Well, we already really knew it but NBC's superhero show has officially been cancelled. Confirmation comes today with NBC's announcement of the release of "The Cape-The Complete Series." The complete 2 disc set is slated for release on July 5th.
The Cape - Confirmed Cancellation
23 Apr 2011
Cancelled ShowsWell, we already really knew it but NBC's superhero show has officially been cancelled. Confirmation comes today with NBC's announcement of the release of "The Cape-The Complete Series." The complete 2 disc set is slated for release on July 5th.
Summer Glau, PLEASE don't wait a couple more years to find another tv show like you usually do.
ReplyDeleteI don't care if she finds another show this year or next, but I hope to gods she does NOT end up on one of the shows I think has potential. She is a cloud of impending doom for any series she is on. Well all the ones I have seen her on at least....
ReplyDeleteSure took them long enough. Id Reiser's cancellation official?
ReplyDeleteThis must be God's way of telling Summer Glau that he wants her to be a Movie Star--and he's NEVER going to allow her to succeed in a TV show.
ReplyDeleteOr his way of saying Summer should have stayed with dancing?
ReplyDeleteSix seasons and a movie!
ReplyDeleteThat hardly has anything to do with her. She's a good actress and has a lot of really dedicated followers.
ReplyDeleteShe just has a bad habit of joining TV shows that are going to be hit or miss right out of the gate. Terminator was fun to watch, but the premise was immediately very iffy. The Cape was a risk right from the beginning.
Going back even further, her brief stint on Dollhouse. That show was failing in the ratings long before she ever showed up.
Even further back to Firefly, the network screwed them every way possible and then cancelled the show.
The looming cloud isn't over her, it's over anything that has to do with Science Fiction. Out of all the TV genres, Sci-Fi shows are the ones that fail the most. You really have to hit the nail on the head or people give up on them very quickly.
She might have more success if she tried a different genre, but I mist admit it would be weird to see her in anything but Science Fiction.
Oh I don't seriously think she is a bad luck omen.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely right about Sci-Fi too. Partly there is not as many Sci-Fi fans as some like to think there are. On top of that, good Sci-Fi is VERY hard to do and most series just don't pull it off well. More people will watch well done shows and enjoy them no matter the genre, but only genre fans will watch mediocre or bad Sci-Fi series and enjoy them. I am one of those that can watch mediocre Sci-Fi and enjoy it, but I can't handle the bad ones...
I do however think her choices have to do with her. There is good sci-fi and bad, well crafter series and bad and she invariably ends up on the bad (albeit sometimes fun to watch) shows. She may like Sci-fi and prefer to work on shows that are more fun and light acting than heavy drama. It may say more about who is willing to hire her than anything about her directly too.
Regardless, if I were her, I would fire my agent and look elsewhere for career advice.
The show's gonna last three weeks !
ReplyDeleteJeff was closer than Abed.
Well... this is good news for The Event... maybe... probably not...
ReplyDeleteThe Cape cancelled officially - OMG shocker!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAfter failure from Undercovers and The Cape NBC really doesn't seem to be very lucky with their new shows ( at least the ones I follow anyway ), don't think The Event stands a good chance too, unfortunately...
And please stop blaming Summer Glau. The woman is awsome and talented, cancellation of Firefly, Terminator, Dollhouse has got nothing to do with her
"The Cape still might find a second life on cable." Doubt that Jeff will be right with that...
ReplyDeleteWell, the timing with this week's episode and the official cancellation couldn't have been better. And when i saw the headline, I hoped that nobody had already made that joke.
Oh well, I'm worried about this avalanche of cancellations, hope The Event stays on cause its been stringing together terrific episodes as of late. Btw, was The Cape any good? Maybe at least a guilty pleasure?
ReplyDeleteIsn't it? She's been on everyone of them and look what happened? Nothing against her personally but the thought does tend to occur more then once.
ReplyDeleteIt sucks that they did get at least one more episode to tie up loose ends such as Orwelle's past, a proper showdown with Chess, and Vince getting his family back. "The INcomplete series" is more like it.
ReplyDeleteI watched all of The Cape only because I loved where the heart of that show was. It tried. It failed. More often than not it failed pretty miserably. I'm not surprised by this. Aydrian is right about Sci-fi. It is hard to do well and most people wont wait for a genre show like that to get better.
ReplyDeleteAs for Summer Glau ... good actress? Hmmm ... She played a practically emotionless girl in Firefly who could kick serious ass. She played an emotionless robot in Sarah Conner, I never watched Dollhouse. Not even one episode but then she goes on to play an emotionless "watcher" in The Cape. I am not saying that she is a bad actress, only that she has never really shown much for me to say that she is a good actress.