Okay, so if you haven't heard of it, So Weird was a show that used to be on the Disney Channel back in the late 90's. It was about a girl named Fi Phillips that toured the country with her rockstar mom, brother, a roadie, a tour manager, and their kid. Not only that, but she encountered paranormal phenomena on an almost seemingly regular basis. From Will 'o the Wisps to banshees, she saw it all.
Then, Disney Channel proceeded to wreck the series because they thought it was getting "too dark." So, they brought in new producers, new writers, and the all-new, brighter, more colorful So Weird with blond, up-and-coming Canadian actress Alexz Johnson in place of Fi. Of course, paranormal stuff happened to her, too, but it wasn't as exciting.
Personally, I think Disney dropped the ball on that one, as the practice of cancelling programmes regardless of how popular they were was running rampant at the time. The once-awesome series went out with a clip show, and now there's not so much as a box set out to remember it by. Thank god for this saint of a person who uploaded the episodes to YouTube. Go to http://www.youtube.com/soweirdtv and check it out.
Anyway, I don't get why Disney decided to cancel the programme, as it was amazing the way it was. I guess Disney's neverending quest to be the premiere source of family entertainment got in the way. Whatever it was, it happened and now it's gone, save for YouTube.
I guess one has to take the changing tastes and times into consideration when debating this, as perhaps the swing toward the more boy-band-centric 2000 comes into play. It's a complicated business, as perhaps the "College Hippies" were right when they said that "the Corporations are taking over the world, man." It's odd that boy bands are created by corporations, but I digress.
Perhaps we'll never know why Disney cancelled So Weird, but thank god for YouTube.
yeah i was wondering the same thing, my best guess (i didnt look into it) is fi wanted to do something else or something and so annie stepped in only to cause the show to cancle because she couldnt cut it. also boy band? lol you mean cause you dont see as much woman musicians as you do men or something? lol well i know one i listen to, its called nightwish :P its good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI want to be more like a river and less like wall
ReplyDeleteSo wierd is still awesome. Fi was awesome. Changing her identity to a new person was not cool. But I am watching it again on Disney+. So wierd was before it's time....
ReplyDeleteSo before it's but a great show it had so much potential..I wish they would make a reboot I need more lol but definitely with Fi
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