Things that destroyed your favorite movie/series

[The Bucket]

I was really enjoying the Sword of Truth series right up to the point where it started going on and on about Objectivism (which I despise).

This was the first thing I thought of too. It started out as a fun and occasionaly (kinda) edgy fantasy series, but then he turned all the characters into unlikeable twats who will spout off their entire political and social views at any moment. And that statue in Faith of the Fallen...... really?

 

[Mr. Omega]

It's not my favorite, but South Park had episodes that were extremly preachy. Futurama did the same thing for a while, as did Family Guy and the Simpsons. Why do all the shows I watch for COMEDY decide to spout political opinions?

 

[SonicWaffle]

I was quite enjoying "Lost", until I realized that the writers had no idea what they were doing.

I liked that about it. In fairness to them there is a tremendous amount of foreshadowing in seemingly random events, but the whole "what will happen next?!" factor was a big part of what kept me coming back to the show.

A lot of people's disatisfaction came from two things; firstly, the show was marketed as drama rather than sci-fi/fantasy (because the network were scared nobody would watch it) so the change in tone from character-driven drama to "WTF just happened?" shocked many people. Secondly, the early stuff was often the writer making up as much crazy shit as possible, with the later few seasons being a different pair of writers attempting to tie it all together and explain it.

I loved the show from start to finish, though I'm still annoyed at how vague many of the last season's "answers" were. I'm also really annoyed at how often morons harp on at me about how "they were dead all along and the island is purgatory!!1!" until I want to smash their heads into a wall and tell them to learn to use their brains properly

 

[deonte9109]

I was enjoying Resident Evil until the movie came out then the entire series started to shift away from the survival horror to action horror.

 

[teh_Canape]

RAPE MY CHILDHOOD WILLYA!?

 

[Arsen]

The 5th book in The Dark Tower Series, nearly killed the entire series for me.

I loved the Callahan story, the character interactions leading up to the fight, and the nature of Black Thirteen....but man...we read seven hundred pages just to read of a ten page fight. That was the disappointing factor. The cover made it look like the town was going to be invaded by the horrors of Thunderclap and it was to be the "Helms Deep" battle of the series. Nah...just...

Spoiler

Robots dressed like Doctor Doom with lightsabers that you can defeat by aiming for the little satellites on their heads

I mean really, THAT was it? Mine for that series was...the Crimson King.

Spoiler

Okay, I like the part where he killed himself so his spirit could manifest within the Dark Tower and make Roland's guns unreliable...but where was the fearsome, dark force that was basically the devil of Mid-World? Throwing weaponry instead of some actual power?

That was the anti-climactic scene for me.

 

[Mugen Weston]

Firefly being cancelled halfway through the series
such a great series not given a proper chance

 

[SonicWaffle]

The insertion of politics into like every TV show nowadays. I don't want to hear some stupid hack writers' opinions on gun control or abortion shoehorned into a crime drama.

Well, in fairness, a crime drama is probably a good place to discuss gun control, what with people getting shot with alarming frequency...

No.

No what? No, guns aren't used in many crimes? No, it makes no sense for police (or whoever the heroes of your chosen crime drama are) to have opinions on the law? No, people who deal with guns and gun crime on a regular basis would never advocate tighter control over who has access to firearms?

If Elmo gives a lecture on gun control, that's out of place. If cops in a crime drama talk about it, that makes perfect sense.

 

[Arsen]

Want to know what ruined the series? CGI and the ravedance with gigantic glowstick scenes. The fights should have been more like the originals. Name one fight in the PT that actually makes sense.

I would also nominate terrible acting.

Scriptwriting, plotline, and basically not giving the actors an actual setting to act in. It's hard when you do it in a bluescreen. I blame the overall way it was done over the actors themselves. Not to mention Lucas aimed for a different generation and completely shunned the older fans.

Yeah, you're probably more right than me. =p

Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, and all the others in there CAN ACT. It's just impossible to do so given the lack of seriousness involved with making a fantasy movie these days. Very few Hollywood people, unless they are known for it (Christopher Lee for example), will ever take a movie of that genre in a serious light.

 

[DarthAchaeron]

I've never understood the "midichlorian problem", how is a germ meant to cause the force? As someone who studies Biology at degree level this makes no sense what-so-ever and so in my opinion the "magic" of the force isn't diminished at-all.

