No, this is not a post about selling body parts in the black market, so back off, FBI. I don’t wanna end up like Filiberto.
I’m talking about that whole new breed of shows popping out that have to do with ghosts and the supernatural. After the success of Medium, it seems every fucking network wants to have someone who can talk to/see/hunt the paranormal, and now this is getting fuckin’ ridiculous.
Medium, although a good series, runs the risk of seeing their ideas copied and running out of new plots and ideas for their show, since all that ghost sighting/psychic/ESP topic is not an easy one to feed to people who get more thrilled for the fact that Ashton married Demi over the weekend in some heathen Kaballah ritual involving blood drinking and the sacrifice of virgin maidens. Who the fuck cares? they WANT their wedding to be private, leave them the fuck alone!
Ok I’m straying off the subject (there’s a surprise) but the thing is, a topic as serious and obscure as that is in danger of becoming the next television cliché. Suddenly anyone now is gonna claim they can "talk" to the dead and see and hear things, and that could run the risk of setting the credibility in real mediums a few centuries back. I know, there are a lot of hacks out there, but so far, Medium is the only show that is actually consulted by one of North America’s most powerful psychics, Allison Dubois (the show is actually based on her life).
That’s her on the right, alongside the show’s version of her, Patricia Arquette, who got some serious creepy cred with her work on Stigmata.
I had a chance to read Allison’s book, "Don’t kiss them Goodbye", and I perceived it as a "beginner’s guide" for people who don’t know jackshit about what being a medium is, or when you’re related to one, or when you ARE one and don’t even know why that person dressed in black parades around your room in the dead of night as if you weren’t there. Even though the book reads as if it was written in a few weeks (it came out a few months after the show started getting good ratings), it’s a short, entertaining read for fans of Medium.
There has been a similar, older show going around, and even though I haven’t seen more than one episode, I see that it gets good reviews and actually has a strong following. I’m talking about The Dead Zone.
It’s based on one of Stephen’s King’s books, so I know I can expect a lot of fucked up, implausible plot twists. Not only that, but the show’s main character is portrayed by that geek from The Breakfast Club, Anthony Michael Hall!!
Is it me or does aging make some scrawny nerds look HOT?
Tee heee!! Errrm… Nevermind.
Although these shows I mentioned are probably the best out there when it comes to paranormal drama nowadays, there’s always the other half, the TV equivalent of the slutty one night stand. (It looks good, but you feel kinda empty afterwards).
There’s this new show on the WB, called Supernatural. My guess before watching the premiere was that with such an obvious and slightly idiotic name, the show would be tailored to 15 year old girls who get spooked with movies like I know What You did Last Summer.
Boy was I RIGHT. I mean, come on, it’s the WB, home of 7th Heaven and Gilmore Girls, for chrissakes! And just look at the main characters! could they be any more Abercrombie and Fitch??
Needless to say, the show reeked of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival effort. But with a "ghostly" twist. Let’s see how many 15 year old girls are thrilled about this. I’d watch the show, if only to constantly drool over it’s hot leading men.
To add insult to injury, look who’s gonna be joining the "ghost talking" crowd:
Jennifer Love Hewitt. WHY, GOD, WHY.
I mean, she has been jumping from failure to failure since she came out of Party of Five! and that was like ten years ago!
Good grief. That show is DOOMED.
Oh and another thing. If in that new show she supposedly is an "antique store clerk" with a "special gift", why does she look like an overpriced Vegas hooker in the promo pics? Wait. I forgot. Jennifer Love Hewitt ALWAYS looks like an overpriced Vegas hooker.
But wait! there’s more!
While roaming around looking for pics, I stumbled upon this interesting little gem of a show for WB, called Dead Last. Here’s a rundown of the show:
It may be the fact that we get the shows AGES later than in USA… but I haven’t even heard of them here. I wish I could download shit and codes and stuff, to keep an eye on all those shows before they hit German territory and boycott them, hahahahahaha!!!!
by SPIDERWOMAN October 1st, 2005 at 7:33 amThere aren’t good interesting TV shows left that deals with the supernatural than the first one that you mentioned: Medium. I watch that show regularly when possible.
by Manny October 5th, 2005 at 1:37 amI saw the first chapter of Medium on Tuesday!!!! or it was Wednesday? No idea… the second was going to be shown right after, but I was too sleepy to stay an hour more in front of the TV… It starts unusually, but to the point. (I just saw half of the first chapter, as a matter of fact)
by SPIDERWOMAN October 7th, 2005 at 6:48 am