Talk:Cliffhanger

message: The word cliffhanger was probably coined specifically for this movie, as the ending is literally a cliffhanger... A bus, loaded with gold, teetering off the edge of a cliff.
*Well...you're ignoring all those older adventure stories that ended with literal cliffhangers if you accept that as true.
it might be good to note the ending as a literal interpretation of the term  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.23.56.12 (talk) 17:35, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Most obvious: The [Original] Italian Job

message: Here's what I was going to post about Last Comic Standing, but I'm not sure if this necessarily qualifies as a cliffhanger:
*Last Comic Standing had a partially unresolved cliffhanger.  The show, which featured a wide range  of comedians showcasing their comic routines, was canceled by NBC just before its final episode.  Comedy Central picked up this episode, but broadcast viewers were not able to see the final episode if they did not have cable television.
--Idont Havaname 03:36, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Would [[Last Comic Standing]] qualify?

message: If I understand this correctly, wouldn't Batman Begins be considered a cliffhanger ending? --illEATurHARTout 16:19, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
I would think it is because all major plot points were resolved.  Sure, both of the villains escaped, and a new one (The Joker) was hinted at, but the film was essentially a complete story in and of itself. 67.136.242.106 07:22, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about [[Batman Begins]]? 

message: : Video games are not cliffhangers, because you can beat the game! There are no cliffhangers if it's a complete story! It's not a cliffhanger just because a villain can return! Cliffhangers are about the hero! It is not a cliffhanger if the hero can ride into the sunset until the dawn of the next sequel!  In a cliffhanger, he's stuck to the stupid cliff! MMetro (talk) 19:20, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What's NOT a Cliffhanger

message: The ending to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine isn't technically a cliffhanger in the classic sense.  It's more of a "life goes on" ending, where, despite open ends (Kasidy's pregnancy, Ben with the Prophets, the race for a new Kai), there's nothing that really feels "unresolved".  The backup for this is that the producers knew that the seventh season would be its last, and crafted this episode for that specific end.  -- Grev -- Talk 16:46, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  DS9 Ending 

message: It's just the 2nd volume of the same book. It was an idea of a publisher to print it in 3 books. it's mentioned in the wikipedia article.
:I think Wikipedia has an article on books you might find useful. ~ JohnnyMrNinja {talk} 06:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  LOTR II is not a book 

message: I'm not sure this qualifies anymore, as the cliffhanger was resolved in Sci-Fi's recent Farscape Miniseries.--Arkcana 04:19, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Farscape 

message: In the discussion of Doctor Who, the statement "most stories were comprised of four to six episodes" includes a very common error in usage.  A thing is not "comprised of" its parts; the thing "comprises" its parts.  If one wishes to use some form of "comprise" in that statement, it should read "most stories comprised four to six episodes."
Stephen Kosciesza
140.147.160.78 20:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, thanks Steven.  Feel free to fix it. Slac speak up! 21:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage error 

message: It is actually resolved in the expansion pack. Should this be added or should the comment on Doom 3 be removed entirely?
Nope, I removed it. Thanks for the help!66.82.9.77 02:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should Doom 3 be in here? 

message: Deleted the Twilight Princess so called "cliff hanger" It was horribly written, and not a cliff hanger at all. Unless you can seriously prove me other wise. 66.82.9.77 02:20, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zelda 

message: I was wondering if there was a name for an 'opposite' of a cliffhanger. I know that a novel can simply just turn boring gradually, but what if there was a 'turning point' for the reader? Maybe a part where the reader loses sight of the plot and overall interest? 81.157.140.168 21:37, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Jump the Shark? MMetro (talk) 19:04, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opposite of a cliffhanger? 

message: Do we really feel that people need over 100 examples of cliffhangers. Are we assuming that people are that confused that they need that many examples to figure it out? Let's stop pretending. This is a List of cliffhangers with an article tacked at the top. I'm breaking it up. ~ JohnnyMrNinja {talk} 04:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is confused 

message: I always thought that cliffhanger originated from Conan Doyle's The Final Problem. Conan Doyle wanted to kill off Sherlock Holmes (and the series) by letting Moriarty and Holmes fall off a cliff - but Holmes is resurrect in subsequent series by having hung off the cliff rather than falling. NagaSrinivas (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 14:21, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cliffhanger origin 

message: Most people would identify cliffhangers with the early movies, where they often literally left a young woman hanging from a cliff at the end of an episode. The movie element deserves to be treated at much greater length. Valetude (talk) 12:31, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movies skimmed over 

message: :Peter Hogg's novel Smilla's Sense of Snow ends with a deliberate cliffhanger [...] the author has no intention of ever writing a sequel
Or maybe the author just couldn't think of an ending?  Unfortunately, the article for the book itself doesn't cite a source for this either.  82.13.91.100 (talk) 14:33, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  As opposed to all those accidental cliffhangers?