Alex's Latest Interview - “One Of The Errors Of My Career Was Doing A Vampire Show (‘Moonlight’)." But Was It Really A Career Error Alex ?

 “One of the errors of my career was doing a vampire show (‘Moonlight’). The fans that I got from that show are very committed. They will never ever see me as anything other than Mick St. John."

Okay so I'm sure by now everyone has seen & read the latest Alex O'Loughlin Interview from the Philippine Daily Inquirer if not here is the link Alex's Latest Interview From The Philippine Daily Inquirer

I know what I am about to say is not going to be very popular with the Alex Fans & the Hawaii Five-0 Fans and for that I am sorry.  I'm a Moonlight Fan, I'm a Alex O'Loughlin Fan and I am a Hawaii Five-0 Fan.   I have never seen it as a problem of being a fan of the actor himself and a fan of both highly popular shows.  

Let me start out by saying first and foremost that I am in no way condoning Alex’s comments in this article when it comes to Moonlight & the fans, in fact I am disagreeing with him on what he had to say about Moonlight & the fans. 

Speaking as a Moonlight Fan I do know that there are some Moonlight Fans & some Alex Fans that are bit crazy and go to far but let’s be real here It’s not fair for Alex to group all the fans of Moonlight together like we all won’t let him move on and that we only see him as Mick St. John because I know speaking strictly for just myself that is not the case. 

  Alex has contradicted himself before in other interviews where Moonlight is concerned time and time again for the last 4 years since Moonlight was unjustly canceled that is nothing new for Moonlight Fans; But strictly speaking as both a Moonlight fan and as an Alex fan I am very disappointed in him with this comment. Whether Alex said it like he meant it or whether or not it was taken out of context and he said it jokingly. It doesn’t matter now really because what’s said is said and the damage has already been done and there is no way that Alex can take it back even if he wanted to. 

I’m actually studying to be a filmmaker with the ultimate goal of being a producer & director for feature film & television series; The one thing I am learning is that you never ever make public comments like this.


   It’s because comments of this sort can alienate your fans and the people who made you a star and in this case that would be the show’s creators along with the cast & crew Alex worked with. It was Trevor Munson & Ron Koslow who first cast Alex in the role of Mick St. John because they saw something in him that worked.  They ended up recasting everyone except Alex after they shot the first pilot and that is how we ended up with the great cast that we got when Moonlight first premiered on CBS. If it had been not been for both Trevor & Ron casting him as the lead character Mick St. John in Moonlight, If it had not been for Moonlight & the some 8 million fans that he garnered during that 2007-2008 season, Alex would have never gotten the breaks that he has gotten.   CBS would not have given Alex that talent hold contract, The Criminal Minds episode, The Back Up Plan, Three Rivers &  Now Hawaii Five-0.  


 It was because of having starred as Mick St. John in Moonlight and along with the fans that Alex was put in the position to even be considered for the role of Steve McGarrett and this is how he thanks the fans & the people who made him a star by making an off the cuff comment like this and alienating and entire fan base of some 8 Million plus people who were more or less his first real fans here in the US and who for the most part have followed him from Moonlight to Hawaii Five-0. 


Based on what I have seen and heard since yesterday when the interview first came out and talking to other fans, I have to say the majority of fans are shocked, hurt, saddened and down right angry over his comments about Moonlight & the fans and that even if Alex addresses this in the future I doubt it will do any good because the damage has already been done.  


 I personally doubt very seriously that we will ever get any type of explanation or apology from Alex these days.


   IMO since Hawaii Five-0 got that second season from CBS Alex has changed dramatically he is not the same person who for four years when asked always proclaimed to love the vampire genre & whose face lit up with a sparkle in his eyes and beautiful smile every time Moonlight or it's fans was mentioned to him in interviews. It's really sad.


Alex has to know that you don’t alienate the people who made you because someday you might just need them again.

I am not trying to piss anyone off here. I’m stating my opinion on this.

