead.
> >
> > Odyssey 5
> > This 2002 Showtime sci-fi series followed five space travelers given the
> > opportunity to go back in time and prevent the destruction of Earth. The
> > first and only season ends with one of the characters learning the truth
> > about the impending destruction of Earth before that dreaded, empty
> > promise "To be continued" appears on the screen.
> >
>
> Yeah, I was not happy about this.
>
> > The Dead Zone
> > Do you know what's worse than a show on for a season or two that ends
> > with an unresolved cliffhanger? It's a show that you followed for six
> > freakin' seasons that ends that way, which is exactly what happened to
> > The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. The show ended with a
> > vision of nuclear Armageddon and the suggestion it could be partly
> > Johnny's fault. We'll never know the answer to that or a bunch of other
> > unresolved plot threads.
> >
>
>
> I remember watching this series but not how it ended. I guess that's why.
>
> >
> > Forever Knight
> > This cult Canadian vampire show had its fans, and they are still sore
> > about the abrupt ending during which 800-year-old vampire Nick Knight
> > bites Natalie in the hope that it will make him human but instead brings
> > her to the brink of death. Knight asks to be stabbed with a stake. Did
> > it happen? We'll never know.
> >
> >
> I thought that was an OK way to end the series. As far as I was
> concerned, Knight got staked at the end.
>
>
> >
> > ALF
> > This popular '80s sitcom ended with ALF (aka Alien Life Form) being
> > captured by the Alien Task Force. What happened after that? We'll never
> > know, because the show was abruptly cancelled in 1990.
> >
>
> There was a forgettable TV movie which wrapped things up.
Yep
>
> >
> > ALF
> > This popular '80s sitcom ended with ALF (aka Alien Life Form) being
> > captured by the Alien Task Force. What happened after that? We'll never
> > know, because the show was abruptly cancelled in 1990.
> >
>
> There was a forgettable TV movie which wrapped things up.
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 1:22:26 AM1/18/16
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In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 1:25:46 AM1/18/16
to
In article <e534b00e-36bd-472a...@googlegroups.com>,
There was big stupid too like the planet where they were the size of
golf balls ... what the Hell happened to cause THAT?
golf balls ... what the Hell happened to cause THAT?
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 1:27:06 AM1/18/16
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In article <n7hg1p$366$2...@news.albasani.net>,
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>
> >>anim8rfsk
>
> >>Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
> >Thank you, I wish more here would do that.
>
> I'm perfectly fine with anim making the personal sacrifice on my behalf.
So say you all!
> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>
> >>anim8rfsk
>
> >>Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
> >Thank you, I wish more here would do that.
>
> I'm perfectly fine with anim making the personal sacrifice on my behalf.
>
> >>Stargate Universe
>
> >More like "Stargate: 90201"...
>
> Hah!
I didn't realize it was possible to insult 90210.
> >>Stargate Universe
>
> >More like "Stargate: 90201"...
>
> Hah!
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 1:31:50 AM1/18/16
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In article <n7gt5p$gr3$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:
> On 1/17/2016 2:00 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> > 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
> >
YW
>
> > Deadwood
> > Deadwood producer David Milch has gone on record saying that the series
> > finale was written as such, but fans of the Western series aren't buying
> > it due to all the loose ends.
>
> ...but, but...there will supposedly be a 'movie' follow up soon.
No Jim Beaver though.
>
> > Pushing Daisies
> > The critically acclaimed Pushing Daisies was about a pie maker with the
> > ability to bring dead things back to life. The show ran for two seasons
> > but it took the network a while to even air the final three episodes
> > and, even when it happened, it didn't satisfyingly wrap up the show.
>
> I miss that show.
Yeah, this is news to me.
>
> > Alphas
> > Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot point
> > about whether the entire population of New York was dead or just
> > unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about the Alphas
> > cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
>
> I miss that show as well...good sci-fi that deserved a longer run. Now,
> there is POWERS on the Playstation to play with the same ideas.
>
> > Reaper
> > The CW has a history of yanking shows after one season and leaving
> > unresolved cliffhangers, and a perfect example of this is Reaper. Season
> > one ended before a reveal that would have changed the whole premise of
> > the show. Of course, with cancellation the premise is dead.
>
> I miss that show.
Angel: We fight.
Spike: Bit more specific?
Angel: Well, personally, I kinda wanna slay the dragon. Let's go to work.
wrote:
> On 1/17/2016 2:00 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> > 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
> >
> > Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
> Any time I don't have to go through a slideshow I am happy. Thanks.
>
YW
>
> > Deadwood
> > Deadwood producer David Milch has gone on record saying that the series
> > finale was written as such, but fans of the Western series aren't buying
> > it due to all the loose ends.
>
> ...but, but...there will supposedly be a 'movie' follow up soon.
No Jim Beaver though.
>
> > Pushing Daisies
> > The critically acclaimed Pushing Daisies was about a pie maker with the
> > ability to bring dead things back to life. The show ran for two seasons
> > but it took the network a while to even air the final three episodes
> > and, even when it happened, it didn't satisfyingly wrap up the show.
>
> I miss that show.
>
> > Mork and Mindy
> > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > characters and the fans deserved better.
>
> I must have blocked this from my memory...or maybe I never saw the finale?
> > Mork and Mindy
> > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > characters and the fans deserved better.
>
Yeah, this is news to me.
>
> > Quantum Leap
> > The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> > people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> > in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
>
> QUANTUM LEAP's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
> > Quantum Leap
> > The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
> > people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
> > in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
>
>
> > Alphas
> > Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot point
> > about whether the entire population of New York was dead or just
> > unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about the Alphas
> > cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
>
> I miss that show as well...good sci-fi that deserved a longer run. Now,
> there is POWERS on the Playstation to play with the same ideas.
>
> > Reaper
> > The CW has a history of yanking shows after one season and leaving
> > unresolved cliffhangers, and a perfect example of this is Reaper. Season
> > one ended before a reveal that would have changed the whole premise of
> > the show. Of course, with cancellation the premise is dead.
>
> I miss that show.
>
> > Defiance
> > Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
> > species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
> > St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
> > jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
> > alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
> > never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
>
> DEFIANCE's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
> > Defiance
> > Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different alien
> > species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic ruins of
> > St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our hero Nolan
> > jetting off into space for an unknown destination, leaving his adopted
> > alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance. What happens next? We'll
> > never know, since Syfy pulled the plug on the expensive show.
>
>
> > (This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
>
> They made a hole near the end of the series, just for you...then fixed
> The Arch so that it was whole again.
>
> > (This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it)
>
> They made a hole near the end of the series, just for you...then fixed
> The Arch so that it was whole again.
>
> > Angel
> > This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> > everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> > TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> > unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> > exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> > that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
>
> ANGEL's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
Spike: And in terms of a plan?
> > This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> > everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> > TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> > unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> > exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> > that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
>
> ANGEL's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
Angel: We fight.
Spike: Bit more specific?
Angel: Well, personally, I kinda wanna slay the dragon. Let's go to work.
>
> > Soap
> > The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
> > Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
> > executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
> > bullets? We'll never know.
>
> Another show I watched, but have no recollection of that endpoint at all.
> > Soap
> > The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
> > Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
> > executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
> > bullets? We'll never know.
>
A Friend
Jan 18, 2016, 6:59:33 AM1/18/16
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In article <anim8rfsk-77896...@news.easynews.com>,
the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
> > anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> > > Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Sliders
> > > >
> > > > This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
> > > > sliding
> > > > to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting
> > > > storylines.
> > > > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> > >
> > > Was there even an original character left by the end?
> >
> >
> > Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
>
> I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
> In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
> > anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> > > Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Sliders
> > > >
> > > > This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
> > > > sliding
> > > > to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting
> > > > storylines.
> > > > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> > >
> > > Was there even an original character left by the end?
> >
> >
> > Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
>
> I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 10:32:36 AM1/18/16
to
In article <180120160659294275%no...@noway.com>,
A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
> In article <anim8rfsk-77896...@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> > A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
> > > anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> > > > Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > Sliders
> > > > >
> > > > > This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
> > > > > sliding
> > > > > to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting
> > > > > storylines.
> > > > > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> > > >
> > > > Was there even an original character left by the end?
> > >
> > >
> > > Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
> >
> > I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
>
>
> I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
> the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
> Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
heh
> In article <anim8rfsk-77896...@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> > A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
> > > anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> > > > Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > Sliders
> > > > >
> > > > > This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
> > > > > sliding
> > > > > to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting
> > > > > storylines.
> > > > > They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> > > >
> > > > Was there even an original character left by the end?
> > >
> > >
> > > Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
> >
> > I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
>
>
> I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
> the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
> Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
Dimensional Traveler
Jan 18, 2016, 11:32:34 AM1/18/16
to
On 1/17/2016 10:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
>> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
>>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Sliders
>>>>
>>>> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
>>>> sliding
>>>> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
>>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>>>
>>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
>>
>>
>> Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
>
> I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
>
I thought that was John-Ryes Davies' character.
> In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
>> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
>>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Sliders
>>>>
>>>> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
>>>> sliding
>>>> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
>>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>>>
>>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
>>
>>
>> Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
>
> I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
>
--
Now the Force-Ghost of DTravel since he was forced by shame to commit
hara-kiri with a dull light-spork after liking the Abrams/Bad Robot Star
Wars movie.
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 12:57:33 PM1/18/16
to
In article <n7j3tq$m3f$3...@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 1/17/2016 10:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> > A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
> >> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> >>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> Sliders
> >>>>
> >>>> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
> >>>> sliding
> >>>> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
> >>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> >>>
> >>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
> >>
> >>
> >> Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
> >
> > I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
> >
> I thought that was John-Ryes Davies' character.
