Thursday, November 13, 2008

Winding up a story

I’ve never watched Pushing Daisies, but I hear there are plans to finish up the story in a series of comic books, should the TV series get canceled.

I’ve been thinking for a long time that TV shows should do this when there’s still an audience, but maybe not a big enough audience to justify Hollywood production. I don’t know if comic books would be my medium of choice, but I think I’d consume more of some stories in just about any form.

It’s especially cruel to fans, don’t you think, to lop off a series in mid-story like both of David Milch’s HBO series—Deadwood and John From Cincinnati. Give me a podcast or an animated movie, a novelization, shoot, a blog. Just tell me what you had in mind to wind the thing up. You know? And, OK, because I pay for HBO, I think I feel a little more used when I don’t get my conclusion.