Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: TV tropes Date: 22 Nov 2025 04:06:30 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <7jtMQ.876831$7Ika.50088@fx17.iad> <5quctlxlmi.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10e1fn8$7gc2$4@dont-email.me> <10e3pnu$v272$1@dont-email.me> <10e3skf$vh8j$2@dont-email.me> <10fl58s$2etoh$2@dont-email.me> <10fmsev$2sil7$1@dont-email.me> <10fohk6$3cdeb$1@dont-email.me> <10fpag6$3htd8$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net EvRdDPyDIWQLYmE3KurquA7lCjYuaEEX6s4Vg/U4S1TPEfAOLa Cancel-Lock: sha1:+1VNT04rI0jR0Cp9ep3NrpVTJtg= sha256:GXDijqn2bCesJa8hGHfpbEPOpVjfSDW4WsU01LEQpsE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:77798 On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:43:17 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-11-21 20:28, rbowman wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:13:42 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 21/11/2025 07:41, rbowman wrote: >>>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 02:09:11 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote: >>>> >>>>> Cliffhangers are due to the delusion that all of Hollywood seems to >>>>> operate under that unless you are left wondering "what happens next" >>>>> just at the start of the summer break that the result is you'll >>>>> forget about the show when it returns next fall and not 'tune in' to >>>>> watch it again. >>>> >>>> For the shows with a story arc I prefer to wait a few years until the >>>> whole thing is in the box so to speak. That doesn't always work. >>>> 'Battlestar Galactica' seemed like they ran out of ideas and wrapped >>>> it up awkwardly. >>> >>> Fuck, you didn't actually WATCH that? >> >> The 2004 version, not the original. > > I was in high school during the original. Everybody watched it :-) I didn't even have a TV in '78. I did see 'Star Wars' in a theater and now am completely confused by the franchise since as far as I'm concerned that was Star Wars 1. I haven't seen many of the newer ones.