Canadian Comic Strip For Better of For Worse to continue....

RU OX Alum · #1 01-10-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

That's stupid. If she doesn't want to continue aging them, she should just quit as planned or turn it over to someone else. The whole point of FBOFW is that they DO age and don't just stay still.

I'm sure $$$ has to do with it. Please, Lynn, take a look at the final seasons of Friends, Seinfeld and Roseanne and rethink this decision.

I remember the final episodes of all three of those shows and not fondly!!!!

Big finales are lame. Have a big deal at the last minute Maried...With Children style. They betrayed that show, but it was nice seeing Al give Kelly away in the back yard.

FBoFW....should end with the death of the father, but it won't, because

A: No money and
B: fans don't want it.

Only reason A is acceptable [at least to me]

jitterbug13 · #2 01-10-2007, 12:13 PM

I also would like to see April graduate from HS, seeing how the parents deal with an empty next, and Michael's children grow. Seeing them age and grow is what made it different from other comics.

Drolefille · #3 01-10-2007, 12:18 PM

As long as Elizabeth gets this dating thing straightened out. No more of this Anthony pining for her, and the cop is looking more and more like a cheating scumbag (my mom and I called this when they kept emphasizing how she was going back EARLY and no one was expecting her so EARLY) Time for her to date mr. helicopter pilot man (Warren?)

AOIIalum · #4 01-10-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

As long as Elizabeth gets this dating thing straightened out. No more of this Anthony pining for her, and the cop is looking more and more like a cheating scumbag (my mom and I called this when they kept emphasizing how she was going back EARLY and no one was expecting her so EARLY) Time for her to date mr. helicopter pilot man (Warren?)

I posted before I read this morning's strip, and I think you're right. I'm not necessarily against Anthony, but having Warren show up out of the blue is intriguing.

Drolefille · #5 01-10-2007, 02:42 PM

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I posted before I read this morning's strip, and I think you're right. I'm not necessarily against Anthony, but having Warren show up out of the blue is intriguing.

Anthony bugs me. I don't like who he's become even if I can't pinpoint why. Maybe he just reminds me of Christopher from Gilmore Girls! But he's been telling her how much he still cares for her since he got married practically (and even though/if he's divorced now, he wasn't then). I do think it's great that he was there for her when she was attacked (and she'll have to go back to the trial eventually) but I don't like him as more than a friend.

I'm strongly opinionated on my comics

Taualumna · #6 01-10-2007, 06:34 PM

But Lizzy has had issues with Warren too, hasn't she?

I don't really like Anthony. He seems awkward to me.

AOIIalum · #7 01-10-2007, 07:32 PM

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But Lizzy has had issues with Warren too, hasn't she?

She did, I think it was distance/work related at the time. It's just awfully convenient that he shows up to take her to Mtigwaki when he did. He and Paul don't know each other outside Elizabeth, do they?

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I don't really like Anthony. He seems awkward to me.

I can see that, but I don't dislike Anthony. I'm guessing he thought Therese was what he wanted (or the best he could do) and she was the cold hearted bitch that walked out on them. He's been a loyal friend to Liz, and well, he was there for her through the whole trial mess and Paul was no where to be found.

Hurrah, I'm not the only one hooked on comic strips! The past week without my daily FoxTrot fix has been miserable.

Sistermadly · #8 01-10-2007, 11:24 PM

I can't believe how many (fellow) nerds read this strip...

I thought that when Grandpa had his stroke, that would be the end of the strip. That the characters aged and she faithfully documented their lives was the selling point, and it's what kept me reading the strip all these years. Freezing them in time just seems like the wrong idea.

Why can't she do what Jeph Jacques does with Questionable Content, where single day can spread out over several months?

33girl · #9 01-11-2007, 11:02 AM

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Cheers is still my favourite finale. You got the sense that it just kept going on, we just didn't get to see it. Loved that.

I totally agree. It's nice to think that Norm is still going in there today and saying funny things and having a beer.

Cathy has so jumped the shark since she got married.

jitterbug13 · #10 01-10-2007, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

I remember the final episodes of all three of those shows and not fondly!!!!

Big finales are lame. Have a big deal at the last minute Maried...With Children style. They betrayed that show, but it was nice seeing Al give Kelly away in the back yard.

I just saw the E! True Hollywood Story about the Married...With Children finale. They made the last episode just in case it was because Fox had not decided whether they were going to cancel it. After they showed the final show is when it was announced that it wasn't coming back. And I agree MWC, Roseanne and Seinfeld should have when out better than that.