I forgot to mention John Doe, Prey and Hypernauts.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Great choices so far. Crusade, Miracles and Odyssey 5 make the cut
for me.
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin <truthseeker_013@> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, "The Chronicle"!
> >
> > KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Oh, add "The
> Flash" to my list too!
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: KeithBJohnson@
> > I yelled for *weeks* when "Tru Calling" was cancelled. Glad to see
> it. I'd add "Space: Above and Beyond" to this list, along with "G vs.
> E", and "The Chronicle".
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdlists@>
> > By ROBIN BROWNFIELD <mailto:rbrownfield@>
> > Source: SyFy Portal <http://www.syfyportal.com>
> > May-20-2008
> >
> > There have been a lot of them, and much discussion of this issue
> and most of
> > these series, but the painful cancellation of "Moonlight" just
> opens up old
> > wounds from previously unjustly cancelled series.
> >
> > I think science-fiction and fantasy genre fans must have their
> hearts broken
> > more often than fans of any other genre or forms of entertainment
> > <http://www.syfyportal.com/news425057.html> . Time and time again,
> we invest
> > ourselves in a new series that hooks us, and has a lot of promise -
> only to
> > have those promises broken by greedy, gutless network executives.
> (I have
> > other words for them, but I'm being charitable today.)
> >
> > I also wonder if the frequent abortion of the shows we come to love
> leads to
> > any psychological disorders in viewers that network executives
could be
> > liable for creating. Is there room in the DSM-V for Post Traumatic
> Series
> > Cancellation Stress Disorder (with separation and abandonment
Issues)?
> >
> > This list will only contain 10 such criminally maltreated shows. I
> am aware
> > that there are a lot more, and I'm sure you'll remind me of them!
> Still,
> > since this is my column, I am going to list 10 shows that were
> cancelled
> > that resulted in my own heart being broken in the past 10 years.
> I'm not
> > including "Veronica Mars" in the list, because it was not sci-fi,
but I
> > consider the show to be an honorary member, since it is the
red-headed
> > step-sibling of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Moonlight."
> >
> > 1. "Firefly" was possibly the best series of all time ever to be
> cancelled.
> > It had horses and space ships and people-eating Reavers, and, as we
> learned
> > in the movie "Serenity," it had a slayer, too. No TV series ever
quite
> > looked like this, or so successfully mixed genres that nobody could
> ever see
> > mixing together.
> >
> > 2. "Angel" is a close contender for the best series ever to be
> cancelled. It
> > was the rare show that saw its ratings increase in its fifth year,
> largely
> > as people grieving the end of its parent show, "Buffy the Vampire
> Slayer"
> > finally decided to check out this gem. "Angel," like "Buffy" and
> "Firefly,"
> > could make you laugh and then cry within the uttering of one
sentence.
> > Nobody does emotional rollercoasters like Joss Whedon and his
> Mutant Enemy
> > writing staff. At least now we have more to look forward to with
> "Dollhouse"
> > premiering in January.
> >
> > 3. "Jericho" built an avid following, all of whom went nuts when
it was
> > nuked by CBS. After the valiant effort of fans to save the show by
> sending
> > more than 40,000 pounds of nuts to CBS headquarters.
> >
> > It worked, briefly, as "Jericho" was resurrected for a shortened
> season that
> > again was nuked by CBS. The result may be radioactive fallout, CBS
> guys!
> >
> > Maybe the fans weren't as plentiful as the peanuts you waded
> through, but
> > they might exemplify the half-life of viewers everywhere who are
> > increasingly turning to other places for their entertainment
> > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=2> . With
> the track
> > record of great shows like this being pulled out from under
> increasingly
> > disenchanted (and disenfranchised) fans, it's no wonder ratings are
> falling
> > everywhere.
> >
> > 4. "Farscape" This show was abruptly canceled after it had completed
> > production of its fourth season, even though it was contracted for
> a fifth
> > season. The cancellation ended the series on a cliffhanger, which
> infuriated
> > legions of fans, who campaigned for its return, and sought backers
> in Europe
> > to try to revive it. The result was a four-hour mini-series which
> aired in
> > 2004, and wrapped up some of the show's hanging plot threads. Now
a new
> > 10-part "Farscape" Webisode series is in the works to be presented on
> > SciFi.com.
> >
> >
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> > 5. "The 4400." While I'm not really heartbroken about the
> cancellation of
> > this series, it is frustrating to follow a story for four years and
> never
> > know how it was intended to end. We needed things explained that
> just never
> > were, thanks to the fickleness of NBC. It's a good thing "Lost"
> wasn't an
> > NBC series!
> >
> > 6. "Moonlight." This one was just heartbreaking. While it hadn't
> achieved
> > the greatness of "Angel," this series showed a lot of promise, and
> could
> > have been damned great if given the chance to build upon the
> mythology and
> > the romance that was laid out in its 15 episodes. And now we won't
> have the
> > mesmerizing Alex O'Loughlin to ogle every Friday at 9 p.m.
