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Good folks: You know how it sometimes is; you’re watching a film or TV series and rather enjoying it. Great! 
….but wouldn’t you just know it! It subsequently turns to smelly ordure 
It could be due to lazy writing, an highly illogical plot twist or maybe an utterly crappy ending.
Please list me films and series that initially warmed you up before leaving you miserably cold, my fine folks (and don’t forget to explain why)  |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Travelling |
Game of thrones wins as it was the entire last 2 seasons that took a dive, but the final season as a whole ruined the hype.
No show has ever had such a fall from grace in such a quick way.
Lost sort of went off the rails too, I mostly continued to watch due to investment. |
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"This is different to simply bad endings?
I expect it will either be a list of just bad endings or people that just list movies they hate regardless. "
Poor endings included
I’ll give an example of a series that started well before nosediving faster than the Hindenburg: Heroes.
The first season was incredible.
…..but then came season 2. And 3
I had to abandon midway through the second season as it became glaringly overt that the writers had completely lost the plot.
A real shame  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Anything where zombies are still going after a few weeks, since I read (and presumably already know) that natural decomposition, flies and maggots would have done away with all the flesh by this time and subsequently the menace of the everlasting zombie. It would be a few weeks hunkered down somewhere eating tinned peaches instead of all this crashing about killing the undead.  |
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"Anything where zombies are still going after a few weeks, since I read (and presumably already know) that natural decomposition, flies and maggots would have done away with all the flesh by this time and subsequently the menace of the everlasting zombie. It would be a few weeks hunkered down somewhere eating tinned peaches instead of all this crashing about killing the undead. "
I’ve always thought this to
The Walking Dead would have been reduced to The Barely Crawling Dead within a few weeks at most before finally becoming The Dead Dead after that.
I really should pitch this idea to the studios  |
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Lucy. Started off okay, had some just forgivable movie science involved. Then it got about thirty minutes from the end and it's like the director gave the writers and VFX artists a boat load of LSD, and said "go nuts". Ruined an otherwise decent film 
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"Anything where zombies are still going after a few weeks, since I read (and presumably already know) that natural decomposition, flies and maggots would have done away with all the flesh by this time and subsequently the menace of the everlasting zombie. It would be a few weeks hunkered down somewhere eating tinned peaches instead of all this crashing about killing the undead. "
Depending on who you ask though, zombies aren't all dead dead. Just rewired by a virus/ fungus/ voodoo who do. I recommended The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z by Max Brooks
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By *elloWoman
over a year ago
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"Anything where zombies are still going after a few weeks, since I read (and presumably already know) that natural decomposition, flies and maggots would have done away with all the flesh by this time and subsequently the menace of the everlasting zombie. It would be a few weeks hunkered down somewhere eating tinned peaches instead of all this crashing about killing the undead.
Depending on who you ask though, zombies aren't all dead dead. Just rewired by a virus/ fungus/ voodoo who do. I recommended The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z by Max Brooks
LvM"
I've got those books, they're good, shame the WWZ film wasn't as good as the book |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Anything where zombies are still going after a few weeks, since I read (and presumably already know) that natural decomposition, flies and maggots would have done away with all the flesh by this time and subsequently the menace of the everlasting zombie. It would be a few weeks hunkered down somewhere eating tinned peaches instead of all this crashing about killing the undead.
Depending on who you ask though, zombies aren't all dead dead. Just rewired by a virus/ fungus/ voodoo who do. I recommended The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z by Max Brooks
LvM"
Oh no, so my tinned peach diet and a fortnight off won't work then! Where's the axe |
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"Anything where zombies are still going after a few weeks, since I read (and presumably already know) that natural decomposition, flies and maggots would have done away with all the flesh by this time and subsequently the menace of the everlasting zombie. It would be a few weeks hunkered down somewhere eating tinned peaches instead of all this crashing about killing the undead.
Depending on who you ask though, zombies aren't all dead dead. Just rewired by a virus/ fungus/ voodoo who do. I recommended The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z by Max Brooks
LvM
I've got those books, they're good, shame the WWZ film wasn't as good as the book "
God, that film was another disappointment. Okay first, horrendous second half. And only about two percent of the book 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Without doubt; the walking dead... It started good... You never knew from episode to episode who was gonna 'get it'... Then they started with their indestructable 'rambo carol' and other such bullshit and we ended up with a crossbow-man, another with a stick, someone with a sword, another with a hatchet... All a bit cartoony, stupid and shite.