I thought it was both.
> On 1/17/2016 10:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> > A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
> >> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
> >>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> Sliders
> >>>>
> >>>> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
> >>>> sliding
> >>>> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
> >>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
> >>>
> >>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
> >>
> >>
> >> Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
> >
> > I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
> >
> I thought that was John-Ryes Davies' character.
Dimensional Traveler
Jan 18, 2016, 1:59:23 PM1/18/16
to
cavemen killed the cute one, so maybe that was after then.
Your Name
Jan 18, 2016, 3:24:10 PM1/18/16
to
In article <anim8rfsk-4BC60...@news.easynews.com>,
arrived. The show went downhill fast after that. :-\
anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <n7hefb$gl5$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> > On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > >
> > > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> > > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> > > 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
> > >
<snip>
> In article <n7hefb$gl5$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> > On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > >
> > > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> > > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=1
> > > 6316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
> > >
> > > Mork and Mindy
> > > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > > characters and the fans deserved better.
> >
> > As a kid, I think this was probably the first time the concept of
> > unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
> > used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
> > the conclusion never came.
>
> I don't remember this end at all
Anyone with a brain stopped watching when the idiotic adult-baby
> > > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > > characters and the fans deserved better.
> >
> > As a kid, I think this was probably the first time the concept of
> > unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
> > used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
> > the conclusion never came.
>
> I don't remember this end at all
arrived. The show went downhill fast after that. :-\
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 4:09:03 PM1/18/16
to
In article <anim8rfsk-EBC52...@news.easynews.com>,
and those keywords are in like every episode. I found a lot of people
that were looking for it; apparently it's rather fabled.
It begins with Mork giving a report (duh). It's an expanded Mork
Report, riffing on 60 minutes. His promotion depends on it. He wants
to do a thesis on staying married. Orson wants to know why hot dogs and
buns come in different quantities and .. oh, crap, it's a clip show. I
have no way of knowing if these clips are *new* or not, but I'd imagine
not. Directed by Robin Williams.
Clip one: Mork buys Mindy an ugly dress, and shoes to match.
Clip two: Mindy's father and old lady visit. Jonathan Winters is in
this one. Mork and Mearth dress ugly.
Clip three: Romance clip, in black and white. Silent music. Mork
always lies in black and white.
Clip four: Compatibility. Mindy makes Mork read a magazine in bed
because he watches too much TV. They take a compatibility test. It of
course turns into a fight. I'm going to say this is new.
Orson says it's a hassle. Mork gets his promotion.
I ... have no idea what the original article writer is talking about.
Double checking ... yeah, that's the last aired episode.
Googling for "mork and mindy time vortex" just brings up articles about
their last cliffhanger ep ...
Okay, here we go. The writer is an idiot. It's not the last aired ep.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5642207/most-frustrating-tv-shows-canceled-on-a-cl
iffhanger
"According to a poster on the Straight Dope message boards, the episode
ends with a disturbing image:
The final shot is (presumably) a primordial Earth. Mork and Mindy are
facing the camera and holding hands, but their bodies are...altered.
They still have their hair and their clothes, but their flesh has been
transformed into either goo or ice. Their faces are gone.
Whoa. Actually, you can watch the final moments here, and it sounds like
the Straight Dope person was not in fact using the right kind of dope
while watching this episode ‹ it's clearly a cave painting of Mork and
Mindy. But nevertheless, this still is a weird cliffhanger to end a
series on."
But the link to the video is no more.
Here's the Straight Dope article:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=67384
So now I'm grabbing the *second* to last aired ep.
Thumb, twiddle ...
Okay, here we go, "Gotta Run" (part 3)
Previously, evil alien blows up M&M's apartment, sends them on the run,
Mork outs himself, gets his own TV show. They're interviewed by Tom
Snyder clone. Mearth joins in. Later they're in a hotel being hounded
by the press and meet the crew of their new show. You can tell the
pressure is getting to Mork because they break out the wide angle
lenses. Later, they're at their blown up apartment. Evil alien shows
up. He's going to kill them. Mork's last request is to put on his ruby
slippers, which beam them out with the Star Trek TOS visual and audio
effect.
TIME VORTEX
They land in Bronson Canyon, at the entrance to the Batcave. Angry cave
people show up. Mork plays the harmonica, scaring off the men and
enthralling the woman. Later, Mork plays harmonica for the entire cave
tribe. Gratuitous insert shots of somebody's kid. Mork works on his
time travel shoes. Mindy wants to start a fire; Mork is afraid of
changing history. Turns out they already have torches. Evil alien
shows up. Mindy throws rock, alien is buried in avalanche, Mork clicks
heels and
TIME VORTEX - Mork says no matter what happens they'll have each other.
shot of bad cave painting of Mork and Mindy. It does indeed have no
facial features.
And ... that's it. BTW, Mearth just vanished without a mention after
the scene in the hotel room.
Um
Wow.
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8HMUQWZ7--/18677oniqn
scmjpg.jpg
anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <n7gt5p$gr3$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Mork and Mindy
> > > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > > characters and the fans deserved better.
> >
> > I must have blocked this from my memory...or maybe I never saw the finale?
>
> Yeah, this is news to me.
So I tracked it down. Took a while, since it's titled "The Mork Report"
> In article <n7gt5p$gr3$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Mork and Mindy
> > > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
> > > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
> > > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
> > > characters and the fans deserved better.
> >
> > I must have blocked this from my memory...or maybe I never saw the finale?
>
> Yeah, this is news to me.
and those keywords are in like every episode. I found a lot of people
that were looking for it; apparently it's rather fabled.
It begins with Mork giving a report (duh). It's an expanded Mork
Report, riffing on 60 minutes. His promotion depends on it. He wants
to do a thesis on staying married. Orson wants to know why hot dogs and
buns come in different quantities and .. oh, crap, it's a clip show. I
have no way of knowing if these clips are *new* or not, but I'd imagine
not. Directed by Robin Williams.
Clip one: Mork buys Mindy an ugly dress, and shoes to match.
Clip two: Mindy's father and old lady visit. Jonathan Winters is in
this one. Mork and Mearth dress ugly.
Clip three: Romance clip, in black and white. Silent music. Mork
always lies in black and white.
Clip four: Compatibility. Mindy makes Mork read a magazine in bed
because he watches too much TV. They take a compatibility test. It of
course turns into a fight. I'm going to say this is new.
Orson says it's a hassle. Mork gets his promotion.
I ... have no idea what the original article writer is talking about.
Double checking ... yeah, that's the last aired episode.
Googling for "mork and mindy time vortex" just brings up articles about
their last cliffhanger ep ...
Okay, here we go. The writer is an idiot. It's not the last aired ep.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5642207/most-frustrating-tv-shows-canceled-on-a-cl
iffhanger
"According to a poster on the Straight Dope message boards, the episode
ends with a disturbing image:
The final shot is (presumably) a primordial Earth. Mork and Mindy are
facing the camera and holding hands, but their bodies are...altered.
They still have their hair and their clothes, but their flesh has been
transformed into either goo or ice. Their faces are gone.
Whoa. Actually, you can watch the final moments here, and it sounds like
the Straight Dope person was not in fact using the right kind of dope
while watching this episode ‹ it's clearly a cave painting of Mork and
Mindy. But nevertheless, this still is a weird cliffhanger to end a
series on."
But the link to the video is no more.
Here's the Straight Dope article:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=67384
So now I'm grabbing the *second* to last aired ep.
Thumb, twiddle ...
Okay, here we go, "Gotta Run" (part 3)
Previously, evil alien blows up M&M's apartment, sends them on the run,
Mork outs himself, gets his own TV show. They're interviewed by Tom
Snyder clone. Mearth joins in. Later they're in a hotel being hounded
by the press and meet the crew of their new show. You can tell the
pressure is getting to Mork because they break out the wide angle
lenses. Later, they're at their blown up apartment. Evil alien shows
up. He's going to kill them. Mork's last request is to put on his ruby
slippers, which beam them out with the Star Trek TOS visual and audio
effect.
TIME VORTEX
They land in Bronson Canyon, at the entrance to the Batcave. Angry cave
people show up. Mork plays the harmonica, scaring off the men and
enthralling the woman. Later, Mork plays harmonica for the entire cave
tribe. Gratuitous insert shots of somebody's kid. Mork works on his
time travel shoes. Mindy wants to start a fire; Mork is afraid of
changing history. Turns out they already have torches. Evil alien
shows up. Mindy throws rock, alien is buried in avalanche, Mork clicks
heels and
TIME VORTEX - Mork says no matter what happens they'll have each other.
shot of bad cave painting of Mork and Mindy. It does indeed have no
facial features.
And ... that's it. BTW, Mearth just vanished without a mention after
the scene in the hotel room.
Um
Wow.
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8HMUQWZ7--/18677oniqn
scmjpg.jpg
Obveeus
Jan 18, 2016, 6:14:18 PM1/18/16
to
On 1/18/2016 4:08 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> TIME VORTEX - Mork says no matter what happens they'll have each other.
> shot of bad cave painting of Mork and Mindy. It does indeed have no
> facial features.
> And ... that's it. BTW, Mearth just vanished without a mention after
> the scene in the hotel room.
> Um
> Wow.
> http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8HMUQWZ7--/18677oniqn
> scmjpg.jpg
Interesting, but really, I don't see how the author of this article
> TIME VORTEX - Mork says no matter what happens they'll have each other.
