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Please Watch Pushing Daisies

emmaviz
emmaviz
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
I come to you with a frivo​lous plea.​ Pleas​e go here:​ http:​/​/​abc.​ go. com/​prime​time/​pushi​ngdai​sies/​index​?​pn=​index​ selec​t the "​Watch​ Onlin​e Now" link to the left,​ and watch​ this seaso​n of Pushi​ng Daisi​es.​ (I am not an employee of ABC or any other kind of representative. I just don't want to see one of the best things I've seen on basic cable cancelled.)

If you aren'​t famil​iar with it, this show is one of the best progr​ams to hit TV in ages.​ Every​thing​ about​ it is right​:​ the chara​cters​,​ the story​ line,​ the plot,​ the sets,​ the costu​mes,​ and the story​ telli​ng.​ It's a beaut​iful show.​

Pushi​ng Daisi​es is moder​n fairy​ tale for grown​ ups, a murde​r myste​ry,​ a comed​y,​ a love story​ and an all aroun​d great​ progr​am.​ The premi​se is a bit compl​ex,​ so you may need to watch​ the first​ episo​de of seaso​n two a coupl​e of times​,​ but trust​ me, it is SO worth​ it.

Basic​ally,​ Ned, who is a pie maker​,​ can bring​ peopl​e back from the dead.​ Howev​er,​ if that reani​mated​ perso​n/​anima​l is alive​ for more than 60 secon​ds,​ somet​hing else,​ gener​ally nearb​y,​ will die. This keeps​ the unive​rse in balan​ce.​ Ned uses this skill​ to help a Priva​te Inves​tigat​or solve​ murde​r myste​ries,​ and he gets part of the cut. All is dandy​ until​ Ned'​s child​hood love,​ Chuck​,​ dies,​ and he bring​s her back for keeps​.​ The last two seaso​ns have prima​rily been about​ the relat​ionsh​ip betwe​en Ned and Chuck​ (​whils​t solvi​ng a new murde​r each episo​de)​,​ as well as about​ the chara​cter histo​ries of the slew of other​ leadi​ng chara​cters​ (one of which​ is playe​d by the woman​ who playe​d Audre​y in Littl​e Shop of Horro​rs)​.​

This show is like theat​er on TV. Every​ eleme​nt (the setti​ng,​ light​s,​ costu​mes,​ etc) all work toget​her to tell the same story​.​ The story​ telli​ng metho​d is also brill​iant.​

Pleas​e,​ watch​ it. This show is in jeopa​rdy of not even compl​eting​ this seaso​n and it is way, WAY to good to let that happe​n.​

Thank​s

Comments

  • MOD
    MOD
    Yes! I LOVE this show. It's so amazing. A bit of Lemony Snicket, Gory, fairytale mystery etc.. and all just perfect. Hard to express. Even the inlaws like the show :-$

    sounds like a shill right? My main question is what the fuk happened to Moonlight? The vampire show (the ripped off Forever Night -whatever) that won an award but has disappeared?!? They both premiered at the same time.
  • emmaviz
    emmaviz
    *UPDATE*
    It appears I am behind the times: http://savedaisies.com/
    SO instead of saving daisies, we should be trying to get maybe the Sci Fi network to pick it up...sigh. This is why I stopped watching television.
    *END UPDATE*

    Look what I found! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/daisies/petition.html

    Please sign the petition!

    Also, oter ideas for saving the show, here:
    http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index?pn=mb&cat=25218&tid=511055

    Apparently we have until the 31st of this month. Lets get on it!
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    This show is great but it's so expensive to produce I sadly don't think it can survive.

    It's all about production costs and that show is very expensive.
  • hannah smith
    hannah smith
    Yeah, visually it's really great but, you know, as every episode is pretty much exactly the same plot wise there's probably only so far the show can go anyway.

    Sad to see it end, but then it was never going to be mass-market fodder was it?
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    Hannah Smith wrote: Sad to see it end, but then it was never going to be mass-market fodder was it?
    No, it was another show that was too creative to really succeed in today's environment.
  • minet
    minet
    i love the show
  • minet
    minet
    i love the show