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I loved the actual ending, so authentic

posted 11 years ago by acisneros3
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While the movie was great, and I enjoyed seeing Truman leave Seahaven, I loved the little nod to real life viewers at the end there.

"What else is on?"
"Yeah let's see what else is on."
"Push the TV guide."

Haha so true. This is supposed to be the number 1 show, and a show people have been invested in for 30 years right. It's just so accurate that the moment the show ends, the majority of the viewers, no matter how invested and intrigued they were by the show, the moment it's over, they just say: "Well, that was nice. Put on Seinfeld/Netflix/etc."

I think it's shown best by no matter how captivated audiences were and how talked about shows were like Lost, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Jersey Shore, and any show that got everyone talking, the moment it's over, people just don't care. Loved that ending, one of my favorite endings to a movie of all time.

[–] squeemu 11 years ago

It is a really fantastic ending. When I saw it in the theater, that line got one of the biggest laughs of the whole movie. Very to the point.

[–] AgentBlue 11 years ago

Yes indeed it was!!!!!

Lose the Game!!!!!!!

[–] dkgambler 10 years ago

I get what you're saying from that point of view, but I thought the ending was weak, specifically Ed Harris trying to talk him into staying and that "In case I don't see ya..." schtick one last time.

[–] ihateonionbagels 10 years ago

That's so true! When a show ends people usually do just look for something else.

Interesting though, most of the shows you listed though still have people talking about them today. Those boards are still pretty active if that's any indication.

[–] the_la_baker 10 years ago

And in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.

[–] MyDarkStar 10 years ago

I interpreted the ending to also have the meaning that us as an audience of TV all live in our own bubbles of TV shows. Once one ends we just move on to another, never getting up from the couch.

[–] ocalamike510 10 years ago

I got the idea of "discovery" out of this film. After all, the director's name is Christof, and the boat that Truman rides out the storm in is named the Santa Maria. The discovery that he made, one which we all need to make, is that one should not live in a world whose boundaries are set by others (religion, politics, cults, etc.), but in a world whose boundaries we set for ourselves.

[–] zharth 9 years ago

You know, this is just not my experience of reality. People lose interest in a show because it's no longer on. TV exists to be watched. And yet, people do still go on about shows when they're not watching them, and long after they're gone - the real fans. TV is also highly modular - you've got one show coming on right after another, with frequent commercial breaks - so viewers are trained to jump quickly from one thing to the next. So I don't understand how this works as a criticism against people, or human nature. If anything, it's the TV producers that are exploiting their audience for ratings and product placement.