Lost comes to mind. And Walking Dead but I wouldn't know... I stopped watching long before the end.
I always imagine the showrunner leaves with bags of cash, the writers next with a few stacks, and the final season or two is written by interns who put up the chairs and vacuums before they leave.
Lost actually admitted eventually they didn't know what the fuck they were doing at the time and were just going from mystery box to mystery box. It probably all changed when they started killing off characters left, right, and center as a means to get back to a story.
I believe it, I lived it when it was happening. After the Survivor, Lost was the zeitgeist show of the time. They even admitted they wanted a scripted show that has Survivor vibes.
But what I never understood is that it's not like turning in their homework every week, they're working on the show, thinking about the show, talking about the show, they can even read the boards and fan speculations and steal their ideas. They didn't know what the fuck they were going with when they made the mystery box, but the answers they provided was so dog shit it doesn't even seem like they were trying.
Whatever I'm over it.
Only show in history I can think of, worst than game of thrones, that poisoned itself in reverse. I can't even rewatch the early seasons because it'll just piss me off.
HIMYM had a shit final season but you can still watch the first 8 and have a good laugh.
I'm not going to rant for an hour plus on that shitshow. But I will bring up that it has one of my favorite scene of all time, where Adama calls his son a weak, fat piece of shit for getting fat.
I loved that scene so much that wanted to put my face over Apollo's so I can see myself get my ass chewed for letting myself go.
Hah, I hadn't thought about that scene in years. That was great. That show was so damn entertaining, at the time. A group of friends would watch each new episode every week when they aired. After that last season (or two), I have not felt the slightest desire to go back and rewatch. Never watched Caprica either.
Lost comes to mind. And Walking Dead but I wouldn't know... I stopped watching long before the end.
I always imagine the showrunner leaves with bags of cash, the writers next with a few stacks, and the final season or two is written by interns who put up the chairs and vacuums before they leave.
Edit: Weeds!
Lost actually admitted eventually they didn't know what the fuck they were doing at the time and were just going from mystery box to mystery box. It probably all changed when they started killing off characters left, right, and center as a means to get back to a story.
I believe it, I lived it when it was happening. After the Survivor, Lost was the zeitgeist show of the time. They even admitted they wanted a scripted show that has Survivor vibes.
But what I never understood is that it's not like turning in their homework every week, they're working on the show, thinking about the show, talking about the show, they can even read the boards and fan speculations and steal their ideas. They didn't know what the fuck they were going with when they made the mystery box, but the answers they provided was so dog shit it doesn't even seem like they were trying.
Whatever I'm over it.
Only show in history I can think of, worst than game of thrones, that poisoned itself in reverse. I can't even rewatch the early seasons because it'll just piss me off.
HIMYM had a shit final season but you can still watch the first 8 and have a good laugh.
Battle star Galactica.
I'm not going to rant for an hour plus on that shitshow. But I will bring up that it has one of my favorite scene of all time, where Adama calls his son a weak, fat piece of shit for getting fat.
I loved that scene so much that wanted to put my face over Apollo's so I can see myself get my ass chewed for letting myself go.
Hah, I hadn't thought about that scene in years. That was great. That show was so damn entertaining, at the time. A group of friends would watch each new episode every week when they aired. After that last season (or two), I have not felt the slightest desire to go back and rewatch. Never watched Caprica either.