round and round
It's not that I'm not loudly among those who viciously protested the network's ending of Firefly--because, oh, I very much was. God, I was obnoxious about it, and the poor people who bore the brunt of my wrath? *mostly* hadn't seen the show. And now hear about it, loudly, when the playoffs both a) do not contain the Tigers (jesus guys, wtf *happened* this year? you know what? I actually don't want to talk about it.) and b) keep busting into a show I want to watch and fuck with it's airing schedule...I'm looking at YOU, FUX, and your airing of Gotham, which I can't seem to catch, even though I've got it on, like, !!RECORD ALL EPISODES EVER!! ...part of that may be because no one gave me time to set the recorder before we dashed off to see the baby get all born, but still. World Series comes around, and I get twitchy that my show that I might get attached to is going to die a terrible death because Fux can't figure out how to air the damn thing.
It's possible I have residual anger issues about other cancelled before their time shows, and funnel it all at FOX. They fuck up in so many other ways I don't really air out, I don't feel too bad about harping on this one.
Also, I'm feeling a hell of a lot of premature angst about the fact that they've wrapped Lost Girl. Like, what kind of bastards *fire* Anna Silk?! She's like, far too nice to put out of a job, I swear. Not that the rest of the cast *isn't* nice, but like, that woman is just kind in a way that you don't run into all the time, and should be treated...just...*more nicely*! Skarsten strikes me as kind in the same way, but slightly more--like, she's that way once she's met you for more than thirty seconds. Maybe. I don't really know. I've never actually had the pleasure of meeting *anyone* who works for the show. And that fucking tragedy is all on me, 'cause Paul and Rachel were totally at MCCC this year, and my broke ass couldn't go. It's possible I'm still a bit bitter about this.
But back to what I was thinking about earlier that made me start typing in the first place: I was wicked pissed when they canceled Firefly. But it's only NOW, after I've gotten to know the way Joss likes to tell stories when he has full say-so and, you know, money or lack of long-term consequences, that I realize what a GIFT only having half a season, or just a first season, however you want to count it, really was. Because I don't know if everyone watching everything he's ever made has really collated their emotional responses once things get past, say 13 episodes or so, but just as everything gets awesome and comfortable, and you realize just how much you love this shit: EVERYTHING GETS FUCKED UP AND GOES TO HELL. People die. Situations *change.* (SHIELD, I'm looking at YOU) Which make *people* change. (Go ahead, compare Wesley on Buffy to Wes at the end of Angel. Fucker was a changed man. Hell, do the same with Cordy, skip season 4, because seriously, wtf? i'm not even sure carpenter knew, dude.) And it's awesome, don't get me wrong. Oh, god, no; you love it! It's great! Hell, you're sucked in and can't stop watchhing. But also: It's NOT the same show.
I mean, ask yourself. Once Buffy slept with Angel, and he offed Jenny, was it really the same show? No. No, it really wasn't. Shit got real. And that was the fucking point, obviously. That was the point.
But check the first season. Man wrote it to be one arc in case it all got cancelled and sets got broken down and actors got let go and he never got to write his awesome as hell show with all of its depth and horror and humor and pain and joy. But that first season is almost like watching another show, really, the tone is so different. And it's a good show, just different. I liked it. I'm not sure I would have seen the rest coming, though.
And that's the thing. I'm okay living in a world where really awful shit does not happen to the Firefly crew. (okay, where some hideous shit happened during Serenity, but now they're still flying, and the horizon's looking brighter. I don't care if it's cause they're flying toward's the sunrise. Brighter's brighter.) Because if the show had been allowed to go on...I mean, when's the last time Joss (i think it's kinda cool you can't just say "whedon" anymore. wtg, family! (and I include Mo in that, I don't care if her last name isn't Whedon, she's twisty and devious like one. and also part of the family, so.)) ever let any happily in love couple *stay* happily in love? Yeah. Exactly. So, there's that. And River was fucked up *nuts*. The movie wouldn't have explained and fixed that, and it would have been kind of sad to watch Summer be crazy for how many years? She's a really awesome actress, I like her functionally crazy, like the movie made her--way more cool. I'm really okay living in a world where I know who's on the crew and they keep flying and keep almost sort of functioning in a way that makes me think that one day they're all gonna get their shit together and Mal's gonna get with Inara and Simon and Kaylee are gonna stay together, and everything's gonna be alright. I like that feeling.
