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Endings

December 5, 2020 Joshua TongLeave a comment

Ah, the end of the movie. The bad guy is defeated and the credits roll. If only it were that simple. With NaNoWriMo over (I won! Wrote 50,000 words!), the project in question (with the very exciting name Space Knights [it’s in space, but there’s really only one knight]) is sitting at 140,000 words, which… Continue reading Endings →

Tagged A New Hope, endings, Star Wars, The Lord Of The Rings, The Return of the King

Here Comes The Ending

May 18, 2019 Joshua TongLeave a comment

In many ways, I’m super jealous of the writers behind the Game of Thrones tv show. Over the years, they’ve built up an array of excellently developed and flawed characters, well-rounded, conflicted people who are often their own worst enemy. It’s Jon Snow’s loyalty to his homeland that makes his relationship with the Free Folk… Continue reading Here Comes The Ending →

Tagged endings, Game of Thrones, Lost, tv

Of The End

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 Joshua TongLeave a comment

Reaching the end of a good story is always a bittersweet affair. There’s no doubt a sense of joy in the catharsis of resolution, that sense that the story has been completed and all is well. In a good story, its ending will pay off all that came before. But an ending means it’s over;… Continue reading Of The End →

Tagged Avengers: Endgame, Chuck, endings, Movies, Star Wars, stories, The Avengers, tv, Uncharted, Video Ga

Spoiled Endings

March 4, 2017 Joshua TongLeave a comment

I really liked Rise of The Tomb Raider up until the last thirty-odd minutes. Everything’s coming to a head, set ups are paying off, there’s a boss fight against a principal antagonist. You go to the next area and… There’s a cutscene, and in that cutscene the game ends, wrapping up most of the plot… Continue reading Spoiled Endings →

Tagged endings, How I Met Your Mother, Mass Effect, Rise of The Tomb Raider, tv, Video Games

On Finales

March 21, 2015 Joshua TongLeave a comment

So Parks and Recreation ended a few weeks ago bringing an end to a particularly great show that I got into far too late. The finale was especially wonderful, elegantly tying a bow on seven years of stories. Rather than having some big hoorah, though, the episode has the former Parks Department take on an… Continue reading On Finales →

Tagged endings, finale, Firefly, How I Met Your Mother, Parks and Recreation, tv

The Ballsy Ending

August 23, 2014August 23, 2014 Joshua TongLeave a comment

I feel like Edge of Tomorrow has been out long enough that it’s safe to talk about the ending. And honestly, I feel like I could have discussed the ending much closer to when it came out because, well, it kinda just was. There wasn’t a big shocker at the ending, no moment that left… Continue reading The Ballsy Ending →

Tagged Destrict 9, Edge of Tomorrow, endings, Movies, The Last of Us, Video Games

On A High Note

May 26, 2012 Joshua TongLeave a comment

There’s this quote I read once but for the life of me cannot find (no, not even on the legendary internet). Well, starting an essay with a quote is pretty trite and I think I’ve averted that, so there. Anyway, CS Lewis was once asked why he chose to end The Chronicles of Narnia after… Continue reading On A High Note →

Tagged Calvin and Hobbes, endings, Firefly, Narnia, Star Wars, The Office
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