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redthroatedloon ([personal profile] redthroatedloon) wrote2004-10-11 04:01 pm

Occasional Denial

The Significant Other and I were going through some old tapes recently, and found a taped broadcast (sans commercials) of First Contact, which was the first (and possibly the only) good ST:TNG movie. Actually, it wasn't just good -- we both loved it, and place it among the top three of Trek films.

Which made me realized that we -- the S.O. and myself, and my best friend, for that matter -- have yet to see the final TNG film. Considering that all three of us were rabid TNG fans for many years, that always struck us as a bit strange -- until we remembered what friends had told us (vaguely, true, but still...) about the ending. Which none of us were particularly eager to see. So we all decided to practice denial as the better part of valor.

Same thing happened with the third Alien film. I liked the first, was wild about the second (unusual for me, inasmuch I'm not at all a horror fan), and when I heard about the beginning of the third, I just was Not Interested. Not at all.

Those are the only two I can think of. Didn't even consider not watching Stargate during the Daniel-less season, even though I thought the series had really lost something by his absence, and got positively bored on occasion. Perhaps because it's so much easier to avoid a movie than it is a TV series.

Anyway... that what I was thinking about today. Not very deep, but then, I'm in a wading mood....

[identity profile] destina.livejournal.com 2004-10-11 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering that all three of us were rabid TNG fans for many years, that always struck us as a bit strange -- until we remembered what friends had told us (vaguely, true, but still...) about the ending.

I thought most of the movies were crap, with the exception of First Contact. (This, of course, did not stop me from shelling out to see every one of them.) To me, the perfect ending was the ending of "All Good Things" -- a little poker, good friendship, some snark. :)

[identity profile] jenlev.livejournal.com 2004-10-12 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
i agree with what destina said about "all good things". i went to the movies...but felt a sense of disconnect. for me, that final episode with the poker scene was *the goodbye*. *g*