Alias, seasons 1-5
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topazLast summer, my father-in-law sent me the DVD set of the first season of Alias. Last fall, I started watching it.
My family will be grateful that, as of tonight, I have eliminated this particular video addiction.
In the end I was underwhelmed. Geez, guys, you had five years and a half-dozen opportunities to do the natural thing and produce MILO RAMBALDI! All of that nonsense about immortality and the end of the world, and the best you could do was bring back Irina Derevko and make her the big bad villain with Arvin Sloane as her patsy? Weak. Sad and weak.
This was a riotously implausible show, the kind that's best enjoyed with large quantities of liquor and a generous sense of humor. The proper way to wrap up such a show is to take it even more over the top than the viewers expect. You had the opportunity to present, in the flesh, the 500-year-old lunatic prophet whose absurd predictions guided the characters' every action, and you DROPPED IT. Listen to me. We would TOTALLY HAVE BOUGHT IT. But you WIMPED OUT. You SUCK.
I am guessing that the show was cancelled on short notice, and required a frantic last-minute wrap-up rather than a decent resolution to the story arc. At least, that's what I hope, 'cause I'd like Cloverfield and the next Star Trek movie not to completely suck.
My family will be grateful that, as of tonight, I have eliminated this particular video addiction.
In the end I was underwhelmed. Geez, guys, you had five years and a half-dozen opportunities to do the natural thing and produce MILO RAMBALDI! All of that nonsense about immortality and the end of the world, and the best you could do was bring back Irina Derevko and make her the big bad villain with Arvin Sloane as her patsy? Weak. Sad and weak.
This was a riotously implausible show, the kind that's best enjoyed with large quantities of liquor and a generous sense of humor. The proper way to wrap up such a show is to take it even more over the top than the viewers expect. You had the opportunity to present, in the flesh, the 500-year-old lunatic prophet whose absurd predictions guided the characters' every action, and you DROPPED IT. Listen to me. We would TOTALLY HAVE BOUGHT IT. But you WIMPED OUT. You SUCK.
I am guessing that the show was cancelled on short notice, and required a frantic last-minute wrap-up rather than a decent resolution to the story arc. At least, that's what I hope, 'cause I'd like Cloverfield and the next Star Trek movie not to completely suck.
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Date: 2008-01-05 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-05 09:32 pm (UTC)1 - They lost Lena Olin after Season 2 and had to beg and plead to get her back for seasons 4 and 5 in drips and drabs
2 - Sidney/Jennifer getting pregnant
3 - Michael whatiss leaving the show, and then ALSO ditching Weicz (sp?)
I always thought it was going to be about eternal life, but I thought they'd write the end a lot better, and I agree Rimbaldi should have come back to life.
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Date: 2008-01-06 03:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-06 03:51 am (UTC)Also, he was cute.