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Comment on What's your favourite ice cream flavour? in ~food
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Comment on Series finales and a lack of closure in ~tv
Thesullier Link ParentThank you for the additional context!Thank you for the additional context!
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Comment on Series finales and a lack of closure in ~tv
Thesullier LinkI'll contrast two finales for shows that have a lot of commonalities, to draw a contrast between how they both hit me - Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. As a gross oversimplification (and...I'll contrast two finales for shows that have a lot of commonalities, to draw a contrast between how they both hit me - Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. As a gross oversimplification (and obviously, with spoilers), both finales center around the final battles of their eponymous heroes. Buffy ended with the battle finished, the town destroyed, but Buffy looking expectantly off into the rising sun. Angel ended with the surviving protagonists facing a tide of monsters, screen going black after the main character declares "Let's go to work." I remember the first ending, though scant on future detail, being so uplifting - the fight could continue, but great victory providing an excellent end note. The latter felt like an empty copout, like the writers didn't know how they wanted it to end. Others have discussed the TV industry system that can lead to such cliffhangers, but it still felt like such a massive disservice to the show, particularly with the character arcs that had been laid out.
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Comment on What's your favorite cult classic movie? in ~movies
Thesullier LinkHarold & Maude Tremors - not sure if this counts, hesitant to post a trailer and spoil things. Lil off-beat horror/comedy that still hits (not including the sequels).Tremors - not sure if this counts, hesitant to post a trailer and spoil things. Lil off-beat horror/comedy that still hits (not including the sequels).
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music
Thesullier LinkTrans-Siberian Orchestra, particularly Christmas Eve & Other Stories. Came to the show expecting decent music but not much else in a family-ish setting. When the 20 foot flaming pyrotechnics hit...Trans-Siberian Orchestra, particularly Christmas Eve & Other Stories. Came to the show expecting decent music but not much else in a family-ish setting. When the 20 foot flaming pyrotechnics hit and I felt the wave of heat up on the balcony seats I was enraptured (can't conceive of what it was like on the floor), and the progression and feeling in the music was very genuine.
Mine is sadly consigned to memory by the vagaries of time and corporate-dictated recipe drift - Newport Creamery's chocolate peanut butter cup frozen yogurt. While its name lives on, it has lost the enormous (near full size!) peanut butter cups that made it the best. Along with some other changes to the recipe over the years, it's not quite the same. Though I will still willingly house a few scoops on a sugar cone!