Endings
I feel like a lot of the big entertainment related things in my life are coming to a close all at once...
On Sunday, I watched (with the rest of the world) the last ever episode of LOST. Who was happy? Disappointed? Confused? Angry? I felt a bit of all of these things. I wasn't satisfied with the ending simply because so much was left unsaid and undone. So many things were left without answers. I know a lot of people say now that those things don't matter... BUT THEY DID! Have we all forgotten what kept us watching the show all this time? The mysteries. LOST was good at creating a mystery and holding onto suspense, but was not especially great at giving answers. I'm happy about some things, glad that it ended the way it started, etc. And I would have been fine with the conclusion, satisfied in fact, if more had been answered beforehand.
On Monday, I watched the finale of Battlestar Galactica at a big BSG party that we had at my boyfriend's house, marking the end of a year long journey, gaining more and more followers/friends as we went along, to watch the full series which just ended a little over a year ago on Sci-Fi. It was, without a doubt, one of the best shows I have ever watched. The ending was perfect. Things made sense. The show developed a full story arc that was thoroughly explored and explained. And each character was given the send off that they deserved. Lovely. If you haven't already, watch this series. You won't be sorry.
And now, the number one thing in a long list of my loves, Harry Potter, is slowly sliding to a close. Images have been released of Hugo Weasley, and I feel so confused about what this means to me... Each new picture or news item becomes the highlight of my day before depressing me and making me look back on the years I've spent with this series... all the time and thought and love and tears and... it will be over much too soon.
HUGO:
I'm anxious and excited and scared all at once to see Ron and Hermione's aged faces. I think that will be the moment, beyond all the others, when I really feel the end looming overhead. Seeing them on location filming the final scene... ever... to be filmed for Harry Potter... that will be my breaking point I think.
I have committed to not watching any clips from the films this time around, wanting to save as much as possible for the release in November (and then again in July). But trailers and images are a little too hard to resist. It's torturous to look at, but I can't not look... like witnessing a train wreck I suppose... or maybe as bittersweet as it would be watching my actual children climb onto the Hogwarts Express for the first time and ride away into the sunset. Only in this case, once they disappear, they aren't coming back... at least not the way they were when they left.
*sniffs and trembling lips*
... My favourite song (ignore the weird intro at the beginning... don't know why that's there):
Oh, is it cause you're sad, is it cause you're so sad? The times that you had, the times that we had...
On Sunday, I watched (with the rest of the world) the last ever episode of LOST. Who was happy? Disappointed? Confused? Angry? I felt a bit of all of these things. I wasn't satisfied with the ending simply because so much was left unsaid and undone. So many things were left without answers. I know a lot of people say now that those things don't matter... BUT THEY DID! Have we all forgotten what kept us watching the show all this time? The mysteries. LOST was good at creating a mystery and holding onto suspense, but was not especially great at giving answers. I'm happy about some things, glad that it ended the way it started, etc. And I would have been fine with the conclusion, satisfied in fact, if more had been answered beforehand.
On Monday, I watched the finale of Battlestar Galactica at a big BSG party that we had at my boyfriend's house, marking the end of a year long journey, gaining more and more followers/friends as we went along, to watch the full series which just ended a little over a year ago on Sci-Fi. It was, without a doubt, one of the best shows I have ever watched. The ending was perfect. Things made sense. The show developed a full story arc that was thoroughly explored and explained. And each character was given the send off that they deserved. Lovely. If you haven't already, watch this series. You won't be sorry.
And now, the number one thing in a long list of my loves, Harry Potter, is slowly sliding to a close. Images have been released of Hugo Weasley, and I feel so confused about what this means to me... Each new picture or news item becomes the highlight of my day before depressing me and making me look back on the years I've spent with this series... all the time and thought and love and tears and... it will be over much too soon.
HUGO:
I'm anxious and excited and scared all at once to see Ron and Hermione's aged faces. I think that will be the moment, beyond all the others, when I really feel the end looming overhead. Seeing them on location filming the final scene... ever... to be filmed for Harry Potter... that will be my breaking point I think.
I have committed to not watching any clips from the films this time around, wanting to save as much as possible for the release in November (and then again in July). But trailers and images are a little too hard to resist. It's torturous to look at, but I can't not look... like witnessing a train wreck I suppose... or maybe as bittersweet as it would be watching my actual children climb onto the Hogwarts Express for the first time and ride away into the sunset. Only in this case, once they disappear, they aren't coming back... at least not the way they were when they left.
*sniffs and trembling lips*
... My favourite song (ignore the weird intro at the beginning... don't know why that's there):
Click to viewOh, is it cause you're sad, is it cause you're so sad? The times that you had, the times that we had...