Why do I fall for cancelled shows?
It didn't used to bother me, but I am getting a bit fed up with missing the boat on fandoms. First there was Firefly that I arrived at really late, because I first saw it only when the DVD came out in the UK. But that was okay, because Firefly fandom was still up and going strong and there was news of the movie to come. Then there was Miracles, which again I saw some time after the fact on VCD (and I'm not sure if this is even available on DVD in the UK even now; my copy is region 1), and I kind of missed the chance to participate in any kind of fandom stuff on that one, partly because I was trying to write original fiction at the time I watched and adored it, but also because the fandom that's around for that now some years after the fact is kind of small and heavily dedicated and, while it's not obviously crazy or offputting in any way, somehow I've not really felt able to get involved, and nobody on my flist is really into it to talk with about it. But that's sort of okay with that show, because I kinda relate to it on a personal level and suspect my interpretation of it is way off from everyone else's anyway; certainly none of the fic or discussion I've seen captures anything like my response to it. Now there's Jake 2.0 and I'm getting annoyed now, because every damn show I really take to and could maybe get involved in fannishly again to the degree I did for Angel, every one, has been cancelled! Years ago! By network morons! And the fandom is so quiet because they haven't done anything with this show, even to releasing it on DVD for us, so I can't share the fannish love with like more than two people, and GRRR.
*sits and emotes frustration*
Boy, that was a long paragraph. And I'm feeling kinda narky. And I suspect PMS. But lets look at some other fandoms on the list that got a bit more of a showing: Dark Angel. The Invisible Man. (And does anyone even remember Charlie Grace? That was YEARS ago. I'd never even done online fandom then. That was another 13-episodes-and-cancelled deal, and Channel 4 here ran it at midnight. I LOVED that show. There was LOVE. I still have episodes on tape.)
But at least with those I went in not knowing they were dead. I mean, Firefly, Miracles, Jake, I watched them fully KNOWING they were cancelled. Why do I do this to myself?
I think I need to go off and cry now...
*sits and emotes frustration*
Boy, that was a long paragraph. And I'm feeling kinda narky. And I suspect PMS. But lets look at some other fandoms on the list that got a bit more of a showing: Dark Angel. The Invisible Man. (And does anyone even remember Charlie Grace? That was YEARS ago. I'd never even done online fandom then. That was another 13-episodes-and-cancelled deal, and Channel 4 here ran it at midnight. I LOVED that show. There was LOVE. I still have episodes on tape.)
But at least with those I went in not knowing they were dead. I mean, Firefly, Miracles, Jake, I watched them fully KNOWING they were cancelled. Why do I do this to myself?
I think I need to go off and cry now...