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MrMallard 05/15/20 12:35:11 PM #1:	When the ending of a show betrays its fans so hard that any cultural impact it may have had is evaporated instantly. HIMYM is the obvious example, and another example is Game of Thrones. Despite having a vice-like grip on the nuts of popular culture when they were out, the endings are received so poorly that no-one really gives a shit about them any more. --- So you don't get to be a saint, martyrs never last this long Now Playing: Skyrim, Final Fantasy X-2 <cite>MrMallard posted [p:939197716] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>When the ending of a show betrays its fans so hard that any cultural impact it may have had is evaporated instantly. HIMYM is the obvious example, and another example is Game of Thrones. Despite having a vice-like grip on the nuts of popular culture when they were out, the endings are received so poorly that no-one really gives a shit about them any more. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AngelsNAirwav3s 05/15/20 12:36:01 PM #2:	Star Wars sequel trilogy --- Hello world! <cite>AngelsNAirwav3s posted [p:939197757] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Star Wars sequel trilogy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 05/15/20 12:36:20 PM #3:	I didn't think the HIMYM ending was received negatively, but it did have a very polarizing effect. --- FFXIV: Lucius Hexenseele (Brynhildr) \| RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/Fish/Cook/Fletch/Div/Mining/Smithing/Thieving/Crafting https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:939197773] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>I didn't think the HIMYM ending was received negatively, but it did have a very polarizing effect. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Romulox28 05/15/20 12:37:54 PM #4:	Disagree about HIMYM, the finale was trash but it's a sitcom, what is there to discuss about it like 6 years later? --- https://imgur.com/LhwwG <cite>Romulox28 posted [p:939197849] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Disagree about HIMYM, the finale was trash but it's a sitcom, what is there to discuss about it like 6 years later? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 05/15/20 12:46:45 PM #5:	Romulox28 posted... Disagree about HIMYM, the finale was trash but it's a sitcom, what is there to discuss about it like 6 years later? Sitcoms can be powerful series with interesting messages. --- FFXIV: Lucius Hexenseele (Brynhildr) \| RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/Fish/Cook/Fletch/Div/Mining/Smithing/Thieving/Crafting https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:939198280] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Romulox28 posted... </cite> <quote>Disagree about HIMYM, the finale was trash but it's a sitcom, what is there to discuss about it like 6 years later?</quote>Sitcoms can be powerful series with interesting messages. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EmbraceOfDeath 05/15/20 12:50:27 PM #6:	Lost did it before HIMYM. Also Dexter, but I don't remember that being quite on the same level of popularity. --- PSN/GT: BigDaffej <cite>EmbraceOfDeath posted [p:939198454] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Lost did it before HIMYM. Also Dexter, but I don't remember that being quite on the same level of popularity. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LastTomorrow 05/15/20 12:53:04 PM #7:	They didn't have to ~~Kill of the mother and have Ted get together with Robin and make that wedding a nothing burger~~ --- Waffle waffle waffle <cite>LastTomorrow posted [p:939198586] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>They didn't have to Kill of the mother and have Ted get together with Robin and make that wedding a nothing burger </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 05/15/20 1:00:34 PM #8:	Heroes --- This signature won't be changed until at least one out of Astrograph Sorcerer, Double-Iris Magician, Performapal Monkeyboard or Electrumite is unbanned. 2/15/20 <cite>Doe posted [p:939198968] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Heroes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 05/15/20 1:02:12 PM #9:	I think you're overstating how much HIMYM dominated culture. And even the "culture" around GoT was mostly about what would happen next, so of course a lot of that died when the show ended. As far as I remember, the Mad Men ending was well received, but people don't really talk about that show anymore. --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:939199059] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>I think you're overstating how much HIMYM dominated culture. And even the "culture" around GoT was mostly about what would happen next, so of course a lot of that died when the show ended. As far as I remember, the Mad Men ending was well received, but people don't really talk about that show anymore. