Terminator Terminated
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I'm disapointed, but not surprised. Personally I blame the writers. They dropped the ball hugely by taking a good chunk of season 2 and trying to make the show into a crappy, dull and uninteresting phsyological investigation of Sarah and her burdens. For some reason they thought people would be interested in a Terminator show with no action and a criminal underuse of Summer Glau in those episodes.
Ah well. Summer Glau for X-23 in the character's inevitable appearance in a Wolverine sequel.
Ah well. Summer Glau for X-23 in the character's inevitable appearance in a Wolverine sequel.
Fox, go Terminate yourselves.
You know, I frickin hated the idea of this show and said it's going to be cancelled within the first season because the concept sucked so much. Then people started saying good things about it. Then I started watching it, I still wasn:t that impressed but I stuck with it because people said how good it gets. By the end of the season I was hooked and season 2 I had placed this as the show that would replace the space left by BSG cos there ain't that much good stuff out there really.
I hope Josh Friedman at least tells us what he had in mind for how the series would continue and eventually end.
You know, I frickin hated the idea of this show and said it's going to be cancelled within the first season because the concept sucked so much. Then people started saying good things about it. Then I started watching it, I still wasn:t that impressed but I stuck with it because people said how good it gets. By the end of the season I was hooked and season 2 I had placed this as the show that would replace the space left by BSG cos there ain't that much good stuff out there really.
I hope Josh Friedman at least tells us what he had in mind for how the series would continue and eventually end.
They picked up the show for a second season even though ratings dropped rapidly in the first, and they gave it a full second season order even though the second season ratings continued to drop. They've renewed their two freshman SFF shows - Fringe and Dollhouse - but it obviously just didn't make financial sense for them to renew T:TSSC. It sucks, but that's life. They're running a business, not a charity for SFF fans.
Also, in this decade ABC and NBC have had as many early cancellations of SFF shows as Fox has (CBS has had far fewer, but then they air far fewer SFF shows).
well, maybe Summer Glau will either get her own show, naked but with black bars following her everywhere (theater of the mind guys, theater of the mind
) or appear on Dollhouse.
) or appear on Dollhouse.
I'm disappointed about this but not really that surprised
It's a shame that we won't see what happens after the cliffhanger.
It's a shame that we won't see what happens after the cliffhanger.
You're misinformed. They're airing two sitcoms in the slot on Fridays before Dollhouse (shocked that's renewed).
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090518fox03
In all honesty, I'm not surprised. I had hopes for the show in the first season, but it lost me after the season 2 premiere. In all honesty, it just didn't seem to go anywhere fast. I'm not saying that I wanted action a minute, and I certainly don't mean any offense to fans but it just did not entertain me personally. However, I really hope you guys do get a follow-up to wrap up the cliffhanger.
And The Cleveland Show actually made the schedule finally? UGH! This is why I plan on cancelling my cable in its entirety over the summer. Where's smart TV anymore?
When I read the new lineup it was at 1:00 am and that section was blank.
Executed by the army of the braindead masses.
What shows exactly? I thought it was only Fox and SyFy that got any. (And BBC in Europe)
There was TSCC and Stargate Atlantis - and Dr Who and Red Dwarf. (Galactica was more drama.)
Also, what is the second f for?
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SFF = Science Fiction and Fantasy.
First season cancellations of one-hour SFF shows (using a broad definition of SFF) in this decade by the four major US broadcast networks:
ABC (7) - Day Break, Dinotopia, Invasion, Life on Mars, Miracles, Night Stalker, Veritas: The Quest (ABC also had Kingdom Hospital, which fans campaigned to get a second season for, although that was planned as a limited series)
CBS (4) - Century City, Moonlight, Threshold, Wolf Lake
Fox (7) - Firefly, Freaklylinks, John Doe, The Lone Gunmen, New Amsterdam, Point Pleasant, Wonderfalls
NBC (7) - Bionic Woman, The Book of Daniel, Journeyman, Kings, Knight Rider, My Own Worst Enemy, Surface (NBC also had the quasi-SFF Raines)
Sounds about right to me.
In all honesty, I think the new movie might have contributed to it's cancellation, weird though, because I thought with the new movie coming out the rage about Terminator would be huge, and a TV series based on Terminator is already out.
Even though it's an alternate reality -shudders-.
Even though it's an alternate reality -shudders-.
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