> shot of bad cave painting of Mork and Mindy. It does indeed have no
> facial features.
> And ... that's it. BTW, Mearth just vanished without a mention after
> the scene in the hotel room.
> Um
> Wow.
> http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8HMUQWZ7--/18677oniqn
> scmjpg.jpg
translated a cave painting into some claim of the characters on the show
not having faces anymore.
anim8rfsk
Jan 18, 2016, 7:14:24 PM1/18/16
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In article <n7jrf2$oov$1...@dont-email.me>, Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:
No. And given a working time travel device as well as the knowledge
that the future can be changed, it isn't too hard to fanwank their
problems away.
wrote:
that the future can be changed, it isn't too hard to fanwank their
problems away.
Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 18, 2016, 8:12:37 PM1/18/16
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On 1/17/2016 2:52 PM, Ed Stasiak wrote:
>> anim8rfsk
>>> Ed Stasiak
>>>> anim8rfsk
>>>>
>>>> Sliders
>>>
>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>>
>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
>
> Maybe the Black guy?
Cleavant Derricks
>> anim8rfsk
>>> Ed Stasiak
>>>> anim8rfsk
>>>>
>>>> Sliders
>>>
>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>>
>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
>
> Maybe the Black guy?
But eliminating or killing off characters made
> sense for the concept and they should have factored it in from the
> start.
>
those parallel worlds until an actor left the show then that character
stopped showing up on alternate worlds as well. All the behind the
scenes nonsense with the actors really hurt the show.
Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 18, 2016, 8:23:20 PM1/18/16
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the only thing unresolved about it was a weird prophesy that Rembrandt
would never slide again for unknown reasons.
>>>
>>> Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
>>> The once-popular series ended with a time-traveling H.G. Wells
>>> delivering a mystery baby wrapped in a Superman cape to Lois and Clark.
>>> Whose baby was it? No one knows, since the show got axed.
>>>
>>
>> But that *was* written as a series finale wasn't it?
>
> I don't think so. It was performing so wretchedly that ABC paid a
> fortune to get the Hell out of their contract early.
>>
>>>
>>> Mork and Mindy
>>> In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
>>> Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
>>> missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
>>> characters and the fans deserved better.
>>>
>>
>> As a kid, I think this was probably the first time the concept of
>> unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
>> used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
>> the conclusion never came.
>
> I don't remember this end at all
>>
remember was Mork and Mindy being chased by aliens and going to an
alternate universe. I may be conflating two unrelated episodes but I
think one of those was the cliffhanger ending.
Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 18, 2016, 8:27:30 PM1/18/16
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On 1/17/2016 10:22 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <170120161740275675%no...@noway.com>,
> A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
>> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
>>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Sliders
>>>>
>>>> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
>>>> sliding
>>>> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
>>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>>>
>>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
>>
>>
>> Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
>
> I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
>
No. You're thinking of John Rhys-Davies/Arturo. There was an episode
> A Friend <no...@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <anim8rfsk-D7F24...@news.easynews.com>,
>> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <119ca48a-9f6c-4ae9...@googlegroups.com>,
>>> Ed Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Sliders
>>>>
>>>> This was doomed from the start, as the insistence on the characters
>>>> sliding
>>>> to a new timeline every episode burned up all the interesting storylines.
>>>> They should have limited the alt-timelines to only two per season.
>>>
>>> Was there even an original character left by the end?
>>
>>
>> Cleavant Derricks, as Rembrandt Brown, was still in it at the end.
>
> I thought there was some doubt that he was the original?
>
early on when Arturo's double secretly took his place. The two of them
fought at the end and it was supposed to be ambiguous which one slid. I
never really considered it all that ambiguous since the characters
*never* referenced it so as far as I was concerned the real Arturo slid.
Dimensional Traveler
Jan 18, 2016, 10:02:54 PM1/18/16
to
On 1/18/2016 5:23 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> On 1/17/2016 10:21 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> In article <n7hefb$gl5$1...@dont-email.me>,
>> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Sliders
>>>> During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
>>>> or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
>>>> the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
>>>> you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
>>>>
>>>
>>> As far as I'm concerned it was resolved.
>>
>> Wasn't it all alternate characters by that point? How *could* you end
>> it?
>>>
>
> Rembrandt made a final slide with a way to defeat the Cromags. I think
> the only thing unresolved about it was a weird prophesy that Rembrandt
> would never slide again for unknown reasons.
>
Being dead seems likely a pretty well known reason to me.
> On 1/17/2016 10:21 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> In article <n7hefb$gl5$1...@dont-email.me>,
>> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Sliders
>>>> During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that may
>>>> or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing. Since
>>>> the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what happens unless
>>>> you can slide back in time and renew the show for one more season.
>>>>
>>>
>>> As far as I'm concerned it was resolved.
>>
>> Wasn't it all alternate characters by that point? How *could* you end
>> it?
>>>
>
> Rembrandt made a final slide with a way to defeat the Cromags. I think
> the only thing unresolved about it was a weird prophesy that Rembrandt
> would never slide again for unknown reasons.
>
Alan Smithee
Jan 19, 2016, 1:42:22 AM1/19/16
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On 01/17/2016 04:09 PM, EGK wrote:
> That is another one. None broke my heart but a lot of them have made me
> cynical about trying out new offerings of arc-driven programming. Then the
> network honchos wonder why audience numbers continue to dwindle.
A good reason to watch the shows *after* the situation has been cleared.
That way you don't get an unexpected and unresolved ending.
I watched 'Angel' after it went off the air so I knew what to expect. I
think Whedon
was tired of writing vampire shows and didn't care. He was tired of
'Buffy' and went
to 'Firefly' which got dropped!
> That is another one. None broke my heart but a lot of them have made me
> cynical about trying out new offerings of arc-driven programming. Then the
> network honchos wonder why audience numbers continue to dwindle.
A good reason to watch the shows *after* the situation has been cleared.
That way you don't get an unexpected and unresolved ending.
I watched 'Angel' after it went off the air so I knew what to expect. I
think Whedon
was tired of writing vampire shows and didn't care. He was tired of
'Buffy' and went
to 'Firefly' which got dropped!
Ed Stasiak
Jan 19, 2016, 2:48:11 AM1/19/16
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> Arthur Lipscomb
> > Ed Stasiak
concept of the show and demanded a straight-up Star Trek-type sci-fi
tv series, (because to them, all sci-fi is the same...) where a set cast of
characters had a completely new adventure every week.
Thanks to the lack of imagination by network exes, the show ended up
being one big missed opportunity and at least IMO if any show deserves
a remake / reboot, it's "Sliders".
> > Ed Stasiak
> >
> > But eliminating or killing off characters made sense for the concept
> > and they should have factored it in from the start.
>
> But it wasn't handled well the way the encountered themselves on
> all those parallel worlds until an actor left the show then that character
> stopped showing up on alternate worlds as well. All the behind the
> scenes nonsense with the actors really hurt the show.
Agreed, and this was because the network disregarded the alt-history
> > But eliminating or killing off characters made sense for the concept
> > and they should have factored it in from the start.
>
> But it wasn't handled well the way the encountered themselves on
> all those parallel worlds until an actor left the show then that character
> stopped showing up on alternate worlds as well. All the behind the
> scenes nonsense with the actors really hurt the show.
concept of the show and demanded a straight-up Star Trek-type sci-fi
tv series, (because to them, all sci-fi is the same...) where a set cast of
characters had a completely new adventure every week.
Thanks to the lack of imagination by network exes, the show ended up
being one big missed opportunity and at least IMO if any show deserves
a remake / reboot, it's "Sliders".
al2...@aol.com
Jan 19, 2016, 3:04:01 AM1/19/16
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On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 1:00:27 PM UTC-6, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Soap
> The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
> Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
> executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
> bullets? We'll never know.
>
Jessica Tate later appeared on "Benson" (the spinoff of "Soap") as a ghost, and she confirmed that she had been shot by a firing squad.
> Soap
> The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
> Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
> executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
> bullets? We'll never know.
>
Alex K.
EB
Jan 19, 2016, 5:56:16 AM1/19/16
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> > > Angel
> > > This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> > > everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> > > TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> > > unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> > > exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> > > that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
> >
> > ANGEL's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> Spike: And in terms of a plan?
> Angel: We fight.
> Spike: Bit more specific?
> Angel: Well, personally, I kinda wanna slay the dragon. Let's go to work.
There was a graphic novel that picked up all plotlines afterwards.
> > > This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> > > everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> > > TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> > > unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> > > exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> > > that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
> >
> > ANGEL's finale was perfectly satisfactory.
>
> Spike: And in terms of a plan?
> Angel: We fight.
> Spike: Bit more specific?
> Angel: Well, personally, I kinda wanna slay the dragon. Let's go to work.
LA is overrun with demons and Angel is working with them but still trying to destroy the enemy by working within the organization.
Angel didn't kill the dragon but he do control it and now the dragon is his "pet"
Wesley is a ghost at Wolfram and Hart and Gunn is a vampire (apparently he did get turned in the last episode)
Ubiquitous
Jan 19, 2016, 11:10:45 AM1/19/16
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anim...@cox.net wrote:
>42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=16316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
Didn't I post this to the newsgroup last year? :-D
>42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=16316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>Twin Peaks
>Twin Peaks ended in 1991 with Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle Machlachlan)
>trapped in the Black Lodge and the fate of Audrey Horne (Sherilyn
>Fenn) up in the air after a bank explosion, to name a few things.
>Fans of the cult series were left hanging for over two decades
>but a third season has been approved for Showtime that will
>hopefully answer a lot of lingering questions.