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame Zero 05/15/20 1:02:59 PM #10:	LastTomorrow posted... They didn't have to ~~Kill of the mother and have Ted get together with Robin and make that wedding a nothing burger~~ ~~They spent an entire season on that, AND did that stupid episode where Ted literally let Robin go like a balloon to establish they were 100% done.~~ The ending made it feel like a complete waste of time. It's like the writers intended for him to end up with Robin from the beginning, but built up the characters for so long, and introduced the mother - which everyone loved - that they wrote themselves into a corner. --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame Zero posted [p:939199099] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>LastTomorrow posted... </cite> <quote>They didn't have to Kill of the mother and have Ted get together with Robin and make that wedding a nothing burger </quote>They spent an entire season on that, AND did that stupid episode where Ted literally let Robin go like a balloon to establish they were 100% done. The ending made it feel like a complete waste of time. It's like the writers intended for him to end up with Robin from the beginning, but built up the characters for so long, and introduced the mother - which everyone loved - that they wrote themselves into a corner. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThunderTrain 05/15/20 1:03:25 PM #11:	Once shows end people stop talking about it. Breaking Bad might be the greatest show ever and sure there are people that rewatch it but nobody cares about it anymore because it ended. --- Without this nobody reads the last line of a post Praise Lord Helix <cite>ThunderTrain posted [p:939199117] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Once shows end people stop talking about it. Breaking Bad might be the greatest show ever and sure there are people that rewatch it but nobody cares about it anymore because it ended. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 05/15/20 1:03:29 PM #12:	HIMYM is basically Mass Effect --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:939199121] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>HIMYM is basically Mass Effect </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DD Divine 05/15/20 1:05:27 PM #13:	Honestly I was upset that the mother ended up with a DB like Ted. Ted easily became the worst person around season 2-3. --- while driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and I instinctively swerved to miss it, thanks a lot Mario Kart. <cite>DD Divine posted [p:939199221] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Honestly I was upset that the mother ended up with a DB like Ted. Ted easily became the worst person around season 2-3. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HotLap 05/15/20 1:07:15 PM #14:	HIMYM is still stunning to me. The excuse Ive seen given is They filmed the ending scenes with the kids at the end of season one! It was always going to be that! That makes it even worse in my opinion. If you knew how the series would end for eight years, how on earth do you make the storytelling decisions you did? --- You don't have to put my thighs in the microwave. <cite>HotLap posted [p:939199297] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>HIMYM is still stunning to me. The excuse Ive seen given is They filmed the ending scenes with the kids at the end of season one! It was always going to be that! That makes it even worse in my opinion. If you knew how the series would end for eight years, how on earth do you make the storytelling decisions you did? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lonestar2000 05/15/20 1:09:08 PM #15:	Why are people surprised HIMYM had a bad ending, it was always a garbage show. --- Rumble Roses. Someone enters the room. Them: O_O Me: What?! I always play games without my pants on!- Inmate 922335 #ImpeachToadDickTrump <cite>Lonestar2000 posted [p:939199388] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Why are people surprised HIMYM had a bad ending, it was always a garbage show. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 05/15/20 1:10:12 PM #16:	I still prefer the alternate ending. https://youtu.be/RoHUs8J7x94 --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://imgur.com/M8h2ATe https://imgur.com/6ezFwG1 <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:939199442] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>I still prefer the alternate ending. https://youtu.be/RoHUs8J7x94 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMallard 05/15/20 1:14:39 PM #17:	Romulox28 posted... Disagree about HIMYM, the finale was trash but it's a sitcom, what is there to discuss about it like 6 years later? People still hold up shows like Friends and Frasier as classic sitcoms. Like damn, haven't you ever had a hankering to dig into some Frasier out of the blue? Even on this board, people seem to regard it as a GOAT contender. When was the last time you saw a HIMYM thread where the subject line didn't explicitly mention the polarising ending? --- So you don't get to be a saint, martyrs never last this long Now Playing: Skyrim, Final Fantasy X-2 <cite>MrMallard posted [p:939199660] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Romulox28 posted... </cite> <quote>Disagree about HIMYM, the finale was trash but it's a sitcom, what is there to discuss about it like 6 years later?