This is all a really loooong way for me to go to try and convince myself that *maybe* the end of Lost Girl will actually be okay. It's SOOO *REALLLY* not working. Just. Bad decision making, Showcase. I didn't even know you *existed* until your awesome show showed up and made me pay attention. And now you're just gonna make it go away?
shit.
It's possible I have residual anger issues about other cancelled before their time shows, and funnel it all at FOX. They fuck up in so many other ways I don't really air out, I don't feel too bad about harping on this one.
Also, I'm feeling a hell of a lot of premature angst about the fact that they've wrapped Lost Girl. Like, what kind of bastards *fire* Anna Silk?! She's like, far too nice to put out of a job, I swear. Not that the rest of the cast *isn't* nice, but like, that woman is just kind in a way that you don't run into all the time, and should be treated...just...*more nicely*! Skarsten strikes me as kind in the same way, but slightly more--like, she's that way once she's met you for more than thirty seconds. Maybe. I don't really know. I've never actually had the pleasure of meeting *anyone* who works for the show. And that fucking tragedy is all on me, 'cause Paul and Rachel were totally at MCCC this year, and my broke ass couldn't go. It's possible I'm still a bit bitter about this.
But back to what I was thinking about earlier that made me start typing in the first place: I was wicked pissed when they canceled Firefly. But it's only NOW, after I've gotten to know the way Joss likes to tell stories when he has full say-so and, you know, money or lack of long-term consequences, that I realize what a GIFT only having half a season, or just a first season, however you want to count it, really was. Because I don't know if everyone watching everything he's ever made has really collated their emotional responses once things get past, say 13 episodes or so, but just as everything gets awesome and comfortable, and you realize just how much you love this shit: EVERYTHING GETS FUCKED UP AND GOES TO HELL. People die. Situations *change.* (SHIELD, I'm looking at YOU) Which make *people* change. (Go ahead, compare Wesley on Buffy to Wes at the end of Angel. Fucker was a changed man. Hell, do the same with Cordy, skip season 4, because seriously, wtf? i'm not even sure carpenter knew, dude.) And it's awesome, don't get me wrong. Oh, god, no; you love it! It's great! Hell, you're sucked in and can't stop watchhing. But also: It's NOT the same show.
I mean, ask yourself. Once Buffy slept with Angel, and he offed Jenny, was it really the same show? No. No, it really wasn't. Shit got real. And that was the fucking point, obviously. That was the point.
But check the first season. Man wrote it to be one arc in case it all got cancelled and sets got broken down and actors got let go and he never got to write his awesome as hell show with all of its depth and horror and humor and pain and joy. But that first season is almost like watching another show, really, the tone is so different. And it's a good show, just different. I liked it. I'm not sure I would have seen the rest coming, though.
And that's the thing. I'm okay living in a world where really awful shit does not happen to the Firefly crew. (okay, where some hideous shit happened during Serenity, but now they're still flying, and the horizon's looking brighter. I don't care if it's cause they're flying toward's the sunrise. Brighter's brighter.) Because if the show had been allowed to go on...I mean, when's the last time Joss (i think it's kinda cool you can't just say "whedon" anymore. wtg, family! (and I include Mo in that, I don't care if her last name isn't Whedon, she's twisty and devious like one. and also part of the family, so.)) ever let any happily in love couple *stay* happily in love? Yeah. Exactly. So, there's that. And River was fucked up *nuts*. The movie wouldn't have explained and fixed that, and it would have been kind of sad to watch Summer be crazy for how many years? She's a really awesome actress, I like her functionally crazy, like the movie made her--way more cool. I'm really okay living in a world where I know who's on the crew and they keep flying and keep almost sort of functioning in a way that makes me think that one day they're all gonna get their shit together and Mal's gonna get with Inara and Simon and Kaylee are gonna stay together, and everything's gonna be alright. I like that feeling.
This is all a really loooong way for me to go to try and convince myself that *maybe* the end of Lost Girl will actually be okay. It's SOOO *REALLLY* not working. Just. Bad decision making, Showcase. I didn't even know you *existed* until your awesome show showed up and made me pay attention. And now you're just gonna make it go away?
shit.