I am Tim Minear
Killing people: a good thing
Buffy is not me
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
libkitty - Sep 20, 2004 10:17:10 am PDT #2254 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Betsy HP - Sep 20, 2004 10:37:33 am PDT #2255 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Isn't that a bit like calling your boyfriend Mr. Bean?
DCJensen - Sep 20, 2004 12:20:45 pm PDT #2256 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Or Saget?
JenP - Sep 20, 2004 1:57:16 pm PDT #2257 of 10001
We could get him a special t-shirt just to wear to interviews: My name is Tim Minear. I never worked on Buffy. Prepare to die.
Just add a phonetic pronunciation for Minear, and it's beauty. You know, for the radio/TV interviews.
Astarte - Sep 20, 2004 2:56:30 pm PDT #2258 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
I seem to recall vaguely that Tim and Todd were more writer guys and Bryan more director guy.
So while they all were instrumental as a production team, the writing partners would number only two.
Not three. So the number you will count shall not be three.
Then again, I could be smokin' something odd. IJS.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2004 3:06:44 pm PDT #2259 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Todd and Bryan were the originators of the series - Tim was brought in by Fox after the pilot was done. And he and Bryan referred to themselves as a writing team during production. Maybe Todd and Tim just had less opportunity to work closely than the latter two did?
Hell, he thinks Amelie (which I rather enjoyed) was deep?
Well, it kind of dealt with deep subjects like love, destiny, family responsibility, and social maladjustment. But the way it dealt with them was like a beautiful meringue-topped trifle stitting on a lace doily.
Kristen - Sep 20, 2004 3:31:14 pm PDT #2260 of 10001
I seem to recall vaguely that Tim and Todd were more writer guys and Bryan more director guy.
Todd is a director. Bryan is a writer.
Maybe Todd and Tim just had less opportunity to work closely than the latter two did?
I think that is true. Todd was the one in Canada for most of the filming.
Astarte - Sep 20, 2004 3:40:05 pm PDT #2261 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
gah, that's what I get for trying to be more specific than "that guy" and "that other guy".
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2004 4:02:00 pm PDT #2262 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I was kind of puzzled by Todd talking about being away from home and his partner for so long... isn't his partner Scotch Ellis Loring? Who had to be wherever they were shooting for at least several episodes' worth of time since he appeared in them.
Or have I gotten Todd and Bryan mixed up?
Cranberry - Sep 20, 2004 8:22:48 pm PDT #2263 of 10001
I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that has no meaning -- that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe with
meaning? What does that mean?
And January 2005, now? What?
I just asked Bryan about that, and he said "we just found out today the new official date is January 18th. we were told the competition was too heavy for the original date. whatev."
Sigh. More damn waiting!