to be continued
by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo89 on Mar 29, 2010 00:07:45
A lame
plot device consisting of a disclaimer often seen at the unexplained or hasty ending of a TV programme informing the viewer that either:
-a main character may have possibly died or left permanently (but usually hasn't, if they have the actor likely quit working on the show due to pay disputes)
-the script writers are fresh out of ideas until next week/month
-the director of the TV show believes viewers actually have attention spans longer than goldfish, absolutely no lives and care enough about the characters & plot that they are willing to sit on their
ass for days and nights patiently awaiting the conclusion of last week's
cliff-hanger
-the director believes making an audience wait anywhere from 24 hours to 1 week for a continuation will actually build anticipation and suspense among them and generate more interest in his show (instead of actually annoying the living shit out of them)
-the script writers got over-ambitious or just plain fucking lazy, and couldn't finish the episode within the deadline
-the episode has gone
over it's allotted TV channel timeslot and hence will be replayed sometime later
-there wasn't enough time to finish the episode within 5 minutes
-technical/financial/on-set/casting difficulties made finishing the episode impossible
-a cliff-hanger/
what-if/multi-part
story arc has been planned for future episodes (usually occurs when one season of a show ends, the following episode will begin with a
recap of the previous one)
Example:
Actor 1: "But wait... I have the answer to the meaning of life of itself!"
Actor 2: "Oh my god! OH MY GOD! Quick... TELL ME!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Jane: "Billy wait, before we get married... I have something I should tell you."
Billy: "Duh?"
Jane: "I'm actually cheating on you with your brother, pregnant with your son's child, an alien from Jupiter, the person responsible for killing your parents AND... I'm not actually Jane at all."
*Jane rips off her face*
Jane: "I'm your mother."
*Camera zooms in
on Billy's gaping expression of shock and then fades to black"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Agent
Mulder: "Scully, for the first time I can promise you behind this door lies a real, extraterrestrial, alien being... here on earth. See for your own eyes..."
Agent Scully: "Mulder, this is the 789th time you've said that... but okay, open the door. I'm ready."
*Agent Mulder opens the door to reveal...*
TO BE CONTINUED...
"The End?" can also be used a substitute for "
To be Continued..."
Continuity
by Fletcher R on Mar 11, 2009 22:23:38
1. a continuous or connected whole.
2. a movie scenario giving the complete action, scenes, etc., in detail and in
the order in which they are to
be shown on the screen. Along with
Symmetry shown in the scene
Example:
Stephen: "George, you have to fix this film you made, the
continuity is all wrong."
George:"How?"
Stephen:"In the last shot
the clock said 2 P.M., In the next shot the clock says
1:15 P.M."
George:"I have always been bad with continuity."
continue
by Gunkglumb on Jun 07, 2005 02:25:59
The most visited word in UD. The word on the
orange button that signifies "I have understood the
instructions and wish to proceed." The word that all
UD editors click on before adding a definition.
Continue
by MissREdRosette121 on May 11, 2023 15:41:28
For the normal-minded people:
'Continue' is defined as- 1.
persist in an activity or process
2. recommence or
resume after interruption
For the supremely dirty-minded people:
(Try saying the word out loud)
If you heard 'cunt in you', that means you are a supremely dirty-minded person. Give yourself a
pat on the back for being so dirty-minded.
Continuation
by gse1776 on May 09, 2014 04:06:37
When a
hookup that was only intended to occur once, or occurred in an
unexpected fashion, happens again at a later date. -
Count it and one.