>
>Deadwood
>Deadwood producer David Milch has gone on record saying that the series
>finale was written as such, but fans of the Western series aren't buying
>it due to all the loose ends.
Never saw it.
>Deadwood
>Deadwood producer David Milch has gone on record saying that the series
>finale was written as such, but fans of the Western series aren't buying
>it due to all the loose ends.
>Farscape
>When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
>Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were
>crystallized. This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a
>subsequent miniseries called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided
>some sense of closure.
>Pushing Daisies
>The critically acclaimed Pushing Daisies was about a pie maker with the
>ability to bring dead things back to life. The show ran for two seasons
>but it took the network a while to even air the final three episodes
>and, even when it happened, it didn't satisfyingly wrap up the show.
>
>Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
>The second season of the show inspired by the Terminator movies ended
>with the characters making a time jump to the future where no one has
>heard of John Connor. That's quite a setup, except that the show was
>cancelled and now we'll never know where the writers were going to go
>with this.
Never watched them.
>The second season of the show inspired by the Terminator movies ended
>with the characters making a time jump to the future where no one has
>heard of John Connor. That's quite a setup, except that the show was
>cancelled and now we'll never know where the writers were going to go
>with this.
>Sliders
>During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that
>may or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing.
>Since the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what
>happens unless you can slide back in time and renew the show for
>one more season.
>V (1984)
>In the final episode of the first full season, Kyle (Jeff Yagher) stows
>away on a shuttle with the Starchild unaware that Visitor leader Diana
>(Jane Badler) has placed a bomb on board. Since the show never came back
>for season two, we'll never know if that bomb ever went off.
>
>V (1984)
>In the final episode of the first full season, Kyle (Jeff Yagher) stows
>away on a shuttle with the Starchild unaware that Visitor leader Diana
>(Jane Badler) has placed a bomb on board. Since the show never came back
>for season two, we'll never know if that bomb ever went off.
I cannot say the sudden cancellation broke my heart.
>Dallas
>In the 1980s, we all found out who shot J.R. TNT's reboot of Dallas
>ended with Jesse Metcalfe's character starting his car and it exploding.
>Did he survive? We'll never know.
>
>[ No, he didn't survive, the idiot producer thought killing him was
>the way to get renewed]
I had lost interst in that show long before that happened.
>In the Flesh
>In the Flesh was a British zombie drama that focused more on its
>characters' relationships as opposed to visceral zombie action,
>like The Walking Dead. Sadly, BBC Three pulled the plug on the
>series, which ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
That's a shame. I don't know if they ever played series two on BBCA.
>Kyle XY
>The ABC Family show about a kid without memory or a belly button
>was popular at first but lost a little steam, which led to its
>unceremonious cancellation before a proper finale could be filmed.
The show had pretty much run out of steam by that point.
>Las Vegas
>Las Vegas was abruptly cancelled 19 episodes into a planned 22-episode
>fifth season. The main characters were supposed to make a crossover
>appearance in NBC's Knight Rider reboot, but it was cancelled too.
I never watched it.
Is this the one with the guy singing "I'm Still Standing" that
ended up on THE SOUP?
>Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
>The once-popular series ended with a time-traveling H.G. Wells
>delivering a mystery baby wrapped in a Superman cape to Lois and Clark.
>Whose baby was it? No one knows, since the show got axed.
>Melrose Place
>We're not talking about the original Melrose Place, we're talking about
>the rebooted Melrose Place 2.0 on the CW. It ended with Amanda Woodward
>(Heather Locklear) screaming and being dragged out of her office to
>jail. Does she get out? Dish out some revenge? We'll have to use our
>imagination, because the show wasn't renewed for a second season.
Heartbreakuing? Hardly.
>Mork and Mindy
>In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played
>by Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with
>their faces missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were
>missing. The characters and the fans deserved better.
show much.
>Quantum Leap
>The sci-fi show about a time traveler (Scott Bakula) who leaps into
>people's bodies from the past to right old wrongs ended with Bakula lost
>in time. No concrete answers were given; none will be forthcoming.
>V
>Unlike the original V from the '80s, the V reboot starring Morena
>Baccarin as Visitor queen Anna got renewed for a second season. But just
>like the original V, it was cancelled on a cliffhanger with the fate of
>humanity in question. "V" must stand for "vexing."
>
>Alcatraz
>In the cliffhanger for this Fox series starring Sam Neill and Hurley
>from Lost, the female lead played by Sarah Jones supposedly dies and it
>is revealed that what is happening in the prison is happening all over
>the country. Those are two big ideas to dump on viewers with no
>resolution.
>
>Flashforward
>Producers claimed to have a five-season arc for this high-concept series
>starring Joseph Fiennes, but it only lasted one season. The season-one
>finale episode involved a flash-forward event happening two decades in
>the future and didn't resolve anything about the characters fans just
>got to know. Some call it the worst final episode of any TV show.
I never watched those.
>Happy Town
>This supernatural mystery was about a town recovering from a series
>of kidnappings and a so-called "Magic Man" with the ability to make
>people disappear. Eight episodes were filmed, but ABC unceremoniously
>yanked the show off the air after six. The final two episodes were
>posted online for a while, but they didn't solve the mystery at the
>center the show or offer any kind of satisfying resolution.
I have no recollection of this show.
>Invasion
>With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
>from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
>gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
>first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
>show was cancelled without warning.
>Alphas
>Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot
>point about whether the entire population of New York was dead or
>just unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about
>the Alphas cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
>Awake
>When NBC's Awake ended its first season, the collective response
>was, "what just happened?" Creator Kyle Killen insists that was
>always the intended ending for the first season, but it felt like
>something slapped together due to cancellation. Awake never woke
>up for a second season.
I do not recall this show. was this the one in which he had two
lives but one was a dream?
>Reaper
>The CW has a history of yanking shows after one season and leaving
>unresolved cliffhangers, and a perfect example of this is Reaper.
>Season one ended before a reveal that would have changed the whole
>premise of the show. Of course, with cancellation the premise is
>dead.
>
>Defiance
>Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different
>alien species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic
>ruins of St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our
>hero Nolan jetting off into space for an unknown destination,
>leaving his adopted alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance.
>What happens next? We'll never know, since Syfy pulled the plug
>on the expensive show.
>
> [This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it]
>Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different
>alien species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic
>ruins of St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our
>hero Nolan jetting off into space for an unknown destination,
>leaving his adopted alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance.
>What happens next? We'll never know, since Syfy pulled the plug
>on the expensive show.
>
Ohh, THAT show! :-)
>Dominion
>Another Syfy casualty of 2015 was Dominion, a series set in the future
>after a war between man and angels that is based on the movie Legion.
>The show was on the air for two seasons, the second of which ended with
>two cliffhangers and the death of a major character. Fans can pray for a
>third season or proper finale, but these angels have flown away.
>
>Dark Shadows
>The 1991 revival of the vampy soap opera ended with some time
>traveling and Victoria figuring out that Barnabas was a
>200-plus-year-old vampire, something her character never found
>out in the original series. It would have been interesting to
>see how the reboot dealt with this new story twist, but the
>show was staked before it could be explored.
I watched it but hated it. What heartbreak?
>Earth 2
>The sci-fi show ended with the colonists getting sick from an unknown
>illness, including Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino), who is left in
>suspended animation until she can be cured. To make matters worse, this
>cliffhanger episode was aired out of order as the third-to-the-last
>episode for no apparent reason.
Ha ha ha!
Someone slipped this one in as a joke!
>Forever Knight
>This cult Canadian vampire show had its fans, and they are still sore
>about the abrupt ending during which 800-year-old vampire Nick Knight
>bites Natalie in the hope that it will make him human but instead brings
>her to the brink of death. Knight asks to be stabbed with a stake. Did
>it happen? We'll never know.
>
>
>Samurai Jack
>Samurai Jack was an animated series set in Feudal Japan that ran from
>2001-2004 on the Cartoon Network. It ended abruptly on a cliffhanger
>that was supposed to be resolved with a feature-length movie, but it
>never happened.
>
>Samurai Jack
>Samurai Jack was an animated series set in Feudal Japan that ran from
>2001-2004 on the Cartoon Network. It ended abruptly on a cliffhanger
>that was supposed to be resolved with a feature-length movie, but it
>never happened.
>
>Angel
>This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
>everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
>TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
>unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
>exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
>that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
Umm, I am pretty sure that's how it was sppsd to end; they all died
>This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
>everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
>TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
>unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
>exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
>that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
fighting Evil.
>Stargate Universe
>This umpteenth series inspired by the Stargate movie ended with a main
>character zipping through space on a ship where his life-support pod was
>broken, leaving him with about two weeks to live. The other
>Stargate-based shows that got cancelled all got follow-up movies that
>tied up loose threads, but not SG U.
>
>Soap
>The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
>Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
>executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
>bullets? We'll never know.
>
>Soap
>The final episode of the '70s show Soap had its main character, Jessica
>Tate (Katherine Helmond), closing her eyes as she is about to be
>executed by a firing squad... and that's it. Was she riddled with
>bullets? We'll never know.
>
>ALF
>This popular '80s sitcom ended with ALF (aka Alien Life Form) being
>captured by the Alien Task Force. What happened after that? We'll never
>know, because the show was abruptly cancelled in 1990.
>
>Hannibal
>This popular '80s sitcom ended with ALF (aka Alien Life Form) being
>captured by the Alien Task Force. What happened after that? We'll never
>know, because the show was abruptly cancelled in 1990.
