In which I pimp Jericho
I don’t actually watch Jericho. I tend to watch very little series TV.
That ‘fessed up to, I want to direct the attention of all my readers who do watch series to an online effort to save Jericho from cancellation. If you’ve enjoyed the show, or even think you might if it came ’round again, please cruise on over and give the site a look, sign their petition if so moved.
My vested interests in this are two. First, some of my pals from the [in]famous St. Louis Firehouse Gang of long years past have been working F/X on the show. While they assure me they’re not going to be on the bricks over the cancellation, it’d be nice for them to continue to be employed. When you’re dealing with Mad Geniuses of this caliber, idle hands really are the Devil’s playground.
Second: in general, as a guy who’s written a fair amount in the “After the Holocaust” genre - from The Guardians to Cybernetic Samurai to Deathlands - I, well, approve of that theme getting prime time airplay. Like The Dude, (and Earth itself in an early classic of the genre), it abides. Which is fine with me, since it’s a pool I’d like, and intend, to play in a bit more.
In a kinda sorta related subject, I continue to get fan email on The Guardians series. In a way it’s very cool, inasmuch as it’s been out of print for over 15 years and wasn’t printed under my name. It’s also a bit sobering that it’s what generates most of my fan email.
The usual query is whether there will be more Guardians books (short answer: probably not as such), with a fairly frequent kicker about the possibility of a Guardians movie (short answer: seems unlikely; I love the concept and think it could rock; please stay tuned). Real Soon Now I need to put together a boilerplate answer to send to these kind, interested folk, as well as post up on my Forum for all to read.
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Vic –
When I saw this, I was thinking of the series by J. Michael Straczynski that was cable-/sat-cast on the Showtime channel titled Jeremiah. Jeremiah was another post-apocalypse series that JMS pulled the plug upon because MGM was meddling in the way he did the series.
– Mike Blessing
Executive Heretic, KCUF Media