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No, Not Legion: The Series

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (21)



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I feel weird, writing about TV news. Mainly because, much to Dustin and Seth’s repeated, vociferous chagrin, I don’t watch television. Like, at all. Ever since the demise of “Deadwood,” “Veronica Mars” and “Firefly,” I basically gave up the entire activity. I’m always thinking of getting back into it — Lord knows you get enough damn recommendations ‘round these parts — but I’ve yet to be sucked back in. Oh, sure, I’ll start watching a show online or on DVD, find it entertaining or interesting, but inevitably I just give up on it. I feel like I’m waiting for the next show that’ll really grab me by the throat like some of my old favorites.

Well, here’s one that’s got potential — at least on paper, anyway. THR is reporting that John Glenn (no, not the astronaut, you idiots) has been tapped as the executive producer for “Fallen,” a new drama that “revolves around a group of vigilante “fallen” angels who take down the criminal and the corrupt in New York while falling in love, battling demons and seeking their own personal revenge.”

Huh. OK, I’m officially interested. I love me some supernatural shit, especially the stuff with religious overtones to it. There’s some unique ideas to mine — are the fallen angels dissatisfied with God sitting on the sidelines and are now taking an active role? What kind of powers do they possess? How dark could you get with an idea like this. Yes, I’m definitely interested. Sort of a television version of Legion. (Mark my words, kids. In 18 months, angels will be the new vampires)

Oh, shit. Glenn is also responsible for the screenplay for Eagle Eye. And apparently the forthcoming remake of The Warriors.

Oh, monkey-fucking sonofabitching shitballs. It’s being produced by Fox.

Fuck it. Never mind. As you were.


PS - the header pic has absolutely nothing to do with the show. I just thought it was a neat image.









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Comments

Supernatural has been all about the angels last two seasons.

This Fallen concept is interesting because most of the good "battlin' angels" interpretation have been clear about one fact - most of them? Don't give a crap about us - humans.

They can be pissed at each other or pissed at God, but they don't give a crap about humans.

Posted by: Meander at September 22, 2009 8:15 PM

The Warriors remake?

*headdesk*

Posted by: DeistBrawler at September 22, 2009 8:16 PM

Aren't fallen angels, by nature, demons?

I should give up on that question. I'm just going to give myself a headache.

Posted by: Rusty (formerly Genny) at September 22, 2009 8:21 PM

Why does Fox even bother? Hey, watch a cool new show. Psych.

Posted by: Cindy at September 22, 2009 8:29 PM

Chest bump for using "vociferous". I love that word.

Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2009 9:25 PM

wait what??? you missed Battlestar Galactica??? FOR SHAME!

Posted by: faye at September 22, 2009 9:37 PM

I think The Warriors is a story that could be done bigger and better. With more rumbles and more jive-talkin'.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at September 22, 2009 9:51 PM

Re: BSG - watched the first two seasons. Liked it, but then I just... stopped. I'm no good at keeping up with TV anymore. I don't know why.

Posted by: TK at September 22, 2009 9:53 PM

Get in touch with your religious side by reading popewatchnow.wordpress.com. Seriously, the pope is 82, he is going to die any day. Stay informed.

Posted by: states1448 at September 22, 2009 10:09 PM

One of my favorite vampire smut authors, J.R. Ward, is coming out with a fallen angel series on 9/29. Guess angels are the new vampires, after all.

Posted by: Az at September 22, 2009 10:21 PM

TK: How the hell did you stop BSG after season 2? You weren't the least bit curious what happened to the surviving humans after the Cylons arrived? If that cliffhanger can't drag you back, I don't what would.

Posted by: Mick J at September 23, 2009 12:27 AM

It just reminds me of the movie Gabriel

Posted by: caity at September 23, 2009 1:00 AM

Woah, I scooped Pajiba! And my life has been made complete.
Point is, it's not just in movies and TV that angels are taking over. Kid's and YA books, too, are feeling the shift. And, like with movies, it's mostly old ideas rehashed.
Though, come to think of it, what isn't an old idea when it comes to angels?

Posted by: Lizzle at September 23, 2009 1:57 AM

Yeah, Supernatural has moved from its movie-monster-of-the-week stuff to Armageddon It Now. That said, it's nice and fun.

As for futile TV recommendations, I'd say get into Sons of Anarchy. You get Ron Perlman and (a very Lady Macbeth-like) Katey Sagal as the heads of a gun-dealin', law-defyin' motorcycle club. I'm really not going to do it justice by saying it's Hamlet meets Easy Rider meets The Sopranos.

Posted by: Fredo at September 23, 2009 1:58 AM

12 years of Catholic school seemed to have warped me to love me some supernatural with religious overtones for sure. (Really, it's why I've picked up Supernatural this season.) The guy from "Vampire Diaries" was in that ABC Family miniseries about being the son of a fallen angel and a human battling angels who've been hunting the half-kind for centuries. It wasn't great, but I was bummed it didn't stick around.

Rusty, I think all demons are fallen angels, but not all fallen angels are demons. Something. Maybe. It makes sense in my head, which is all that matters. I just think of Matt Damon in Dogma. Still my favorite of the fallen angel types.

Posted by: Annie UhOh at September 23, 2009 7:47 AM

It kind of sounds like The Prophecy. I always thought The Prophecy had an interesting premise: some of the angels just HATE us. I wonder if this series will have a faction of angels that are at war with the protective angels, or just the standard human bad guys?

Posted by: Viking at September 23, 2009 7:50 AM

TK, could you show the link for the photo at the top, please?

Posted by: bignick at September 23, 2009 10:47 AM

I was always under the impression that angels do not have wings, but swords. Aren't they the army of God, or something like that? So fallen angels would be outcasts, like "The A-Team."

Actually "The A-Team" would be a great name for a fallen angels show.

Posted by: BWeaves at September 23, 2009 11:03 AM

I quit watching BSG somewhere in the second season. I loved the show, but I got home from work one night and turned on HBO to see what was on. It was Attack of the Clones. I flipped to HBO2 and it was...Attack of the Clones...only 30 minutes farther in. I flipped to the next channel and it was...wait for it...Attack of the Clones...in Spanish!!

Twenty minutes later I was depositing two digital cable boxes, two remotes, and about 200' of cables onto the counter at the Cox Cable service center. I went to Gardner's and bought about 30 paperbacks and got online and signed up for netflix.

It was terribly liberating but, of course, there was some sort of renaissance in cool TV right after I dropped cable. I've caught up on a lot of it on DVD, and I gotta tell ya how nice it was to not see a TV commercial for 2 years, but I'll probably be cabled up again before too long. I have a complex about finding out about cool stuff right after it gets canceled.

Now to finish BSG.

Posted by: laredo at September 23, 2009 11:12 AM

Yes, being on Fux makes this show pretty much doomed to mediocrity.
But even if it wasn't, it would have to go some to beat a character like Castiel. That's one badass angel!

Posted by: Tarn at September 23, 2009 1:37 PM

laredo, don't feel bad. I haven't had cable tv for almost two years. A friend of mine let's me come over and watch the stuff recorded on his DVR once a week. Fast-forwarding through commercials is beautiful.

Posted by: bignick at September 23, 2009 3:57 PM


















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