>
>After three seasons of cutting-edge drama and violence, NBC pulled the
>plug on Hannibal as its titular character and Will embraced and
>literally fell of a cliff. Oh, and Gillian Anderson's psychiatrist
>character cut off her own leg and cooked it for Hannibal. Will he ever
>show up for dinner? We'll never know.
>
>The Secret Circle
>This bewitching CW show about a coven of young witches only lasted one
>season. It ended with some nonsense about a crystal skull and a
>mysterious group called the Balcoin kids, but you'll need a crystal ball
>and some serious magic to find out what happens next.
>
>The Tomorrow People
>It was teased from the beginning that the character played by Robbie
>Amell was a special kind of Tomorrow Person with different mutant
>powers. In the final episode, it's revealed that he can literally turn
>back to time in order to save Cara. What happens next? The answer is
>lost in time since CW shut down the show after one season.
>
>Bored to Death
>After three seasons of Jason Schwartzman's character trying to find out
>the identity of his biological father in between smoking weed with Zach
>Galifianakis and Ted Danson, he solves the case. Yes, it's revealed that
>Schwartzman had been sleeping with his half-sister... and then the show
>ends. Forever.
--
Pres Obama officially endorses Hillary Clinton, because he doesn't want
to be known forever as the worst president.
Obveeus
Jan 19, 2016, 11:48:23 AM1/19/16
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On 1/19/2016 10:54 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Never saw it.
> Never watched them.
> I never watched it.
> I never watched those.
> I have no recollection of this show.
> I do not recall this show. was this the one in which he had two
> lives but one was a dream?
> Ohh, THAT show! :-)
> lives but one was a dream?
Responding to that list should probably hint to you that you should stop
watching 70s/80s TV and instead watch some stuff from this century. You
are missing out on 1080 for one thing.
anim8rfsk
Jan 19, 2016, 1:07:26 PM1/19/16
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In article <n00rzy$bf9$2...@dont-email.me>,
It had a lot of good moments.
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> anim...@cox.net wrote:
>
> >42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> >http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=16316
> >&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Didn't I post this to the newsgroup last year? :-D
>
> >Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
> Argh, ain't they all?
>
>
> anim...@cox.net wrote:
>
> >42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
> >http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=16316
> >&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>
> Didn't I post this to the newsgroup last year? :-D
>
> >Click bait. I clicked it so you don't have to:
>
> Argh, ain't they all?
>
>
> >Farscape
> >When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> >Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were
> >crystallized. This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a
> >subsequent miniseries called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided
> >some sense of closure.
>
> I do not remember how Farscape ended.
>
>
> >When Farscape was abruptly cancelled after the fourth season, John
> >Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) were
> >crystallized. This frustrated fans but, luckily, there was a
> >subsequent miniseries called The Peacekeeper Wars that provided
> >some sense of closure.
>
> I do not remember how Farscape ended.
>
>
> >Sliders
> >During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that
> >may or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing.
> >Since the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what
> >happens unless you can slide back in time and renew the show for
> >one more season.
>
> I lost interest in this show long before it was cancelled.
Didn't we all?
> >During the finale, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) makes a jump that
> >may or may not have killed him, but the gang has no way of knowing.
> >Since the show was cancelled, you'll just have to make up what
> >happens unless you can slide back in time and renew the show for
> >one more season.
>
> I lost interest in this show long before it was cancelled.
> >Happy Town
> >This supernatural mystery was about a town recovering from a series
> >of kidnappings and a so-called "Magic Man" with the ability to make
> >people disappear. Eight episodes were filmed, but ABC unceremoniously
> >yanked the show off the air after six. The final two episodes were
> >posted online for a while, but they didn't solve the mystery at the
> >center the show or offer any kind of satisfying resolution.
>
> I have no recollection of this show.
That one stumped me too.
> >This supernatural mystery was about a town recovering from a series
> >of kidnappings and a so-called "Magic Man" with the ability to make
> >people disappear. Eight episodes were filmed, but ABC unceremoniously
> >yanked the show off the air after six. The final two episodes were
> >posted online for a while, but they didn't solve the mystery at the
> >center the show or offer any kind of satisfying resolution.
>
> I have no recollection of this show.
>
> >Invasion
> >With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
> >from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
> >gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
> >first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
> >show was cancelled without warning.
>
> I'm betting Keith Olbermann had something to do with it,
No, he and Hard whatever murdered tens of thousands on SURFACE.
> >Invasion
> >With a plot reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and benefiting
> >from a Lost lead-in, this show chock-full of familiar faces took a
> >gamble that it would be coming back for a second season and ended its
> >first season with everything up in the air. It didn't pay off and the
> >show was cancelled without warning.
>
> I'm betting Keith Olbermann had something to do with it,
>
> >Alphas
> >Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot
> >point about whether the entire population of New York was dead or
> >just unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about
> >the Alphas cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
>
> Was there a second season?
>
> >Awake
> >When NBC's Awake ended its first season, the collective response
> >was, "what just happened?" Creator Kyle Killen insists that was
> >always the intended ending for the first season, but it felt like
> >something slapped together due to cancellation. Awake never woke
> >up for a second season.
>
> I do not recall this show. was this the one in which he had two
> lives but one was a dream?
>
Yeah, and they were colored slightly differently as a clew
> >Alphas
> >Syfy cancelled Alphas without clearing up the little dangling plot
> >point about whether the entire population of New York was dead or
> >just unconscious. An episode of The Big Bang Theory talked about
> >the Alphas cliffhanger and how frustrating it can be.
>
> Was there a second season?
>
> >Awake
> >When NBC's Awake ended its first season, the collective response
> >was, "what just happened?" Creator Kyle Killen insists that was
> >always the intended ending for the first season, but it felt like
> >something slapped together due to cancellation. Awake never woke
> >up for a second season.
>
> I do not recall this show. was this the one in which he had two
> lives but one was a dream?
>
> >
> >Defiance
> >Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different
> >alien species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic
> >ruins of St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our
> >hero Nolan jetting off into space for an unknown destination,
> >leaving his adopted alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance.
> >What happens next? We'll never know, since Syfy pulled the plug
> >on the expensive show.
> >
> > [This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it]
>
> Ohh, THAT show! :-)
>
heh
> >Defiance
> >Defiance was a high-concept, quality sci-fi show about different
> >alien species and humans trying to get along in the postapocalyptic
> >ruins of St. Louis, renamed Defiance. Season three ended with our
> >hero Nolan jetting off into space for an unknown destination,
> >leaving his adopted alien daughter the law keeper of Defiance.
> >What happens next? We'll never know, since Syfy pulled the plug
> >on the expensive show.
> >
> > [This includes a picture of an arch with a huge hole in it]
>
> Ohh, THAT show! :-)
>
> >
> >Dark Shadows
> >The 1991 revival of the vampy soap opera ended with some time
> >traveling and Victoria figuring out that Barnabas was a
> >200-plus-year-old vampire, something her character never found
> >out in the original series. It would have been interesting to
> >see how the reboot dealt with this new story twist, but the
> >show was staked before it could be explored.
>
> I watched it but hated it. What heartbreak?
Good question.
> >Dark Shadows
> >The 1991 revival of the vampy soap opera ended with some time
> >traveling and Victoria figuring out that Barnabas was a
> >200-plus-year-old vampire, something her character never found
> >out in the original series. It would have been interesting to
> >see how the reboot dealt with this new story twist, but the
> >show was staked before it could be explored.
>
> I watched it but hated it. What heartbreak?
>
> >Earth 2
> >The sci-fi show ended with the colonists getting sick from an unknown
> >illness, including Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino), who is left in
> >suspended animation until she can be cured. To make matters worse, this
> >cliffhanger episode was aired out of order as the third-to-the-last
> >episode for no apparent reason.
>
> Ha ha ha!
> Someone slipped this one in as a joke!
Yeah, I have *no* idea how it ended.
> >Earth 2
> >The sci-fi show ended with the colonists getting sick from an unknown
> >illness, including Devon Adair (Debrah Farentino), who is left in
> >suspended animation until she can be cured. To make matters worse, this
> >cliffhanger episode was aired out of order as the third-to-the-last
> >episode for no apparent reason.
>
> Ha ha ha!
> Someone slipped this one in as a joke!
> >
> >Angel
> >This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> >everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> >TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> >unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> >exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> >that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
>
> Umm, I am pretty sure that's how it was sppsd to end; they all died
> fighting Evil.
Most of them were already dead. :)
> >Angel
> >This spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended its fifth season with
> >everyone fighting and some key characters dead. Creator Joss Whedon told
> >TV Guide he is OK with this as a final episode, but some fans felt
> >unsatisfied. "Did I end it this way so that it could lead into an
> >exciting sixth season? Yes, but this is still a final statement, if
> >that's what it needs to be," said Whedon.
>
> Umm, I am pretty sure that's how it was sppsd to end; they all died
> fighting Evil.
Steve Bartman
Jan 19, 2016, 3:38:36 PM1/19/16
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On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:32:31 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:
>> I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
>> the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
>> Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
>
>heh
I watched this whole series a couple of falls ago, and have no idea
how it ended. I watched the last half just to see if it was really
that bad. Yep.
I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
"Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
second season.
Steve
wrote:
>> I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
>> the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
>> Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
>
>heh
how it ended. I watched the last half just to see if it was really
that bad. Yep.
I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
"Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
second season.
