We Know Drama, and we cancel it: Firefly and Spooks (MI-5)
Lately I've had a lot of studying and writing to do, which is a surefire recipe for procrastination. Between Serenity and the new season of Spooks, I feel like I've been mainlining TV episodes for the better part of two weeks. While more legal than your standard narcotics, this is still not recommended as a method for improving productivity.
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I can see what you mean about culture distancing Spooks from the American audience, though I don't know if it's because mass culture here doesn't recognize the show, or is just oriented to like something different. Looking at it now, the American show that most reminds me of Spooks is actually 24. Similar cinematographic style (especially the split screens), same kinds of moral dilemnas and pseudo-politics overlaid with action-advwenture fantasy. And just as there isn't much overlap between Firefly and Spooks interests, I think it's safe to say that 24 and Firefly were about as separate as two shows on the same network could be.
A lot of people I know, in fandom and out, just never "got" Firefly in the same way they got Buffy and Angel. I wonder if it's because the fusion elements were over rather than just built into the structure of the show. Angel, for example, started out as noir, had noir elements and plots, but still used the dramatic framework of the fantasy action-adventure. Whereas Firefly didn't use the Western genre, it was a Western with some sci-fi elements wired on.
Food for thought ... thanks!
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