Don’t throw to many tomatoes at me

The Cape And Saber Interviews Moonlight Executive Co-Creator & Angel Of Vengeance Author Trevor Munson

If you you were in Los Angeles this past Saterday and you are a Moonlight Fan or a fan of the book Angel Of Vengeange the book that the TV Show Moonlight was based then you had to know about the Book Launch/Signing.

Moonlight Excecutive Co-Creator & Angel Of Vengeance Author Trevor Munson was on hand to talk with fans and sign books. 

Caper And Saber were also there to interview Trevor for their site.  What a great interview it is

 

  

On Wednesday June 22nd at 9pm Eastern Trevor will be on The VRO Radio Show over on Blog Talk Radio Trevor Munson VRO Interview  giving us another interview.  Fans will be allowed to call in and ask Trevor questions.  (718) 508-9440

Another Open Letter To The CBS Executives - Moonlight & Hawaii Five-0 Why Not Give Fans Both To Appease Everyone ?

CBS was indeed the first network to have a show strictly about vampires & humans and was also the first to have a real love story between a vampire and a human.  That show was Moonlight.    It was CBS that started the latest vampire craze all over again a craze that is still going strong with the success of HBO's True Blood, CW's The Vampire Diaries which like Moonlight  2 years ago won The People's Choice Award for Best New Drama.  If you add in the success of the vampire films that have come out since Moonlight's cancellation it's clear to see that the vampire craze has never been more hotter, stronger then it now and is likely not going to end anytime soon.  I would like to remind you that it was also CBS who very short-sightedly canceled Moonlight just after 16 episodes when this latest vampire craze was just getting ready to really take off at full force.


As you know Moonlight won The People's Choice Award in 2007 for The Best New Drama.  Since it's cancellation fans wrote to Warner Brothers tirelessly and it was released on DVD with just the episodes no extras that normally come with any DVD.  Back in 2009 Moonlight The Complete Series was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Series On DVD.   Moonlight won that award.


Moonlight had everything that makes a show work.  An entire cast who had amazing chemistry together, It had wonderful & gifted writers, beautiful sets, and outstanding music.


For many fans Moonlight was not just about lead actor Alex O'Loughlin bare-chested on a beach like in episode 13 Fated To Pretend.  It wasn't just about any one actor or any one thing in particular it was all about the whole show not only Alex O'Loughlin but also Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring, and the rest of the supporting cast,  It was the stories each and every week that brought fans back even after the writers strike.   It was the entire package of the show that we loved.  Even now two years later going on three the fans are still here wanting more they haven't gone away, that should at least say something.  Moonlight is still gaining new fans all time because of the repeats that are being shown on the SyFy Channel & ChillerTV and now on the CW where it is being paired with repeats of the Vampire Diaries  they all say that they want to see more Moonlight many of these new Moonlight fans can’t understand how they could have missed it when first aired on CBS.


To be perfectly honest with you I would much rather see Alex O'Loughlin back as Mick St. John on Moonlight then see him in a remake of Hawaii-Five-0 but after seeing the promo for this updated version and Alex’s take on McGarrett it does have me curious enough that I will be watching this fall.

   Remakes of classic tv shows as rule never do well and I would hate to see another project  of Alex’s fail like the medical drama Three Rivers did.  I would really like to see Hawaii Five-0 be successful for Alex’s sake.  It’s my hope that if Hawaii Five-0 is successful that you would allow Alex O’Loughlin do Moonlight in his down time from Hawaii Five-0  it would be great to see him back in the role that made him a star and gave him such huge overnight success not only here in the USA but internationally.

I know many Moonlight fans old and new would be happy if you could bring Moonlight back as a  movie or a series of movies, a mini-series or even a summer series with 12 or 13 episodes.

Moonlight already has a built in fanbase that is just going to keep getting bigger because of the repeats that are being shown.  I urge you to bring back Moonlight with it's entire cast Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring and the rest of the supporting cast intact, I would also like to request that the original creators Trevor Munson & Ron Koslow be involved because  they were the ones with their team of writers that gave fans the characters and episodes that we've come to know and love so much.


Thanks for your time and consideration