The thing about spin-offs
Nov. 27th, 2008 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatI usually like spin-offs of my favorite series - the new show takes something that you know and gives it a new spin with new characters. If you like the end-result or not, well, that's a different story. For example, I couldn't stand JAG but I love NCIS *shrugs*
CBS is possibly planning an NCIS spin-off and I'm quite looking forward to it (as long as they don't break up my Gibbs!team, that is). The old show will keep on going and we will be given a new series and get the chance to fall in love with before the old show is laid to rest one day.
On the other hand, there is Stargate: Universe. SGA was canceled to make room and raise money for this new project and no one will convince me otherwise, sorry. And the fact that my favorite show was dumped for yet another spin-off, that I wasn't given a grace period to fall in love with the new product before my old love was given up on, angers me beyond belief and it totally clouds my judgment where SGU is concerned.
And that's the thing about spin-offs. As long as the spin-off is a companion to the old show, I can be quite happy about it and look forward to it. But once it's a replacement and it's presented as a replacement, my enthusiasm hits rock bottom *sigh*
CBS is possibly planning an NCIS spin-off and I'm quite looking forward to it (as long as they don't break up my Gibbs!team, that is). The old show will keep on going and we will be given a new series and get the chance to fall in love with before the old show is laid to rest one day.
On the other hand, there is Stargate: Universe. SGA was canceled to make room and raise money for this new project and no one will convince me otherwise, sorry. And the fact that my favorite show was dumped for yet another spin-off, that I wasn't given a grace period to fall in love with the new product before my old love was given up on, angers me beyond belief and it totally clouds my judgment where SGU is concerned.
And that's the thing about spin-offs. As long as the spin-off is a companion to the old show, I can be quite happy about it and look forward to it. But once it's a replacement and it's presented as a replacement, my enthusiasm hits rock bottom *sigh*
