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[Lithp]

I didn't actually mind Jay's death. I thought they made it a point that Tim felt guilty over it without making it melodramatic. Also, it made the point that he'd become numb to what was going on, though admittedly that only makes sense if he remembers more than he's letting on.

It was Brian's death that I thought was a real waste. We don't find anything out about his motive, we don't really see Tim's reaction, we don't know when he actually found out that it was Brian....

[kurazaybo2]

[Blackout_2014]

[LiamTapsOut]

The thing with Jay's death is that it was suppose to be realistic.

These are suppose to be real documentations of events. You can't expect Tim to be triumphantly talking about how great Jay was and how he was going to make Alex pay for what he did to his dear friend.

In the end, with everything that had happened, and was going to happen, Tim didn't really even have time to mourn Jay, never mind his best friend Brian.

As for whether it dragged on, at some points it did, and I think it could have done a better job at least delivering us some more answers, but again, it's real life, and you don't always get answers.

[Blackout_2014]

[MistrPibb]

Regardless of the time between entries, the actual viewing time of the series for the amount of plot development is incredibly high. Instead of focusing on a single interesting conflict, they went in many directions and never could bring the series full circle.

The ambiguity of Alex's morality was way more interesting than watching people running around looking for tapes and pills... I loved Season 2 despite it being Trosephim's least favorite because many entries provided surprising revelations. Also, the dynamic of trust and memory loss was maybe the best conflict in Marble Hornets and it was disappointing to see it almost completely overlooked.

From being one of the pre-season 2 viewers, I feel my time hasn't necessarily been wasted, but in hindsight there were probably better ways to spend my time.

[Blackout_2014]

[NA_Fury]

[Geneaux486]

[Lithp]

Insightful. Actually, now that I think about it, the creators basically agreed with the too long/too much filler criticism, didn't they?

[Geneaux486]

Something like that, in the reddit, that some things took longer than they needed to. Wood-walking and the like. As for whether or not the series went on for too long, the answer is still no. It was a fun ride, and they could have kept going for all I cared. But then I wasn't super eager to see it end, myself. Seems like I was in the minority around here with that opinion. But the short answer is no, it didn't go on for too long.

[Lithp]

I wouldn't have minded seeing it go on if there was, you know, more to it. 5 years to find out that most of the stuff from Season 1 was either dropped or no more complicated than it seemed when it was originally introduced is already pretty bad.

[Geneaux486]

[Lithp]

You read the Q&A. "Skully" was apparently originally going to be Jay, which was of course tied in with Jay disappearing from his bed, that scene of him tranced out with The Operator walking right past him, & also explains why that & Totheark teleporting into his room stopped happening after Season 1--they dropped all of those ideas.

And if you try to tell me "Totheark is crazy" is not something that could have been quickly deduced before the end of Season 1, I'm going to be right cross with you.

[Geneaux486]