Talk:Finn Collins/@comment-69.136.237.197-20150306203655/@comment-76.17.103.248-20150627175147

I know that some people think that killing core characters is a good thing, and everyone is entitled to his opinion. But I think that doing this fits poorly in a TV series. When a main character dies in a movie, it's usually at the end and the movie is over. But a TV series keeps going. Now the viewer may have lost a character that he/she was enjoying every week. Something is always going to be missing.

You're SUPPOSED to get used to the characters because they help define the show. When you think of Star Trek, for example, you think of not just Captain Kirk, but also Spock, Bones, Scottie, Sulu, Auhura, and Chekkof (sp.?) You get familiar with TV characters and often get emotionally attached. When a character dies that you favored, it means you will never see that person on the show again. That can change the whole way you see the show. It's just not the same.

Finn was in the Logos. Thomas McDonell went around trhe world promoting the show with Eliza Taylor. He was welll established. I looked forward to seeing him every week because I like the good guy, and Finn was very appealing. I'm really angry that Ropthenberg decided to kill him off the show because not only will I not see him again, I can't bare to watch the show any more. Keeping a character around long enough for the audience to form an attachment and then yanking them off the show, IMO, disrespects certain members of the audience.

A TV show should entertain, not make you feel so bad that you don't want to watch. It's the one place where the good guy can win and things can work out. It's escapism. You should feel relieved, cleansed. Nowadays, TV gets a little too real so that it's just an extension of a lousy world where you have no control. TV writers should remember that they are not just writing for their own crative satisfaction. They need to take into account how the audience is going to feel when they kill off a main character. They should CARE about hurting or disappointing some of their fans like that. We compliment them by tuning in each week, encouraging others to watch, and they say "thank you" by stabbing us in the heart.