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shapinglightSorry I haven't answered all your comments from the other day (not something I have to say often these days). In truth, I was/still am embarrassed by how upset I am about Lucifer being cancelled (not to mention The Expanse and Mozart in the Jungle, which I haven't said about before. Now, it only needs FX to cancel Legion (which they may or may not), and for the last three episodes of The Americans to air, to mean every show I'm currently enjoying on TV has been cancelled/come to an end, and only one of them with proper closure - assuming The Americans doesn't blow it at last knockings).
Where it comes to Lucifer, I'm embarrassed because I know it's only a TV show and doesn't matter at all in the grand scheme of things. In a few months' time - less, even - everyone involved will have moved on and the fans will turn to other shows and forget this one. But I am still upset - not because I'm naive enough to think anything but money matters in TV land, but because the bloody writers seem to have been that naive, and as a consequence have let the fans down hugely.
Okay, so Joe Henderson (co-showrunner) was saying on Twitter the other day that they must give the fans proper closure, even if it's only himself and Ildy Modrovich writing fanfic (because he must know the chances of Fox paying for a Sense8 style special to end the series properly are nil). But if he gets other work he'll probably forget about that soon enough, and it wouldn't be the same anyway, would it? The fact remains they've ended the show on a cliffhanger and I'll never forgive them for it. Idiots!
So as you can see, I'm still pretty pessimistic about the show being picked up elsewhere. The Expanse has a better chance, frankly, because it's 'critically acclaimed' (deservedly so). Lucifer is just a daft, fun show with a great cast and good writing that helps it (at times) transcend the boring procedural format Fox chose to stick it in (I suppose they wanted a replacement for Bones?). Despite the fan outpourings on Twitter, with signal boosting from the likes of Neil Gaiman and William Shatner, bless him, I think it's doomed.
Needless to say, I'd be delighted to be wrong.
I'll probably write a review of the finale at some point, but it may not be rightaway.
The only upside to this I can see is that I won't have to grit my teeth to make myself watch a Fox show again. Also, maybe I've finally learned my lesson about never watching anything until it's over for good, or is a huge GoT-type production that's never likely to be cancelled before it reaches a proper conclusion.
Where it comes to Lucifer, I'm embarrassed because I know it's only a TV show and doesn't matter at all in the grand scheme of things. In a few months' time - less, even - everyone involved will have moved on and the fans will turn to other shows and forget this one. But I am still upset - not because I'm naive enough to think anything but money matters in TV land, but because the bloody writers seem to have been that naive, and as a consequence have let the fans down hugely.
Okay, so Joe Henderson (co-showrunner) was saying on Twitter the other day that they must give the fans proper closure, even if it's only himself and Ildy Modrovich writing fanfic (because he must know the chances of Fox paying for a Sense8 style special to end the series properly are nil). But if he gets other work he'll probably forget about that soon enough, and it wouldn't be the same anyway, would it? The fact remains they've ended the show on a cliffhanger and I'll never forgive them for it. Idiots!
So as you can see, I'm still pretty pessimistic about the show being picked up elsewhere. The Expanse has a better chance, frankly, because it's 'critically acclaimed' (deservedly so). Lucifer is just a daft, fun show with a great cast and good writing that helps it (at times) transcend the boring procedural format Fox chose to stick it in (I suppose they wanted a replacement for Bones?). Despite the fan outpourings on Twitter, with signal boosting from the likes of Neil Gaiman and William Shatner, bless him, I think it's doomed.
Needless to say, I'd be delighted to be wrong.
I'll probably write a review of the finale at some point, but it may not be rightaway.
The only upside to this I can see is that I won't have to grit my teeth to make myself watch a Fox show again. Also, maybe I've finally learned my lesson about never watching anything until it's over for good, or is a huge GoT-type production that's never likely to be cancelled before it reaches a proper conclusion.