Why cancelled ffs
Why do they always cancel good shows. This show was great. They always seem to keep shows that are total *beep* and cancel ones that people actually watch
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Given that they were ignoring the sequels, I'm not sure it was a good idea to have such a big gap in the story between the original Omen movie and this TV series. There must have been no shortage of incidents in Damien's life to tell in the 25 year gap. Perhaps they would have been covered in stand alone movies or a spin off.
By the end of the season, I felt that it had hit it's stride. It would have been interesting to see how a second season would have developed.
You can't palm off a second-rater on me. You gotta remember I was in the pink!
To be fair I'm a big fan of the original Omen movies but I will admit this one took forever to get going the thing was with the originals was the point was they were going to stop something from happening later which can provide tension for 110 minute movie but for a series 10 x 1 hour episodes can leave you yelling "Get on with it!" at the screen.
Especially as had him be much to old for it buy the time he was 30 he should have been well on his way to being evil.
The problem with anything like this is at the point where things actually do start to happen it goes from being a Horror-Thriller to a Religious action movie which wouldn't resemble the original film.
I disagree a bit and here is why. I liked the first two movies, but I did think this was a bit more original and unique. In Damien Omen II, Damien has no idea who or what he is and when he finds out, he freaks and eventually comes to terms with it. Before that, he was not evil, but gave into his destiny.
With this show, it begged the question of are we pre destined to be this or that, good, evil, all the stuff they believed in the Middle Ages. If you were "bad" then you were thought to have been pre ordained to be that way. But, life is not that simple and what I liked about the show was that he did not want to give into any of it. He thought it was bull for a couple of episodes, several actually, and when it starts to accept what he is, he does not want it and wants to make another choice. Only at the end does he give in to it and it was to save another's life. He was also unaware of the people who were working behind the scenes.
So, are we pre ordained, pre destined to do things even though we do not want that? Left alone to our own devices, is that destiny something that we would choose? Or, do we have a choice and can we not follow what we are destined or prophesied to become and if so, does that mean we can free ourselves or will we eventually give in to it? I think there is some choice we are in any situation.
It reminds me of the story of how Judas betrayed Jesus, that he was destined to to that and in a sense had no free will and therefore had no choice. This brings up other questions, but the one I have the biggest problem is, and I have asked Priests and Reverends this, is that Christians seem to think that Judas was never forgiven and is in hell. Well, I always ask, according to that story, Judas was pre ordained and had no choice in the matter and could not exercise free will and if he is in fact in hell as many claim, would that not mean that Judas actually suffered more for the sins of humans than Jesus did? Also, when Jesus was on the cross and said something like "forgive them for they know not what they do" he did not say "except Judas." I am not wanting to get into a religious argument, I am going by what was written and asking questions. Most do not like it when I ask these questions/statements and others see the logic behind what I say.
Is there anyone else here that may have thought the same thing?
I get what you mean but you kind of made my entire point for me in your first paragraph; all this was done in Omen II in 107 minutes. While yes that's an interesting question it's only one interesting question and no enough to fill an entire series again like you said it took many episodes to even get to the part where he might sort of perhaps believe there's something going on. In in between really nothing except a lot of time wasting as this plot would be a lot better suited to a movie (and again it was) than 10 one hour episodes and at the end of it we've barely got into Act 1 of the story.
Plus there's no "Look at me Mark!" scene.
To be fair I'm a big fan of the original Omen movies but I will admit this one took forever to get going the thing was with the originals was the point was they were going to stop something from happening later which can provide tension for 110 minute movie but for a series 10 x 1 hour episodes can leave you yelling "Get on with it!" at the screen.
Especially as had him be much to old for it buy the time he was 30 he should have been well on his way to being evil.
The problem with anything like this is at the point where things actually do start to happen it goes from being a Horror-Thriller to a Religious action movie which wouldn't resemble the original film.
Fringe shows need better planning to survive than dependance on ratings. Yes, this show should have gotten a second season on merit. Everyone involved did great work on Damien. Except the producers! You see it every year - great ideas that only have a single guaranteed season? All this work that goes into creating the foundation of a show that could be successful for years, and there's zero fallback if the ratings are not high enough?
TV investment is obviously built on the short game and immediate gain - and it's F'ing lame. Cause like you observe, great shows get *beep* canned every year - and it's frustrating as a viewer.
TBH I never didn't even know the original movies existed and just came across this because the actor paying Damien was in Merlin. And I really enjoyed the show as well.
Sadly many networks these days forget some shows are slower burners and don't always make a hit on first season. Clear example of this is Breaking Bad. And as a result we got many promising or already great shows canned because of initial recetion. Apart from the mandatory Firefly there were also shows like Forever, Ringer, Life or even the controversial Stargate Universe (Half of the first season was trash - granted - but I enjoyed 2sn season a lot more and I stand by that - ef that cliffhanger).
They did an episode on Iraq War Veteran Suicide, a very controversial issue making the US army look bad for handling it so poorly.
Bam, bye bye series.
Still rated 7.1, higher than Supergirl, a series that should have been cancelled in it's place.
Ratings competitive with Walking Dead, made by the same creator.
Television network ratings however (ratings based on viewship at airtime, people who watch on TV at scheduled programming times, essentially noboby under the age of 45) weren't great, so they tanked it.
Who the *beep* watches network programming on TV at scheduled times? We live in the DVR, Streaming and Torrent era. Unfortunately, the networks only factor in the first of those three... limiting 'ratings' when it comes to measuring actual fanbase and viewship of the series as a whole.
Pathetic really.