Fables on ABC

[Hella_Tellah]

There's a huge difference between PD and GG. The premise of GG is grounded in reality, whereas the premise of PD is grounded in fantasy. PD had that going against it from the start, and the rapid-fire dialogue was another hit against it. The reason rapid-fire dialog didn't hurt GG is because the premise of GG (mother/daughter figuring out life) was easier to accept than that of PD. I would be willing to bet that if PD wasn't as quick as it was, it would have had more viewers. Of course, then it wouldn't have been as good either. Stupid Catch-22.

Right, I think the reason Pushing Daisies did as poorly as it did is that modern fantasy is still not a widely embraced genre. I can only point to experiential evidence about Gilmore Girls, in that a girlfriend a couple of years ago was really into it, and tried to sell me on the idea based on the rapid, quick dialogue.

Comic Book Resources > CBR News: Willingham: "Fables" Pilot a Surprise

This is not a good sign at all. Willingham not involved at all? The writers of Elektra are? Oof. My hopes for this just plummeted a lot. At least they have a good direcor lined up.

*shakes fist at sky*

"Fables" is one of those books that I use to evangelize about comics. I've created at least five new comic book readers by loaning them the TPBs of "Fables." Stupid ABC , stealing my best tool for fighting false perceptions about comics.

 

[GSHamster]

Right, I think the reason Pushing Daisies did as poorly as it did is that modern fantasy is still not a widely embraced genre. I can only point to experiential evidence about Gilmore Girls, in that a girlfriend a couple of years ago was really into it, and tried to sell me on the idea based on the rapid, quick dialogue.

I think Pushing Daisies failed because it was overly twee and was not as clever as it thought it was.