Board Thread:Young Justice News/@comment-47881-20130128165351/@comment-432124-20130323021848

LoveWaffle wrote: Cari1994 wrote: For one thing, viewing a series finale as open-ended would motivate them to petition or campaign for a renewal, just as a lot of fans are doing. No it wouldn't. Fans have been doing this since the hiatus (maybe before that), before we had any idea what the finale would look like. We want the show back because we love it, nothing else matters. Cari1994 wrote: As for the series finale plans, Greg said that he tried to ensure that this episode would satisfy the audience in the case of a cancellation Good. Cari1994 wrote: In a way, I do respect that effort, but that doesn't mean that we got that as a result It does mean we got that as a result. Cari1994 wrote: Plus, Greg also said that he tried to keep some loose ends untied for the next season and Brandon has said that they were planning for a three-season arc. But there's no burning question that needs to be answered. Teases and such, but no unresolved plots. Cari1994 wrote: So in that case, ignoring those loose ends or trying to tie them up by yourself would not only undermine the value of this episode, but undermine the value of the entire season, if not the entire show. That's inaccurate. It adds value. What would "undermine" (you're not using that word correctly, BTW) the value of the episode is to think that Greg and Brandon got so ahead of themselves that they couldn't construct a season finale that wrapped up the major plots of that season. And for a show as plot-driven as this one is, that's about all I can ask for.
 * 1) Tell that to the up-spike in signatures that the petition on change.org got after the finale.
 * 2) Notice the emphasis on the word "tried".
 * 3) Tell that to the many reviewers online that said that this finale ended on a cliffhanger and were unhappy that it set up a third season that seems unlikely.
 * 4) How are Darkseid's partnership with the Light and the implicit new dystopian future not burning questions and unresolved plots?
 * 5) It may have wrapped up the major plots of the season, but not the major plots of the series. Even Greg refuses to call this a series finale in his rambles on Ask Greg. The reason that ignoring these loose ends weaken the value of the show is because it doesn't give appreciation for the complexity of the overall plot and how everything that happens in the show is connected in some way. It does this by taking big plot points like the ones mentioned above and discarding them as uninteresting, which in turn depreciates the value of many other important plot points.