> >
> > 7. "Wonderfalls" was another great show that had its knees bashed
> in by Fox
> > network executives' baseball bats. It was poorly advertised, put in
> an awful
> > time slot, then abruptly moved to an even worse time slot before
it was
> > cancelled after just four episodes.
> >
> > This was one of the few partially unaired series I was so
> captivated by, I
> > had to buy the DVDs
> > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=2> to
see what
> > happened next. After viewing the 13 episodes, I was depressed. This
> could
> > have been the show that took the crown from "Buffy." It was funny.
> It was
> > sad. It was like a slightly more perverse "Eli Stone" without the
> saccharine
> > preachiness about having faith. At the helm was Bryan Fuller - he
> of "Dead
> > Like Me," "Heroes," and "Pushing Daisies." Sigh.
> >
> > 8. "Dead Like Me." Come on, guys! This was on Showtime! People had
> to pay to
> > see it, so why the cancellation? This show was awesome! It was
> funny and sad
> > and philosophical, and had great characters played by a top-notch
> cast. I
> > did not subscribe to Showtime until this series aired. When it was
> > cancelled, I cancelled my sub to Showtime, and didn't come back till
> > "Dexter" aired. DLM had Mandy Patinkin, who, primadonna as he is
> reputed to
> > be, is willing to go back to doing this series if it were ever to be
> > revived.
> >
> > There is a slight glimmer of hope, because this summer, the new,
> straight to
> > DVD movie
> <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=3> is
> > slated to be released. Patinkin isn't in it, but Ellen Muth (George),
> > Jasmine Guy (Roxy), and the hilarious Mason (Callum Blue) will be
> back. The
> > movie <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=3>
also
> > features the magnificent Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond on "Lost"), who
> I want to
> > have my babies.
> >
> > The glimmer part is that if the DVD
> > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=3> movie
does
> > significantly well, we could see a revival of the series. I don't
> believe in
> > fairies or wishing on stars, but if this series returned, I would
> be happier
> > than a pig in. well, you know!
> >
> > 9. "The Lone Gunmen." This was a hilarious series, and ironically a
> bit too
> > prophetic. The pilot episode had a plot about terrorists flying an
> airplane
> > into the World Trade Center. It aired six months before the Sept.
> 11, 2001
> > attack on the WTC. Still, many sociologists, historians, and
political
> > scientists were well aware of the possibility of that scenario
> occurring in
> > real life.
> >
> > What made this series - cancelled after just six episodes - work,
> was the
> > humor. The plots were often bizarre and entertaining
> > <http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=3> , and
> while our
> > heroes were the biggest nerds of the century, they were good at
> what they
> > did! And who could forget Jimmy Bond, Kimmy the Geek, and Yves
> Adele Harlow?
> >
> > This series was cancelled on a cliffhanger. (Why do networks do
> this to us?)
> > Fortunately, its parent series, "The X-Files," was still on the
> air, so the
> > cliffhanger was able to be resolved on that series. Then they
> killed the
> > Lone Gunmen.
> >
> > 10. "Surface." Yet another series ended on a cliffhanger. To this
> day, Dr.
> > Laura Daughtry, her knee-jerk companion Rich, teenager Miles, and his
> > girlfriend, are stuck in a steeple in South Carolina, surrounded by
> > electrically-enhanced giant hungry sea creatures swimming in the
floods
> > caused by a mysterious tsunami.
> >
> > My kids and I loved this series, despite the bashing it got from
> critics,
> > who favored the slower-moving and lackluster "Invasion" over
> "Surface." We
> > liked the latter much better, from the charming and increasingly
creepy
> > story of the bond between Miles and the baby sea creature Nimrod;
> to the
> > oddball mismatch between Dr. Laura, and her troglodytic partner in
> > obsession, Rich; to the creepy genetic-hybrid experiments with an
alien
> > flower that allowed unethical scientists to create a girly monkey
man.
> >
> > A year after it premiered, "Heroes" took its place on Monday
night NBC.
> > While I'm thrilled that "Heroes" has succeeded (and I liked the
> series even
> > when other people didn't), I still wish there was room for "Surface"
> > somewhere on their schedule.
> >
> > Honorable Mention: "Invasion," "Tru Calling," "The Dresden Files,"
> > "Millennium," and "Star Trek: Enterprise" minus most of the first
three
> > seasons and the crappy finale.
> >
> > Now let's hear from you. What shows that aired between 1998 and
> 2008 were
> > unjustly cancelled. I'm not interested in a discussion about ratings,
> > because that's always the justification used for canceling great
shows.
> > Let's talk about shows that moved you. Think in terms of shows of
> quality,
> > or shows that involved you that should have been allowed to continue.
> >
> > http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5057&page=4
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> > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels
> will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A
> Man Without A Country"
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