Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Great. Hope they have the story to tell.
Some stories can go on forever. Some have a narrative to conclude.
Romeo and Juliet, timeless classic.
Romeo and Juliet II, utter shit.
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UPDATE: I was able to get ahold of Lindelof to ask him a couple of questions about the renewal, first about how difficult it was to persuade HBO to keep the show going.
"I'm in Jersey helping my mom move," he said. "I was afraid I'd have to sing for my supper when I got back to L.A next week... I didn't. Mike Lombardo called with the good news and it was a done deal."
And why is Lindelof — who previously had to push ABC to end "Lost" much earlier than the executives there wanted him and Carlton Cuse to — ready for the third season to be the last? (In the press release announcing renewal, he wrote that the end would be definitive, "And by ‘definitive,’ we mean ‘wildly ambiguous but hopefully mega-emotional,’ as all things related to this show are destined to be.")
"It's a gut instinct," he said. "I feel like there's more story, but not MUCH more. And I don't want to drag it out unnecessarily. Lots of fans and critics understandably had a sense that we could have ended after season two... That was a strong indication we were closer to the end than the beginning.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Don't misunderstand the lack of inflection inherent in type.
I look forward to few shows more than this new season of The Leftovers, and sincerely hope it is as good as it has been up to now.
That's not snarky or sarcastic, even if it looks that way from the wrong angle.
Oh, I wasn't suggesting that. Just that if there's ever a time to have faith in Lindelof, it's now. If he didn't have some good ideas in mind for S3, I don't think he'd have pushed as hard as he did to get that one more season. [Reply]
Final Season pending tonight, and the word across the board has been OVERWHELMINGLY encouraging [reviewers received 7 of the 8 episodes, so it could fall apart at the very end, but it doesn't sound like it].
I won't catalog all the glowing reviews, just state they're out there and they're uniformly glowing. That coupled with prior enthusiasm should suffice.
Leftovers, Fargo, Better Call Saul, The Americans and GoT may be top 10 shows all time, all on or pending right now. Up there with Justified, Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Final Season pending tonight, and the word across the board has been OVERWHELMINGLY encouraging [reviewers received 7 of the 8 episodes, so it could fall apart at the very end, but it doesn't sound like it].
I won't catalog all the glowing reviews, just state they're out there and they're uniformly glowing. That coupled with prior enthusiasm should suffice.
Leftovers, Fargo, Better Call Saul, The Americans and GoT may be top 10 shows all time, all on or pending right now. Up there with Justified, Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
I really wish there was an active discussion of this show, even if it had to be in DC. It raises cogent questions about real world spirituality, and it would be interesting to see real world reactions to the stories.
There really isn't anything on television like it. There are some scenes that can make one misty just recalling them.
And that opening credit sequence. Wow!! Encapsulates the show without revealing a thing, and puts you right into the mood to watch every time.
One of the best bits I saw, given this post, was that it almost seemed like Lindelof went back in time and asked certain artists to write songs 30 or 40 years ago JUST FOR episodes in this season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Yeah, Australia is a final season guest star!!
funny parallel.. a fringe board i frequented had a user that thought he was jesus. would try to recruit people to come here down under as it was the only safe place when the rapture happened. then he went and threatened obama and was incarcerated for 18 months :-) [Reply]
