Showtime Won't Buy "The Farm"

While I will always be grateful to IC for giving us the first lesbian focused series, I always felt the show could have been… should have been, so much better.  In the end, I was left feeling that a great opportunity had been squandered.  As a person unfamiliar with the process I don’t know whether the blame lie with the writing, directing, editing, pressure from executives or some combination thereof. 

It is an even greater pity that we were given such an unsatisfying ending in order to launch a new series that will never be.  A part of me can’t help but agree with others who have suggested that it’s a good thing “The Farm” was not picked up… and how sad is that.  

*sigh* i was really looking forward to it....leisha is just simply amazing

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"Better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you're a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

You would have watched the farm despite not having high hopes for it?  Why?  I am not so desperate to eat sh*t and delude myself into thinking it's steak.  I have done that enough with I.C.

In The L Word I.C. portrayed lesbians as:  Sexually dysmorphic, alcoholic, pyromaniacal, sexual predators who are outright insane. Yet Chaiken was expecting Showtime to green light a spin-off?  What's MORE Umbelievable is that there are actually lesbians who WANTED the character of Alice P. to go to prison!

Considering that inmates don't like "snitches" and taking into account Alice's BIG mouth, well she'd be lucky to survive 2 episodes without being "shanked". 

You're not the only one.

I'm not disappointed at all either.

The only reason I would've watched the hideously titled "The Farm" would've been to see Leisha Hailey too! I think Showtime have done Leisha a big favour as I think this spin-off would've left a blemish on her acting career! She's a fantastic actress and deserves a far better project than this ill conceived concept! What is more, if there is no spin-off then that leaves room for there possibly being an L Word movie! Yay!!!

Love you Leisha but seriously you are better off without this project!!!

I'm kinda relieved too. I didn't like the idea very much. 

Would have prefered Alice having a spin-off from New York, doing a TV/talk show. A little bit more comedy. Why does everything have to be a drama?

What about a comedy show staring a lesbian charatcer? I would love that.

No more drama. ;o)

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There was a cute little movie that came out a few years ago called "Eulogy" with Zooey Dechanel, Hank Azaria, Ray Romano and Debbie Reynolds where a dysfunctional family gets together for the father's funeral.  Famke plays the partner of one of the sisters played by Kelly Preston though the movie has a whole other lesbian plotline too.

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"Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained" - William Blake

Yeah!

"Smile! It's the second best thing you can do with your lips..."

I'm pretty appauld by how absolutely bitter many of the fans or ex-fans of The L Word are towards Ilene Chaiken.  It really is very disappointing by what I have seen fans said....completely shocked.  So yea, I suppose the ending of the series might not have been up to par with the rest of the series.  Then for people to actually be happy she isn't continueing her work to put some shows out for us?!  I don't think she is making these shows to smite us!!  I think she has some intention of us enjoying them, don't you think?!?  I am actually furious and a lot of the past comments and people have actually said like she should die?  It's flat out disgusting.  On top of that, Ilene isn't writing the entire show by herself.  There is a team of writers with her (of course a lot of based off of what she wants).  I wouldn't even say the characters were portrayed as freaks.  I thought we had interesting and developed storylines and individuals, that perhaps might have gone a little too far in the last season.

So I will not be joining in on the fun and saying "Good on yah Showtime!  Well done!" and thanking Showtime for not picking up the show.