FORKNI-L
Digest - 22 Aug 2013 to 23 Aug 2013 (#2013-132)
Fri, 23 Aug 2013
There are 3 messages totaling 105 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Series Finale
2. Subject: Series Finale (2)
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:16:23 -0700
From: Andrew Caruthers <slinter@j.......>
Subject: Re: Series Finale
NitJerk suits, who do not understand the Fans, or the
characters....then or now.
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:46:24 -0400 James Mender <jamesmender@g.......>
writes:
> Well, my series re-watch is complete. Even 17 years later, those last two
> episodes still hit me hard.
> Urs.
> Vachon.
> Tracy.
> And then Nick and Nat, thankfully with the faintest glimmer of hope for
> those of us who wanted them to go on.
> I need to go watch Nigel Bennett and John Kapelos dramatically reading
> "Green Eggs and Ham" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9NZlHaSsg ) ... and
> then maybe go find some fan fic.
>
> *sigh*
>
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:59:34 -0400
From: Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Re: Subject: Series Finale
At 04:25 PM 8/22/2013, Greer responded to Walt and Andrew:
>It was an *inartistic* end to the series. Not just tragic, not just
>undesirable, not just hateful (any of which might be justified if well
>done), but badly conceived and badly written.
I find the current trend towards "finale" episodes to long-running
series to be counterproductive to reintroducing those series in
reruns (a reason, perhaps, that most reruns omit those episodes in
their rotations). I would have chosen to leave *all* of the
outstanding issues in FK unresolved: no attempt to bring Natalie (or
Tracy) across, no killing off major characters, just "any other episode".
If I'd *had* to write a final episode that was a capstone on the
series (and not just another
murder-of-the-week-and-neck-of-the-week), it might have been
something that pushed Nick so far into the public eye that he would
have *had* to fake his death and relocate. With or without Nat, with
or without Lacroix. Possibly leaving Vachon to follow in his
footsteps, or to help Nat and/or Tracy find out where and why he's
gone (or stop them from finding out).
The bloodbath was, IMO, unnecessary.
Brenda F. Bell webwarren@e....... /nick T`Mana AIM: n2kye
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:20:54 -0700
From: Liz the Lucky <lizthelucky@c.......>
Subject: Re: Subject: Series Finale
It's almost like a temper tantrum, isn't it? My show was cancelled, so I'm
going to take all the toys home/kill everyone off, so no one else can play
with them!
When LK aired, I was at home because of a bleeding boiled in a place where I
couldn't sit comfortably, so we had arranged for the local party to call me
after the end. I'm pretty sure the first words out of my mouth were, "What
the F was that?" (In front of my Mom, no less. She agreed with me, too.) It
was almost the proverbial car crash. You knew something horribly wrong was
happening, but you couldn't take your eyes off it.
Hugs and Kisses,
Liz the Lucky
lizthelucky@c.......
twitter.com/lizthelucky
Merc House Mommie
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