Also violence is ok if it's necessary but the walking dead did violence for it's own sake and that's boring.
Yawn yawn yawn, a severed head. Yawn yawn yawn, depressing slow boring piano music, yawn yawn yawn, miserable faces, yawn yawn, everythings shite, yawn yawn yawn, a big baseball bat with something tied round it, yawn yawn yawn, a blood soaked 'ninja carol' managed to wipe out another 'army', yawn yawn yawn, another speech from Rick, yawn yawn yawn etc. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have no idea who decided The Walking Dead needed 16 episodes a series but they had nowhere near enough interesting stuff to justify it. If they'd done 8 episodes every time it would've been a considerably better show. |
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True Blood: The first few series were very good with a plethora of interesting characters and storylines.
By the final two seasons however, it was sadly, abundantly pellucid that the show had run out of steam….and ideas.
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"I have no idea who decided The Walking Dead needed 16 episodes a series but they had nowhere near enough interesting stuff to justify it. If they'd done 8 episodes every time it would've been a considerably better show."
An excellent point and a factor which has indeed served to harm many a show.
The Vampire Diaries being an example that immediately springs to my mind:
As I recall it comprised about 22 episodes a season which ended up being padded interminably and dragged out beyond belief.
It would have been so much better and more enjoyable in my opinion, had the makers simply have condensed matters.
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Game of thrones wins as it was the entire last 2 seasons that took a dive, but the final season as a whole ruined the hype.
No show has ever had such a fall from grace in such a quick way.
Lost sort of went off the rails too, I mostly continued to watch due to investment. "
Couldn't agree more
Though I didn't watch a single episode of the last season. Didn't want to be left with that bitter aftertaste  |
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First Box Set I ever bought was Lost. Absolutely gripped and as time went on I kind of realised they were making it up as they were going along. Shite ending, so many unanswered questions.
Now watching Manifest which (apart from the shite acting) is quite good and resembles Lost. I just hope it ends better and there are no unexplained polar bears. |
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
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"First Box Set I ever bought was Lost. Absolutely gripped and as time went on I kind of realised they were making it up as they were going along. Shite ending, so many unanswered questions.
Now watching Manifest which (apart from the shite acting) is quite good and resembles Lost. I just hope it ends better and there are no unexplained polar bears."
Have you watched From? Two series in and so far so good, still no idea what is going on but I am really enjoying it. |
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"First Box Set I ever bought was Lost. Absolutely gripped and as time went on I kind of realised they were making it up as they were going along. Shite ending, so many unanswered questions.
Now watching Manifest which (apart from the shite acting) is quite good and resembles Lost. I just hope it ends better and there are no unexplained polar bears.
Have you watched From? Two series in and so far so good, still no idea what is going on but I am really enjoying it."
Nooooooo not another box set to add to the list. It looks pretty good. Nice bit of eye candy in it too! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"First Box Set I ever bought was Lost. Absolutely gripped and as time went on I kind of realised they were making it up as they were going along. Shite ending, so many unanswered questions.
Now watching Manifest which (apart from the shite acting) is quite good and resembles Lost. I just hope it ends better and there are no unexplained polar bears."
Manifest has a very satisfactory ending. Not like Lost. Thankfully! |
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Sweet Girl: This Netflix own film starring Jason Momoa starts off ok but the whole film rests upon a rather contrived and frankly somewhat crass plot twist which is revealed about half way through the running time.
Suffice to say, once it is indeed revealed, any further desire to continue watching is pretty much extinguished as the films quality rapidly plummets. |
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By *EAT..85Woman
over a year ago
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"Lucy. Started off okay, had some just forgivable movie science involved. Then it got about thirty minutes from the end and it's like the director gave the writers and VFX artists a boat load of LSD, and said "go nuts". Ruined an otherwise decent film
LvM"
One of my favourite films
But I do like ridiculous actions which it sort of turned into as you say! |
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Bloodlines ( on Netflix)
First season was great, with a great cast
2nd season still good but more middle of the road type drama
3rd season was like the writers forgot their homework was season 3 and had to write it the night before it was due I. |
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