First of all, what the hell is it with the writers? Why not come up with something else to write Vartan off the show, why do you have to crush Sydney like this?
I can't believe that he would wanna leave the show, so the only thing that I can think of [edited]. It's my right to voice my opinion about this and if I had to guess, well
I don't think there is a true happy ending to the series anymore! And that sucks.
The show is also coming off its worst and least interesting season ever and there's nothing to suggest that things will get better. At this point, after killing off Vaughn and even after what I thought was a decent premiere episode, there's just no chance for the show to have a great season again, especially not after the pregnancy and the things that are coming (see spoiler below, it's a rather popular spoiler, most people know about this).
(What is up with the spoiler tags they're not working! I'll use YELLOW text).
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Also, they completely failed to make Nadia someone we care about and I don't know if she's coming back or not but my guess is that she'll be back for a few episodes. Still, it just seems like there's nothing they can do to bring this show back to its greatness. That Phase One, season 2, OMFG-this-show-is-awesome kind of greatness. I mean it's not remotely close to that. Jack and Sloane have nothing else in the tank, everything they do with them seems to be so repetitive and any secrets they may have are no longer that interesting.
I don't know why I'll still watch - I guess it's because I have the DVDs for the first 3 seasons and I'll wonder if anything good is happening, but it will be a very painful season to watch. And the new cast members will probably make Lauren look like an all-time fan favorite.
Oh, and BTW, Vartan isn't coming back, get it through your heads, he's gone, bye bye, sayonara, finito, R.I.P. Michael Vaughn or Andre Michau or whatever his name was. It's over. They're moving on which at this point is not gonna win any fans over. In fact I completely sympathize with all the shippers and everyone who's followed the show from the beginning like me. I hate this!
If anything, the crappy ratings for the premiere will continue to decrease (they had only 8 million for the premiere and last year they had 14 million). And with a powerhouse like Survivor (CBS) competing with Alias at the 8 PM hour, along with Joey/Will and Grace (NBC), Everybody Hates Chris (UPN), The O.C. (FOX) and Smallville (The WB), it's very possible that Alias could finish 4th in its timeslot.
This could very easily be the case for the rest of the season:
1. Survivor (CBS) 15+ million viewers
2. Joey/Will & Grace OR The O.C. 8-10 million
3. The O.C. OR Joey/Will & Grace 7-9 million
4. Alias 6-8 million
5. Everybody Hates Chris 3-5 million (this show has a lot of buzz)
6. Smallville 2-4 million (Howard Stern said the premiere for this show was excellent and it'll be better than last year, so the WB and UPN will take a decent chunk of the Alias audience).
Sure, The O.C. might suck and Joey and Will & Grace seem like a total joke, but the truth of the matter is that Alias has no buzz and no one cares about a stupid baby.
And with that and the huge but non-surprising spoiler below, forget it, THE SHOW WILL PROBABLY BE OVER AFTER THIS YEAR. And it will be 2 bad seasons in a row.
(Spoiler tags aren't working).
It's regretable but inevitable, this show is coming to an end this season and they got NOTHING going. I just don't care about this girl who was in touch with Vaughn this whole time or how all of this happened. Not even the return of Lena Olin IF it happens can save this season. BTW, APO sucks. Sloane has no edge anymore, and as I said, whatever they do with him and Jack seems to be very repetitive after season 3. They never got us to care too much about Dixon which should be blamed on the writers. And we got no Will, no Francie, hell, no evil sexy temptress Lauren, who would be a lot better than any new characters they might introduce this season. I'd love to see her come back from the dead and screw with Sydney 9 ways 'til Sunday but that's not gonna happen. Melissa George rocks and season 3 was WAAAY better than season 4 by the way.
So the point of this post is just to tell all of you to have no expectations because this season will more than likely suck big-time and the show will be cancelled after this season. I'm sure they'll let J.J. and the writers know ahead of time so they can plan for a series premiere this coming May.
But it shouldn't have been like this. The big blows for Alias are in no particular order, the baby, Vartan leaving, having no Covenant or cool SD-6-like villains to look forward to, the departure of too many fan favorites like Sark, Will, and in my opinion, Lauren, who despite being a really lame character in the beginning of season 3, ended up being the anti-Sydney the show should have embraced and try to re-sell to the non-believers in season 4 (get that?) They could have brought back the Alliance, the Covenant, hell, McKenas Cole, in season 4, but they did none of that. In fact, other than that big car crash at the end of season 4, it just seems like there's NO STORIES from season 4 that matter in season 5, and that tells you right there that the show has completely lost its edge.
This sucks cause it feels like I'm saying goodbye to a show that was once great and something I'd really look forward to every week. Now for me, it's all about TV's hottest and most addictive drama, Nip/Tuck, and Lost. Other shows like Rescue Me and 24 are also more interesting to me than Alias.
Instead of that car crash, they should have ended it last season with a 90-minute episode that would have properly sended the show to syndication.
Posting on AA is a privilege, not a "right". Edited to remove gossip, which is against AA rules. Also, edited title because it invited speculation about a topic which again, is NOT permitted here.
[verdantheart: changed for tagging, 10/26]
I can't believe that he would wanna leave the show, so the only thing that I can think of [edited]. It's my right to voice my opinion about this and if I had to guess, well
I don't think there is a true happy ending to the series anymore! And that sucks.