</quote>People still hold up shows like Friends and Frasier as classic sitcoms. Like damn, haven't you ever had a hankering to dig into some Frasier out of the blue? Even on this board, people seem to regard it as a GOAT contender. When was the last time you saw a HIMYM thread where the subject line didn't explicitly mention the polarising ending? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 05/15/20 1:45:58 PM #18:	MrMallard posted... When was the last time you saw a HIMYM thread where the subject line didn't explicitly mention the polarising ending? Whenever people are talking about Lily being a piece of shit. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://imgur.com/M8h2ATe https://imgur.com/6ezFwG1 <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:939201156] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>MrMallard posted... </cite> <quote>When was the last time you saw a HIMYM thread where the subject line didn't explicitly mention the polarising ending?</quote>Whenever people are talking about Lily being a piece of shit. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blue_Target 05/15/20 1:50:08 PM #20:	Two and a Half Men --- https://imgur.com/JXxiPHm https://imgur.com/JXxiPHm <cite>Blue_Target posted [p:939201347] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Two and a Half Men </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 05/15/20 1:51:37 PM #21:	most of my friends still hold GoT in high-regard despite how awful the final season was... <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:939201417] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>most of my friends still hold GoT in high-regard despite how awful the final season was... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A5modeu5 05/15/20 1:52:20 PM #22:	Dexter --- --- http://backloggery.com/a5modeu5/sig.gif <cite>A5modeu5 posted [p:939201447] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Dexter</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tired-Insomniac 05/15/20 1:56:11 PM #23:	Would Scrubs count? Seasons 1-8 were mostly fantastic with Season 8's finale being one of the best "series" finales of all time, then the unwanted Season 9 showed up. --- "I like turtles" <cite>Tired-Insomniac posted [p:939201644] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Would Scrubs count? Seasons 1-8 were mostly fantastic with Season 8's finale being one of the best "series" finales of all time, then the unwanted Season 9 showed up. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MRW1215 05/15/20 1:57:46 PM #24:	I think it has more to do with people just being more "in tune" to what's current, than anything else. Me, personally, I didn't dislike the ending to HIMYM (nor Game of Thrones, Lost, etc.), but I don't often reflect back on those shows because, well, they're over. Some stuff will stay in the "meme lexicon" for a little while, but most people now just kinda move on. I'm sure age will eventually play a factor, too. Like, I don't see THAT many people still talking about or referencing "iconic" shows like Friends or Seinfeld, anymore. The people who watched those at their peak are probably in their 40s and 50s by now. In any case, people today are much more quicker to move on to the next thing. Meme culture cycles pretty quickly. And as far as content goes, there's such an overload of media to consume that everything almost starts to blend together and not stand out as much. <cite>MRW1215 posted [p:939201726] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>I think it has more to do with people just being more "in tune" to what's current, than anything else. Me, personally, I didn't dislike the ending to HIMYM (nor Game of Thrones, Lost, etc.), but I don't often reflect back on those shows because, well, they're over. Some stuff will stay in the "meme lexicon" for a little while, but most people now just kinda move on. I'm sure age will eventually play a factor, too. Like, I don't see THAT many people still talking about or referencing "iconic" shows like Friends or Seinfeld, anymore. The people who watched those at their peak are probably in their 40s and 50s by now. In any case, people today are much more quicker to move on to the next thing. Meme culture cycles pretty quickly. And as far as content goes, there's such an overload of media to consume that everything almost starts to blend together and not stand out as much.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AsucaHayashi 05/15/20 2:07:22 PM #25:	MrMallard posted... People still hold up shows like Friends and Frasier as classic sitcoms. frasier's my fav but if people don't talk about HIMYM, they REALLY don't talk about frasier. --- http://abload.de/img/pcgamingxtuvt.jpg https://imgur.com/9Yv0R2Z <cite>AsucaHayashi posted [p:939202126] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>MrMallard posted... </cite> <quote>People still hold up shows like Friends and Frasier as classic sitcoms.</quote>frasier's my fav but if people don't talk about HIMYM, they REALLY don't talk about frasier. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 05/15/20 2:09:49 PM #26:	Tired-Insomniac posted... Would Scrubs count? Seasons 1-8 were mostly fantastic with Season 8's finale being one of the best "series" finales of all time, then the unwanted Season 9 showed up. What season 9? Scrubs had 8 seasons, one of the greatest series finales of all time, and then nothing else happened. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://imgur.com/M8h2ATe https://imgur.com/6ezFwG1 <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:939202247] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Tired-Insomniac posted... </cite> <quote>Would Scrubs count? Seasons 1-8 were mostly fantastic with Season 8's finale being one of the best "series" finales of all time, then the unwanted Season 9 showed up.</quote>What season 9? Scrubs had 8 seasons, one of the greatest series finales of all time, and then nothing else happened. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NightRender 05/15/20 2:13:29 PM #27:	Doe posted... Heroes Heroes wasn't a good show with a bad ending. It was a bad show that accidentally had a good first season. --- Dedicated to D - 4/15/05 <cite>NightRender posted [p:939202432] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>Doe posted... </cite> <quote>Heroes</quote> Heroes wasn't a good show with a bad ending. It was a bad show that accidentally had a good first season. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tired-Insomniac 05/15/20 2:21:30 PM #28:	DrizztLink posted... What season 9? Scrubs had 8 seasons, one of the greatest series finales of all time, and then nothing else happened. All joking aside, Zach and Donald mentioned on the rewatch podcast this week that season 9 was supposed to be a spin-off when a fan asked them about it. They did the "pretend it doesn't exist" thing for a bit first though lol --- "I like turtles" <cite>Tired-Insomniac posted [p:939202809] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>DrizztLink posted... </cite> <quote>What season 9? Scrubs had 8 seasons, one of the greatest series finales of all time, and then nothing else happened.</quote> All joking aside, Zach and Donald mentioned on the rewatch podcast this week that season 9 was supposed to be a spin-off when a fan asked them about it. They did the "pretend it doesn't exist" thing for a bit first though lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Yazarogi 05/15/20 3:21:28 PM #29:	NightRender posted... Heroes wasn't a good show with a bad ending. It was a bad show that accidentally had a good first season. Man you're not wrong, though I'd argue the 4th season was starting to make the show good again. I went back for a re-watch, and couldn't get past the second season. =( --- "There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust." - Pinbacker <cite>Yazarogi posted [p:939205496] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>NightRender posted... </cite> <quote>Heroes wasn't a good show with a bad ending. It was a bad show that accidentally had a good first season.</quote> Man you're not wrong, though I'd argue the 4th season was starting to make the show good again. I went back for a re-watch, and couldn't get past the second season. =( </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PatrickMahomes 05/15/20 3:24:45 PM #30:	DrizztLink posted... I still prefer the alternate ending. https://youtu.be/RoHUs8J7x94 this is the real ending --- NFLB 2020 Summersim Roster mk. 1 (12-4) (ELIMINATED): https://imgur.com/4Pvr5rT NFLB 2020 Summersim Roster mk. 2 (Drafting): https://imgur.com/GpqacHp <cite>PatrickMahomes posted [p:939205662] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>DrizztLink posted... </cite> <quote>I still prefer the alternate ending. https://youtu.be/RoHUs8J7x94</quote>this is the real ending </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
apocalyptic_4 05/15/20 6:45:41 PM #31:	The difference with shows with bad endings and good one for me is if you can still re watch them or not. I can sit down and re watch Lost, The office, Sienfield, breaking bad and even heroes. But shows like Got or dexter while still had solid seasons I cant stand to watch them again cause the endings or final seasons just diminish the whole show. Everyone's criteria is different but I agree with TC a really bad final season does destroy a popular shows whole reputation in hindsight of it. --- XBL: Mrpicardbottoms <cite>apocalyptic_4 posted [p:939215372] in The How I ... [t:78690950]...</cite> <quote>The difference with shows with bad endings and good one for me is if you can still re watch them or not. I can sit down and re watch Lost, The office, Sienfield, breaking bad and even heroes. But shows like Got or dexter while still had solid seasons I cant stand to watch them again cause the endings or final seasons just diminish the whole show. Everyone's criteria is different but I agree with TC a really bad final season does destroy a popular shows whole reputation in hindsight of it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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