NY Mag is reporting that Chaos is off the schedule:
While we haven’t been able to reach a CBS rep yet, other industry insiders confirm to Vulture that the crime drama (what, you thought it was a romantic comedy?) has been yanked after three barely-watched airings.
Having only recently started on the Song of Ice and Fire, by George RR Martin, I don’t have a lot of the history that a lot of other fans do with the series. But, having read the book, I’m not going into the series blind. The HBO name on the series usually carries the sign of quality (John from Cincinnati notwithstanding), and the fact that they are the ones producing the show (rather than AMC or Showtime) means that there is a sense of quality and a decent budget. So, let’s see if winter is coming.
Have you been watching Chaos? It’s an interesting failure on CBS that is still possibly worth watching and it’s on tonight, the graveyard known as Friday night TV. One of the problems I have when watching TV is that I often fall for what a show can be and get upset when it never quite arrives there. There are more shows than I can count where I started watching because of a cool concept or a great setup and a couple months down the road, I start wondering why I’m still watching it. My fear is that Chaos is going to turn into one of those shows. So, what is it? Never mind…
And I’m done. I reviewed the pilot of Camelot on Starz when it previewed at the end of February. As I noted at the time, the only good parts of the pilot were Merlin, Lot and Morgan. For those of you who watching, you know what has happened to those characters. I’ll go into it a little bit and explain why I’ve decided to stop watching after the break. Warning for those who haven’t seen it. There will be spoilers.
Since I previously reviewed the middle book (Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies
The nominees for the 2011 Eisner Awards have been announced. The ceremony, as always, will be in San Diego during the Comic Con.:
Hall of Fame
Judges’ Choices:
- Ernie Bushmiller
- Jack Jackson
- Martin Nodell
- Lynd Ward
Locus has announced the new 2011 inductees to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Click through to see information about the when and where:
The 2011 inductees to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame are Harlan Ellison, Vincent Di Fate, Moebius, and Gardner Dozois.
The Citadel of the Autarch
I apologize for not being able to do a full review, but I’m not sure I could do a good enough job explaining the book. My main problem with the book is that Severian is the hero and main character, but everything seems to happen to him without action on his part. A large part of the series involves Severian wandering around and something happens to him. When Severian gives Thecla the knife early in the first book, it is an action taken by Severian when he knows the consequences and makes a decision. It is also one of the last times in the series where he does this. Most everything else Severian does is either following what someone else is doing or following the Guild rules. It is a frustrating experience to watch the protagonist wander around and rarely initiate the action.
I saw the graphic novel Life Sucks
Go and read this GRRM interview with the NY Times:
When I returned to prose, which had been my first love, in the 90s, I said I’m going to do something that is just as big as I want to do. I can have all the special effects I want. I can have a cast of characters that numbers in the hundreds. I can have giant battle scenes. Everything you can’t do in television and film, of course you can do in prose because you’re everything there. You’re the director, you’re the special effects coordinator, you’re the costume department, and you don’t have to worry about a budget.