2012 is done and done but it’s time to look back just one more
time at the year this time with the biggest news making items this year. Everything
is fair game here from both the movie and TV world, as long as it was shocking,
fun, or just a huge story it’s going to be on this list. Before starting it’s
fair to say that this year was pretty good on the news end of things, despite
most of these being pretty sad and or disappointing. Regardless it’s time to
count down the biggest/most interesting news stories of the year.
5. Luck is Cancelled After 3 Horses Die
The news trip begins on a sad note with the end of one of
the best shows of 2012, after only one nine episode season. The sad thing is
that everything (other than the ratings of course) was going right for Luck
beforehand: the show had just been renewed and it was finding its course. Sadly
the series was cut massively short as after 3 horses tragically died on set
during the production of season 2. While at first it might be seen as a way for
HBO to get rid of a low rated show, but one must remember that ultimately the
show relied on horses and that three dying on set leaves a massive black mark
on the show and HBO in general. Still it’s a tragic turn of events for the few
who watched and for creator David Milch whose three HBO shows have all ended
earlier than expected (the amazing Deadwood ended after three for its expensiveness
and John From Cincinnati ended because no one could comprehend it).
4. Dan Harmon Unexpectedly Fired from Community
Usually a Community renewal is something to be celebrated
(considering the show has very low ratings for a network sit-com) but this year’s
renewal came at a massive price, series creator and showrunner Dan Harmon was
booted from the show for reasons that are still unknown. While showrunners on
sit-coms come and go Dan Harmon leaving was a big deal because of the fact that
he was the soul of the show, and was the main reasons that the show was (and
still may be) something special. New showrunners Moses Port and David Guarascio
promise that they won’t screw it up, but expectations are high and every person
in the passionate Community fanbase will be clenching their teeth.
3. Glen Mazzara Leaves the Walking Dead (And AMC’s situation
in general)
Just when the Walking Dead began picking up steam in the
quality department after Glen Mazzara fully took over the show; SURPRISE! He’s
leaving due to creative differences. So the most watched show in cable
television history has now gone through two show runners in only three seasons.
Which begs the question, what’s going on at AMC? Seriously with the problems
renewing Mad Men, the problems renewing Breaking Bad, Breaking Bad ending next
year and nothing replacing it, Hell on Wheels going through showrunners like
small bugs, and the cancelled and the not very good the Killing potentially getting
pulled out of cancellation without a showrunner and lead actress confirmed
(ignoring the fact for a second that THEY SHOULD NOT BE RENEWING THE KILLING).
Now their biggest hit, which has gotten to the point in which it’s consistently
really good and even great at many points is now having the man responsible for
that rise changed (this is assuming (I think it’s fair considering the role he
seems to be playing) that Mazzara was a fully invested showrunner) is concerning.
Six years after the debut of Mad Men the almighty AMC’s cracks are beginning to
show and 2013 will be an interesting year to see where the network is headed in
the future.
2. Disney Buys George Lucas!!!!! (Or at least Lucasfilm and everything
that is associated with it)
In the biggest corporal story of the year Disney continued
its devouring spree as the corporation bought all of George Lucas’s IP’s and
studios for a whopping four billion dollars. Wow! Not only that but there is
going to be a new, non Lucas written and directed Star Wars film in line for
2014! Wow! Finally we will be able to answer the question of whether or not the
prequels were entirely George Lucas’s fault…
1 Shootings at Aurora Theater During Dark Knight Rises
Midnight Screening Shock the World
It’s going to be hard to say anything that hasn’t already
been said, but here I go… First off my heart still goes out to all of the
victims of this horrible, horrible tragedy that should never have happened.
Second of all, this is an unfortunate black stain to a film that shouldn’t have
to bear the weight of this tragedy upon its shoulders. Third of all moving to
the film’s success in general, it’s interesting to wonder what the perception
of the film (and thus the numbers at the box office) would wind up being
without the stain. It’s a terrible event that should have never have happened to
a film that was great regardless of the events that transpired. RIP to those
who fell in this horrible tragedy and a speedy recovery to those wounded.
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