The show is also coming off its worst and least interesting season ever and there's nothing to suggest that things will get better. At this point, after killing off Vaughn and even after what I thought was a decent premiere episode, there's just no chance for the show to have a great season again, especially not after the pregnancy and the things that are coming (see spoiler below, it's a rather popular spoiler, most people know about this).
(What is up with the spoiler tags they're not working! I'll use YELLOW text).
You know the whole thing with all those LAME new agents and Sydney being the "mentor" for the "new Alias generation" which is total felgercarb *eyeroll* and something that I'm sure will fail. Also, Greg Grunberg is leaving the show which is not that big a deal but it still sucks.
Also, they completely failed to make Nadia someone we care about and I don't know if she's coming back or not but my guess is that she'll be back for a few episodes. Still, it just seems like there's nothing they can do to bring this show back to its greatness. That Phase One, season 2, OMFG-this-show-is-awesome kind of greatness. I mean it's not remotely close to that. Jack and Sloane have nothing else in the tank, everything they do with them seems to be so repetitive and any secrets they may have are no longer that interesting.
I don't know why I'll still watch - I guess it's because I have the DVDs for the first 3 seasons and I'll wonder if anything good is happening, but it will be a very painful season to watch. And the new cast members will probably make Lauren look like an all-time fan favorite.
Oh, and BTW, Vartan isn't coming back, get it through your heads, he's gone, bye bye, sayonara, finito, R.I.P. Michael Vaughn or Andre Michau or whatever his name was. It's over. They're moving on which at this point is not gonna win any fans over. In fact I completely sympathize with all the shippers and everyone who's followed the show from the beginning like me. I hate this!
If anything, the crappy ratings for the premiere will continue to decrease (they had only 8 million for the premiere and last year they had 14 million). And with a powerhouse like Survivor (CBS) competing with Alias at the 8 PM hour, along with Joey/Will and Grace (NBC), Everybody Hates Chris (UPN), The O.C. (FOX) and Smallville (The WB), it's very possible that Alias could finish 4th in its timeslot.This could very easily be the case for the rest of the season:
1. Survivor (CBS) 15+ million viewers
2. Joey/Will & Grace OR The O.C. 8-10 million
3. The O.C. OR Joey/Will & Grace 7-9 million
4. Alias 6-8 million
5. Everybody Hates Chris 3-5 million (this show has a lot of buzz)
6. Smallville 2-4 million (Howard Stern said the premiere for this show was excellent and it'll be better than last year, so the WB and UPN will take a decent chunk of the Alias audience).
Sure, The O.C. might suck and Joey and Will & Grace seem like a total joke, but the truth of the matter is that Alias has no buzz and no one cares about a stupid baby.
And with that and the huge but non-surprising spoiler below, forget it, THE SHOW WILL PROBABLY BE OVER AFTER THIS YEAR. And it will be 2 bad seasons in a row.
(Spoiler tags aren't working).
It's no secret that Jennifer Garner is rumored to be leaving the show after this year. And I hope they don't try to continue the show without Jen cause that would be really retarted. *wink*
It's regretable but inevitable, this show is coming to an end this season and they got NOTHING going. I just don't care about this girl who was in touch with Vaughn this whole time or how all of this happened. Not even the return of Lena Olin IF it happens can save this season. BTW, APO sucks. Sloane has no edge anymore, and as I said, whatever they do with him and Jack seems to be very repetitive after season 3. They never got us to care too much about Dixon which should be blamed on the writers. And we got no Will, no Francie, hell, no evil sexy temptress Lauren, who would be a lot better than any new characters they might introduce this season. I'd love to see her come back from the dead and screw with Sydney 9 ways 'til Sunday but that's not gonna happen. Melissa George rocks and season 3 was WAAAY better than season 4 by the way.
So the point of this post is just to tell all of you to have no expectations because this season will more than likely suck big-time and the show will be cancelled after this season. I'm sure they'll let J.J. and the writers know ahead of time so they can plan for a series premiere this coming May.
But it shouldn't have been like this. The big blows for Alias are in no particular order, the baby, Vartan leaving, having no Covenant or cool SD-6-like villains to look forward to, the departure of too many fan favorites like Sark, Will, and in my opinion, Lauren, who despite being a really lame character in the beginning of season 3, ended up being the anti-Sydney the show should have embraced and try to re-sell to the non-believers in season 4 (get that?)
They could have brought back the Alliance, the Covenant, hell, McKenas Cole, in season 4, but they did none of that. In fact, other than that big car crash at the end of season 4, it just seems like there's NO STORIES from season 4 that matter in season 5, and that tells you right there that the show has completely lost its edge.This sucks cause it feels like I'm saying goodbye to a show that was once great and something I'd really look forward to every week. Now for me, it's all about TV's hottest and most addictive drama, Nip/Tuck, and Lost. Other shows like Rescue Me and 24 are also more interesting to me than Alias.
Instead of that car crash, they should have ended it last season with a 90-minute episode that would have properly sended the show to syndication.
Posting on AA is a privilege, not a "right". Edited to remove gossip, which is against AA rules. Also, edited title because it invited speculation about a topic which again, is NOT permitted here.
[verdantheart: changed for tagging, 10/26]
