The 404 post (just below this one) I made was about trying to watch the premiere episode of
Resurrection. From Wiki:
The series follows the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths. Among the returned is Jacob Langston, an eight-year-old boy who drowned 32 years earlier. Having somehow been found alive in China, he is brought back to America by an immigration agent. His surprise return inspires the local sheriff, whose wife presumably drowned trying to rescue Jacob, to learn more about this mystery.
The premise sounded interesting and I thought it might be something that, if done well, would be worth putting the show on my fairly small list of TV shows to watch. As I said in the 404 post, I was having problems finding it; it's an ABC show and hadn't yet been posted on the
network's website (as of last night, but it's there now) but I did manage to find it on
Hulu and will watch it later.
My "problems" finding the show isn't the reason for this post, however; I was scrolling through my Facebook pages feed earlier today and one of them had a post about the show. (I'd link to it, but it must have been taken down because I cannot find it now) The post about the show just mentioned it and asked if anyone had seen it, but it unleashed a firestorm of comments. Some were saying they were tired of supernatural shows about witches/demons/vampires, etc., the ubiquitous objections on religious grounds, but quite a few comments were about the insensitivity of the network for airing such a show because of people who had lost children.
(Personally, I'm offended by TV news with the slant given to it by the talking heads reading it, people who may have graduated college but are really just educated idiots blinded by ideology. That's why I don't watch TV news and don't see any reason to bitch about it on message boards or on Facebook)
God bless those who have lost a child; my own mother always said she couldn't imagine it and one of her biggest fears was outliving one of her children. I understand how someone could be saddened by such a show, but OTOH, I don't see why someone would subject themselves to such added misery by watching it. It's hard for me to accurately express how I feel about this without coming across as an insensitive bastard, but I don't understand how ranting about it on Facebook is going to do any good for anyone. I'd think doing that would do nothing but to bring on more grief.
Anyway, here's the trailer in case you're interested. (and don't want to watch the entire episode at the links I posted above) Watch it, and let me know what you think, if you think it's too insensitive of the network to air such a show.
