Expected a little bit more...

[moonshayde]

Did TPTB with Dark Angel not know they were getting canned? Because, man, I found that finale to be disappointing. (Which is one of the reasons why I am always anxious to watch a new show - never know how it will end.)

I'll post my thoughts on it later and answer comments on my last post in a bit. I can't believe how fast I barrelled through this, though. It goes to show you what fear (of writing my novel), procrastination, and not wanting to have another show hanging unfinished over my head can do to motivate me.

But man. I was hoping for a little more than that.

*goes to sit and think*

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I never got into DA when it aired, though I did try one or two episodes (beginning of Heat and then when i tried again I hit Meow - not exactly the best moments). I did watch Firefly, though. I remember when it first aired I figured I would give it a try because I was waiting for John Doe to start. But the first episode they played was a train heist episode and I was so so lost that I gave up on it. I did end up watching it again like in a week or two because I was bored and then got hooked. But I remember the schedule for Firefly was so erratic. They would play an ep and then not play one for like a month. I never knew when the show was on. And since I was dealing or had dealt with the same problem with Futurama, I was ticked. I knew that Firefly didn't have much of a shot.

And then at the end there my worst fear happened. They canned the show right and THEN played the pilot finally. It sucked.

Didn't Farscape get renewed and then over the hiatus it got canned? I never watched the show when it aired, but I've heard it was let go right when SciFi picked up Stargate. It also ended on a cliffhanger, only they were ab;e to wrap the stpry up in a miniseries whereas DA didn't have that opportunity.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I think Farscape had been renewed, or at least they had reason to believe they would be, when the news came down. They weren't on hiatus yet--it was the last day of filming. The whole cast spent the day crying between takes.

Some Scapers blame SG-1 for the cancellation, but SciFi and some insiders from the shows say the decisions were unrelated; I don't claim to know. Farscape was awfully expensive and didn't get the ratings they'd hoped. Then again, SciFi draws such a small slice of audience that I've heard the margin of error for Neilsens is greater than the total ratings for every show they air!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

The Sci Fi network made a big deal about renewing Farscape for another two seasons when season 3 ended, then they decided to cancel it after season 4 :/