Having managed/worked in a Starbucks for five years I have seen a really shocking amount of Starbucks tattoos. A tattoo of a coffee tree or cherry is cool but I have seen the logo on peoples arms...just why.
All long running series run into trouble wrapping things up. LOST and this are similar in that some of the middle seasons were such chores. The end of LOST didn't work for me, but it didn't ruin the entire show for me. I don't think the end of this would ruin the entire show for me either since I've cooled on the series as a whole over the last few years.
I do think a lot of shows that have been around for a while will always have trouble wrapping things up with a 100% satisfying ending, but yeah, for whatever reason there is a noticeable shift in tone and feel. In general, it feels like they are rushing to get things moving along and some of the dialogue and logic inevitably gets a little sloppy. It's still exciting, but the payoffs just don't feel as earned as they used to and I feel like people are generally picking up on that. I have to keep myself from being too critical or I'll ruin it for myself, but at the same time...that still sucks to feel that way. Whatever, I guess. haha.
The Americans was nowhere near the level of phenomenon that GoT or Lost are/were. I would actually also argue that Breaking Bad and Mad Men weren't either, despite those shows being very popular in the mainstream. Although BB and MM were definitely closer to GoT/Lost than The Americans was.
I can't speak for The Americans but I'm really having a hard time remember any serious complaints about Mad Men. Gods that show is/was the best!
I’m not talking about level of popularity, but there are a lot of comments going around today saying EVERY long-running show runs into these problems, and that isn’t true. Most of the contenders for best of all time had flawless or near flawless runs start to finish. The last season of The Americans is probably its best, for example.
I haven’t watched the whole thing, only parts when my mom was watching. What didn’t people like about the ending?
Well, I can't speak for what anyone else said but what I said was that something that has reached the level of popularity/phenomenon status of GoT is bound to disappoint people regardless of quality.
I said all when I should have said many, my bad. But The Wire is the greatest show of all time, only had 5 seasons, and even that ran into issues in season 5.
It's weird to describe it this way, but I enjoyed Breaking Bad more than The Wire even though The Wire is a higher quality show.
I haven't watched The Americans yet but I do remember friends of mine that were watching at the time saying there were 2 seasons or so in the early run that were pretty "meh", but heard once it hit a certain season that it's strong as hell
lol I was just kidding, I've actually never seen The Wire, it's like my biggest pop-culture blind spot. Actually I've never seen The Sopranos either so either of those I guess.