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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 5 days ago

I'm sorry someone criticized your fav, comic guy :(

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

It's almost like stories are different from people and stories are comprised to a beginning middle and end. The only time this doesn't count is if the series is not serial based and a mess of episodic with serial through arcs.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago

I mean it varries a lot, a lot of shows put huge emphasis on building up to an ending.

I would say probably the biggest example would be lost... it feels like it's building up to something special all throughout... it's just like "a few more pieces and it will finally make sense".

Then you get an ending that... well if anything can be improved with small edits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXIOA_sgZoo

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Meanwhile you have BNA:Brand New Animal, A show with an ending so bad it taints everything that leads up to it. I have never seen a show undermine its own message like that.

[–] fonji@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well, Alfred Nobel tried to do a uno reverse on this one. And I think it worked!

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

Show: Look! Look here! The shiny! Ooooh what might it be?! Oooh something's going to happen at the end! Just you wait! Just you watch to see what it is! Ooooh shiny! ... psych it all turns out to be dumb bullshit.

You: Ah well, at least I got to see shiny.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Well when the preceding story is contingent on it leading to a satisfying conclusion, that being 99% of the shows I've seen critiqued this way... I'd say it's a valid conclusion.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

And then there are people who fiddled kids for a side job, but they died a celebrity, so they're a beloved legend

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Every single person of note in Canada, lauded for building something good in Canada, for all Canadians, is eventually found to have cursed out a left-handed albino otter one day on a Monday, and is thus Satan incarnate.

Here we chastise people in glass houses from throwing stones; but we also don't respect a redemption story or long-lasting contributions in case Buddy had a bad day once.

[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Could you give an example?

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

Is this cartoon about RBG?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Shows sort of suck after about the 5th episode. They all start doing filler at some point.

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