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are you starting to feel a big vacum without Rectify?

posted 8 years ago by Hagaxxx
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Gosshhhh I am starting to feel such vacuum without this show. I realize I wanted more of that story, too short being that good. All characters since Hanna, Janet, Ted Jr, Kervin and of course Daniel where so good to all of the sudden, vanished....i hope for a 5th season in spite McKinnon has been crystal clear on his statement, no more Rectify a story has its beginning and its end, which by the way is wise to think but in the entertainment industry sucks sometimes, what you guys think?

[–] Whatlarks 8 years ago

Not so much. I think I gradually missed it as the last season progressed, so I was prepared well in advance. Teddy was the one who most consistently fascinated me in S4.

"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson

[–] Hagaxxx 8 years ago

did you see him in the new movie Spectral?

[–] Whatlarks 8 years ago

No! Have you? Is it fun? I'm going to get my fix of feature films over the holidays - nice to have a story resolve in 2 hours for a change!

"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson

[–] Hagaxxx 8 years ago

hahahahha you right. fun is not the word, if you saw "final fantasy, The spirits within" ...pretty close...;-) As I fan of Sci-Fi I did not mind the plot flos....

[–] Whatlarks 8 years ago

Fun is a pretty flexible term! (Horror can be fun, for example...)

I'm looking forward to seeing Arrival. I read the short story -- I like Ted Chiang. And I really like the composer's work, Jóhann Jóhannsson. Icelanders are interesting musicians. He owes a debt to Max Richter, but then many do!

Arrival soundtrack: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/arrival-original-motion-picture/id1168207187

And this is his recent album for classical label Deutsche Grammophon:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/orphee/id1132384112

Another film at top of my list is Moonlight. Been wanting to see it for weeks.

"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson

[–] Mr_Fluffykins 8 years ago

didnt know he was in it, have it in a folder on my computer
ill watch that one day when i am bored

[–] mme3924-1 8 years ago

Teddy was the one who most consistently fascinated me in S4.

At last! Something we can agree on. Teddy had the most intriguing arc; I was actually interested in where he was going each week.

[–] mme3924-1 8 years ago

I don't, because I've given up on series television. It's like a constant tease -- could use a bawdier term here but will resist -- as to whether or not this series and these characters and this story will ever be completed or even come our way again. I remember when a series ran from September through May -- a new episode every week -- and you knew it would be back again in the Fall. Now only Law and Order does that!

Now networks and producers and sponsors and writers -- whoever is ultimately in charge of these things -- willy nilly discontinue a series, without a single thought of the viewers/the audience. Because it's all about the bottom line. It was, of course, always about the bottom line, as the entertainment industry is, but the rules have changed. Most series television is now like soap bubbles; effervescent, fleeting, fragile, and soon gone. And, it seems, the better a series is, the more danger it's in, probably because better quality means more money, and the risk is greater. Cable is probably largely responsible; the more choices we have the more our attention is diverted. I'd wager than almost no one talks in the office the next day about what they saw on tv the night before. Because some watched network tv, some watched Netflix or Amazon or Acorn or Hulu streaming, some watched DVDs, some channel surfed all 300 cable channels.

Whatever it is, my expectations now are so low that I don't allow myself to become heavily invested in a tv series. If I want a beginning, a middle, and an end, I read a book.

[–] Hagaxxx 8 years ago

well you just got me depressed today, thks god here is almost time to dinner, so no many hours to ruin my day...lol......

I have to confess that a similar feeling came across my mind when Westworl finale was aired. I felt cheated and I felt lost so many hours behind the TV for nothing. Same thing for TWD, now again they are gone for "holidays" till febreary just waiting which among all terrible endings a person can suffer to be applied on Negan.

Book never left to read, never found movies a real placebo for such beautiful "habit".

So instead of surrender what I am gonna do is to let the show run, and when is over, see the reviews and then watched all at once....

Cheers from Europe

[–] Mr_Fluffykins 8 years ago

i hate those bloated fat 20-24 episodes seasons, what they lacked in quality they made up for in quantity,
it is all about HBO, Showtimes, Starz, cinemax, netflix, amazon, hulu,
and then chanels like sundance, amc,
some producing good content, some producing bad

to me, movies are too short, i like the serial nature, something to keep my dark thoughts at bad when i am doing nothing,

the americas have been spoiled, quantity wise with their amount of episodes per season
while britain always had these quaint well produced shorter seasons(or series as they call it over there, but i don't see how you can distinguish between a season finale and a series finale,

there is so much on TV one doesn't have to lock into 1 show, i know i did for rectify, but i think that is the peak, and it may be all down here from me

and to OP: no rectify season 5, unless its in at least 10 years,

[–] prairie-16766 8 years ago

European and Israeli series are typically only a few seasons long. Shows like Downton Abbey are English-American collaborations, hence going on for many years.

In Treatment was originally an Israeli series. Both the American and Israeli iterations were only a few series. Same with the Danish The Killing, and the great Swedish Wallander.

But I do wish I could see more of the wonderful characters that come out of the shorter series.

[–] Eva_Marrie 8 years ago

The Danish The Killing's pretty cool in that regards, because despite each season being a new case, we still get to see more of the incomparably cool and fashionably sweater-clad Sarah Lundt/Sophie Grabol (as she's still the detective solving them). And the 1st season was a whopping 20 eps (must be a Guinness record for Danish TV)!

I'm so hooked on Scandi-noir in general that I need my fix of some new show soon - it's been too long. Thankfully, Scandi-noir is the one thing that can be relied on to have easy access to on Aussie TV (as long as it's been out for a while).

Fluffy - I'm the same with prestige TV. I want a story and characters twisting and unfolding like in a book, as I was a book worm long before I was a cinema nerd. I just can't make myself invest in characters I'll only see for about 2 hours anymore. Great TV provides ample discussion space too, so it's intellectually engaging.

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[–] Eva_Marrie 8 years ago

I just realized that Daniel really is his mother's son. Janet was egg-cracking Trey!!

[–] Hagaxxx 8 years ago

hahahahah you´re too much.but honestly speaking the coffee thing was too bizarre that I did not even registered in my memory, it remains as wierd as it is. it was a stupid thing to do in the script.

[–] mme3924-1 8 years ago

it was a stupid thing to do in the script.

I can imagine the creative group sitting around a table, dreaming up ideas for that episode, and one coming up with coffee grounds as the weirdest thing possible....and one to surely get a reaction from fans.

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