Moonlight cancelled
POSTED BY: Siri
UPDATED: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:20
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Total bummer. Show was just starting to hit its stride. I was concerned about this though because they were getting the two main characters together. This never goes well for a show.
New Amsterdam had an awesome premise but poor follow through. If they had made it more of an action/ drama instead of him looking for the right girl, maybe it would have done better. The whole "i need to find the girl that will make me mortal" thing got old pretty fast.
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But I can't imagine why the production of Moonlight can be that expensive. it's not Firefly. Not so much special effects.
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I think it had less to do with how expensive, and more to do with who paid for the expenses there were.
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Originally posted by FollowMal:
Nope, you're not alone. I'm pretty bummed. It was a good show all in all and I'll miss it.
New Amsterdam was canceled too.
New Amsterdam too ?
Major bummage , if that's true...You got any info that confirms this ? ; 'Cause I've been looking a bit , and haven't run across this news , yet...
Sorry , Siri , 'bout moonlight , I never did catch it...Am told it was good , though...
About New Amsterdam ...it was on the ever-notorious F-network...Should've figured , yet another promising young neo-classic killed off prematurely...
EDIT:...Did some more looking , and found this :
http://scifi.about.com/b/2008/05/14/cancellations-moonlight-new-amster
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...But canceling New Amsterdam is an absolute crime. New Amsterdam had great potential to use its leisurely pace to develop its more complex characters, particularly John (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Omar (Stephen Henderson). Coster-Waldau is a striking series lead, able to convey geniality and the the discomfort and frustration that comes from pursuing a 400-year quest. New Amsterdam took the most welcome risk of establishing John as a deeply flawed character, having succumbed in the past to the temptations of immortality; even his present-day persona is still recovering from his sins and is driven partly by a need to compensate for them.
The show's main potential weakness was insisting on pairing every present-day case with a crisis in John's past life; that could eventually get old and formulaic (we should only see key crises in John's past life that inform the present); but no doubt the writers would have realized this as the show evolved.
New Amsterdam is a show that, like its central character, deserves to survive and find both love and redemption.
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Damn. All I can say is damn. For both of them.
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I'll miss both of them.
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Originally posted by Whisper:
New Amsterdam had an awesome premise but poor follow through. If they had made it more of an action/ drama instead of him looking for the right girl, maybe it would have done better.
Personally, I thought the subdued action and drama was one of its strongpoints. I enjoyed the 'realism' and am glad it didn't get all CSI-meets-Highlander.
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There are a number of groups working on the campaign to save Moonlight:
http://moonlightfans.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=38
http://moonlightarmy.com/main/index.php?sid=53b0cba2418c0b6fdc606597fd
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http://www.savemoonlight.com/
There is also a forum on the USA Network's site where a LOT of Moonlighters are very actively courting USA to pick up Moonlight:
http://forums.usanetwork.com/index.php?s=719&showforum=57
...And others out there, I am sure.
Please, copy and share this information with anyone who wants to help!
Yours in the cause,
-Raycheetah =^[.]^=
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shit. 
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Quote:
Originally posted by Raycheetah:
There are a number of groups working on the campaign to save Moonlight:
http://moonlightfans.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=38
http://moonlightarmy.com/main/index.php?sid=53b0cba2418c0b6fdc606597fd
efaed2
http://www.savemoonlight.com/
There is also a forum on the USA Network's site where a LOT of Moonlighters are very actively courting USA to pick up Moonlight:
http://forums.usanetwork.com/index.php?s=719&showforum=57
...And others out there, I am sure.
Please, copy and share this information with anyone who wants to help!
Yours in the cause,
-Raycheetah =^[.]^=
The enjoyment of any good thing is only enhanced by sharing it with others.
Thank you Ray. I belong to one of those Moonlight boards and have been receiving missives about some of this stuff, but you've put it together nicely.
I'll spread the word.
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFillion:
shit.
Ditto, FMF. Ditto.
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You're very welcome!
Here's a poll (it appears you can vote every couple of hours), "Which Recently Canceled Show Bums You Out Most?":
http://buzzsugar.com/1623888
Moonlight, unsurprisingly, is in the lead.
Something else to share!
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