Dan Ullman (dan.ullman@worldnet.att.net)
Thu, 4 Jun 1998 00:18:33 +0000
Eavan:
I'm sending the money order tomorrow. Thanks a lot. Dan.
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>From: E.... C.... <godiva@kublai.com>
>To: Press Gang Mailing List <pressgang@lists.yoyo.org>
>Subject: Re: [pressgang] Cliffhangers - good or bad?
>Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 15:24:35 -0400
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>On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 12:19:15AM +1000, ldarling wrote:
>>
>> I have to disagree with Krystal and Eavan in their praise of the
>> cliffhanger ending of TAC. Clearly it works for some, but I find it kind
>> of lame, cliche and with a tacked on feel, so it kind of grates with the
>> rest of the episode. But that's just my opinion.
>
>There is a reason the cliffhanger became popular: It's good. PG was not
meant
>to be resolved, it was meant to be thought about, and this ending was meant
>to make you frustrated. They could never solve every little question, so
they
>decided to solve none. I love the way they ended the show, and I love the
>way we can derive other conclusions from this episode.
>
>> I like chris's idea about the Star Trek ending. Again, this ending left
>> much unresolved, and the adventures sure to continue, but it felt more
like
>> an ending - more closure. Which is what Day Dreams, Holding On and The
>> Last Word also possessed, a lot more than TAC.
>>
>Who wants more closure? Who wants to be able to say "Well, that's done.
Time
>to move on." I want to be able to puzzle about the ending any time I get
>bored... Kind of how this subject came up. There is no reason that TAC
should
>have followed the same guidelines as Day Dreams, Holding on or The Last
Word.
>They had already done all this, it seems silly to repeat. The Star Trek
ending
>would have left nothing to the imagination, and would have allowed no more
>PG. Lynda being part of the gang like that? How could they ever possibly
hope
>to continue? PG would never be the same.
>
>--Eavan
>
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