believe

the tv series would have made a decent lifetime channel movie with a tidy and noble almost happily ever after ending, but stretched into a season series of episodes, it was fun as long as i overlooked the pretentiousness, contradictions, predictability, and stereotypes... not much more can be expected from a tv show with a pre-teen girl as the main character... she may go places, but then i thought the same thing of anna chumsky from my girl fame and i'm not sure what happened to her (apparently she is finding success on tv in shows i do not watch)... she could probably do a my girl 3 if they wanted to chance another remake... i know one old friend who might love that... anyway, the show was cancelled most likely because it was on a station that didn't believe in it (pun not intended, but i'll stand behind it now)...

it's been done before, imagining telekenetic powers... sci-fi has explored and imagined the mysterious powers of the mind in many ways (firestarter comes to mind, for one) and there was very little originality or creativity in this one... it held out hope for the underdog and for second chances big time, which appeals to many, including me... also, the unconditional belief in the goodness of people is a primary story line and while i've got a lot more cynicism and jaded edges these days, it is still the core of why i keep trying to share and help and live this life... most of the time (self-mockery... see, you can learn a lot about me reading this background tv blog, i mean, if you want to)...

anyway (nonchalance, right?), i would have dvred and watched another season of believe if it returned and i would have liked it to return and hope someone gives it (and maybe some added writers) a chance on another network, but i understand why it did not return on the prime time line-up... prime time channels are reflective of the culture, instant satisfaction, superficial, snap judgments, no depth... simply, fads... most shows that last do not really get beyond the surface until a few years go by when the writers are tested for their talents and they get those extra years mostly through luck of placement in the weekly lineup and being in the right place with the right message at the right time in every other way... often a theme follows a hit movie... usually it has a known star, or few, and a cast that finds great chemistry... but like every other fad, it makes it through the first season on being a unique idea presented cleverly with a lot of luck of the draw...

believe, alas, did not do well on any of those counts... still, it was fun for a season...