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How Ironic - Both V tv series (1984 and 2009) Cancelled on a Cliffhanger . . .

posted 5 years ago by karl68 (7)
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I hate it when a tv show ends on a cliffhanger. But it is even worse when it is both the original tv show and the remake. Somewhere, a while back, I read what would have been the final episode of the 1984 series (which was apparently not filmed due to being cancelled), but cannot find it now. No where do I see anything to indicate what would have been the synopsis for Season 3 of the remake, or how the cliffhanger would have been resolved. If anyone has this information, please post it. Thanks.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I don't care about the remake whatsoever, and I refuse to acknowledge that there even WAS a TV series after The Final Battle. BUT, to answer your question, there IS a script for the following episode that was never filmed, and from what I remember reading of it, it was the same usual "Resistance is on the run / Diana chases Resistance" after what was meant to be a promising thaw of Human/Visitor hostilities, and it just went on and on, it was obviously unedited. Maybe this is the reason why it was never filmed, it got boring quickly.

[–] [email protected] (5528) 5 years ago

Not ironic, but a VERY annoying coincidence! ha I really got into the remake and looked forward to the new season. I think it is so unfair when they cancels shows on a cliffhanger.

The USA channel did the same thing with The 4400. Several other hour long shows were also cancelled on cliffhangers a few years ago. I hardly ever watch the hour long networks shows anymore. They cancel them without any regard for the viewers.

[–] maximmm (3096) 5 years ago

There is a definite flaw in most of the American TV series - they write the beginning, but not the end. The idea is, the show will be renewed indefinitely, and if this shit gets cancelled, we'll come up with some sort of crappy ending. In many cases, the show gets cancelled without a warning - so you don't even get the made-up on the spot crappy ending.

The point being - mini-series are vastly superior in that sense, because they film the whole thing (intro+ending) and you get to see it all without fear of it getting cancelled, and they usually have a proper ending (unless the motherfuckers are hoping for a second mini-series, in which case, fuck you - we are gonna end this crap on a cliffhanger).

[–] [email protected] (5528) 5 years ago

I am tired of being jerked around and I have stopped watching most network shows. I was disappointed when The 4400 was not given a proper ending. The irony THAT time was I had no intention of watching it at first. I used to watch The Dead Zone on USA and The 4400 was advertised, as new shows are, ad nauseum.

The show looked interesting but I wasn't planning to watch. On Sunday night I settled in to watch The Dead Zone at its usual time. After about five minutes I wondered, where was John Smith? ha!

It was actually the two hour premier of The 4400. It looked intriguing, so I kept watching and I really got into it.

It is so frustrating. They advertise shows over and over to try and reel you in. So you watch and then they yank the show.

In 2010 they debuted No Ordinary Family on ABC. It was advertised all summer long. I'm not a big fan of super hero type shows, but I do like Michael Chiklis. I got into THAT show and it was cancelled at the end of the season on a cliffhanger.

In 2014 Forever debuted. Interesting premise of a man who was 200 years old yet never aged past thirty five. I thought it was interesting and Judd Hirsch was in it. He played the "younger" man's elderly son. That also ended on a cliffhanger.

That year, 2015, was the LAST time I invested any time in hour long network shows.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

I gave up "shows". They all suffer the soap opera effect:
- designed to go on endlessly, never really resolving, to keep money coming in.
- no BIG story to resolve, just little loosely or sloppily connected short conflicts
- cancelled without ending

add in the LOST effect:
- teasing many cool things but never RESOLVING any of them.

Feels like modern audiences are used to all that now, and simply accept it as how it is now.
Screw that, I'll only watch MOVIES that are well written and resolve to an ending.