at that time, I didn't know he had a history of doing that
It got worse over time. The straw for me was Dallas. He and CJ were late, late, late. Like, breakfast was almost over late. Then they went to the other side of the room and just - didn't circulate. They had food fights. The hotel had to ask them to stop because flying butter is a Bad Thing. I actually had to choose between sitting and talking to MS when he FINALLY made it to the combined table of two (we were the last two and so many had already left in either disgust or to get in line for photos that we were only one table's worth of people) or go and use my non-refundable photo op with CJ.

Now, I've been more forgiving in the past. NJ is a mind-numbing 3 hours earlier than Vancouver. It's like going to eat with a roomful of eager beavers at 5 a.m. and I'd rather slit my throat than do that. I understand. On the other hand? There's a reason I don't drink on a work night. Dallas wasn't about difficulty in getting out of bed; I thought he and CJ were honestly trying to never be asked back.

And then last year was even better. No rushing. No bad anything. No drinking. Nothing. He even stayed some extra time at the dessert thing to talk to people. It was a really great experience.
See? That's EXACTLY what I was hoping this time around would be. Absolutely if I'd ever had an experience like that, I'd be far more disappointed by Michael's cancellation.

I know there are a lot of people that can't. I'm sure you know what I mean.
Oh yes, I have an inkling. Actually, I've been wondering if we might not have a more enjoyable con since some of the NJ regulars with that problem won't have a reason to come.

They all got very comfortable and for some maybe even lazy.
I'm not one for asking questions (that shy thing again) but before the cancellation of the series, I'd been planning to ask Michael what he did to keep Daniel fresh for himself and also, since I had liked some of the spunk I'd seen creeping back in, ask him how having Claudia Black to play off of made playing Daniel different. Oh well.

It's my hope that tackling other projects will rejuvenate them so if/when they come back for the movies, they'll be more focused.
That would be the ultimate gift to the fans and would make me happy for the cancellation.

I think I'm a bit odd in that I don't like the "new" Daniel and I don't like "dumb" Jack, but I still am invested in the characters, if that makes sense.
I'm a bit odd in exactly the same way. I realized, recently, that I like hardly anything done in several years but it hasn't diminished my love for the good stuff. They may have screwed with my team on the show but it doesn't change that there's a My Team or how much I love them.