Favorite Failed TV show?
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futurama, one of the best shows EVAR.
im surprised theres no mention of shadow raiders. its probably the best thing mainframes ever done(especially now with all the barbie and hot wheels sh*te). Good graphics, great story line, way ahead of its time. i mean come on, 5 planets, one planet-eating-unstopable planet, ancient engines hidden deep within those 5 planets, and villians made of anti-matter for christ's sake. it was cut short 13 episodes early(planned 40 shortened to 27), barely tying up most of the loose ends, with still a huge plot hole. and it was made 10 YEARS AGO PEOPLE
im surprised theres no mention of shadow raiders. its probably the best thing mainframes ever done(especially now with all the barbie and hot wheels sh*te). Good graphics, great story line, way ahead of its time. i mean come on, 5 planets, one planet-eating-unstopable planet, ancient engines hidden deep within those 5 planets, and villians made of anti-matter for christ's sake. it was cut short 13 episodes early(planned 40 shortened to 27), barely tying up most of the loose ends, with still a huge plot hole. and it was made 10 YEARS AGO PEOPLE
Andy Richter Controls the Universe, that one show that Andy Richter played an accountant/detective, and the token Arrested Development answer.
Oh man, especially undergrads. The ending was meant for a 2nd season, and there was just so much to be planned for the next.Zethos64 said:
On that note, I wanna also throw in Mission Hill. That show was just awesome, and it died so early.
I liked Firefly a lot but I didn't watch it on the air. I just knew that FOX would murder it like it murdered my favorite canceled show, Brimstone. Interesting concept, well acted, and had one of the best depictions of Satan I've ever seen. But noooooo....I'm never gonna get over Brimstone.
I really miss Rocko's Modern Life, Pirates of Dark Water Ren & Stimpy and Invader Zim too but the difference is that R&S and Zim are out on DVD, where as Nick shows no signs of ever releasing Rocko. When the creator was asked how he felt about bootlegs on the internet his reply was, "At least someone is giving Rocko fans what they want."
And since no one really cared about PoDW when it was on the air I'm not going to hold out hope for a DVD release.
I really miss Rocko's Modern Life, Pirates of Dark Water Ren & Stimpy and Invader Zim too but the difference is that R&S and Zim are out on DVD, where as Nick shows no signs of ever releasing Rocko. When the creator was asked how he felt about bootlegs on the internet his reply was, "At least someone is giving Rocko fans what they want."
And since no one really cared about PoDW when it was on the air I'm not going to hold out hope for a DVD release.
I really enjoyed that, its a shame so few people realised it wasn't just a joke about Bush, but a parody of all mediocre US sitcoms, and from that perspective, brilliantly done, even down to the cheerful neighbor who just walks in whenever the plot required him and the audience wolf whistles when any attractive woman appears on screen.Pumpkin_Eater said:
I'd have to put a vote in for 'Lucky Louie', I've only just seen the first and only series, and damn, its refreshing to see a sitcom which really doesn't hold back, it's probably way past South Park in terms of offensiveness, yet it never feels like it's trying to shock, it just feels like you're watching a real group of people. (who are seriously screwed up)
As a typical example, there's an episode based around Louie's 5 year old daughter being a brat, and throwing tantrums and generlly misbehaving and rebelling, and his wife says 'what's wrong?' and he goes 'Lucy's being a fucking asshole!'. Louie's worldview is that's he's trying to portray what most parents think, but know society won't let them actually say, that their wonderful special child, actually is damn annoying at times, sure he loves his kid, doesnt stop her being irritating as hell.
Now, the amazing thing is it doesn't feel 'shocking', just natural, and it's pretty amazing to see someone daring to criticise a small child, as they're seemingly held up in society to be beyond reproach, and you sure don't swear at a child on TV.
Just as a warning, it's a sitcom starring and written by Louis CK, so don't expect kittens and rainbows.
oy, ren and stimpy got... 6? seasons i think they aren't a failed tv show, just Nick took it down because of all the... adult themes (so says my uncle who helped animate/direct the show)OneBig Man said:
and onto my opinion, INVADER FUCKIN ZIM I LOVE YOU JHONAES VASQUEZ and firefly, but fucking joss whedon doesn't have any more original ideas, (female character who is grossly overpowered is in about all of his series[dollhouse, firefly, buffy, hmm i didn't watch jericko? was it any good?])
'Invader Zim'.
And, I'm not religious but 'The Book of Daniel' was actually funny. It was dropped pretty fast so I only got to see a couple episodes of it but I found the way it talked about religion to be hilarious. And the reverend and his dysfunctional family seemed so much more realistic to me. They weren't...goody-two-shoe zombie people.
Oh yeah, 'Dead Like Me'. That series was great.
'Weeds' was funny.
Live action of 'The Tick' was just freakin' hilarious.
And, I'm not religious but 'The Book of Daniel' was actually funny. It was dropped pretty fast so I only got to see a couple episodes of it but I found the way it talked about religion to be hilarious. And the reverend and his dysfunctional family seemed so much more realistic to me. They weren't...goody-two-shoe zombie people.
Oh yeah, 'Dead Like Me'. That series was great.
'Weeds' was funny.
Live action of 'The Tick' was just freakin' hilarious.
I was just going to say "The Book of Daniel." It was an amazingly hilarious take on modern Christianity (Episcopalianism). It's a shame that a number of conservative Christians took so much offense to the show that NBC pulled it. The best part was that all the advertisers were so scared that their products would be boycotted, that I think I only saw two non-NBC ads during all four aired episodes.historybuff said:
