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Made me fangirl, and I'm a guy.

posted 11 years ago by Strallen
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Seriously, the discovery that this series was coming out made me have a full-blown spazzing out screeching fangirl fit, and that as a guy who does not have such fits. But I have been a Christopher Pike (Kevin McFadden) fan my entire life, and even today he remains my all-time favorite author. I believe far more of his works deserved full blown movie adaptations and never got them. And to see that one of his best series is finally getting made into a tv-series just made me half lose my mind. Good for him, Pike deserves it. As much recognition as he got (he was pretty much *the* teen author of the 90's, back before teen authors got the kind of recognition they get today), I still felt he never got enough. I would've taken him over Rowling, Meyer, and Collins put together. He deserved the kind of media attention and movie offers that they got.

I can only hope that the producers of this show are planning on at least trying to keep the story based upon the source material, or I'll be extremely disappointed. Spooksville was a fantastic series, and although each book was a little on the short side, they should easily be able to make each one into an episode or two a piece. If they just keep the characters and completely revamp the plot, my nerd rage will reach nuclear levels.

[–] prydain17 11 years ago

Can't wait for this show. Loved the books as a kid...LOVED THEM, I was constantly checking them out of the library and re-reading them. I'm not The Hub's target demo at all but I'll watch.

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[–] jgater1981 10 years ago

I'm not so sure we're NOT part of The Hub's demo. A series from an author many our age grew up reading plus The Aquabats Super Show (a band I was really into during the late 90's in high school). Throw in R.L. Stein's Haunting Hour, and they're going for nostalgia. They know what they're doing.

[–] Strallen 10 years ago

Nuclear levels reached. =/. I just finally had a chance to watch the first episode, and not only did they revamp the plot, but they did a poor job of it too. Plus, the acting is sub-par at best, with not even a single one of the actors possessing any real exceptional talent. This was just the sad botching of amazing source material.

[–] ostrolla 10 years ago

Not even close, the show is incredible. It keeps getting better.

[–] lilej2 10 years ago

ostrolla you're being over the top. I've been watching every episode because I've been interested in this show since the promos. It started out decent but now it's already getting dumb. The show had potential but it's just ridiculous now.

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[–] balantine 9 years ago

Nuclear levels reached. =/. I just finally had a chance to watch the first episode, and not only did they revamp the plot, but they did a poor job of it too. Plus, the acting is sub-par at best, with not even a single one of the actors possessing any real exceptional talent. This was just the sad botching of amazing source material.

This.
I was also fan-girling over this show (having been a HUGE fan of the books as a kid), but the Pilot just honestly sucked.
The actors truly are the biggest let-down. Those people I saw weren't Adam, Sally or Watch. They just weren't

[–] IvyTempleton 9 years ago

This is a wee bit off base. I was surprised at how good the acting was. I was expecting it to be pretty bad.

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[–] smartone1986 9 years ago

actually thought it was pretty good does have protential