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Fannish Friday: Unfinished Stories
Oct. 13th, 2023 08:46 amAs a general rule, I am Against revivals of TV shows, unnecessary* sequels, etc. I do not watch revivals of anything, I am So Very Over the way franchises rule film right now, etc.
* By which I mean: sequels that were not planned from the beginning. If something is a long story that is broken up into several parts, like, say, LotR or a book series that was planned to be a certain length, then that's just fine with me! I'm talking about the kind of thing where the story is over but the writer/creator decides to add more to it for no apparently reason.
But! There are sometimes stories that genuinely need to be continued! The ultimate example for me is The Hour, only of my all-time favorite shows that ended on a horrible, horrible cliffhanger. If the show hadn't been as good as it was, that ending would probably have ruined it for me. That's how bad the cliffhanger was.
That show needed to be revived, although I think it's probably too late for that now. But I would have given a great deal for it to be continued, even with one single episode.
What about y'all? Is there a story you love that you think needed more? Not that this is not "The ending was bad" but "That should not have been the ending." The distinction is important.
* By which I mean: sequels that were not planned from the beginning. If something is a long story that is broken up into several parts, like, say, LotR or a book series that was planned to be a certain length, then that's just fine with me! I'm talking about the kind of thing where the story is over but the writer/creator decides to add more to it for no apparently reason.
But! There are sometimes stories that genuinely need to be continued! The ultimate example for me is The Hour, only of my all-time favorite shows that ended on a horrible, horrible cliffhanger. If the show hadn't been as good as it was, that ending would probably have ruined it for me. That's how bad the cliffhanger was.
That show needed to be revived, although I think it's probably too late for that now. But I would have given a great deal for it to be continued, even with one single episode.
What about y'all? Is there a story you love that you think needed more? Not that this is not "The ending was bad" but "That should not have been the ending." The distinction is important.
