Fannish 5

[niko]

From fannish5:
What 5 series would you resurrect if you could?

I'm blithely ignoring issues of actors having aged or moved on. 

1.  Weiss Side B
No contest.  The way this manga puttered out and then got dropped with barely a whimper of closure is going to stick in my craw for a good long while.  There were so many things I was *hoping* to see that may not have happened, but now it will forever feel like that longed-for arc was *just* around the corner, if only...    I'm left without any epic reunion arc (even a temporary one) with Yohji and Omi coming to the forefront.  No reveal that everything was some grand conspiracy by Rosenkreuz.   Barely a dent in the whole Interleukin-whatever plot that was the whole *point* of the series.  No big flashback to "Side A".  Argh! Not fair.

2.  Magnificent Seven
Obvious choice is obvious.

3.  Gabriel Knight
Who ends a *video game* series on a cliffhanger?  Seriously.  Despite having only three games to their names, Gabe and Grace and the whole schattenjaeger mythos are so amazing, I'd give anything to go back to that well one more time for some closure.

4.  Moon Over Miami
Gotta stick a wildcard in here.  No one else has even heard of this show, I'm sure.  It starred Billy Campbell (*swoon*) and Ally Walker as a bickering-detective duo a la Moonlighting or Remington Steele.  The episodes that managed to air were definitely rough around the edges, but the chemistry between the two leads was faboo, and the show had this jazzy quirkiness all its own.  It's always the first show I think of when talk turns to late, lamented shows that never got off the ground.  So, I'd just *have* to use my godlike powers to revisit it if I could.

5.  Firefly
It was actually a toss-up between this and Earth 2, but E2 would've been a nostalgia pick, and I already covered that in #4.  There's no question that Firefly deserved a longer life.

Runner-Up:  SG:A.  I can't say the show ever made it to must-see-TV status for me, but the cast and characters are some of the most likeable and just plain fun-to-watch out there.  They got shafted.

Comments

[vr2lbast.livejournal.com]

I, too, mourn Weiss: Side B. The manga basically covered the characters' backstories and then just stopped. I really wanted to know more about the plot they were setting up and how it tied back into Omi and Yohji (as their appearance was hinted quite strongly).

I know less about the television programs. I'm a weird mutant who has lived most of her life without cable and, recently, without any television at all. If it weren't for my flist, I wouldn't have the vaguest notion that television programs still exist o_O

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that she didn't get around to doing anything with Yohji and Omi is the part that kills me most. I was kinda hoping for some sort of clash between Kryptonbrand & Kritiker, with Aya & Ken caught in the middle, y'know?

If there was more overall interest in Side B in the fandom (and/or if I could write at all myself :P), I've sometimes toyed with the idea of pushing for a fanfiction "virtual season" of some sort. It's so sad to leave it dangling like that.

(And "hee!" about the TV shows. :) Of the three from my list, two were extremely shortlived shows from ten and fifteen years ago, so they're not exactly ones that would be on most folks radar nowadays anyway. :) )

[vr2lbast.livejournal.com]

A virtual season would be awesome although it's difficult to tell where to go with it since we only got enough to give an impression of what was going on. I have tried to puzzle it out myself in my head, but can't seem to get enough of a handle on it...

I think there might be more interest than is actually being voiced, but it's definitely a tiny fraction compared to some fandoms.