I personally don't think Buffy should have been cancelled after season 3, I do admit that it wasn't the same without Angel and that the stories took a new turn. But in a way it reflects how life changes, people & relationships change.

The introduction of Dawn created a very fuzzy viewpoint for sometime but after a while you see the difference in the way she affects the characters around her.

I'm kinda surprised Voyager reached 7 seasons even though I liked it. I certainly don't believe Enterprise will accomplish the same.

There's no series I would really knock down. I'm tending to think scifi in general gets pulled before it starts

I'm another one who'd have pulled the plug on Buffy after season 3. I think that the trouble with the show is that the first 3 seasons formed a complete story arc with the Mayor, the hellmouth and Buffy and Angel's tragic romance.

Once that Mayor was gone, the hellmouth closed and the characters had "come of age", the show's arc was over, the story of those characters had been told.

As the scoobies stood around "taking a moment" to look at the school in ruin, Oz said in the final scene "...and we're done." He wasn't just talking about their moment. He was talking about their story, and thus metaphorically he was talking about their show.

But those three seasons... WOW some of the best Sci-Fi type stuff EVER I'll always treasure those 3 seasons

Ironically, I'm realy enjoying the 7th season of Buffy, but it's taken a lot for it to convince me it's any good, I think it's gone full circle as many of us thought it would Back to the old Xander and Willow and Buffy type formula that worked so well "back in the day" If it had have been cancelled, then we wouldn't have this season, and overall, maybe that would be a bad thing.


I'd also have done the same to Angel by now. His story is/was the apocalypse and being a "key player" according to Wolfram and Hart. I think the show should always have stuck to that arc, deviate a little to bring some relief by all means but they should have told the story they set out to tell. Not changed their minds halfway through and get rid of Lyndsey (sp?) they should have pushed forward offering the actor the big bucks to stay on as the show's key player. These days it's hard to see where the aging David Boreanaz fits into the grand scheme of things, and that's a shame

Angel had so much promise as a supernatural detective show crossed with an epic struggle, but has degenerated into a romantic comedy with a vampire as one of the characters.

Hell, these days it might as well be "Friends", if only Ross had just happened to be one of the undead


I think these two suffer in the "cancellation stakes" (no pun intended) for being truly arc driven shows. When they're riding that arc to completion they're the best TV around When they stray from those arcs, they just a farce

Shows like ST-TNG should have been cancelled after the pilot But ironically being episode based they worked for so much longer with many of the best episodes coming throught the later seasons, each episode stood on it's own and I think that's why they deserved their longevity. When they change the formula and go to a story arc, like with Enterprise, it gets harder to come up with a suberb show.

Having said that I think Enterprise whilst having a few ropey characters and their accents, does a great job, it's probably my fave ST show since TNG

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by DJ Billy
The Simpsons

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Nooooooooooooooooooo it's one of the best things on telly

Well Andromeda is dire now (it wasnt brilliant before)and I used to like it, but now the opening titles are just vomit inducing.

Sliders when they lost Arturo and finally to the 5th season with only one original character in it.

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by Sange
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Nooooooooooooooooooo it's one of the best things on telly

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The *repeats* are the funniest thing on telly. Not sure about the newer stuff. There's only so many times you can make someone go "D'Oh!!" in new and ingenious ways and make it still as funny. Some of the more recent eps have been a bit lame.

Think after 12 years it's got a bit stale and perhaps Matt Groening can concentrate on Futerama.

Well, he could if it hadn't been cancelled..

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by In a State of Dan
Well, he could if it hadn't been cancelled..

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Well, I didn't know that.

He has even more spare time on his hands to concentrate on something different then, doesn't he?

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by JtB
Well Andromeda is dire now...{snip}

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It was awful from day one!
Best bit is Andriod Rommy though.. Mmmmmleather

*ahem*

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by JtB
Well Andromeda is dire now (it wasnt brilliant before)and I used to like it, but now the opening titles are just vomit inducing.

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I'm annoyed by Andromeda primarily because of how close they come to getting it *RIGHT* sometimes, and how far short they fall too often. It's so close to being one of the best SF shows ever, but fails dismaly with awfull regularity.

At least the 3rd season titles are better than the 2nd season ones!