Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 17 2009, 10:22 AM BSTWell, this might damn me here, but the last TV show I remember crying to, was when I watched the last episode of Battlestar a week or two back.
I haven't seen it yet so don't ruin it, but was it a sad end, or were you just sad that a great show was coming to a close?
Quote: chipolata @ June 17 2009, 10:24 AM BSTI haven't seen it yet so don't ruin it, but was it a sad end, or were you just sad that a great show was coming to a close?
Well, part of the end was very sad, for two of the main characters who I won't mention.
I suppose the last episode of The Office prodded a tear from my eye. No matter how much it went against the grain of the previous two series, it was still nice to see such a positive ending to the show. A great to see Dawn and Tim get together.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ June 17 2009, 10:11 AM BSTI don't know if it counts but animations of Oscar Wilde's children's stories; The Selfish Giant and The Happy Prince.
Was there also a cartoon of The Nightingale and the Rose?
I seem to have had an inability to cry since adolescence, or at least I did until I saw Wall-E. It got terribly dusty in that cinema!
Quote: David Bussell @ June 17 2009, 11:04 AM BSTI seem to have had an inability to cry since adolescence, or at least I did until I saw Wall-E. It got terribly dusty in that cinema!
Yes...it must have been very pollinated in my theater during the opening scene of Star Trek.
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Quote: Kenneth @ June 17 2009, 10:49 AM BSTWas there also a cartoon of The Nightingale and the Rose?
I think there was. The Steadfast Tin Soldier is another one that makes me cry and The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson?
Quote: chipolata @ June 17 2009, 10:17 AM BSTInterestingly, I can't think of a single TV show that has moved me to tears. Which probably says something quite damning about the medium.
Royle Family - Queen Of Sheba for me.
Quote: Lee Henman @ June 17 2009, 11:15 AM BSTRoyle Family - Queen Of Sheba for me.
That was quite moving, I'll give you that.
Quote: Curt @ June 17 2009, 11:08 AM BSTYes...it must have been very pollinated in my theater during the opening scene of Star Trek.
I cried too... my boyfriend thought it was hilarious I was crying.
Quote: Lee Henman @ June 17 2009, 11:15 AM BSTRoyle Family - Queen Of Sheba for me.
Yeah was a sad one
There's a terribly sad ending to a Futurama episode - the one where Fry is trying to bring his dog back from the dead.
There's an episode on Venture Bros season 3 called "The Invisible Hand of Destiny" with a very melancholy ending too.
And, slighty off topic, but did anyone see Grave of the Fireflies? Good Christ that's a choker.
I guess I'm just a sucker for sad animation.
Quote: chipolata @ June 17 2009, 11:23 AM BSTThat was quite moving, I'll give you that.
Yes it moved me. To my specially designated area for being violently sick, a symptom caused by extreme sentimentality.
Quote: EllieJP @ June 17 2009, 11:27 AM BSTI cried too... my boyfriend thought it was hilarious I was crying.
Dump him.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ June 17 2009, 11:14 AM BSTI think there was. The Steadfast Tin Soldier is another one that makes me cry and The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson?
Interesting to compare the pathos of Hans Andersen's fairy tales and Oscar Wilde's fairy tales. Seems Wilde was having a dig at Andersen's upbeat view of misery in The Devoted Friend, where the doomed protagonist was named Hans.
But yes, the demise of The Little Match Girl was lamentably pathetic.