mariequitecontrarie asked:
2,3, 5, 50 and 51
2) if you could have saved one TV show from cancellation, which one would it be?
Tough one because there are choices. Ultimately though no contest tbh
It has to be Dark Matter.
My heart wants to say The Librarians because 10 seasons wouldn’t have been enough (especially as they were only 10 episode seasons!!!) BUT Dark Matter ended on a cliffhanger and while the creator has released some info to explain how the team “got out of that one” it didn’t answer any of the big over-arching questions related to the big plots that would have taken another season or two to answer. What are the Black Ships? What happened with the android insurrection? Come on guys I need to know! :p
3) have you ever quit a show before it finished? why?
A couple yeah. Basically I’ll put up with a lot, if I commit to a show then there’s obviously something I love about it so I’ll work with the material, I’ll come up with headcanons to explain away stuff, I’ll try and make it work. However I do have a limit and some shows have reached it.
Once Upon a Time for instance. I pushed through season 6 out of sheer stubbornness and I regret it to be honest because I saw some things that I can’t unsee. I wanted to give season 7 a try but they did the unforgivable. It’s like Star Trek: Discovery, I actually quit mid-episode of that because once I had confirmation that they really had done it – I was out of there.
5) what’s your comfort show?
You know what it is :p it’s either The Librarians or Leverage, watched a million times and I just don’t care. They are amazing and I love them 🙂
50) what’s one TV cliche you love?
“They are right behind me aren’t they?” – it’s a visual thing because you can see the obliviousness and then the slow realisation. Whereas if you have to explain it in fiction, it loses something hence why it’s a TV cliche and not just a regular cliche.
51) what’s one TV cliche you despise?
This is one is more general cliche to be honest but I hate it when shows twist everything so the men are the heroes and the women need saving. I know that this is because I’m watching “that kind of show” but to be honest – Castle – that show did not start out that way. It started out with Beckett being badass, at least that’s how I remember it. However it felt later on like Beckett became a support act. It was Castle that did the rough stuff in the finales, that was the ‘hero’ with the gun and took care of it. That’s an ABC show, I kinda expect it with all the CBS shows (NCIS, Hawaii 5-0 etc. as it’s chronic with them) but I had thought better of Castle which is why it stung I think.