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6/21
3 years. I haven't really been able 2 bring myself 2 get into #POI stuff since those shitty last eps. This simulation still sucks
Every time I think abt how they chose to end the story & how many ppl actually ate it up, it has me in literal agony
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It’s not bc all ended so darkly, or fuckin tropes
I don’t mind my beloved chars dying. I'm a sucker 4 drama/tragedy – I would've loved a good tearjerker. But «sad»/«tragedy» are hardly the words 4 it
It was both cheesy & soul-crushing at the same time
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While S5 wasn’t terrible in general (however it was profound disappointment compared to the amazing stuff in the past), 10-13 felt like steering into the realm of bad fan fiction. They screwed the pooch right at the end, right when it mattered most
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Acting, cinematography & music were great.
But the actual plot felt really off, like they basically decided to eliminate the chars' development in the course of the last seasons – somehow it's gone backwards for most chars instead of just stalling out
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Not even the good music & camera work could save it
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When I got to the end credits, I was speechless. #POIFinale depressed the shit out of me.
Not bc it was time to say goodbye – bc so much poignant of what I had learnt abt the life & chars from previous seasons was revealed as being meaningless & going nowhere
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I didn’t expect a happy ending. But it had to be an ADEQUATE one – the one where authors make an honest attempt at honouring their chars/relationships & the world they've built; where narrative arcs fit (or do NOT destroy, at least) characters’ arcs
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What was done to the main heroes was complete BS
Finch felt like being just a vehicle the writers did whatever the hell they wanted 2 do with regardless of logic/character consistency.
John, Root, Shaw & even TM had their story arcs completely ignored
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Finch found someone he could love/be himself. Mad props.
So did John, Root & Shaw.
The writers made a point of Finch having already lost the love of his live to some tragedy & that it was basically over 4 him. Whereas the rest had only just found that
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Killing Reese was kind of cancelled out development from S4 (especially 4x20) & his attempts to look inward and eventually have a relationship with Iris. Like "lone wolf" death wish he had in S1 & self-sacrifice was still the only thing he’s good for
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Root's d* was among the lamest in fiction
Whoever tried 2 say she "got one with TM"/always wanted this, either looked way too hard 4 it or was dumbfoundedly blind.
It was entirely antithetical to 1 of the show’s main themes: You’re not interchangeable
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Shaw was simply given a grenade to swallow & left for dead (spiritually).
No «Shaw» anymore; just emotionless killing machine all over again (revert back to her S2 sociopathic self), who smiles at the camera.
Who'll have to serve TM with Root's voice.
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Not to mention some huge plot holes of 5x13 concerning Root & TM
Redirect:
https://twitter.com/sameenshawstan/status/1106425244540198914

«Looks like they dug her up. Guessing they got to her cochlear. I should have had her cremated. But I just didn’t have the heart».

Fucking facepalm...
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I don't rant abt it a lot bc I refuse to acknowledge this shit really happened. But still. What kind of POI fan could LIKE smth that ridiculous & cynical? (well, apart from some fuckin retards among Acker/Root or Shahi/Shaw haters, and some nolanists)
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Finch turning into a drama queen. TM turning into Finch's sock-puppet
TM, Who steals Root's VOICE instead of being Herself & developing Her own personality, as it always was.
No team effort.
Ice-9
It's like they basically went from Odyssey to Hallmark
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Not to mention forgotten chars: Control, Clair, Gabriel H.
Casey, Jason, Daizo, the 3 IT guys who we were told might be able to take the world back, & who got hidden from SAM in S3.
It's just so arbitrary to set that up and never return to those chars
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It's OK S5 was rushed.They had no time 4 many options
Fuck CBS
What I'd never expect was that #JNolan would give a flying fuck abt so much he did masterfully before, 4 the sake of Finch "going dark" and that weird-ass "Root-is-the-voice-of-TM" concept
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"...We're all simulations now. Nathan, Elias, Carter... they're all still in there. ("Dead but not gone") TM's still watching over them. She's watching over us too. This is the next world, Harry. The world you built"

What the actual fuck was that??
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The show offered a nuanced portrayal of AI – and what it means 2 be HUMAN. That's exactly what made is so fantastic: it's humanity.
Remember the plot-lines/quotes abt how precious every life is & how important hum relationships are (as opposed to AI)?
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Ppl & 2nd chances.
Connections with other ppl, though not necessarily romantic ones
And then, all of a sudden, bc the writers didn't properly pace & plan S5, by the end we got «oh, whatever, we're just shapes / memories, who cares, we'll live forever»
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Human life/human factor doesn’t seem 2 be that precious/important anymore
Why? We have TM, a GOD Who can gain 99,6% indistinguishability with anyone; Who emulates/articulates our values & will; Who knows us better than we do & can calculate ALL
Absurd
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How we've come from «Every life matters» to «As long as TM lives, we never die»? From «You’re not interchangeable» to «We are virtually indistinguishable»?
From «We walk in the dark – doesn’t mean we have to walk in it alone» to «Everyone dies alone»?
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As long as JN acts like POI was always building 2 THAT point, part of me still hopes it was some sort of sick prank
That's shitty. Their canon is the only canon that matters. Only what they LIKED as opposed 2 what was before/what'd be true to the plot
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But the shittiest thing? The part of the fanbase, that actually enjoyed #POIFinale, seems to DOMINATE the landscape. Their fav eps? The ones that make you puke with OOC. Their fav season? The one where the show turned on itself like a snake eating its own tail
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No one should ever give a standing ovation to a movie / series ending, if there are ppl who feel devastated by it. That's fuckin heinous.
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Yeah, series isn't reality, & that's my problem 4 taking POI too personally.
But still.
Learn to distinguish between hating show endings mindlessly & «hating» them for legitimate reasons. Sometimes it takes more than one brain cell to follow a tv show
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I envy #GameofThrones fans. Your world, chars & their relationships were f-n ruined too. But at least you have #GRRMartin, safe & sound, who'll write a true ending someday
And all WE have is 2 get drunk another Friday evening & shout from the rooftops
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I'd never say #POIFinale can be qualified as an «ending» at all.
It was that kind of «ending» that excites the desire not to rewatch the show but to fuckin burn it out of memory.
It was that kind of «ending» that actually necessitates continuation in some form
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POI will always be remembered as a groundbreaking show with unique & great chars, performed by the marvelous actors. But it will also 4ever be tainted by the stereotyped /unfitting conclusion as well
Anyway I think we can all agree POI had only 99 eps
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Long story short: fuck #JNolan and his vision.
And fuck those viewers, who stand by it.
Before you, guys, choose to defend The Vision further & screw up again – step back and take a very long look at what we really saw on screen 3 years ago.
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