Yeah, I think at some point, it becomes not just about "Is there awesomeness at the end?" but "HOW awesome does it have to be to make it worth sitting through the whole thing?"

It's a lot easier with a movie, I think, because it's only two hours of your life. That's not a huge investment, so it doesn't require a lot of awesome to make it worth it. Season 8 has been three years, and we've only got a handful of issues left. Certainly, that calculation is going to be different for everyone, but at this point, for me, I don't think any amount of awesome can make up for the disappointment that has been the previous 35 issues.