The Ord by: Jacob Kern

One of my favorite shows on TV these days is Supernatural I have mentioned on the The Ord Podcast and I have to say that with the premier last week I am again psyched about this series. In previous years of the show I would always catch the middle to tail end of the show that was just before it known as Smallville which I am not a big fan of, but I could at least bare it.

A few weeks ago I finally watched the movie Twilight and I was somewhat impressed, it was pretty good, but I am not like a huge fan by any means. It was more for younger teenagers and not necessarily for my age group. Why do I bring this up, well because I settled in last Thursday to catch the Season Premier of Supernatural and as usual I was going to watch whatever was on (expecting Smallville), but to my surprise it was a new show called Vampire Diaries. I couldn’t even watch it, it was so bad. It was such a Rip off of Twilight, I mean just the little part I watched I think all they did was change the names and change the actors who played them, but seriously how about some originality.

Anyway, I only brought this up because; I am just tired of the same old stuff. I love to be entertained as I am sure many of you do, but how about some variety some different ideas and set the bar higher, go out on a limb once in a while, and quit doing what “you” think is popular (talking to TV producers). I realize it comes down to money, but think about all the great shows, movies, and documentaries that went on a limb and had a huge following later when it was not appreciated for what it was at that given time.

The best example for this I can give is Firefly. This was a show that I watched and in my opinion probably the best produced, directed, and written sci-fi TV series in Television history. It aired 1 season was canceled and because it had such a following and could not be ignored they actually made a movie called Serenity that finished out the series. Again, it was a very risky idea that should have continued but because the “ratings” weren’t where they should have been it was once again canned, I beg anyone out there to bring a great possibly risky idea to the mainstream and take a chance on it. Know that if it has good writing it will be successful, stop worrying about the norm and start worrying about the art form it brings.

UPDATE

DOH! I have been corrected, Apparently, The Vampire Diaries was written 10+ years before Twilight…My Bad – However – still sucks.