MTV’s Teen Wolf To End After Sixth Season

It was announced at San Diego Comic Con that season six of Teen Wolf will be its final season.  Cue the waterworks, people.

Since its beginning in 2011, Teen Wolf has pulled fans in with its intriguing plot lines, lovable characters, and crazy monsters.  Now that the show is coming to an end, fans are wondering just what can they expect from the final season?

Based on what we’ve seen from the new trailer and what show creator Jason Davis gave away in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, these are just a few things that we can begin to ponder about the show’s final season:

The Wild Hunt is after Stiles

In the trailer for the new season, we get a sneak peek at the new threat the heroes of Beacon Hills must face.  This time it’s the Wild Hunt.  If this Wild Hunt is anything like the Wild Hunt from Celtic Mythology, or the Wild Hunt from Cassandra Clare’s The Dark Artifice’s trilogy, we may have a big problem on our hands.  The Wild Hunt consists of a group of horsemen; oftentimes accompanied by dark creatures—think hellhounds from Supernatural.  In the trailer, we’re told that the Wild Hunt has come to Beacon Hills, and our precious Stiles is next on their “To hunt” list.  The Wild Hunt of the Teen Wolf universe makes people disappear, which is pretty accurate to other versions of the mythology.  One of the few ways a person targeted by the Hunt can have a chance at escape is to jump between realms.  In a few of the scenes in the trailer, Stiles looks to be in a completely different world from the rest of the crew.  So what has happened to Stiles?  Was he caught?  Is he running away from the Hunt?  Will he be okay?  And most importantly, will his friends and family be able to remember him?

Are we finally going to get Stydia?!

During their interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jason Davis spilled that Stydia would play a role in this final season, but it wouldn’t be in a way that the fans would see coming.  So what can we expect?  We’re not really sure.  There are a few emotional moments between the fan favorite OTP in the trailer, but how different is their relationship going to be in these last twenty episodes?  We will have to watch to find out!

No love interest for Scott?

It was previously mentioned that Arden Cho would not be returning as Kira in the sixth season.  This means that for the first time since the show’s beginning, Scott will not have a love interest.  How will this new situation play out for Scott?  Will he be depressed or will he be hyper-focused on The Hunt and how to save his remaining friends?  Will he become even more of a leader, or need more support from his pack as a piece of him is missing?  I would like to see that he is strong and doesn’t need a relationship to make him whole, but only time will tell.

Is a happy ending really possible?

With the threat of the Wild Hunt, a happy ending seems pretty far off.  The Wild Hunt is near impossible to escape, so how will the series end if the threat isn’t possible to defeat?

This season seems to promise a lot of drama!  With the dark themes, it seeks to really instill a sense of urgency with each episode.  After the climax of the series with the dark Kitsune in season 3B, show creators have remained in a dark concept for the show.  Dylan O’Brien has shown his acting ability with this show, and viewers can definitely expect some hard hitting scenes from him in this final season.  The entire cast has grown so much over the years.  It will be sad to see them go, but it’s been a wild ride.

What do you think will happen in the final season of Teen Wolf?

Go watch the trailer below!

Similarities Between Teen Wolf The 1985 Movie And Teen Wolf The Television Series

One is a tv show from the 80’s, ones a tv show from now. They share a title and werewolves but how similar are they? Let’s find out!

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The Intros

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The Main Guys / Different Worlds

Scott is a typical nerdy, awkward teenager who lives with a single parent, who just can’t seem to fit in at his high school and doesn’t seem to be good at the sport he plays… at least until his newly-acquired wolf powers take hold. Scott struggles with high school bullies, but has a great friend named Stiles to help him through his troubles.

Stiles in both the movie and show is a comic relief character and brings light to some of the darker scenes, though the Stiles in the series does not wear profound shirts, and does not van surf. (I had a shirt made after one of the ones movie Stiles wears.)

This one right here!!!

When both movie-Scott and TV-Scott become werewolves, they struggle to keep the transformation under control. First, of course, Scott freaks out when the nails and ears show. (If I remember correctly, I think both transformation scenes took place in a bathroom as well.)

Despite the similarities, there are several significant discrepancies: the film is family-friendly and lighthearted while the series is dark and mysterious. The way the wolf transformation is introduced and the first girlfriends are pretty different from the other. The obstacles Scott faces, the parental situation and the sport that Scott plays are different in the movie and the show.

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Let’s Talk Genres

 

The movie has a kind of lightness to it, keeps you smiling the whole way through. As most movies from the 80s, there is cheesy music that plays in the background that highlights the situation and gives the audience emotional cues: all up beat rhythms, guitars and electronic pianos. If something was about to go down, the audience heard it.

The TV series music, on the other hand, is oriented more toward the element of shock and surprise, as well as keeping you at the edge of your seat. It has slower beats: calm tempos, rock and some techno, which of course works for the darker, mystery-filled TV show.

