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[molly_may]

So, I haven't posted anything in months, but I'm just going to jump in and do my annual pop culture meme, because trying to talk about anything else is too much. I wish all of you reading this health and happiness in 2020.

Which TV shows did you let go of in 2018? Most of the shows I let go of I let go because they ended - Elementary (which ended

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[frelling_tralk]

I’m actually the complete opposite in that it’s a lot easier for me to catch up with shows from streaming services, so much so that I’ve become really lazy about d/l shows that aren’t going to be legally airing in my country. Stumptown, Prodigal Son, Nancy Drew, and Roswell New Mexico are all shows that I’ve been interested in checking out, but the convenience and ease of streaming has made it feel like such an effort now to d/l each episode individually and convert it every week. I can’t be doing with all that fathing about these days, I want to just be able to open Netflix and hit play :pouts: So nearly all of my current shows are from streaming services at the moment, I’ve just started watching Dickinson as I get a years free trial with Apple, and so far I’m finding it really funny and charming

And honestly I wasn’t all that devastated by the ending of VM, but it is frustrating that it was ended in such a polarising fashion when Rob had been intending to set up a whole new revival on Hulu. On one hand I do get why he thought it would be an interesting and daring choice to kill Logan, and certainly romantic relationships have never been his strong point imo, you could always tell that he wasn’t particularly interested in keeping Veronica and Logan together, but the ending has caused so much lingering bitterness and bad feeling that the whole fandom seems tainted now. The fans on twitter are intense, I’ve seen Kristen Bell blamed from everything from causing a fans miscarriage, to fans being hospitalised

In retrospect I think that he should have at least attempted to leave the first season of the revival on a note that left most of the fans happy, and then maybe he could have shocked everyone in the way that he wanted by opening the first episode of the following season on the aftermath to Logan’s surprise death? Instead the ending of season 4 seems to almost guarantee that we won’t get any more, although I am trying to stay positive :sigh:

[molly_may]

the convenience and ease of streaming has made it feel like such an effort now to d/l each episode individually and convert it every week.

I am definitely a spoiled American, because the shows you listed are all on network TV, so for me, watching them is even easier than streaming! I forget sometimes that in other parts of the world, people really have to make an effort to watch some of these shows.

you could always tell that he wasn’t particularly interested in keeping Veronica and Logan together, but the ending has caused so much lingering bitterness and bad feeling that the whole fandom seems tainted now.

I have such mixed feelings about all of it, because I agree, Rob was never interested in that relationship, and seemed kind of frustrated by how much people loved it, but if it weren't for the passion of the 'shippers, it's unlikely that the movie would have been made, and without the movie would the Hulu revival exist? I don't like the idea of series creators bending to the will of the fandom every time, but by creating a Kickstarter that funded the movie, he sort of invited the fans into feeling like they had some ownership of the property, so I can't blame them for feeling a little betrayed, although obviously anyone who suffers (or claims to suffer) a medical emergency over this needs to take a big step back from fandom. Anyway, I'm not devastated over Logan dying, but I did think the way it was handled felt lazy, and unappreciative of a character who meant a lot to the show and to the hardcore fans.

[frelling_tralk]

Streaming definitely makes a big difference for international viewers I think, it’s just frustrating that more networks haven’t got onboard yet with making their shows more easily available worldwide, the CW actually seems to be going backwards even when it comes to making their new shows available on Netflix for the U.K.. And I’d probably pay for an exclusive CW app even if that’s what they want to do, but instead they just don’t make shows like Roswell New Mexico available in my country at all these days,

It’s very telling that it’s usually shows by Netflix that become the most talked about these days when it’s easier for everyone to watch at the same time worldwide

And the way that Logan’s death was handled was definitely strange all around when they knew how beloved that character was, Rob Thomas’s foot in mouth interviews afterwards didn’t exactly help either...