Steve
Dimensional Traveler
Jan 19, 2016, 8:24:54 PM1/19/16
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On 1/19/2016 10:07 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <n00rzy$bf9$2...@dont-email.me>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> anim...@cox.net wrote:
>>
>>> In the Flesh
>>> In the Flesh was a British zombie drama that focused more on its
>>> characters' relationships as opposed to visceral zombie action,
>>> like The Walking Dead. Sadly, BBC Three pulled the plug on the
>>> series, which ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
>>
>> That's a shame. I don't know if they ever played series two on BBCA.
>>
They did.
> In article <n00rzy$bf9$2...@dont-email.me>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> anim...@cox.net wrote:
>>
>>> In the Flesh
>>> In the Flesh was a British zombie drama that focused more on its
>>> characters' relationships as opposed to visceral zombie action,
>>> like The Walking Dead. Sadly, BBC Three pulled the plug on the
>>> series, which ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
>>
>> That's a shame. I don't know if they ever played series two on BBCA.
>>
>>> Las Vegas
>>> Las Vegas was abruptly cancelled 19 episodes into a planned 22-episode
>>> fifth season. The main characters were supposed to make a crossover
>>> appearance in NBC's Knight Rider reboot, but it was cancelled too.
>>
>> I never watched it.
>
> It had a lot of good moments.
anim8rfsk
Jan 19, 2016, 8:48:46 PM1/19/16
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In article <n7mnfu$gi$1...@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 1/19/2016 10:07 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > In article <n00rzy$bf9$2...@dont-email.me>,
> > Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> >
> >> anim...@cox.net wrote:
> >>
> >>> In the Flesh
> >>> In the Flesh was a British zombie drama that focused more on its
> >>> characters' relationships as opposed to visceral zombie action,
> >>> like The Walking Dead. Sadly, BBC Three pulled the plug on the
> >>> series, which ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
> >>
> >> That's a shame. I don't know if they ever played series two on BBCA.
> >>
>
> They did.
>
> >>> Las Vegas
> >>> Las Vegas was abruptly cancelled 19 episodes into a planned 22-episode
> >>> fifth season. The main characters were supposed to make a crossover
> >>> appearance in NBC's Knight Rider reboot, but it was cancelled too.
> >>
> >> I never watched it.
> >
> > It had a lot of good moments.
>
> Most of them involving Nikki Cox and/or Vanessa Marcil....
There's a great moment with Lara Flynn Boyle! :)
> On 1/19/2016 10:07 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > In article <n00rzy$bf9$2...@dont-email.me>,
> > Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> >
> >> anim...@cox.net wrote:
> >>
> >>> In the Flesh
> >>> In the Flesh was a British zombie drama that focused more on its
> >>> characters' relationships as opposed to visceral zombie action,
> >>> like The Walking Dead. Sadly, BBC Three pulled the plug on the
> >>> series, which ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
> >>
> >> That's a shame. I don't know if they ever played series two on BBCA.
> >>
>
> They did.
>
> >>> Las Vegas
> >>> Las Vegas was abruptly cancelled 19 episodes into a planned 22-episode
> >>> fifth season. The main characters were supposed to make a crossover
> >>> appearance in NBC's Knight Rider reboot, but it was cancelled too.
> >>
> >> I never watched it.
> >
> > It had a lot of good moments.
>
> Most of them involving Nikki Cox and/or Vanessa Marcil....
Default User
Jan 19, 2016, 9:17:31 PM1/19/16
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anim8rfsk wrote:
> Hannibal
> After three seasons of cutting-edge drama and violence, NBC pulled
> the plug on Hannibal as its titular character and Will embraced and
> literally fell of a cliff. Oh, and Gillian Anderson's psychiatrist
> character cut off her own leg and cooked it for Hannibal. Will he
> ever show up for dinner? We'll never know.
I didn't think this ending was so bad. I was frankly surprised it got
> Hannibal
> After three seasons of cutting-edge drama and violence, NBC pulled
> the plug on Hannibal as its titular character and Will embraced and
> literally fell of a cliff. Oh, and Gillian Anderson's psychiatrist
> character cut off her own leg and cooked it for Hannibal. Will he
> ever show up for dinner? We'll never know.
that final season, so no regrets.
Brian
Ubiquitous
Jan 20, 2016, 10:40:32 AM1/20/16
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Your...@YourISP.com wrote:
>anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> > On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> > > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>> > > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=16316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>> > >
>> Arthur Lipscomb <art...@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> > On 1/17/2016 11:00 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> > > 42 Cancelled TV Shows That Broke Our Hearts with Unresolved Endings
>> > > http://stars.topix.com/slideshow/16316?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=16316&utm_term=SA41DFCFSVSU3DFD
>> > >
>> > > Mork and Mindy
>> > > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
>> > > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
>> > > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
>> > > characters and the fans deserved better.
>> >
>> > As a kid, I think this was probably the first time the concept of
>> > unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
>> > used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
>> > the conclusion never came.
>>
>> I don't remember this end at all
>
>Anyone with a brain stopped watching when the idiotic adult-baby arrived.
I say that happened with the pilot.
>> > > In the final aired episode, the beloved titular characters played by
>> > > Robin Williams and Pam Dawber ended up in a time vortex with their faces
>> > > missing and bodies altered. Again, their faces were missing. The
>> > > characters and the fans deserved better.
>> >
>> > As a kid, I think this was probably the first time the concept of
>> > unresolved series ending entered my consciousness. At the time I was
>> > used to cliffhangers and "to be continued" but this was the first time
>> > the conclusion never came.
>>
>> I don't remember this end at all
>
>Anyone with a brain stopped watching when the idiotic adult-baby arrived.
Invid Fan
Jan 20, 2016, 12:45:09 PM1/20/16
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In article <dd58defc-697f-4ac8...@googlegroups.com>, Ed
that came out the same time as sliders, but despite the net and critics
considering it better was passed over. Can't remember the title.
--
Chris Mack "If we show any weakness, the monsters will get cocky!"
'Invid Fan' - 'Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts'
Stasiak <esta...@att.net> wrote:
> Thanks to the lack of imagination by network exes, the show ended up
> being one big missed opportunity and at least IMO if any show deserves
> a remake / reboot, it's "Sliders".
If I remember correctly, there was another parallel dimension pilot
> Thanks to the lack of imagination by network exes, the show ended up
> being one big missed opportunity and at least IMO if any show deserves
> a remake / reboot, it's "Sliders".
that came out the same time as sliders, but despite the net and critics
considering it better was passed over. Can't remember the title.
--
Chris Mack "If we show any weakness, the monsters will get cocky!"
'Invid Fan' - 'Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts'
Tony Calguire
Jan 20, 2016, 1:17:05 PM1/20/16
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It's 11:59 and 59 seconds. Invid Fan happened in rec.arts.tv today:
>
>> Thanks to the lack of imagination by network exes, the show ended up
>> being one big missed opportunity and at least IMO if any show deserves
>> a remake / reboot, it's "Sliders".
>
> If I remember correctly, there was another parallel dimension pilot
> that came out the same time as sliders, but despite the net and critics
> considering it better was passed over. Can't remember the title.
>
Somebody in this newsgroup had it as their sig for a long time... Anim,
maybe?
"We could have had DOORWAYS!"
>
>> Thanks to the lack of imagination by network exes, the show ended up
>> being one big missed opportunity and at least IMO if any show deserves
>> a remake / reboot, it's "Sliders".
>
> If I remember correctly, there was another parallel dimension pilot
> that came out the same time as sliders, but despite the net and critics
> considering it better was passed over. Can't remember the title.
>
maybe?
"We could have had DOORWAYS!"
anim8rfsk
Jan 20, 2016, 1:27:35 PM1/20/16
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A Friend
Jan 20, 2016, 2:14:41 PM1/20/16
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Tony Calguire
Jan 20, 2016, 2:37:41 PM1/20/16
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It's 11:59 and 59 seconds. A Friend happened in rec.arts.tv today:
>> >
>>
>> Somebody in this newsgroup had it as their sig for a long time... Anim,
>> maybe?
>>
>> "We could have had DOORWAYS!"
>
>
> I more often saw it as "We could of had DOORWAYS!"
>
Interesting that Google doesn't return a lot of hits for either. I remember
it being more common. Anyway, all signs point to Franklin Hummel as the
originator. Not sure if he was the guy with the sig, though.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.tv/z5z4Ub8PKl4
>> >
>>
>> Somebody in this newsgroup had it as their sig for a long time... Anim,
>> maybe?
>>
>> "We could have had DOORWAYS!"
>
>
> I more often saw it as "We could of had DOORWAYS!"
>
it being more common. Anyway, all signs point to Franklin Hummel as the
originator. Not sure if he was the guy with the sig, though.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.tv/z5z4Ub8PKl4
chicagofan
Jan 21, 2016, 8:53:51 PM1/21/16
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:) You weren't alone though, in wanting it to continue.
bj
Obveeus
Jan 21, 2016, 9:10:45 PM1/21/16
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On 1/21/2016 8:53 PM, chicagofan wrote:
> Steve l wrote:
>> I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
>> "Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
>> 60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
>> second season.
>>
>> Steve
>
> I liked "Studio 60", it just didn't last long enough for me to love it.
> :) You weren't alone though, in wanting it to continue.
Me too.
>> I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
>> "Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
>> 60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
>> second season.
>>
>> Steve
>
> I liked "Studio 60", it just didn't last long enough for me to love it.
