I actually liked the ending better than AO in its entirety. It was sad but at least Renton and Eureka returned home and Ao taught them not to lose hope in having a healthy child one day. I don't see how it ruined the original. The rest of AO was pretty bad though.
I tried watching the first episode and chose to drop it right then and there. I usually try to give a series three episodes to work with, but I just couldn't bother with this one at all.
:( I had high hopes for this show. I stopped halfway but I intended to finish. Now to lower my expectations. I don't like dropping shows after watching half of it.