The 4400 - Series 4 - Complete
£25.62
open ending - I am addicted to this show. The more I am in pain to learn that there will be no further seasons showed in the US. TV giant USA decided to not further continue the show. Mass protests from fans all over the states were unsuccessful. So season 4 ends with an open end and we all will never learn about the true ending of this spectacular TV series.
great but cancelled..sadly - this entire series has been IMO one of the most satisfying of the recent sci fi series being as it is one which avoids a lot of the genres cliches and pit falls. it deliberately avoids the use of special effects and overt attempts to impress the viewer with large action sequences and so forth,it relys on conceptual dilemas and a kind of inherent contrast between the differing sides in the plot lines..those for the 4400 and their diverse standpints and beliefs and those against them with equaly diverse points of view..the factions both within and out side the main protagonists offer a conctant ebb and flow of ideas which leave you struggling to decide who you feel is in the right..as obviuosly every-one has a valid point of view..nothing is black and white..that coupled with the excellent characterisations and photography etc offers the viewer the chance to sit back and enjoy the dilemas and whilst not being offered the answers in any way on a plate..a great series with complexity and simplicity as two sides of the same coin..it s not too hard to relate the situations to the real world as it is now and as such is a very satisfying mirror on our own situationdealing as it does with enhanced human abilities, globalised politics ecology and climate change and so on..it has to be said tho the synopsis here at amazon is a little misleading in that this is not in plot line terms the final series..as the show has been cancelled..so there is no resoloution in this series..it simply works as series four rather than any tie-ing up of the series as a whole..i only found this out by listening to the commentarys on the episodes..whilst on the one hand i m gratefull they didn t hash up a resoloution to the series by trying to condense everything into the episodes as is often the case with cancelled series.. it does leave you in mid air as the final episode ends...but i d rather that than having the series go tabloid in order to resolve everything ..perhaps a one of film would be nice to bridge the gap between where the series ends and where it perhaps wanted to go....and that s the hard part about losing this series at this point..it obviuosly had a huge story to tell...and could have happily run for another 4 series without running out of steam..it s quite obviuos that the real drama was yet to come...anway a very sad loss to the genrebut for me it remains one of the most subtle and satisfying series i have ever seen