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Are you somehow forgetting that this is merely one out of the 26 episodes that make up a season, or are you cherry-picking?
by vanderZwan 5y ago
Are you somehow forgetting that this is merely one out of the 26 episodes that make up a season, or are you cherry-picking?
- thaumasiotes 5y agoI'm saying that cliffhangers are a major element of TNG and constitute a very deliberate part of its "house style". They are a small percentage of episodes, but if you made a list of what made TNG distinctive, "seasonal cliffhangers" would be on that list. As such, it's strange to remark on how the show lacks cliffhangers. It's notable for having them!
- vanderZwan 5y agoWords derive meaning from their context, and you're pulling mine out of theirs. The full sentence is: > No end-of-episode cliffhangers or other mechanisms trying to make you binge-watch. I'm talking about mechanisms that modern TV uses to trick people into watching a series many episodes at a time until they're too tired to go on. An end-of-season cliffhanger that was designed to ensure people would come back when the series returned next season after a long break from their weekly Star Trek watching habit is not at all the same thing. Nothing about TNG is attempting to make me, the viewer, binge-watch it. In the case of me and my GF, since we know exactly when we are about to watch an end-of-season episode we just plan an extra hour for it that evening. That's it.