"Tru Calling" so terrible that its fansite has called for it to be cancelled

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BRITCHICK

Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:50 PM

Fan site disowns Eliza's new show.

A Tru Calling fan site has become so frustrated with the quality of Eliza Dushku's fantasy series, Tru Calling, that it has given up reporting on it completely.

Spoiled Rotten, known for its extensive Tru Calling, Buffy and Angel spoiler coverage had previously campaigned to save the show when it was threatened with cancellation earlier this year.

But actually watching the last few episodes seems to have been the final straw for the editors.

"The consensus is that the writing of the show is so lacking in any regard for logic, that Tru Calling doesn't deserve any coverage by our site," they announced. "The writers are clearly putting no effort into the scripts, so why should anyone put any effort into a spoiler site?

"They regret wasting their time even covering it to begin with. The show deserves to be cancelled."

Despite low ratings in America, Tru Calling was recently given a second season to prove its worth.

Here's a link to the original: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/cult/news/cult/2004/07/13/12910.shtml

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HAKEN

Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:58 PM

I dunno. The episodes were okay. I'll continue to watch it. It's definately better than half of the other stuffs on FOX.

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Thursday, July 15, 2004 7:53 PM

Tru Calling is one of those things I just watch cause it's on at a time that nothing else is and has an actress I like. It's okay, but it has its stupid moments... I don't really care one way or the other that it got renewed, but I'll probably watch it again this year.

The thing is, the last few episodes of the season were actually a dramatic improvement. It was the early episodes that were almost completely worthless not only with hoary, predictable plots, but also with apparent disrespect for the audience (flashbacks to events only a few minutes ago because they think that if they didn't, the audience would miss the significance of what this new event was).

The last few episodes actually had a go at an ongoing plotline which raised one or two interesting questions.

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HJERMSTED

Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:04 PM

I liked the first half of the season.

Never bought into having Luke Perry or whatever his name is brought aboard for the last half. That whole plot line and attempted story-arc just got silly.

But wait... Jane Espensen is writing for the show in season 2!

I will at least watch the eps she writes. She can only make Tru Calling better if you ask me.

mattro

CREVANREAVER

Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken: The episodes were okay.

Yeah, I've seen a couple of episodes and they were moderately alright. However, Wonderfalls was ten times a better show, so I don't know how in the world Tru Calling could actually get renewed for a second season and great shows like Wonderfalls and Firefly could be cancelled after a few episodes.

SEANMACROS

Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:29 PM

From what I've read the reason that Tru Calling was kept around is that it gets good 18-49 numbers. Its all about demographics. Anyway we have reason to hope that the next season will be better because Jane Espenson of Buffy fame is joining the writing team. Hopefully this will bring the writing on the show up a notch.

LINDLEY

Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:26 AM

Its definately true----Wonderfalls was far better.

However, what little I've seen of Tru wasn't bad.

TIMBEISHIR

Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hjermsted:

But wait... Jane Espensen is writing for the show in season 2!

I will at least watch the eps she writes. She can only make Tru Calling better if you ask me.

mattro

I agree. Hopefully Jane can make the show better. I kept watching because of Eliza and the few glimmers of hope that it showed at the scripts getting better. Oh yeah, and it had Eliza. Did I mention that already?

QUICKSAND

Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger:
(flashbacks to events only a few minutes ago because they think that if they didn't, the audience would miss the significance of what this new event was).

I just wanted to point out that this same "trick" was used in the original "Spider-Man," a movie I cannot stand. Everyone argues this point with me, but I'm glad folks like StarPilot here recognize when they're being insulted.

I tried watching "Tru Calling" in the beginning, cuz a friend of mine worked on the crew. Seemed like a great concept, but what you end up with is "Quantum Leap" with a slightly more attractive lead. I've seen Buffy, and I love Buffy, and I've seen Charmed, and I think Charmed sucks ass. "Tru Calling" is closer to "Charmed."

And if you're arguing the point, I've got two words for you: Jason Priestley.

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p.s. I thought "Spider-Man 2" was awesome, by the way.

ANGELL

Friday, September 24, 2004 1:53 AM

I don't know. I like the show. I would not run home right away and cancell plans to watch it, but I would watch it if I was not doing anything else. I think the story behind the show is pretty neat. Not something that's been done over and over again. Although, I hate Jason Priestly and I wish they had never brought him on board. I only saw a few eppys of it, but its true. It is better then most things on Fox. Anyways, ttyl buh bye.

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