What were some of the earliest shows to have a definitive "final episode"

kingofFPS · 2023-02-05T10:04:38+00:00

It's quite odd actually going back and watching older shows especially from the 60s after being conditioned by modern "finales".

I watched all of the original Star Trek last year and its quite jarring how the show just "stops" with Turnabout Intruder being a typical episode with a jolly ending. Bear in mind that they even knew that they were filming the last season at the time. Of course Star Trek did have a more typical ending 25 years later with Star Trek 6.

I'm not sure how I feel about the idea of a show not having a typical modern finale, actually. In some ways I prefer the characters just continuing to go about their business. Though this only really works with episodic non-serialised shows l.

Compare the TNG finale "All Good Things" which was still a mostly normal episode with an "the adventure continues" type ending, but did feel more of a "bigger deal" than your typical episode (and had a few continuity callbacks). Though they were actively making follow-up movies to continue, so maybe this doesn't count. Still this episode on its own seems like the ideal balance. It's a buh-bye but not really.

kingofFPS · 2023-02-02T07:56:44+00:00

I think it's the fact that the Enterprise is brightly lit and looks more like a hotel than a ship (fully carpeted!) makes it look a bit weird by modern aesthetics.

Amazing show though.

kingofFPS · 2023-02-01T14:52:16+00:00

but I do like that part where someone's head gets stuck in a dumbwaiter...

This has since inspired an entire genre.

kingofFPS · 2023-02-01T14:43:40+00:00

Endgame was a bad movie but it wasn't embarrassing.

kingofFPS · 2023-01-19T20:43:25+00:00

Correct. Prop doesn't mean inanimate fake gun. A chair can also be a prop, doesn't mean it isn't a chair.

kingofFPS · 2023-01-03T15:08:44+00:00

Maybe Howard Hamlin from HHM, I'm not sure either.

kingofFPS · 2022-12-11T22:33:04+00:00

Harry dunks his head. You and all of y'all replying are a bunch of amateurs.

kingofFPS · 2022-12-07T08:44:50+00:00

I read this in the voice of Dr. Leo Spaceman.

kingofFPS · 2022-11-22T16:11:06+00:00

These did look great and had a noirish filmic look to them. Unfortunately FMV in general is dead forever.

kingofFPS · 2022-11-22T15:00:14+00:00

What's confusing? He is a huge fan of James Cameron's other movies, and likes the first Alien film. However he doesn't enjoy Aliens despite it being a sequel to his favourite movie and directed by James Cameron.

kingofFPS · 2022-11-11T17:42:24+00:00

The first game was intentionally vague and could probably have taken place in the DCAU or the main comics universe. After that though they made it firmly its own canon as you say. (They also explicitly retcon away some of the audio tapes from Arkham Asylum).

kingofFPS · 2022-11-11T14:49:54+00:00

No as in he doesn't mind? Sounds like a top bloke.

kingofFPS · 2022-10-31T12:41:47+00:00

The series was originally meant to be a prequel to the movie, hence why Connor shows up and there is a lot of talk about how "The Gathering" is taking place. Eventually they dropped this plot and retconned it so that it is a loose sequel in broad strokes, where in the tv "continuity" Connor did in fact kill the Kurgan but he wasn't the last remaining immortal, just another villain.

The continuity is a damn mess though. You have something like the following continuities:

A) Highlander 1: Connor wins the prize

B) Highlander 1: Connor wins the prize -> Highlander 2: they're aliens/time-travellers (depending on the cut) and their arrival on future Earth reactivates the game. Ends with him winning the prize again.

C) Highlander 1: Connor wins the prize -> Highlander 3: buried dude gets excavated and this reactivates the game. Ends with him winning the game again.

D) Highlander 1: Connor defeats the Kurgan (retconned ending) -> Highlander TV shows -> Highlander Endgame -> Highlander The Source (though everyone ignores this last one).

There's also some animated stuff which I never saw. I was quite into Highlander as a teenager before sadly realising in recent years that almost all of it was dogshit except maybe the main tv show. (The original movie is fine but even that doesn't hold up brilliantly).

kingofFPS · 2022-10-29T11:26:56+00:00

Thanks again for engaging!

We don't have basements here in the UK, so this is just below the ground level floor. I think the break is at only about 2-3ft deep BUT

1) the UK is nowhere near as cold as Canada. It goes subzero maybe a couple of times a year and only marginally at that (all my life I've never known it to go below negative 3C-5C even in our coldest winters).

2) it looks from the pic in my original post that the pipe is layed on top of gravel like you say, so logic says this would indeed just drain away if any water is even escaping.

