Comments on: The best cancelled shows http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-best-cancelled-shows/ My thoughts on everything Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-best-cancelled-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-64168 Jeff Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:05:49 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/?p=434#comment-64168 Dude, my blog is plastered all over my Facebook profile. :) Space: Above and Beyond... I forgot about that show. I enjoyed that as well. Can't remember the actors name, but I always think of the (now former) head of CTU on "24" as the leader of that S:A&B squadron. I never even heard of Class of 96. The 4400, for me, just got more engrossing as it went. You might want to give that one a second shot on DVD. I'm glad you found the blog. Don't forget to come back. :) Dude, my blog is plastered all over my Facebook profile. :)

Space: Above and Beyond… I forgot about that show. I enjoyed that as well. Can’t remember the actors name, but I always think of the (now former) head of CTU on “24″ as the leader of that S:A&B squadron.

I never even heard of Class of 96.

The 4400, for me, just got more engrossing as it went. You might want to give that one a second shot on DVD.

I’m glad you found the blog. Don’t forget to come back. :)

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-best-cancelled-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-64162 Jonathan Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:31:01 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/?p=434#comment-64162 Dude, you have a blog? And I had to find out from a mutual friend's profile on Facebook? I'm wounded. WOUNDED, I tell you. Agree 100% on Firefly. I own the DVD series, as well as the subsequent movie, and I actually watch them again occasionally, unlike most of the other DVDs I own, which have been collecting dust since the first viewing. The 4400 and Dead Zone never really resonated with me, although admittedly I did not give them that much of a chance. I endured through the first 2 episodes of Journeyman and then wrote it off. My top 5: Veronica Mars, Firefly, Cupid, Space: Above and Beyond, Class of 96 (not that good, but spoke to me at the time). Dude, you have a blog? And I had to find out from a mutual friend’s profile on Facebook? I’m wounded. WOUNDED, I tell you.

Agree 100% on Firefly. I own the DVD series, as well as the subsequent movie, and I actually watch them again occasionally, unlike most of the other DVDs I own, which have been collecting dust since the first viewing.

The 4400 and Dead Zone never really resonated with me, although admittedly I did not give them that much of a chance. I endured through the first 2 episodes of Journeyman and then wrote it off.

My top 5: Veronica Mars, Firefly, Cupid, Space: Above and Beyond, Class of 96 (not that good, but spoke to me at the time).

]]> By: Jeff http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-best-cancelled-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-63447 Jeff Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:04:52 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/?p=434#comment-63447 George - I'll grant you that Journeyman was painfully slow through the first few episodes (though I'd only go to three, probably). I was on the fence about it through those episodes. The thing that hooked me in the pilot (basically the <i>only</i> thing) was Livia and the mystery surrounding her. That's what made me sit up and take notice in an otherwise bland episode. Each successive early episode also had some little hint in it that was just enough to keep me coming back, but then it started getting better as a whole, and when it really snapped into place it was exactly what it needed to be. As Lee said... sometimes these kinds of shows need a little extra time to really start firing. George - I’ll grant you that Journeyman was painfully slow through the first few episodes (though I’d only go to three, probably). I was on the fence about it through those episodes. The thing that hooked me in the pilot (basically the only thing) was Livia and the mystery surrounding her. That’s what made me sit up and take notice in an otherwise bland episode. Each successive early episode also had some little hint in it that was just enough to keep me coming back, but then it started getting better as a whole, and when it really snapped into place it was exactly what it needed to be.

As Lee said… sometimes these kinds of shows need a little extra time to really start firing.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-best-cancelled-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-63445 Jeff Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:55:07 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/?p=434#comment-63445 Lee, I agree. There are definitely shows like those that need a little more faith from the suits to prove they've got legs. I'd imagine the 5 years of B5 is taking you forever. We've only got 9 disks worth of Nowhere Man to watch, and it's taken us months to get to disk 5. Other things keep getting in the way. B5 is well worth the time investment, though. Stick with it! Lee, I agree. There are definitely shows like those that need a little more faith from the suits to prove they’ve got legs.

I’d imagine the 5 years of B5 is taking you forever. We’ve only got 9 disks worth of Nowhere Man to watch, and it’s taken us months to get to disk 5. Other things keep getting in the way.

B5 is well worth the time investment, though. Stick with it!

]]> By: George http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-best-cancelled-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-63211 George Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:34:08 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/?p=434#comment-63211 I disagree on Journeyman. My wife was a huge fan of the show, and I watched it with her. The show didn't have a slow start - it was at a painful snail's pace. The first four or five episodes could have been compressed into one or maybe two, and it wasn't until the sixth episode or so that things started to pick up. My wife gave it a chance because she is more of a sci-fi fan than I am, so I ended up watching the season, but I would have axed it after three episodes because of the "slow start." I disagree on Journeyman. My wife was a huge fan of the show, and I watched it with her. The show didn’t have a slow start - it was at a painful snail’s pace. The first four or five episodes could have been compressed into one or maybe two, and it wasn’t until the sixth episode or so that things started to pick up. My wife gave it a chance because she is more of a sci-fi fan than I am, so I ended up watching the season, but I would have axed it after three episodes because of the “slow start.”

]]> By: Lee http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-best-cancelled-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-63125 Lee Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:29:03 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/?p=434#comment-63125 I've got Crusade on DVD somewhere, I was going to watch it as soon as I finished sitting through B5 (which is taking forever). I think shows like that need a second season to find a really firm footing, Star Trek TNG's first season only got across the line thanks to the Star Trek name, if they didn't have that then I doubt it would have been renewed and think what we would have missed out on. (It should be said though that I don't mind season 1 of TNG) I’ve got Crusade on DVD somewhere, I was going to watch it as soon as I finished sitting through B5 (which is taking forever).

I think shows like that need a second season to find a really firm footing, Star Trek TNG’s first season only got across the line thanks to the Star Trek name, if they didn’t have that then I doubt it would have been renewed and think what we would have missed out on. (It should be said though that I don’t mind season 1 of TNG)

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