| Sometimes it is well used, other times it serves nothing more than to leave me with plot-blue-balls. |
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Radioskpup said: Sometimes it is well used, other times it's just laziness Agree with this after my fix. A perfect example: Shinigami-sama ni Saigo no Onegai wo was a cliche, yet enjoyable shinigami manga. , until the end where thins started to get really heated and awesome. We were presented with a cool character backstory and an interesting mystery for the mc to solve. I was all excited to see how, how in the world, the story would be resolved in just three chapters! The answer: SPOILER http://www.mangahere.com/manga/shinigamisama_ni_saigo_no_onegai_o/c018/33.html Yes it's a spoiler, but not really. The last page of the manga. Notice how it says "Please try to think about who the culprit is." on the bottom right hand corner. DON'T FUCKING BULLSHIT ME! The mangaka just got really fucking lazy and quit, slapping on that pathetic excuse for a page at the end. |
MushmallowFeb 9, 2014 6:25 PM
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| Cop out |
| Not exactly a fan of stuff that's open to interpretation and I like my endings to be definite. |
| If it's handled well then I don't really mind but if they bullshit it there's a high chance for me to dislike it. |
| I've only seen one (Phantom Requiem) and I thought it was crap: My guess is that most are impish/troll devices used by writers, who then sit back and laugh their asses off at threads running a hundred pages deep. But idk, I haven't seen any good ones yet... |
DouluoFeb 9, 2014 7:17 PM
TheGrandSage23 said: Its either this or there wasnt enough in the budget to create a proper ending. Only exception I know of is NGE mainly because the director is probably the only one who can explain that ending.Cop out |
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| "Open for interpretation" endings are nice in shows that are made for analysis, where you're supposed to draw your own conclusion based on your own experiences and whatnot. It's damn hard to pull off though. Otherwise, it just robs viewers of a conclusion. Sometimes it's to leave it open to another season, other times it's done for reasons of DEEPNESS. Either ways, it's a game of keep away with the ending, and that sucks. |
| Endings like that are very lame, unless if they're used to hint at another season or something... |
| This question is nonsensical because all endings are open for interpretation. All stories--all good ones at least--are vehicles for creating interpretations. This might be one of THE most important facts about them. Let me let Umberto Eco help me here: A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would not have written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations. -Umberto Eco That quote was for novels but it works for any kind of fiction. I tend to prefer endings which leave things open. People who want everything explained to them...you're missing the purpose of fiction. |
Heredity said: Open for interpretation. |
| my avatar is the bus driver from Rosario + Vampire |
| It can work for certain scenarios, where a debate would be interesting I want to write the author an angry letter if it's pointlessly open, some romance will do this and I hate it... |
| Want to talk? Club! "Would you like an anti-psychotic?" *Bonus points if you leave a comment about the meaning of my signature.* |
| I like them in movies, not an actual series. |
Radioskpup said: Sometimes it is well used, other times it serves nothing more than to leave me with plot-blue-balls. i think that about sums it up. sometimes you are left with a great wondering and walk away with fantastic interpretations. other times its just fucking stupid. i have a love/hate relationship with Gantz. I mean c'moon |
| Its shit. Absolute shit. |
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| Hit or miss. Sometimes the lines blur but if its not well done, its usually a miss... |
| Depends. It always depends on something... But sometimes it becomes terribly confusing how to interpret an ending, like in NGE for example. |
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Proust said: I've only seen one (Phantom Requiem) and I thought it was crap: My guess is that most are impish/troll devices used by writers, who then sit back and laugh their asses off at threads running a hundred pages deep. But idk, I haven't seen any good ones yet... phantom's final scene pissed me off. it felt like an easy way out for the writers because they didnt have to actually think of a proper and more fitting ending. reminds me of the Wolfs Rain ending..which wasnt really the ending because there was a 4 ep OVA which acts a s a seqauel that is supposed to be the real ending but i havent seen the OVA to this day cause i really didnt care..for me the story was over. |
| No because I don't enjoy pretentious fan boy, over-analytical interpretations. The latter behavior becomes a grotesque manifestation with a life of it's own. The anime is suddenly deemed a stroke of genius as their interpretation becomes de-facto canon. As a result, there is an encyclopedia's worth of interpretation that is capable of providing enough source material to write a remake of the said anime. |
zzzeallyFeb 10, 2014 1:42 AM
| Open for interpretation as in it leaves you with questions about the aftermath of the conclusion: Good As in they did not conclude the series: Bad |
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| It depends on how they do it, and how much is left open to interpretation. I usually don't really mind if there is something that is left open, but for example not writing an ending at all goes too far. |
