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Day 11 - A show that disappointed you

Oh. This is another easy one. Well, easy two. *grin*

This would be Lost and Fringe. It's not a question of quality or interest but rather of unending tease. These shows are just one big question. For every one question that is conditionally answered, there are at least 6 more that are posed. I love big story arcs as much as the next girl, but I also need some story resolution.

You may think this is odd, considering how much I love 24, but 24 wasn't really about big mysteries. The twists and turns were answered. There were victories and reveals and completed plots. The answers may not have always made sense, but there were answers.

I just hate that I will spend hours watching a show and I will know less then when I started. I just don't find it at all satisfying. I'm not all that patient with fiction and I don't like shows whose only point is to be tricky.

And I really wanted to like Fringe. I love the characters but there never were any answers. Just more questions, more "oh, look at this twist". I always felt manipulated by the writing. Lost left me feeling the same way. What I really hate is that this "never let the viewer know what's really happening" has become the new trademark of science fiction. And I totally understand that there are a whole lot of people who love that. I'm just not one of them.

Sometimes it really sucks to be me.