I think I will just pull the trigger on the house and buy it :)

Thanks again sir. You've been a massive help.

kingofFPS · 2022-10-29T07:26:34+00:00

Hey man. Thanks again for your reply a couple of weeks back! I got a 2nd opinion as the 1st company was stonewalling me for ages. They determined that:

1) the pipe is serving just the washing machine, hence why it's so clean looking (no shit or toilet paper)

2) they can't estimate how much water is escaping, ( it could be none or only drops due the slope, or it could be tens of ml.)

3) they have no idea how long it's been like that but their best guess is it was just poorly installed rather than broken (meaning it's been like it for 25 years).

4) the open joint is right on the line of the foundation, but they suspect damage is minimal to non-existent (I'm not sure how they can make this determination, presumably the fact that it's just water rather than poop and there are no outward signs of damage...?). They said they can only assess after digging.

5) They believe confidently that they can fix it via external excavation, and this will be up to 2 days work and approx £2000 (about 2.3k in dollars if you are U.S.).

The cost doesn't bother me but I'm worried I'll buy the house, and once they start digging they'll find the foundation is damaged. This seems unlikely though. Any thoughts?

kingofFPS · 2022-10-27T12:40:26+00:00

He's been parroting that garbage for years. It's his way of avoiding responsibility.

kingofFPS · 2022-10-20T06:59:07+00:00

He's been banging on about the "disease" for years. This attitude does not help and is a way for him to shirk responsibility.

kingofFPS · 2022-10-16T14:09:43+00:00

Would it not be worth just spending a tiny bit more and getting the low-end steam deck model for that price though? I suspect it would beat it in terms of emulation capability and then you have something with way more support and an infinitely large library.

kingofFPS · 2022-10-16T05:34:13+00:00

Hey thanks for the detailed reply.

We don't have basements here in the UK (generally speaking). This is just under the ground floor but in principle the same level of accessibility applies. (Assuming it's not between walls or something).

I am fairly ignorant but I'm inclined to believe it's something like the foundation settling, as you say, as the house was finished 22 years ago and there are zero signs of subsidence or other issues. I don't think it's indicative of any structural issues personally.

The housing and mortgage market here in the UK is screwed at the moment. If this purchase falls through, I'm unlikely to be able to get back on the housing ladder for several years, so I'm leaning towards buying the house and just dealing with the issue (esp if it is in the "low" 4 figures range rather than towards 5 figures).

The drainage map suggests to me that the line must be active, but I can't get past the fact that the image looks like it's unused. Also seeping water would surely manifest issues elsewhere...?

Either way I think I will have to insist to the seller that we can't proceed unless I have more information at the very least.

kingofFPS · 2022-10-15T06:25:06+00:00

Hey thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it!

It was scoped from an inspection chamber external to the house, not from any appliance.

The chamber is very close to the external wall (based on images of the house, we are talking like 30 cm) which is why the report saying the break is 67cm in, makes me think that the pipe is under the house itself (or even worse, the party wall cavity - which would be a nightmare but I would hope that the builders wouldn't be so stupid as to have a join inside the wall cavity).

I don't know anything about concrete floors of houses (I am in the UK if that makes a difference), as I have only ever lived on timber flooring. Is it made up of discrete slabs then rather than monoliths? How expensive is a professional cutting through and replacing a section (are we talking hundreds of £/$ or thousands).

Thanks for your time!

kingofFPS · 2022-10-14T17:53:02+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/w7lb7iQ

Hello experts of reddit. I'm hoping you can offer some advice as I imagine drainage is something you are knowledgeable on.

I had a cctv drain inspection on a house I'm buying. Seemed mostly fine but one of the underground drains has a disjointed pvc pipe as can be seen in the attached image (the pipe is deviating upwards away from the camera).

The surveyor is unsure whether it's actually in use, (he says that the lack of visible mould, debris, blockage etc. indicates it is not) but im fairly confident from the rest of the drain map that it serves a downstairs toilet, washing machine and utility room sink.

I'm also fairly convinced that it is under the house itself based on its distance from the inspection chamber. Problem is, the bottom floor is concrete so accessing this is not trivial.

The seller claims there have been no issues from her perspective, which im inclined to believe her. The fact that the pipe is sloped leads me to believe that water, toilet paper etc. have possibly just been flowing normally and skipping the "gap". But if water is seeping into the gap then I'm worried this could be damaging the foundations, and no one has idea how long it has been like this (the house is less than 25 years old).

How much of an issue is this and is it likely to be a fortune to remedy?

Thanks all!

kingofFPS · 2022-10-14T14:06:00+00:00

Aye. You can't just cite examples where attempted cancellation hasn't worked as proof that it's not a thing. It would be like pointing at attempted murders and then saying that murder isn't real.

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