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potentiality_26) wrote2014-06-03 10:19 pm
potentiality_26) wrote2014-06-03 10:19 pm
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Castle thoughts
It's a bit late, as usual, but I only saw the finale recently. It was cute and there was Pete and I don't have a whole lot else to say, but-
Like a lot of people, I'm annoyed about the ending. It's seems rather cheap. I mean, who's watching Castle at this point and thinking, I like this show and all, but I won't come back unless there's a cliffhanger? See, if a show is going to have a big storyline that it takes them more than one episode to tell- more than a season to tell, even- I don't mind when there's a break in the middle and it happens to coincide with the finale (Longmire is a good example of doing this well). Cliffhangers don't bother me in the "OMG but what happens next?!?" sense. They bother me in the "I have fabricated something unexpected and cruel in order to upset you for several months, just because I can," sense. This was pretty bad in that regard. I know it probably connects back to the business with Bracken somehow, but it was also completely and totally unnecessary.
That said, I enjoyed this last season, and I've heard that it had some of the series' best ratings ever. Hopefully that will tell other show runners that answering the endless will they or won't they question does not mean death for their shows. Which would be good, because will they or won't they bores the hell out of me.
Yay, Beckett's dress died. Was I alone in thinking it was really, horribly ugly? If I was alone, and you liked it, apologies, but- damn. The one she had the end was much, much nicer. I liked that it was her mother's dress, too.
Like a lot of people, I'm annoyed about the ending. It's seems rather cheap. I mean, who's watching Castle at this point and thinking, I like this show and all, but I won't come back unless there's a cliffhanger? See, if a show is going to have a big storyline that it takes them more than one episode to tell- more than a season to tell, even- I don't mind when there's a break in the middle and it happens to coincide with the finale (Longmire is a good example of doing this well). Cliffhangers don't bother me in the "OMG but what happens next?!?" sense. They bother me in the "I have fabricated something unexpected and cruel in order to upset you for several months, just because I can," sense. This was pretty bad in that regard. I know it probably connects back to the business with Bracken somehow, but it was also completely and totally unnecessary.
That said, I enjoyed this last season, and I've heard that it had some of the series' best ratings ever. Hopefully that will tell other show runners that answering the endless will they or won't they question does not mean death for their shows. Which would be good, because will they or won't they bores the hell out of me.
Yay, Beckett's dress died. Was I alone in thinking it was really, horribly ugly? If I was alone, and you liked it, apologies, but- damn. The one she had the end was much, much nicer. I liked that it was her mother's dress, too.
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I know what happened could be several things - but I was definitely shouting at the screen!
Castle did something a lot of other shows tried and failed at - the hookup of the main characters. they did it in a way that entertained the audience and it has cliche moments, but it is sweet overall. Rather happy is went over well, really.
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Yeah, I'm not saying it doesn't tie into some plot- I'm sure it does- but it didn't have to happen. Nothing they've been building called for it really.
Hopefully others will learn from the example. I'll always prefer my leads not to get together, but if they have feelings for each other they should do something about it, you know?