Wrong place
I've learned that Lone Star has been canceled. I'm not surprised as I might be one of the five people who actually watched it. I think I expected it from the beginning. I remember watching first episode and thinking how the hell it ever landed on network television. It was not a show that could succeed. It was about bad people doing bad things. James Wolk was pretty and charming but not in that way that made people love Sawyer. It was like watching Dexter but instead of killing bad people we have man who is cheating good people. And even when he wanted to go clean he did it with bigamy. Then there was the colors. It looked more like a document then the usual pretty, super saturated colours of most tv series that give them this unreal look of imaginary, escapist fantasy. Too bad. It was quite interesting. But as other such stories from a point of view of the bad guy it could've only thrive on a paid cable network.
It's pretty much the same as with Kings. it was an awesome show. With great characters, gritty story and until now the closest thing the kind of fantsy that George R.R. Martin and Guy Gavriel Kay write. But as it often happen in such cases it was too dark (or maybe gray) for the people wanting fantasy escapism (too little explosions). And it was too fantasy for anyone else. Not to mention it was not episodical and required regular watching. Once again a show better suited to cable. It still makes me sad. I wish it was an HBO show. I think people who liked Rome would've like Kings too.
I sometimes wonder why this happens. Something so obviously unfitting. Something that no way can get the millions of viewers needed to stay on air. But I suppose I'm glad they tried. At least I watched something interesting for a little while.
It's pretty much the same as with Kings. it was an awesome show. With great characters, gritty story and until now the closest thing the kind of fantsy that George R.R. Martin and Guy Gavriel Kay write. But as it often happen in such cases it was too dark (or maybe gray) for the people wanting fantasy escapism (too little explosions). And it was too fantasy for anyone else. Not to mention it was not episodical and required regular watching. Once again a show better suited to cable. It still makes me sad. I wish it was an HBO show. I think people who liked Rome would've like Kings too.
I sometimes wonder why this happens. Something so obviously unfitting. Something that no way can get the millions of viewers needed to stay on air. But I suppose I'm glad they tried. At least I watched something interesting for a little while.