| For those who seek perfection, there can be no rest on this side of the grave. Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. |
| It's fantastic when it works but i find it rarely works out well because it creates one big shit storm of which ending is correct and eventually one interpretation becomes the main one which people will use and then ''open for interpretation'' is lost so it can work but it's hard to do and CAN be lazy. |
| It will lead to difference in opinions, and as a result will lead to shitstorms on forums. So, a clean ending seems to be more logical to me. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
| I usually like open endings, very much. But there are some animes or films, or books that I love so much that require to have a definite ending, and when they haven't, I feel so pissed off. |
| If there's some sort of purpose to doing something like that I welcome it. I like it when shows make me think. Although I don't like it in shows like Eva where things are left open just because the writers couldn't think of an answer. |
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Beholda said: Old_Raven said: Its shit. Absolute shit. This is my opinion also. |
antonn said: Beholda said: Old_Raven said: Its shit. Absolute shit. This is my opinion also. I don't care if it's well done or not, don't end shit open to interpretation. Give me a definite ending whether I like it or not. |
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Cupquake said: Radioskpup said: Sometimes it is well used, other times it's just laziness Agree with this after my fix. A perfect example: Shinigami-sama ni Saigo no Onegai wo was a cliche, yet enjoyable shinigami manga. , until the end where thins started to get really heated and awesome. We were presented with a cool character backstory and an interesting mystery for the mc to solve. I was all excited to see how, how in the world, the story would be resolved in just three chapters! The answer: SPOILER http://www.mangahere.com/manga/shinigamisama_ni_saigo_no_onegai_o/c018/33.html Yes it's a spoiler, but not really. The last page of the manga. Notice how it says "Please try to think about who the culprit is." on the bottom right hand corner. DON'T FUCKING BULLSHIT ME! The mangaka just got really fucking lazy and quit, slapping on that pathetic excuse for a page at the end. LOL That was laziness at its worst |
| Done right: BLAME! Done wrong: Evangelion |
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| I like these kind of stories where the author found a way to represent symbolically his message what accommodates many different possibilities for each one who watched/read it to come up with their own theories and "philosophical" understandings. However, it can be shit and a product of laziness what is really displeasing. |
| I think it's probably up for interpretation. |
| Personally I dislike open endings, they cause me to think about all sorts of what-if questions which distract me from things I should be doing (be it work, school, or otherwise). I like my endings wrapped up nicely with a little bow on it. I know that a lot of shows do that in order to keep people thinking about it but it just really bothers me because I want closure, I don't want to be left wondering who gets with who or whether or not someone liver or dies. Mod Note: merged with existing thread. |
FreshPrinceofMALFeb 22, 2014 11:14 PM
| Depends if it's done right or not; good example of WRONG would be Kyokai no kanata Like seriously, that show had everything good going for it, then |
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| I liked the open endings in both Shutter Island and Inception. Although Shutter Island didn't really have an open ending. |
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| I prefer solid conclusions, but there have been cases where open endings have made things more beautiful or powerful. It's difficult to explain, but open endings can be a good tool given the right conditions an circumstances. |
| There are cases where an open ending is awesome (e.g. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom). |
Lime_ said: Depends if it's done right or not; good example of WRONG would be Kyokai no kanata Like seriously, that show had everything good going for it, then I don't think that's entirely fair. The only thing that show had going for it was the high production value, it had nothing else. At all. Nothing. Literally fuck all. Like properly zero. Nada. |
| They're good in their own genres, I prefer they fit better in a character driven story than in a plot driven story, |
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Infinite said: I don't think that's entirely fair. The only thing that show had going for it was the high production value, it had nothing else. At all. Nothing. Literally fuck all. Like properly zero. Nada. Meh, first thing that came to mind |
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| I get irritated by open endings I want to see the story out until the end or the clearly foreseeable future This is why I really prefer it when Yuri indicates that marriage (or living together because Japan is a cruel place) has happened/will happen in said: I don't see how that was an open ending, that was rather definitiveThere are cases where an open ending is awesome (e.g. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom). |
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| i don't mind them it can end however it wants |
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