Everyone's sick of stories that never end

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… but on the other hand sometimes the cliffhangers are better than the actual endings

A lot of series are better if we just watch the first two seasons and stop—that seems to be how long it takes creators to run out of good ideas

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This exact reason is why I’ve loved Last of Us. Every episode (for the most part) starts and finishes a conflict in the same episode. It’s been SO refreshing to watch. I can’t take the cliffhanger TV anymore.

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This is part of the reason i stick to books as my primary entertainment source…

Sure some series never get finished, but most do so eventually in my experience…

Gaming is a little worse but TV is off the scale… Forms a part of why i do not watch TV at all now.

I have no idea what’s all the fuss about stories that do not end.
For example, on Wednesday, my Brazilian colleague and I

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well, by tolkien’s publisher anyway. he wanted it as one book. and the publishers still require that pattern today

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The Illiad was part of a 8 poem cycle, most of which did not survive.

Vergil’s depiction of Troy is allegedly based on this work

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Someday they’ll say the same thing about the Infinity War saga.

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oh snap!

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