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FRPLG · 03-05-2007, 03:57 PM

Yeah all these serial shows do great in the ratings and then tank as everyone realizes there will never be the great payoff. I agree that they should create these shows with a predetermined timeline and a total framework for what is going to happen and then stick to it. Pay off in the end go off the air. I'd much rather watch 2 great seasons of Heoes and have it pay off well and then be gone than have it continue on and end up sucking. It'll make me feel like I wasted my time. The pay off makes it all worth it to me and these shows like Lost are starting to get to the 'dragging it out' point. I swear if we end up getting a BS ending like x-files where there was no good ending then I'll be pissed. X-files needs to be the #1 example of how NOT to do it. They took a great show and never paid it off effectively. Ruined it totally. I can't count how many hours of my life I wasted on x-files.

03-05-2007, 03:57 PM	#8
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 47 Posts: 10,164	Re: Lost/Heroes Crossover Yeah all these serial shows do great in the ratings and then tank as everyone realizes there will never be the great payoff. I agree that they should create these shows with a predetermined timeline and a total framework for what is going to happen and then stick to it. Pay off in the end go off the air. I'd much rather watch 2 great seasons of Heoes and have it pay off well and then be gone than have it continue on and end up sucking. It'll make me feel like I wasted my time. The pay off makes it all worth it to me and these shows like Lost are starting to get to the 'dragging it out' point. I swear if we end up getting a BS ending like x-files where there was no good ending then I'll be pissed. X-files needs to be the #1 example of how NOT to do it. They took a great show and never paid it off effectively. Ruined it totally. I can't count how many hours of my life I wasted on x-files.