I understand what you mean, in that there is still magic there because it's still impossible for a germ to cause the force, but truth be told what aggravated me (and I think some other people might agree) was the fact that it was used as a sort of "Oh shit, how do we explain why certain people experience the force? I know! Let's say ALIENS did it and then won't ever have to touch on it again" It seemed like a sort of quick-but-convoluted fix, when a simple "Peoples brains are wired differently, kid, get used to it" would have sufficed and there would be no loose end.
Mind you, most of that trilogy beyond Episode I was a loose end

 

[DarthAchaeron]

Also, @bobdobolina makes some good points for the same argument

 

[Arsen]

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I've never understood the "midichlorian problem", how is a germ meant to cause the force? As someone who studies Biology at degree level this makes no sense what-so-ever and so in my opinion the "magic" of the force isn't diminished at-all.

I think the usual objection is that the Force as it was evoked mystical concepts like the Tao from human history. "Midichlorians" introduced an unnecessary kludge that contributed nothing except to sully the elegance of that concept.

Or so the argument usually goes. The Force was pulp science fantasy, not some deep religious concept, which I think people sometimes forget when talking about the prequels. But even so, the midichlorians business was a symptom of the deterioration from "mediocre pulp" to "awful pulp" of the Star Wars brand. (Still made oodles of money, though, so it looks like Lucas guessed right about the amount of effort he needed to put into the writing.)

Name one fight in the PT that actually makes sense.

I love that spinning-around move that everyone seems to love so much in the prequels. That move that would allow an opponent to pretty much kill you effortlessly every time in an actual fight.

The problem involved with the spinning and flashy dancing is that it lacked the "hey, we have to be careful with this laser stick that can cut through anything" that the OT had. Realistically speaking so many people should have been killed by the behind the back, swing around the side manuevers.

 

[shreedder]

I loved the Callahan story, the character interactions leading up to the fight, and the nature of Black Thirteen....but man...we read seven hundred pages just to read of a ten page fight. That was the disappointing factor. The cover made it look like the town was going to be invaded by the horrors of Thunderclap and it was to be the "Helms Deep" battle of the series. Nah...just...

Spoiler

Robots dressed like Doctor Doom with lightsabers that you can defeat by aiming for the little satellites on their heads

I mean really, THAT was it? Mine for that series was...the Crimson King.

Spoiler

Okay, I like the part where he killed himself so his spirit could manifest within the Dark Tower and make Roland's guns unreliable...but where was the fearsome, dark force that was basically the devil of Mid-World? Throwing weaponry instead of some actual power?

That was the anti-climactic scene for me.

When I say the 5th book, I'm referring to all the dumb things he starts adding. The snitch, himself, and some of the refrences. That book I fell was the turning point in the series.

I also could not agree more about the Crimson King, or the final fight. The very end was amazing, but that fight was retarded.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

Firefly being cancelled halfway through the series
such a great series not given a proper chance

This Firefly is one of the best Sci-Fi series of the 00s. Yet it got cancelled after the 1st season. Honestly how can you NOT like space cowboys?

The AVP movies ruined both the Predator and Alien franchise in just two movies.(Technically one since the 1st one was already an abomination and the second one was even worse)

 

[DarthAchaeron]

RAPE MY CHILDHOOD WILLYA!?

Those movies will be loved forever, then raped by the internet and bad media and left to die on the side of the road, as it was told in the prophesy.

 

[GiantRaven]

Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, and all the others in there CAN ACT. It's just impossible to do so given the lack of seriousness involved with making a fantasy movie these days. Very few Hollywood people, unless they are known for it (Christopher Lee for example), will ever take a movie of that genre in a serious light.

What has Christensen been good in? The only film I've seen him in was Jumper and the less said about that the better.

 

[BigHairyMarty]

I hated the bit in Monkey Island 4 where Herman Toothrot supposedly gets all his memories back, only to then reveal that he's actually a completely different character that was long thought to be dead.

This wouldn't be too much of a problem in itself, were it not for the fact that the previous three games already established that the two were completely different characters with their own seperate backstories. When I first played MI4, I was willing to overlook the other problems the game had, but as soon as I reached that scene, I couldn't bring myself to play anymore (for the rest of that night anyway, I completed it the next day and was underwhelmed by it all)

Thankfully it hasn't ruined my enjoyment of the series overall, but MI4 is the one game in the series I just can't seem to bring myself to play again.

 

[Geekosaurus]

The next Bourne film will ruin the trilogy.

 

[Ninjamedic]

Star fox Adventures.

Ruined, my favorite game (Star Fox 64:Lylat Wars)
Ruined, Rare and caused them to be assimilated by microsoft
And forced me to play a rubbish Zelda knock-off. (And I hate Zelda)