TNT cancels Leverage - Page 2

Lonemagpie · December 22 2012, 10:24 PM

Greg Cox wrote:

And right before the books start coming out, damnit!

Which means there won't be any more...

Guy Gardener · December 22 2012, 10:29 PM

Even if they sell really, really well?

Davros · December 22 2012, 10:33 PM

Lonemagpie wrote:

Greg Cox wrote:

And right before the books start coming out, damnit!

Which means there won't be any more...

Just like what happened with Star Trek.

Greg Cox · December 22 2012, 10:39 PM

Guy Gardener wrote:

Even if they sell really, really well?

We can only hope.

In general, tie-in book lines tend to fade away after the original shows vanish, but there are several notable exceptions. Star Trek, of course, but also Doctor Who, Monk, and Murder She Wrote. I believe the Diagnosis: Murder books had a healthy afterlife as well.

And there were Dark Shadows, Columbo, and Rockford Files novels published long after the TV shows had gone off to TV Valhalla.

Heck, I picked up a new Kolchak:The Night Stalker novel at Barnes & Noble earlier this week--with Darren McGavin on the cover!

Guy Gardener · December 22 2012, 10:43 PM

It all depends on how many 10s of pages the sex scenes with Parker and Hardison are.

Greg Cox · December 22 2012, 11:07 PM

Guy Gardener wrote:

It all depends on how many 10s of pages the sex scenes with Parker and Hardison are.

Not that kind of book, I'm afraid . . . .

Christopher · December 22 2012, 11:24 PM

Buffy novels ran for quite a while after the series ended, but not anymore.

Australis · December 23 2012, 10:01 AM

I'm hoping Geoff Thorne drops in to give us his take. He's a regular poster on TrekBBS and a writer on the show.

Kirby · December 23 2012, 05:54 PM

I missed this show probably more than I watched it, but I always enjoyed it when I did see it. I think I'll go back and watch it all from the start.

RJDiogenes · December 23 2012, 11:18 PM

Christopher wrote:

RJDonner&Blitzen wrote:

Sort of a Mission: Impossible for the 21st century.

Yes, very much so. For all that Mission: Impossible (the series) was presented as a spy show, it was really a heist show at heart, about a team of grifters pulling scams or committing intricate thefts week after week. It's just that the networks wouldn't have tolerated a show whose protagonists were criminals, so they had to make them off-book intelligence agents pulling scams on foreign spies and terrorists and mobsters with the unofficial support of the US government.

Other than that, the main difference was that most of M:I (except for the first half of the first season, the entire fifth season, and the '88 revival) was essentially devoid of any real characterization of its core cast. The producers wanted them to be ciphers who were defined entirely by the roles they played.

True enough. Luckily, they used some really fine character actors for the most part.

Greg Cox wrote:

Heck, I picked up a new Kolchak:The Night Stalker novel at Barnes & Noble earlier this week--with Darren McGavin on the cover!

Not a graphic novel? What was the title?

Guy Gardener · December 23 2012, 11:24 PM

It takes a thief.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062572/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Although considering they took a inveterate criminal and put a leash on him, making Bob Wagner rob the trick evil foreign powers out of their precious for Uncle Sam... It kinda backs up your supposition.

Very similar to White Collar many have remarked.

MacLeod · December 23 2012, 11:26 PM

The only silver lining is that what is now the series finale was written as such just incase it wasn't renewed.

Greg Cox · December 24 2012, 05:02 AM

RJDonner&Blitzen wrote:

Greg Cox wrote:

Heck, I picked up a new Kolchak:The Night Stalker novel at Barnes & Noble earlier this week--with Darren McGavin on the cover!

Not a graphic novel? What was the title?

A very skinny little prose novel from Moonstone, titled The Lost World. It's about 175 pages.

LeadHead · December 24 2012, 05:19 AM

So bummed Leverage is ending. The last couple of years have had some boring lows and some off the charts awesome highs.

MacLeod · December 24 2012, 05:24 PM

So which was everyone's favourite character?

December 22 2012, 10:29 PM	#17
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: TNT cancels Leverage Even if they sell really, really well? __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

December 22 2012, 10:43 PM	#20
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: TNT cancels Leverage It all depends on how many 10s of pages the sex scenes with Parker and Hardison are. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

December 22 2012, 11:24 PM	#22
Christopher Writer	Re: TNT cancels Leverage Buffy novels ran for quite a while after the series ended, but not anymore. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

December 23 2012, 10:01 AM	#23
Australis Writer Location: The Electric Age	Re: TNT cancels Leverage I'm hoping Geoff Thorne drops in to give us his take. He's a regular poster on TrekBBS and a writer on the show. __________________ I will not accept tyranny, any tyranny, even that of Heaven - Terry Pratchett. Always choose cognac over cocaine. -- Jon Lord

December 23 2012, 05:54 PM	#24
Kirby Rear Admiral Location: Alt: 5280	Re: TNT cancels Leverage I missed this show probably more than I watched it, but I always enjoyed it when I did see it. I think I'll go back and watch it all from the start. __________________ Henderson!!!!

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December 23 2012, 11:24 PM	#26
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: TNT cancels Leverage It takes a thief. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062572/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Although considering they took a inveterate criminal and put a leash on him, making Bob Wagner rob the trick evil foreign powers out of their precious for Uncle Sam... It kinda backs up your supposition. Very similar to White Collar many have remarked. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

December 23 2012, 11:26 PM	#27
MacLeod Vice Admiral Location: Great Britain	Re: TNT cancels Leverage The only silver lining is that what is now the series finale was written as such just incase it wasn't renewed. __________________ On the continent of wild endeavour in the mountains of solace and solitude there stood the citadel of the time lords, the oldest and most mighty race in the universe looking down on the galaxies below sworn never to interfere only to watch.

December 24 2012, 05:19 AM	#29
LeadHead The Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot Location: Somewhere with Internet access.	Re: TNT cancels Leverage So bummed Leverage is ending. The last couple of years have had some boring lows and some off the charts awesome highs. __________________ Current Caption Contests: TNG TOS Movies I-X

December 24 2012, 05:24 PM	#30
MacLeod Vice Admiral Location: Great Britain	Re: TNT cancels Leverage So which was everyone's favourite character? __________________ On the continent of wild endeavour in the mountains of solace and solitude there stood the citadel of the time lords, the oldest and most mighty race in the universe looking down on the galaxies below sworn never to interfere only to watch.