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How It Begins

Those Nails!

Rawr!!

So, let’s discuss the start of the wolf. For both versions of Scott, this begins in high school (one of those similarity things) but it’s how they start that is so different.

Movie-Scott was born with the gift, inherited by the father in the family line. Though apparently according to his dad, this was supposed to have skipped a generation. (I guess Scott wasn’t so lucky… or was he?) After his first full transformation, Scott shows his werewolf self his father (only to see his father also all wolfed out! Whoa!) and his father then explains the family secret. This was a good point for movie-Scott: he is advised to use his gifts for good and not to use them to manipulate others to get ahead (though he may have used them to get some popularity points at school.) He turns into the wolf in front of the whole school during a basketball game, he is able to channel his inner basketball talent and helps lead the team to victory (this is how he gets the huge splash in the popularity pool.) His friend Stiles becomes like his personal publicity agent, selling all things wolf.  But then he learns that it is better to be ones self and accept who you are, flaws and all. (Message!!)

Now the TV-Scott, though… he was not so lucky. He was chased down and bitten by a scary beast in the woods. He goes through his change, trying to hide this from everyone, and has no one to talk to about what is going on. (Sucks to be him, really.) Though TV-Scott discovers what great powers come with being the wolf, he also has to learn how to control the wolfy part of him, especially when he gets excited. (Allison, his girlfriend, does not help this much at first…) He shows his friend Stiles, who then becomes the only person he trusts for a while, and is the only one who helps him deal with the changes he is going through. He has to decide, with the help of his friends, what kind of wolf he wants to be.

 

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How About Those Bad Guys?

Both Scotts have battles to fight in high school. Movie-Scott has to battle high school bullying and dealing with puberty. The other Scott, well… he battles quite the arsenal of enemies: Werewolves, La Bete Du Gevaudan, The Nogitsune, Theo Raeken, Peter Hale, Alpha Pack, Alpha Twins, Berserkers, Dread Doctors… the list goes on and on. (This is probably why there are so many seasons of the Teen Wolf television series, and the movie only got a sequel… it could have probably used a battle with one of the above bad guys to help its rating.)

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Crushes; The Ladies Of The Wolves

Now what would our hero be without a lady love?? Both Scotts have a main squeeze. For movie-Scott, her name is Boof. (Yes, you read that right… Boof.) And despite her odd name, this lady is pretty cool. She is Scott’s best friend, is always giving advice and is there for him when he needs her. Yet she secretly has a crush on him and would never tell… at least not until they are trapped in a closet together…

The other lovely maiden, of our TV Scott is named Allison; she is an all around bad-arse (wicked cool, mega-awesome, etc). She is a hunter (of werewolves!) who has killer aim with a bow and arrow. In the show however, she is not the friend of Scott at first. In fact, they meet for the first time in class, and the crush feeling is mutual between these two. So of course they become boyfriend/girlfriend and all is happy. At least until she realizes he is a werewolf, and she is a hunter…. Well, then that when the relationship drama happens. (But that’s for another blog.)

Total Bad-Ass!

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Parental Guidance

Both Scotts live with a single parent. Movie-Scott with his dad, and TV-Scott lives with his mom. Movie-Scott’s dad is a single father, and seems to be single because mom has passed. (At least that is what I got out of it, I could be wrong.) They don’t seem to really go into what the history is with the single dad or what his career is. The father, though, is a wolf the same as Scott. He is able to relate to his son and guide him on the way. He is a pretty chill dad from what I gather.

TV-Scott lives with his mom. She is a nurse and divorced from the father who seemed to be out of the picture until just recently (they introduced him about two seasons ago, I think.) A wolf did not bite her so she is not like Scott in that manner because she is 100% not wolf. In fact, she does not know that Scott is a werewolf until much later. And once she does learn of her son’s secret, she is accepting and only wants to help her son in whatever way she can. (This to me makes her mom of the year.)

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Feeling Old?!?

AAAHHHHH!!!!!

Now, I tried to find out if other people find there to be similarities between the two, and to my sadness, not many people have seen both. In fact a lot of people who have seen the 80s movie have not bothered to watch the TV show, and those who have seen the show are, dare I say it, too young to know there is an awesome movie out there with Michael J. Fox leading the role as super cool wolf. Ugh, the sadness of it all! This, my friends, makes me feel pretty old to say the least.

But there are some who are educated in the Wolf era, like my amazing son, who is 11, and has watched this with me since the show aired in 2011. He’s never missed an episode. He will definitely say there are differences between the two. (The movie never made him jump.)

Though they may be completely different in so many ways, I feel they should both be seen. If you have not seen them both, then I urge you, watch the other. They are both wonderful in their own ways, and if you like the one then you will probably like the other.