> :) You weren't alone though, in wanting it to continue.
anim8rfsk
Jan 21, 2016, 9:36:50 PM1/21/16
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In article <n7s1u5$7ah$2...@dont-email.me>, chicagofan <m...@privacy.net>
wrote:
I liked Studio 60 too but Amanda Peet pretty well sank it by getting
pregnant.
wrote:
pregnant.
chicagofan
Jan 21, 2016, 10:36:36 PM1/21/16
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think it was getting bad ratings. That's too bad. :(
Another show I've been trying to remember why it got shot down so early
is "Prime Suspect". Was I the only one who liked it? I'm talking about
the American version with Maria Bello. [I loved the British version too.]
bj
Obveeus
Jan 21, 2016, 11:21:35 PM1/21/16
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On 1/21/2016 10:36 PM, chicagofan wrote:
> anim8rfsk wrote:
>> I liked Studio 60 too but Amanda Peet pretty well sank it by getting
>> pregnant.
>>
> Ahh ... I was trying to remember why it was canceled, because I didn't
> think it was getting bad ratings. That's too bad. :(
It got cancelled because it got really bad ratings. Much like
>> I liked Studio 60 too but Amanda Peet pretty well sank it by getting
>> pregnant.
>>
> Ahh ... I was trying to remember why it was canceled, because I didn't
> think it was getting bad ratings. That's too bad. :(
SWINGTOWN, people hated it right out of the gate because...well, they
were told to hate it by their overlords.
Steve Bartman
Jan 22, 2016, 11:51:19 AM1/22/16
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:53:53 -0500, chicagofan <m...@privacy.net>
wrote:
The scene in the balcony with Sting playing a lute below--classic face
acting by Matthew Perry. Maybe his best scene ever. The Whitford "I'm
coming for you" scene with Amanda Peete eating a huge
sandwich--awesome. And the whole Christmas episode. Even as Katrina
fades into history it can make me tear up.
Steve
wrote:
acting by Matthew Perry. Maybe his best scene ever. The Whitford "I'm
coming for you" scene with Amanda Peete eating a huge
sandwich--awesome. And the whole Christmas episode. Even as Katrina
fades into history it can make me tear up.
Steve
Steve Bartman
Jan 22, 2016, 11:53:55 AM1/22/16
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two inside-the-show series starting and who needed two? Anyone
thinking "30 Rock" and "Studio 60" were in the same genre should not
be writing about TV.
Steve
RS Wood
Jan 22, 2016, 12:28:09 PM1/22/16
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On 2016-01-22, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> With a single tweet, Andy Herd raised a question about the job security
> of every TV writer.
This is awesome ... clearly some refinements are in order, but hey, it's
a start.
This software is probably more than capable of writing episodes of
"Three's Company" then too ... so formulaic.
> With a single tweet, Andy Herd raised a question about the job security
> of every TV writer.
This is awesome ... clearly some refinements are in order, but hey, it's
a start.
This software is probably more than capable of writing episodes of
"Three's Company" then too ... so formulaic.
Adam H. Kerman
Jan 23, 2016, 1:13:18 AM1/23/16
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anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>chicagofan <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>Steve l wrote:
>>>On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:32:31 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
>>>>>the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
>>>>>Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
>>>>>heh
>>>I watched this whole series a couple of falls ago, and have no idea
>>>how it ended. I watched the last half just to see if it was really
>>>that bad. Yep.
>>>I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
>>>"Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
>>>60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
>>>second season.
>chicagofan <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>Steve l wrote:
>>>On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:32:31 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
>>>>>the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
>>>>>Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
>>>>>heh
>>>I watched this whole series a couple of falls ago, and have no idea
>>>how it ended. I watched the last half just to see if it was really
>>>that bad. Yep.
>>>I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
>>>"Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
>>>60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
>>>second season.
>>I liked "Studio 60", it just didn't last long enough for me to love it.
>>:) You weren't alone though, in wanting it to continue.
>>:) You weren't alone though, in wanting it to continue.
>I liked Studio 60 too but Amanda Peet pretty well sank it by getting
>pregnant.
I don't agree. it would be the "I forgot to put the funny in the script even
>pregnant.
though it's a comedy" bit, particularly the deathly serious three related
episodes about the hostage crisis that didn't belong on that show.
Amanda Peet's character wasn't particularly interesting. They dragged out
the complications of her pregnancy over several episodes, with complications
amazingly common on tv. She was replaced with Stephanie Childers as
Hallie, not a bad character as I recall.
Oh, and that super actress with her super Christianity power was amazingly
tiresome.
The guy from thirtysomething didn't annoy me, but he wasn't even in
the main cast.
We all thought the Bradley Whitford character would be interesting, but
there wasn't anything interesting about a fictional Aaron Sorkin. The
Matthew Perry character was far more interesting, but then, they made
him the Aaron Sorkin character as well. Jeeze.
Kari Matchett is always a pleasure to see.
If I were cynical, I'd say that Miss Peet timed her pregnancy to force them
to write her out of the show to save her career.
Adam H. Kerman
Jan 23, 2016, 1:15:09 AM1/23/16
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chicagofan <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>Another show I've been trying to remember why it got shot down so early
>is "Prime Suspect". Was I the only one who liked it? I'm talking about
>the American version with Maria Bello. [I loved the British version too.]
It had nothing to do with the original. I objected to that. The pilot
>Another show I've been trying to remember why it got shot down so early
>is "Prime Suspect". Was I the only one who liked it? I'm talking about
>the American version with Maria Bello. [I loved the British version too.]
was dreadful. However, it got better, and I stuck with it. As I recall,
they gave it a decent finale.
I'll agree. I liked it as well (except for the pilot).
anim8rfsk
Jan 23, 2016, 1:51:19 AM1/23/16
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In article <n7v5ls$3cg$6...@news.albasani.net>,
what we say was barely mundane. That was a problem any time they showed
the skits, and they should have settled for only letting us see them
from backstage.
love with Peet, but then her real life pregnancy was written in, and, as
it had to be by another man, he ended up being this goofball marrying
her to take care of her kid, like a storyline from Happy Days or
something, when I think they planned to be doing Moonlighting.
"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >chicagofan <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >>Steve l wrote:
> >>>On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:32:31 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >>>>>I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
> >>>>>the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
> >>>>>Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
>
> >>>>>heh
>
> >>>I watched this whole series a couple of falls ago, and have no idea
> >>>how it ended. I watched the last half just to see if it was really
> >>>that bad. Yep.
>
> >>>I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
> >>>"Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
> >>>60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
> >>>second season.
>
> >>I liked "Studio 60", it just didn't last long enough for me to love it.
> >>:) You weren't alone though, in wanting it to continue.
>
> >I liked Studio 60 too but Amanda Peet pretty well sank it by getting
> >pregnant.
>
> I don't agree. it would be the "I forgot to put the funny in the script even
> though it's a comedy" bit, particularly the deathly serious three related
> episodes about the hostage crisis that didn't belong on that show.
Oh, I'm not saying there weren't other problems.
> anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
> >chicagofan <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >>Steve l wrote:
> >>>On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:32:31 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >>>>>I know there was some real doubt about the professor, but (of course)
> >>>>>the show never addressed it again. I have no idea about fake
> >>>>>Rembrandts. (There's an art forgery joke in there somewhere.)
>
> >>>>>heh
>
> >>>I watched this whole series a couple of falls ago, and have no idea
> >>>how it ended. I watched the last half just to see if it was really
> >>>that bad. Yep.
>
> >>>I'd take a couple off this list and add, for me, "Joan of Arcadia" and
> >>>"Terra Nova." I also may be the only person here who loved "Studio
> >>>60", but I did. Have watched the DVD set twice. Would have liked a
> >>>second season.
>
> >>I liked "Studio 60", it just didn't last long enough for me to love it.
> >>:) You weren't alone though, in wanting it to continue.
>
> >I liked Studio 60 too but Amanda Peet pretty well sank it by getting
> >pregnant.
>
> I don't agree. it would be the "I forgot to put the funny in the script even
> though it's a comedy" bit, particularly the deathly serious three related
> episodes about the hostage crisis that didn't belong on that show.
>
> Amanda Peet's character wasn't particularly interesting. They dragged out
> the complications of her pregnancy over several episodes, with complications
> amazingly common on tv. She was replaced with Stephanie Childers as
> Hallie, not a bad character as I recall.
See below
> Amanda Peet's character wasn't particularly interesting. They dragged out
> the complications of her pregnancy over several episodes, with complications
> amazingly common on tv. She was replaced with Stephanie Childers as
> Hallie, not a bad character as I recall.
>
> Oh, and that super actress with her super Christianity power was amazingly
> tiresome.
Yes. They kept saying how brilliant she was in front of the camera, but
> Oh, and that super actress with her super Christianity power was amazingly
> tiresome.
what we say was barely mundane. That was a problem any time they showed
the skits, and they should have settled for only letting us see them
from backstage.
>
> The guy from thirtysomething didn't annoy me, but he wasn't even in
> the main cast.
>
> We all thought the Bradley Whitford character would be interesting, but
> there wasn't anything interesting about a fictional Aaron Sorkin. The
> Matthew Perry character was far more interesting, but then, they made
> him the Aaron Sorkin character as well. Jeeze.
I think Josh Lemon Lymon's story arc was supposed to be him falling in
> The guy from thirtysomething didn't annoy me, but he wasn't even in
> the main cast.
>
> We all thought the Bradley Whitford character would be interesting, but
> there wasn't anything interesting about a fictional Aaron Sorkin. The
> Matthew Perry character was far more interesting, but then, they made
> him the Aaron Sorkin character as well. Jeeze.
love with Peet, but then her real life pregnancy was written in, and, as
it had to be by another man, he ended up being this goofball marrying
her to take care of her kid, like a storyline from Happy Days or
something, when I think they planned to be doing Moonlighting.
