One of the saddest parts about loving young adult fiction is when a
book is set to be made into a movie or TV show and that project is dropped
(especially if the book is part of a series and the project gets dropped after
the first or second movie--looking at you Mortal Instruments!!!).
This is sadly a review (well really me just promoting it because I have
nothing bad to say) about a TV show that was based off of a series that only made
it as far as a pilot.
You may recognize the actress playing the main character in Scream
Queens (I know lots of you teens out there are super into this series right now!
:)), American Horror Story or Unfabulous. I personally loved her most in Nancy
Drew back in 2007 but I digress.
This pilot was based off of the Delirium series by Lauren Oliver. I
found this book series quite randomly one day on the shelves here at McKinley
and found the cover interesting, so I picked it up. Before I knew it, I had
read the entire series.
The idea is that, in this dystopian world, love is not permitted. Love
is so bad that it is considered to be a disease that will make you go crazy and
die. This show takes the idea of this and runs straight into politics. This was
an aspect not introduced in the series but one that I think would have added a
great deal to Lena's world (Lena = main character = Emma Roberts).
In the TV show, you have the added idea of two politicians competing
for a position in the government. One seems to be against the censorship of
love while the other is all for it. Now, granted, we were only given one episode
for this show so I could be totally wrong on a lot of this. I'm just going off
of what I got from the episode. You are also introduced to numerous characters
that don't even appear until the second book to add to the government plot.
The first episode hits hard taking you through almost the entirety of
the first book. I'm guessing they planned to do a lot more regarding Lena's
life in the Wilds (the area outside of the city where those against
"curing love" live), as well as go much farther in depth with the DFA
(Deliria-Free America organization) and the characters associated with it.
Sadly, as this was not picked up for a full series, we'll never know
the direction it was to take. Regardless, the first episode had me hooked and I
loved seeing these books in action. The casting choices were fantastic, in my
opinion, and I wish we had more.
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