At the time of typing this review up I just finished the Finale after quickly burning through the last season. And well to quickly sum up the finale disappointing. That's all I really have, I mean yeah there's a lot wrong with it especially from a character development and devolving stand point. But I'm somebody who burned through the entire series just last year, watched the second to last season as it aired and now the last season in a night.
The first thing I'll note is that the end, I mean the actual true ending (last 5 minutes of the episode) was written WAY before this final season was even penned. It was also filmed WAY before the last season was filmed (something you can easily tell by how young David Henrie is in scenes.) Which leads to what I feel is the biggest problem with the finale. It's something I call "Already completed ending syndrome". To qualify for "already completed ending syndrome" a show/game/other media needs to on awhile or at least enough time for characters to have significant character development, however the finale ending feels like it was written for character near the beginning or maybe the middle of the story. Jokes and elements from the beginning make a sudden reappearance for no explained reason, characters jump down several levels of character development, and in some cases (like HIMYM) the ending would have made sense years ago.
For those who have seen the Finale you can probably tell what I'm talking about. So the main reason I think many people are mad at the ending is because it was written many years ago. It's an ending the writers wanted from the beginning rather than what the characters deserve from all their character growth.
Last Forever-The Finale
At the time of typing this review up I just finished the Finale after quickly burning through the last season. And well to quickly sum up the finale disappointing. That's all I really have, I mean yeah there's a lot wrong with it especially from a character development and devolving stand point. But I'm somebody who burned through the entire series just last year, watched the second to last season as it aired and now the last season in a night.
The first thing I'll note is that the end, I mean the actual true ending (last 5 minutes of the episode) was written WAY before this final season was even penned. It was also filmed WAY before the last season was filmed (something you can easily tell by how young David Henrie is in scenes.) Which leads to what I feel is the biggest problem with the finale. It's something I call "Already completed ending syndrome". To qualify for "already completed ending syndrome" a show/game/other media needs to on awhile or at least enough time for characters to have significant character development, however the finale ending feels like it was written for character near the beginning or maybe the middle of the story. Jokes and elements from the beginning make a sudden reappearance for no explained reason, characters jump down several levels of character development, and in some cases (like HIMYM) the ending would have made sense years ago.
For those who have seen the Finale you can probably tell what I'm talking about. So the main reason I think many people are mad at the ending is because it was written many years ago. It's an ending the writers wanted from the beginning rather than what the characters deserve from all their character growth.