>
> Kari Matchett is always a pleasure to see.
Yes. Gotta watch my Nero Wolfes again.
> Kari Matchett is always a pleasure to see.
>
> If I were cynical, I'd say that Miss Peet timed her pregnancy to force them
> to write her out of the show to save her career.
LOL
> If I were cynical, I'd say that Miss Peet timed her pregnancy to force them
> to write her out of the show to save her career.
EGK
Jan 23, 2016, 9:44:46 AM1/23/16
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On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 06:15:06 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com>
wrote:
Ratings for it were just too poor. I liked it too and felt it got better as
it went along. I guess people had a hard time buying Maria Bello as a
hard-ass detective but I thought she did great.
wrote:
it went along. I guess people had a hard time buying Maria Bello as a
hard-ass detective but I thought she did great.
Adam H. Kerman
Jan 23, 2016, 12:09:14 PM1/23/16
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Shadow
Jan 23, 2016, 12:24:37 PM1/23/16
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:00:19 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:
>The Tomorrow People
>It was teased from the beginning that the character played by Robbie
>Amell was a special kind of Tomorrow Person with different mutant
>powers. In the final episode, it's revealed that he can literally turn
>back to time in order to save Cara. What happens next? The answer is
>lost in time since CW shut down the show after one season.
That was one I watched and was glad it ended.
Broke our hearts ? Only if you have a heart for a brain.
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wrote:
>The Tomorrow People
>It was teased from the beginning that the character played by Robbie
>Amell was a special kind of Tomorrow Person with different mutant
>powers. In the final episode, it's revealed that he can literally turn
>back to time in order to save Cara. What happens next? The answer is
>lost in time since CW shut down the show after one season.
That was one I watched and was glad it ended.
Broke our hearts ? Only if you have a heart for a brain.
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Steve Bartman
Jan 23, 2016, 1:19:11 PM1/23/16
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On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:51:15 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:
>> If I were cynical, I'd say that Miss Peet timed her pregnancy to force them
>> to write her out of the show to save her career.
>
>LOL
Every time I see Bernadettes' father on TBBT I think "There's Bebo the
animal wrangler!"
Never work with snakes. Ever.
Steve
wrote:
>> If I were cynical, I'd say that Miss Peet timed her pregnancy to force them
>> to write her out of the show to save her career.
>
>LOL
animal wrangler!"
Never work with snakes. Ever.
Steve
Your Name
Jan 23, 2016, 4:36:49 PM1/23/16
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In article <sc47abhtrdf41a483...@4ax.com>, EGK
The American version had nothing to do with the British version?!? The
American version was quickly cancelled?!? Now there's a pair of
shocking surprises ... NOT! :-)
American version was quickly cancelled?!? Now there's a pair of
shocking surprises ... NOT! :-)
chicagofan
Jan 26, 2016, 11:35:42 PM1/26/16
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BTW, you made me want to see those Studio 60 episodes you wrote about,
especially the Christmas one.
bj
chicagofan
Jan 26, 2016, 11:38:29 PM1/26/16
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That's why I'm so surprised I haven't seen her since. :(
bj
EGK
Jan 27, 2016, 10:20:57 AM1/27/16
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of ER for a season or two back in the late 90's. I've seen her in a lot of
movies and she played opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the second season of
Touch.
She's had a pretty good career but never got to be a major star.
I think one of the movies she's best known for is Coyote Ugly and I never
saw that one.
anim8rfsk
Jan 27, 2016, 5:50:02 PM1/27/16
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EGK
Jan 27, 2016, 6:11:17 PM1/27/16
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Steve Bartman
Jan 28, 2016, 11:49:52 AM1/28/16
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On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:35:40 -0500, chicagofan <m...@privacy.net>
wrote:
>BTW, you made me want to see those Studio 60 episodes you wrote about,
>especially the Christmas one.
>bj
Eat some shaved coconut while you watch! :)
Steve
wrote:
>BTW, you made me want to see those Studio 60 episodes you wrote about,
>especially the Christmas one.
>bj
Steve
Steve Bartman
Jan 28, 2016, 11:51:39 AM1/28/16
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On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:20:27 -0500, EGK <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>She's had a pretty good career but never got to be a major star.
>I think one of the movies she's best known for is Coyote Ugly and I never
>saw that one.
Pretty good in "The Cooler" with William Macy.
>She's had a pretty good career but never got to be a major star.
>I think one of the movies she's best known for is Coyote Ugly and I never
>saw that one.
Steve
chicagofan
Jan 29, 2016, 1:54:15 AM1/29/16
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didn't remember. That was a long time ago. ;)
bj
Arthur Lipscomb
Jan 30, 2016, 1:03:17 AM1/30/16
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after all the hype when I finally got around to watching Doorways I was
a bit underwhelmed.
Micky DuPree
Jan 31, 2016, 10:21:04 PM1/31/16
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chicagofan <m...@privacy.net> writes:
> Robin Miller wrote:
>> But no mention of Glades? Maybe it didn't break our hearts?
> Maybe not, but I certainly missed it. :) I don't think I watched any
> of those 42 disappointments mentioned.
If they were going to leave the protagonist of _The Glades_ like that,
the story deserved about another half-hour of denouement.
Other notes:
Deadwood: I don't remember a cliffhanger, but there were loose ends. An
election, for one.
Carnivale: I enjoyed watching the show, a bizarre mishmash of Stephen
King, John Steinbeck, Katherine Anne Porter, and Ray Bradbury, but I
never could buy into the idea that the epicenter of evil was in southern
California at a time when Hitler was loading people onto cattle cars in
Europe. So while I'm sure the producers had a grand Manichean rematch
in mind, it was probably just as well the show was cancelled.
Quantum Leap: I agree, had a finale.
Alphas: I don't remember a cliffhanger, but the premise was far from
spent.
Awake: The season finale worked well as a series finale, but the creator
is on record as saying things were going to get more complicated, not
less, had the series continued. Still one of the most brilliant
ontological concepts I've seen in drama.
Dominion: I did want to see what the angels were going to do about the
reappearance of Lucifer.
Odyssey 5: I didn't get a chance to see the last two episodes, so I don't
know if there was a cliffhanger, but it was a good premise for making
science fiction on a budget.
Forever Knight: Absolutely, Knight got staked. I thought the last
episode worked as an end, but some friends of mine were royally pissed
off at it.
Angel: I agree, it wasn't a bad stopping point, and the show was a few
seasons past its peak anyway.
The Dead Zone: When the elder Piller turned over the reins to his son,
the whole thing might as well have ended. I stopped watching after the
third season, but the first two seasons were wonderful.
Joan of Arcadia: I don't remember a cliffhanger, but there was a lot
more that the story could have addressed. People who talk to God have a
difficult road ahead of them. Recall what happened to the title
character's namesake.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: I honestly don't remember if I watched
all the way to the end or not. Sorkin wrote it as if a late-night
comedy show had the same gravitas as the Oval Office. It just doesn't.
-Micky
> Robin Miller wrote:
>> But no mention of Glades? Maybe it didn't break our hearts?
> Maybe not, but I certainly missed it. :) I don't think I watched any
> of those 42 disappointments mentioned.
If they were going to leave the protagonist of _The Glades_ like that,
the story deserved about another half-hour of denouement.
Other notes:
Deadwood: I don't remember a cliffhanger, but there were loose ends. An
election, for one.
Carnivale: I enjoyed watching the show, a bizarre mishmash of Stephen
King, John Steinbeck, Katherine Anne Porter, and Ray Bradbury, but I
never could buy into the idea that the epicenter of evil was in southern
California at a time when Hitler was loading people onto cattle cars in
Europe. So while I'm sure the producers had a grand Manichean rematch
in mind, it was probably just as well the show was cancelled.
Quantum Leap: I agree, had a finale.
Alphas: I don't remember a cliffhanger, but the premise was far from
spent.
Awake: The season finale worked well as a series finale, but the creator
is on record as saying things were going to get more complicated, not
less, had the series continued. Still one of the most brilliant
ontological concepts I've seen in drama.
Dominion: I did want to see what the angels were going to do about the
reappearance of Lucifer.
Odyssey 5: I didn't get a chance to see the last two episodes, so I don't
know if there was a cliffhanger, but it was a good premise for making
science fiction on a budget.
Forever Knight: Absolutely, Knight got staked. I thought the last
episode worked as an end, but some friends of mine were royally pissed
off at it.
Angel: I agree, it wasn't a bad stopping point, and the show was a few
seasons past its peak anyway.
The Dead Zone: When the elder Piller turned over the reins to his son,
the whole thing might as well have ended. I stopped watching after the
third season, but the first two seasons were wonderful.
Joan of Arcadia: I don't remember a cliffhanger, but there was a lot
more that the story could have addressed. People who talk to God have a
difficult road ahead of them. Recall what happened to the title
character's namesake.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: I honestly don't remember if I watched
all the way to the end or not. Sorkin wrote it as if a late-night
comedy show had the same gravitas as the Oval Office. It just doesn't.
-Micky
Dimensional Traveler
Jan 31, 2016, 11:59:17 PM1/31/16
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On 1/31/2016 7:20 PM, Micky DuPree wrote:
>
> Odyssey 5: I didn't get a chance to see the last two episodes, so I don't
> know if there was a cliffhanger, but it was a good premise for making
> science fiction on a budget.
>
IIRC the show ended with the crew being arrested and hauled off.
>
> Odyssey 5: I didn't get a chance to see the last two episodes, so I don't
> know if there was a cliffhanger, but it was a good premise for making
> science fiction on a budget.
>
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