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| Why did it have to end like this? WHY? |
As you people already know, I spend a lot of my time these days watching old Xena episodes. I couldn't think of a more enjoyable way to pass the time.
But I just watched the 'Friend in Need' episodes again. (Those two episodes are the series finale.)
This must be just the fourth time I'm watching them (as compared to all the other episodes which I've seen multiple times.)
Though I used to watch Xena during it's original run in India (that was a year or so behind the run in the US), I had somehow never caught the finale. So I got hold of the series. I still remember the first time I saw 'Friend in Need'. It was around 2 years ago. My parents were in Goa, & I was alone at home. I hadn't read spoilers anywhere, so I had no clue what was gonna happen. I was horrified. I felt as if I had been hit by a truck. I cried for hours.
Every time I watch it, I think the pain will be less than it was the last time. But it never is. I still cry for over an hour, & it still hurts so much. Sometimes it even sounds silly to me, & I tell myself, For God's Sake! It's just a TV Series!
And next year it's gonna be an entire decade since it ended! Let it go Magali...
But my heart doesn't want to listen. That show just meant so much to me. Through the series finale, I know exactly how it feels to have your heart broken. There's a physical ache in your chest, it's not just romanticized talk. It really didn't deserve to end like that.
I had a very weird dream, not more than a week ago. In it I saw mom & me watching an advertising on TV about how Xena was coming back for two more seasons, 7 & 8, & in the dream I'm asking mom how that could happen as both main actresses are considerably older now. I awoke from the dream feeling completely exhilarated, only to realize it was just a dream. *sigh*
We Xena fans know that there was once a Xena movie in development, but it never did work out. We also know that Lucy Lawless said she would love to reprise her role for the film. (She said that just three months ago!) We also know that Rob Tapert said that (one of the executive producer of Xena: warrior princess & Lucy Lawless' husband) said that there was no chance for a Xena movie- at least not with Lucy & Renee. He thinks that there could probably be a Xena movie in ten or twenty years, but it would obviously be with different people (like the Charlie's Angels films based on the TV show.) Still, even if a film does happen years later, I will go & watch it. The special effect will probably be amazing, everything will be glossier, but I don't think it will capture the magic of the original. I don't think anything ever will.
Love,
I think it is good to be able to feel strong emotions, though it may open you for much more pain than you would want. There is no way to control emotions, is there? Really?
ReplyDeleteBut, Magali, it's a tv show..........................................
An old tv show...............................
No, there isn't.
ReplyDeleteAnd I know... I know I sound like a girl madly in love with something fictitious & in the past, but the show is just so great, I remember watching it when I was a kid. *sigh*
It just means so much to me.
There is no Wonder Woman film coming out in 2011, nor is Megan Fox playing her.
ReplyDeleteI miss Xena as well. Its absurd that they cannot get the rights to make the movie. X:WP still has a strong fanbase, and so does Lucy Lawless herself. The film would be a box office smash.
SImple quote, "Old is Gold". The original is always the original. The feel of it can never be reproduced again, even by the same people! Some movies/series are timeless (reminds me of Byomkesh Bakshi) and no matter how many times you watch them, they have the same impact on you.
ReplyDeleteI too was somewhat confused while writing that. I had heard somewhere that Megan Fox wasn't playing Wonder Woman & that famous image was photoshopped, yet imdb.com shows of a wonder woman film in 2011 but details are available only to it's pro members. So am confused. But I guess I should edit that out as it's probably not true.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree about the box office, just as Lucy said, it seems like such a wasted franchise. And we fans can't help but feel a little resentment towards Rob Tapert, firstly for the horrible 'Friend In Need' episodes then for not pushing hard enough for the film. For God's sake, fans are signing petitions. One petition already has more than 30 k signatures!
Exactly. I used to wonder why when two years ago my dad blew a lot of money buying a lot of Tarzan films that aired around his childhood, most of them were black & white & some were silent! But now I understand...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE XENA :(( why why it had to end. I used to come home from school , and it would be time for it to come on. My mom too joined in to see :)) Just other day I was changing through channels and saw Xena, and I got :) happy, just to know it was movie that started on HBO, and guy in movie was dreaming of Xena :| I will see it online :P
ReplyDeleteNice to find someone like-minded. Which movie are you talking about? I would love to know please tell me!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what was name of movie, title had passed and when I came to channel it was on, was showing xena series scene, so thought it was xena, but than guy wakes up from dream of her :| I switched it off.
ReplyDeleteNever mind, I think it was probably a Xena episode itself, probably the one 'Deja vu all over again'. Thanks for replying.
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