• DaveyRocket@lemmy.world
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        21 minutes ago

        Fuck Lost. “It’s better to never reveal the mystery!” That was the guiding principle, to just cake on mystery and keep audiences following like a laser pointer and a cat. I’m an advocate for free speech, but if someone made a law outlawing that kind of storytelling, it might cause my resolve to waver. At least Stephen King will right an ending, even if it’s the third deus ex machina in a row, you’ll get an ending!

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      10 hours ago

      Yeah, it’s easily one of my favorites, even though I’ve never finished it. I was deep into the third season, then I googled something about the show and discovered the last season got cancelled. I thought it was pointless to continue, since one entire season is a gap too big to fill with theories.

      Just another brick in the wall of cancelled masterpieces, just like the TF2 Webcomic.

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        11 hours ago

        I was talking about Westworld, an HBO show about AI, androids and “humanity”. And yes, I know the original quote is from Romeo and Juliet, but quoting Dolores fits perfectly given the context