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Guys. Guys Cary Elwes on Granite Flats is my favorite thing in the entire world. I love him so much. Look at him. LOOK GUYS

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Part 3, of your request @electrickitten I’m sorry it was so late!

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Part 2 of your request @electrickitten 

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Part 1 of @electrickitten ‘s request! Part 2 and 3 coming up right after this!

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@libblyster16 I didn’t forget about it, I promise!

After a long wait here is your scene edit request!

I’m sorry it took so long!

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We think we can segregate evil from good, but isn’t it clear that segregation is doomed? Evil will always grow alongside good. We just have to nurture the good.

Alice White, Granite Flats (via raincoyote)

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An update on #GraniteFlats

As some of you may have heard, our series Granite Flats has not been renewed for a fourth season. To its cast and crew, it was a shock considering the strong response the show has received on Netflix especially with the addition of Parker Posey and George Newbern this season.  But what has been so shocking (and appreciated) is the passionate reaction from the Granite Flats fan base.  Thousands of unhappy comments have flooded the Facebook and BYUTV page.  Because of this, and because of how much we cast love shooting this show, we the cast have written a letter to President Uchtdorf of the LDS, the overseeing body of BYUTV  - expressing our passion to continue this story, and resolve the numerous storylines that the fans are clamoring for answers to. We believe that if enough support can be shown for our show — a unique piece of storytelling that appeals both to kids and adults — that a limited season 4 can be greenlit.

What I ask all Granite Flats fans and friends is to tweet and Facebook your support #SaveGraniteFlats. You can also have a stronger impact by writing President Dieter Uchtdorf via snail mail: 50 North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84150

He is a fan of the show and the more he sees the impact it has had, the more arsenal he has to influence it’s future.

And for social media, it can be as simple as this tweet: Support great family entertainment!  #SaveGraniteFlats @BYUTV @graniteflats 

This is a special little show that I was lucky enough to be a part of, and I’d love for it to have the proper run that it and its fans deserve. I appreciate all your help and support!

Taryn aka June Sanders

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“Life doesn’t come with an eraser. It’s written in permanent ink. If needed, turn the page”

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Want to save Granite Flats?

Here’s how:

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Happy birthday, jonathanheit!

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Keep watching…Regina and Beth do become best friends. Timmy’s mom and Arthur’s mom have some friendship too. Plus Madeline, Arthur and Timmy’s characters develop so much that everything you seem to not like about them goes away. One of my favorite scenes is when Madeline is at…well… I won’t spoil it for you!

Granite Flats--Season 1

So I caught a cold, ended up watching Granite Flats for want of something better to do

It’s set in a little Colorado town in the early 60s.  There’s a military base and a VA hospital nearby.  I thought it was going to be a kid’s show, because some of the protagonists are 12–a sort of Cold War Nancy Drew.  It’s actually darker than that; the adults have a fair amount of screen time, which allows for subplots about espionage, questionable medical experiments, and vague yet menacing government agencies.

The opening theme–a rather sedate song by Skeeter Davis–goes:

Why does my heart go on beating

Why do these eyes of mine cry

Don’t they know it’s the end of the world

It ended when you said goodbye

Which takes on a deliciously unsettling tone when paired with a show set during the nuclear paranoia of the Cold War.

I finished season 1 (surprisingly, as I’m finicky as hell when it comes to TV shows).  I liked:

Wallace.  At first, when he was introduced, I thought he was going to be that generic bully character who exists to make life difficult for the new kid.  Nope!  He got a bunch of character development, and was written pretty sympathetically.  Which brings me to–

Nurse Regina Clark.  She takes Wallace in after his (alcoholic, abusive) father gets put in jail.  I love Regina.  She’s so empathetic.  She cares about Wallace, and is probably the first adult ever to give him that kind of attention and support.  Watching her help him prepare for his science fair project was adorable, and I I loved how she backed him up against that crazy lawyer.  She’d be a stellar parent in any era, though she shines with particular brightness against the lackluster parental efforts of her fellow townspeople.

The investigateens!  Ok, I know they’re not called that.  Arthur, Madeline, and Timmy.  I liked that their map of the trajectory of the “comet” was legitimately helpful to the adults; the sheriff, who had collected the first couple pieces of debris after several people called in to report vandalism, didn’t think to look further, while the FBI did know to look further, but showed up after the pieces had been collected.  The kids were the only ones who both knew where the pieces were found (because Timmy is the sheriff’s son) and knew to look for more pieces (because Arthur saw something fall out of the sky).  They drew the map, plotted the probable trajectory, and then found more pieces to confirm their hypothesis.

John Sanders and Ezekiel Scott.  Am I the only one who finds it adorable how quickly they took to each other?  This has to be the most chill cooperative investigation between the FBI and a local sheriff in TV history.

There were some elements I did not like.  I did not like that Madeline was basically Hermione (though her personality did start to make some sense when her adoptive parents are introduced).  I did not like that the women did not go to each other for support, instead electing to go to men (like their pastor).  Why aren’t Regina and Nurse Beth Milligan (Arthur’s mom) better friends?  Why do Arthur’s mom and Timmy’s mom barely know each other?  Timmy bit Wallace’s ear in support of Arthur!  They should be inviting each other over for dinner and stuff!  

Also, Arthur’s got a sullen, insensitive streak to him.  He can be pretty mean to Madeline and Timmy.  I understand why they haven’t dropped him, though; they both have trouble keeping friends, too.  Madeline has been indoctrinated by her parents, who worship at the altar of cold, condescending scientific rationality (don’t get me wrong–I like scientific rationality, but they use it to justify their inhumane experiments so…there’s something definitely off about them).  And Timmy.  He reminds me (rather painfully) of my own little brother who, when young, was outgoing, talkative, and annoyingly tone deaf to social cues.  He had trouble making connections with people because he would overwhelm them with a wave of cheerful chatter.  His father’s confused inability to relate to him hurts, because I’ve seen my own father react the same way to my brother.

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Yeah! I'm not sure if Roy got shot or what! Plus, what about Scottie (🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN EVERY SINGLE EPISODE🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨*whispers* working for Ashmead

GRANITE FLATS GOT CANCELLED IM CRYING WTF ETF

I KNOWTHIS IS NOT OKAYwe don’t even know what hapened to roy or anything…

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This is the story of how I died...

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Timmy is kind of adorable and I kind of love this show

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Yo so if you post about Granite Flats at all on your blog please like or reblog this post because I need more Granite Flats in my life.

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Scene Edits

Got a favorite like or scene from Granite Flats? Let me know and I'll make a scene edit of it!

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EXCLUSIVE: Richard Gunn Talks BYUtv's 'Granite Flats,' 'Mormonism' & Family Programming

More here: http://www.tvrage.com/news/10173/exclusive-richard-gunn-talks-byutv-s-granite-flats-mormonism-family-programming