Do you ever Rewatch Serial Shows Cancelled Prematurely ?
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I revisit Pushing Daisies on occasion.
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I loved Surface and Invasion as they aired; bought the DVD sets planning to re-watch them but it's been years now and they're still sealed as far as I know. I still look forward to viewing them again, but with so much backlog who knows when I'll get to them.
#29
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Agree about Human Target and Firefly. I rewatch those every so often. Others I like include Moonlight, Miracles (Skeet Ulrich can't get a break) and even tho it had a resolution, Kidnapped. And in the pretend the 2nd season never happened category, I would add Dark Blue.
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I thought Surface was underrated, and the final scene in the show certainly set up what could have been an interesting second season. If the show popped up on a basic cable channel in HD I would probably revisit the series.
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Adventures of Brisco County Jr
Alien Nation
Alphas
Birds Of Prey
Blade
Cleopatra 2525
Crusade
Dark Angel
Dresden Files
Early Edition
Earth 2
Eerie Indiana
Eli Stone
Firefly
Gravity
Harsh Realm
Invisible Man
Jack Of All Trades
Jeremiah
Jericho
Joan Of Arcadia
Keen Eddie
Life
Life On Mars
Logan's Run
Moonlight
Night Stalker
No Ordinary Family
Odyssey 5
Planet Of The Apes
Pushing Daisies
Quark
Reaper
Stargate Universe
Space: Above and Beyond
Surface
Tales Of The Golden Monkey
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Voyagers!
Witchblade
Wonderfalls
I think all of these fall unders the listed requirements. I own all of these and I watch all of them occasionally. I will be adding Almost Human to that list when I get it.
Alien Nation
Alphas
Birds Of Prey
Blade
Cleopatra 2525
Crusade
Dark Angel
Dresden Files
Early Edition
Earth 2
Eerie Indiana
Eli Stone
Firefly
Gravity
Harsh Realm
Invisible Man
Jack Of All Trades
Jeremiah
Jericho
Joan Of Arcadia
Keen Eddie
Life
Life On Mars
Logan's Run
Moonlight
Night Stalker
No Ordinary Family
Odyssey 5
Planet Of The Apes
Pushing Daisies
Quark
Reaper
Stargate Universe
Space: Above and Beyond
Surface
Tales Of The Golden Monkey
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Voyagers!
Witchblade
Wonderfalls
I think all of these fall unders the listed requirements. I own all of these and I watch all of them occasionally. I will be adding Almost Human to that list when I get it.
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I enjoyed Invasion on DVD but can't really envision watching it again when there's so much else to watch. Surface has been lingering on the edges of my awareness, but I'll probably never get to it.
I heard enough good things about Almost Human that I'll probably watch it someday.
I heard enough good things about Almost Human that I'll probably watch it someday.
Yeah there is so much on right now and year round, I just don't have the time to re-visit any old cancelled shows that I already saw. I'd rather watch a new episode of The Strain, Dallas or The Last Ship than sit through something again that never finished. Most here already have thousands of hours of backlog from cheap shit they bought on sale. I have more then plenty to watch on my DVR and all of it is new content. I don't need to see Human Target, Invasion, Jericho again.
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Yeah there is so much on right now and year round, I just don't have the time to re-visit any old cancelled shows that I already saw. I'd rather watch a new episode of The Strain, Dallas or The Last Ship than sit through something again that never finished. Most here already have thousands of hours of backlog from cheap shit they bought on sale. I have more then plenty to watch on my DVR and all of it is new content. I don't need to see Human Target, Invasion, Jericho again.
To each their own.
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I've watched Rubicon three times now. Shame the balloon heads at AMC never released it on home video.
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I'll add one more to the pot for discussion: Dead Like Me. This is the one I have probably watched most often over the years (and yet I didn't think of it right away).
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Yeah there is so much on right now and year round, I just don't have the time to re-visit any old cancelled shows that I already saw. I'd rather watch a new episode of The Strain, Dallas or The Last Ship than sit through something again that never finished. Most here already have thousands of hours of backlog from cheap shit they bought on sale. I have more then plenty to watch on my DVR and all of it is new content. I don't need to see Human Target, Invasion, Jericho again.
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I occasionally re-watch Miracles, the short series starring Skeet Ulrich that got canceled. That show had amazing potential, the few episodes we got felt like a more religious version of The X-Files. That show would easily survive today on a cable network. I strongly recommend getting the DVD.
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Even though V ended incomplete, there's some pleasure to be gotten from where it left you.
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#45
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When people decide to write a new serial show, how far out are they thinking of story arcs? Are they just looking for season 1 and they'll figure out season 2, 3, etc if the show gets renewed? Are they thinking right away of what will happen in seasons 4-5-6?
Or do they simultaneously think of both? If the series isn't a hit and will likely only last a year, do they have an emergency story arc that won't kick in if they're clear the show has staying power?
Or do they simultaneously think of both? If the series isn't a hit and will likely only last a year, do they have an emergency story arc that won't kick in if they're clear the show has staying power?
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When people decide to write a new serial show, how far out are they thinking of story arcs? Are they just looking for season 1 and they'll figure out season 2, 3, etc if the show gets renewed? Are they thinking right away of what will happen in seasons 4-5-6?
Or do they simultaneously think of both? If the series isn't a hit and will likely only last a year, do they have an emergency story arc that won't kick in if they're clear the show has staying power?
Or do they simultaneously think of both? If the series isn't a hit and will likely only last a year, do they have an emergency story arc that won't kick in if they're clear the show has staying power?
When Sons of Anarchy premiered, Kurt Sutter said from the very beginning that it was going to be a 7 season show and he got his wish.
#47
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It must suck to start a new show and expect to go seven years and treat season 1 as just setting the table for later season awesomeness and having your show cancelled because people thought the table setting was too slow.
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I binged on Jericho last year for the first time. While it doesn't come to a complete resolution, I don't feel it leaves everything up in the air. There are a few plot points introduced that don't get resolved, but it really is satisfying on an episode to episode basis. Some of the episodes can get a little silly, but it does a decent job of exploring what society in a town would become without communication to the outside world.
I'll add one more to the pot for discussion: Dead Like Me. This is the one I have probably watched most often over the years (and yet I didn't think of it right away).
I'll add one more to the pot for discussion: Dead Like Me. This is the one I have probably watched most often over the years (and yet I didn't think of it right away).
Fwiw, they did a "fourth season" of Jericho in comic book form to tie up the loose ends I hear.
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If it ends on a true cliffhanger, not really yet if it ties up that story and kind of does a what next then it can be okay depending how it's done.
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Yeah time definitely is an issue
I've been meaning to rewatch Jeremiah for a while now.
Dark Angel was one of my fav shows when it first aired (hence my username on dvdtalk) but i didn't think it aged well and when in tried to rewatch it a few years ago, i couldn't do it
I've been meaning to rewatch Jeremiah for a while now.
Dark Angel was one of my fav shows when it first aired (hence my username on dvdtalk) but i didn't think it aged well and when in tried to rewatch it a few years ago, i couldn't do it