Pushing Daisies will be allowed to finish out its existing episodes, apparently ending on a cliffhanger. Plans are cooking to either finish out the story lines in comic book form and/or make a feature film. All of these things still make me want to cry... initially. As a writer, I have to mourn the fact that a wonderful show is now forced into secondary means. And I am still getting used to the rage I feel that ABC thinks continuing this show isn't worth it. It all comes down to money and the shows that truck it in... shows of lesser quality and imagination. I could name off a whole list of those loathed "stories" but I will refrain. I'm sure you, reader, could name several yourself!!
But the idea that Pushing Daisies is a story powerful enough to survive outside of television, actually made me feel better after a time, sparks a certain hope in the power of stories rather than the greed-driven "power" of the television networks. Apparently, that's what happened with Buffy the Vampire Slayer... and its final seasons continued on in comic books. Pushing Daisies, with its quirks and its colorful characters and zany murder-mysteries, would actually be perfect for that sort of genre.
I'd hope for that same kind of strength for my stories... to be able to defy the "authority" of the world and be utterly unique on their own. Hope! Hope that stories like this one can still appeal to an audience, even if they seeming have failed to keep it airing. One thing will never go away: Pushing Daisies' power to show me the value of magic in a seemingly ordinary world... and to embrace what it can do to change that world!
The wonderful, magical Ned. His story will continue to push daisies!
R.I.P. Pushing Daisies, though I saw thee only once. :( It shall live on in my Netflix queue.
ReplyDeleteI'm quite intrigued by the comic book idea, though, which would probably work better than a film even though I'd be more likely to see a film...TV can be sort of like a moving, talking comic book, so it would be less of a jump.
It's a shame that those quirky quirky characters won't continue to be played by those actors though. I like quirky characters, and they often aren't given enough of an outing.
I saw some of those Buffy comic books you mentioned at the bookstore last week. They looked a cut-above the usual comic books in terms of the quality of the pictures. Hopefully, if Pushing Daisies enters graphic novel land, they'll get a quality artist to do it.
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