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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #135 on: July 09, 2008, 11:04:23 AM »
what's wrong with the one? he's my favourite bad guy...well assuming he is a guy?

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #136 on: July 09, 2008, 11:24:37 AM »
what's wrong with the one? he's my favourite bad guy...well assuming he is a guy?
How can he be your favorite villain? You know nothing about him.


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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #137 on: July 09, 2008, 11:41:54 AM »
what's wrong with the one? he's my favourite bad guy...well assuming he is a guy?
How can he be your favorite villain? You know nothing about him.
that's why. cuz I know nothing about him.

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #138 on: July 09, 2008, 11:45:34 AM »
what's wrong with the one? he's my favourite bad guy...well assuming he is a guy?
How can he be your favorite villain? You know nothing about him.
that's why. cuz I know nothing about him.
Okay. Whatever floats your boat. I like mysterious characters too, but I also like to know enough to hold a solid opinion of them.


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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #139 on: July 09, 2008, 12:24:47 PM »
I have to agree with Daphnes on this point. I would have liked to know what all this 'the one' business was, although I still feel that the ending is otherwise well enough.
The universe is, instant by instant, re-created anew. There is, in truth, no Past, only a memory of the Past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. The only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #140 on: July 10, 2008, 04:36:54 AM »
Umm... about this:

Yes, I agree with "a little", like the One part.... but other than that, not much of a bad ending. I mean, no one is perfect, right? And you can't satisfy everyone either.  :)

I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of Animorphs fans weren't satisfied with the ending.

I can't agree with this. I don't see much people that weren't "satisfied" with the ending. not much. I mean, I don't see Estelore and morfowt fending of every member of RAF in the K.A defense debate LOL. Maybe there were some points a vast majority of the fans didn't like, but not necessarily "not satisfied".

I didn't like some points, but I am "satisfied". I like the ending. Sure, mighty morphing kids aren't realistic, but that doesn't mean their motives, actions, and thoughts should be unrealistic as well. :)
I'm just a writer, and my main goal was always to entertain. But I've never let Animorphs turn into just another painless video game version of war, and I wasn't going to do it at the end. I've spent 60 books telling a strange, fanciful war story, sometimes very seriously, sometimes more tongue-in-cheek. I've written a lot of action and a lot of humor and a lot of sheer nonsense. But I have also, again and again, challenged readers to think about what they were reading. To th

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #141 on: July 10, 2008, 10:12:36 AM »
Umm... about this:

Yes, I agree with "a little", like the One part.... but other than that, not much of a bad ending. I mean, no one is perfect, right? And you can't satisfy everyone either.  :)

I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of Animorphs fans weren't satisfied with the ending.

I can't agree with this. I don't see much people that weren't "satisfied" with the ending. not much. I mean, I don't see Estelore and morfowt fending of every member of RAF in the K.A defense debate LOL. Maybe there were some points a vast majority of the fans didn't like, but not necessarily "not satisfied".

I didn't like some points, but I am "satisfied". I like the ending. Sure, mighty morphing kids aren't realistic, but that doesn't mean their motives, actions, and thoughts should be unrealistic as well. :)

You have to consider this forum's target demographic. Everyone on here is a serious Animorphs fan.

Pretty much everyone has seen Star Wars, but only about 10% of them are serious fans who buy all of the merchandise and go on websites and spend a fortune on action figures they never take out of the box. Most people know Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Emperor Palpatine, but only a few people could rattle off the names of every character you see for 3 seconds as the camera passes over them on the streets of Coruscant.

The average person isn't going to be satisfied with a Debbie Downer ending, regardless of the genre. I'd say that the only genres that unhappy endings typically work for are historical fiction (depending on the event) and love stories. And even then it depends on how it's done - The English Patient was much better than Becoming Jane.

Regardless of whether or not you thought it was justified, the average person who isn't an expert on the series isn't going to like it.

I have my own reasons for not liking it, but the fact that it would be so hard to sell just sticks out in my mind as well. I think that the books would've stayed around longer if it ended on a better note.

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #142 on: July 10, 2008, 10:46:29 AM »
actually, I haven't seen star wars and know nothing about it except it has lightsabres.

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #143 on: July 10, 2008, 10:52:47 AM »
actually, I haven't seen star wars and know nothing about it except it has lightsabres.

You need to see it.

But watch it 4-5-6 and then 1-2-3.

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #144 on: July 10, 2008, 11:09:19 AM »
actually, I haven't seen star wars and know nothing about it except it has lightsabres.
:o Gasp! And gasp again! :o

It's one of the greatest science fiction stories I've ever seen. They started with 4-6, which you should start out with, and then did 1-3. ! has Jar Jar, which is a character I actually like, but many agree he doesn't really fit in the series. 3 seemed a bit rushed to me, but there was always that risk.

4-6 are greatness, and should be watched. You can watch 1-3 if you want afterwards.


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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #145 on: July 10, 2008, 11:16:47 AM »
uh...no thank you. I don't like star wars and I don't think I ever will.

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #146 on: July 10, 2008, 11:17:42 AM »
uh...no thank you. I don't like star wars and I don't think I ever will.

You've never seen it! How do you know that you don't like something before you've ever seen it?

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #147 on: July 10, 2008, 11:20:15 AM »
I've heard commercials :p

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #148 on: July 10, 2008, 11:26:21 AM »
I've heard commercials :p

That isn't a good excuse.

Either way, just watch the series once. It's something everyone should see at least once.

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Re: K.A's response to the final book criticsm.
« Reply #149 on: July 10, 2008, 11:58:22 AM »
fine whatever.

ok, I'm watching it. and I already hate the theme song because I've heard it a million times already.

ok I watched #4. I have opinions but not positive ones.
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