Post by fenris on Jul 14, 2008 19:51:41 GMT
It's been over two and a half years since Hex ended in the UK, and a year since the last episode was screened in America. Understandably, activity on the forum has slowed to a trickle. Members' interests are focused elsewhere, and although the forum still receives an average 50 - 70 visitors a day, only a handful of us still post.
Therefore, I suggest that instead of being solely about Hex, the forum be jointly dedicated to a second show - Shine's forthcoming series The Last Van Helsing. orokiah and I have been monitoring this show's progress on the Zoe Tapper in Hotel Babylon thread on the Hex board. Not only is it being made by Shine, but several former Hex personnel are on board: producers Julian Murphy & Johnny Capps, writers Lucy Watkins & Peter Tabern, and Zoe Tapper (Gemma in Hex's first season) is playing main female character Mina Harker.
The Last Van Helsing will be screened on ITV1 and is reportedly intended for a primetime Saturday slot. Regarding what type of show it's going to be, my guess is that it'll be similar to Primeval and Doctor Who - a family show that's eventful and packed with monsters, but without anything too complex or really frightening to confuse or scare the kiddies watching with their parents. Admittedly, quite a different prospect compared to the post-watershed grittiness of Hex.
However, both series apparently share a common starting point - a reluctant teenager discovers they're the last descendant of a bloodline that's destined to play a major role in the battle between good and supernatural evil.
Ultimately, The Last Van Helsing is a horror/fantasy series from the company that made Hex, with the same producers as Hex, and some of the writers from Hex. There's an old saying: if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck - it's a duck. Using that logic, The Last Van Helsing is the closest thing to a sequel/spin-off/follow-up to Hex that we're going to get.
The Last Van Helsing is still in production, and as far as I'm aware no fansites or message boards dedicated to the show yet exist (I'm sure orokiah or I would have already found them if they did). Therefore, if this forum is converted to a joint Hex/Last Van Helsing forum, it'll be the first about the new show on-line. True, it's a gamble - when it's broadcast in the autumn The Last Van Helsing could turn out to be crap. But creating a board on the forum specifically about the new show (and moving the Zoe Tapper thread into it, for starters), then mentioning it on other boards/forums (IMDB, etc) could drum up interest and breathe new life into this forum.
Thoughts anyone?
Therefore, I suggest that instead of being solely about Hex, the forum be jointly dedicated to a second show - Shine's forthcoming series The Last Van Helsing. orokiah and I have been monitoring this show's progress on the Zoe Tapper in Hotel Babylon thread on the Hex board. Not only is it being made by Shine, but several former Hex personnel are on board: producers Julian Murphy & Johnny Capps, writers Lucy Watkins & Peter Tabern, and Zoe Tapper (Gemma in Hex's first season) is playing main female character Mina Harker.
The Last Van Helsing will be screened on ITV1 and is reportedly intended for a primetime Saturday slot. Regarding what type of show it's going to be, my guess is that it'll be similar to Primeval and Doctor Who - a family show that's eventful and packed with monsters, but without anything too complex or really frightening to confuse or scare the kiddies watching with their parents. Admittedly, quite a different prospect compared to the post-watershed grittiness of Hex.
However, both series apparently share a common starting point - a reluctant teenager discovers they're the last descendant of a bloodline that's destined to play a major role in the battle between good and supernatural evil.
Ultimately, The Last Van Helsing is a horror/fantasy series from the company that made Hex, with the same producers as Hex, and some of the writers from Hex. There's an old saying: if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck - it's a duck. Using that logic, The Last Van Helsing is the closest thing to a sequel/spin-off/follow-up to Hex that we're going to get.
The Last Van Helsing is still in production, and as far as I'm aware no fansites or message boards dedicated to the show yet exist (I'm sure orokiah or I would have already found them if they did). Therefore, if this forum is converted to a joint Hex/Last Van Helsing forum, it'll be the first about the new show on-line. True, it's a gamble - when it's broadcast in the autumn The Last Van Helsing could turn out to be crap. But creating a board on the forum specifically about the new show (and moving the Zoe Tapper thread into it, for starters), then mentioning it on other boards/forums (IMDB, etc) could drum up interest and breathe new life into this forum.
Thoughts anyone?