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[Genera1Nemesis]

Lost at least tied everything up for the characters and provided symbolism from every major mythology in the world....BSG just blatantly said 'hey, Christians are totally right!!!"

[Vilegrim]

oh yea and the old World of Darkness...

[ticklefist]

Stygian1 wrote...

Nothing has gone from being so beautiful to being so ugly so quickly.

Absolutely nothing. Did things end on a similar note? Sure, they just didn't have to fall as far.

[TSSR666]

fish of doom wrote...

mamba 12 wrote...

fish of doom wrote...

neon genesis evangelion. which got fixed with a movie ("the end of evangelion").

That's actually what i thought of. Unexplained existensialism BS in the original ending, badassery in the "fixed" ending.

evangelion actually NAMED THE TROPE (the "gainax ending")...

The movie was not a fix.  That was a middle finger to the fandom.  <-- Original Eva Fandubber, from before anime was cool

[Rower_DK]

KOTOR 2....! but mass effect 3's ending suckt even more!

[AtreiyaN7]

qdust wrote...

 Books, Movies, Television shows. Comic books....whatever.

The only thing I can think of that comes close is the ending of the Dark Tower series.

Anyone got any others?

The ending to the Dark Tower series wasn't bad in my opinion. In fact, there is a happy ending for most of the characters - at which point King warns that you should stop reading (but who was actually going to do that, heh). The issue is that while you might want Roland to have peace and effectively ride off into the sunset, that doesn't happen.

It's clear that Roland is stuck in a loop and lives his life over and over again. However, in all the previous cycles he's been through, nothing has changed. This last time, something has changed, and in fact, he has changed (just enough) as a person. Since you clearly read the series too, you know that Roland finally regains the horn that he lost at the Battle of Jericho Hill. It represents hope that this new cycle will be different and implies that Roland will, in all likelihood, finally earn the rest that he deserves at this point (and I think Gan whispered to him too).

Was it shocking and unconventional? Yes, but I found it satisfying. I roughly equate to Roland's experience to the Buddhist cycle of reincarnation too - he gradually attains enlightenment over time. If anyone wants to complain about bad endings, I'll point at The Sopranos. You might not like not getting everything answered, etc, but you want lack of closure? Try the sudden cut to a black screen on that show in the final episode.

[Zofiya]

The X-Files ending was pretty WTF, but at the end of The X-Files, most fans were just waiting for it to die quietly, so it was more of a blessing.

With Mass Effect, we were expecting it to go out spectacularly. Instead I feel like someone took it into a back alley, beat it, stabbed it, and left it to bleed to death. Then when the cops get there, they find out that John Doe (nee Shepard) had a great job and a family who loved him, was a philanthropist and volunteered for good causes, and the killer was a teenager who did it on a dare.

[turian_rage]

WazTheMagnificent wrote...

The Challenger Mission. And Columbia too I guess.

Damn.

[Adain878]

fish of doom wrote...

http://tvtropes.org/...in/GainaxEnding

Gah, careful about linking tvtropes. I was in a trope hole for a good bit there.

[SilencedScream]

The War of 1812.

[lucidfox]

Caesar2001 wrote...

Neverwinter Nights 2, before DLC. Rocks fall, everybody dies.

NWN2 didn't have DLC, it had expansions. Atari had a little more dignity than EA.

[crapmonster13]

I honestly can't think of anything.

[Caz Neerg]

Genera1Nemesis wrote...

Lost at least tied everything up for the characters and provided symbolism from every major mythology in the world....BSG just blatantly said 'hey, Christians are totally right!!!"

The worst part with BSG was the way that when Apollo suggested that cities and modern medical technology were, like, totally bad dude, everybody just nodded and smiled and then wandered off to die young in the woods of easily treated diseases.  Not one dissenting voice.  The writing at that point, which had so excellently portrayed human nature throughout the series, got it totally wrong.  Just like the end of ME3, if we take it at face value, gets both Shepard and Joker completely wrong.

[Major Alenko]

Lost didn't end this bad, Lost ended perfectly focused on the characters, which is what we're after from the ME3 ending isn't it? People just wanted answers with Lost, they gave us closure of the character which is the only thing that matters.

[Bantz]

Oj simpsons marriage, although that was probably slightly less painful

[SaladinDheonqar]

I can't really think of anything this bad.

[Sundance31us]

Adain878 wrote...

KyUuAbI wrote...
Farscape

They fixed that with peacekeeper wars. I still miss that show...

Same here.

[azarhal]

Caz Neerg wrote...

azarhal wrote...

Divine Divinity 2, before the Dragon Knight Saga version which add an expension.

Actually, DD2 might be worst, because you don't have a choices on what happen...you lose no matter what.

You mean just like our current ending?

No, for ME3 to have an ending similar to DD2 it needs to end the game after Shepard was blasted by the last beam from Harby and getting a couple cutscenes showing the Reapers destroying the galaxy...

[CasbynessPC]

The original Planet of the Apes movies.

Quantum Leap.

Farscape? Didn't watch it much.

Neo Genesis Evangelon?

Simoun? - this is an anime that ends with just as little epilogue/explanation.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Splice.

My Name is Earl.

The book "Cat's Cradle".


To name a few...

[CrasVox]

Lost was a rought ending because they went in a direction that none of the viewership wanted to go.

The viewers all wanted answers, about Darama, about the others, about the island. The writers said all along the show was about the characters, not the mystery they found themsevles in.

So the ending fit that theme. They all found redemption in one form or another, and their bonds being so great, they find themselves even in the after life.

Expecting a nice exposition explaining the mysteries of the island, yhea it fell stupidly short of that.

Mass Effect does not fall into this catagory.

The ME3 ending is pure crap. It contradicts itself. It is not like the players were ignoring the themes and expecting something that wasnt supposed to come. The game leads to an expectation that the ending contradicts in a very jarring and unsatisfying way.

That is why the Mass Effect 3 ending fails so bad. The Matrix ended as it should. Everyone reading that expected Neo to sacrafice himself to save humanity. It was the purpose of his character. He was always portrayed as a Christ figure.

No one should have expected that the Reapers exist so they can kill all life before their own synthetic creations could do it. It just makes no sense. Especially with how the Quarian/Geth conflict can be resolved so well, far beyond what I ever would have expected. And it still felt good and natural when it happened.

The ME3 ending is a hack job. I equate it more to Sopranos. That was a hack job. But it was for most of the series. Poorly produced and written garbage.

[Vilegrim]

on another note: http://www.rockpaper...on-this-summer/ I believe he phrase is SQUUEEE!

[GraciousCat]

Uh. Kotor 2, Fallout 3 (without Broken Steel). That's about all I can come up with.

[Crazed Weevil]

SilencedScream wrote...

The War of 1812.

Winner!

[Bob5312]

Well, there was the time Lord of the Rings ended with Frodo keeping the ring. Then a small ghostly child appeared, introduced himself as God, and explained that Sauron and the Ring were his way of controlling the orcs so they don't eat everyone. Then Gondor, Rivendell, and Rohan exploded for no apparent reason (though the explosions were different colours, so that helps). Finally, Frodo and Gollum became buddies and walked off into the sunset as the credits began to roll. We got a post credits shot of Merry, Pippin, and Sam waking up in Isengard together and staring hopefully at a rising sun.

Except that didn't happen. Because that would have been ridiculous.

[vallix]

The Angry One wrote...

Battlestar Galactica

I usually find myself agreeing with most of your posts, this one is no different.