'Touched'
[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.
I guess we'll have to wait and see. I have hopes for this one and I never had any real hope for either FF or WF.
Personally? I'm waiting to see when it is aired to determine what hopes I have for it to survive. If it's Friday? I'm beyond skeptical. If it's up against a big ratings show? Same thing.
Part of the concern may be because, when all is said and done, it wasn't a "Go watch 'The Inside'!" column and wasn't really meant to be.
My first thought when I heard about the new show, other than wondering what kind of photos of Mr. Minear FOX execs must have hanging over him, was "might as well go buy www.savetheinside.com now, avoid the rush." My next thought was, "that's a column..."
My third thought was, "mmm, peanut butter," but that's a different story.
I also hoped that praising the show to the skies -- which I did, sight unseen, on faith -- would get people interested enough to look into it.
Nice idea, except for the strong possibility of a title change confusing matters. Though I guess that also limits the "damage" the article could have done too.
FWIW, Chris, I thought the column was funny.
And welcome.
Nice idea, except for the strong possibility of a title change confusing matters.
No title change.
what kind of photos of Mr. Minear FOX execs must have hanging over him
I don't think it's so much photos as it is a development deal.
BTW - I like hearing any reactions to my columns. If you had problems with one I want to know, because I might not have communicated well enough.
But this is nothing, everyone's still friendly. My "Smallville" column got me some interesting mail. I don't remember anyone threatening my bits, but the intent was clearly there...
Interesting mail? In a perfect world, that Smallville column would have gotten you baked goods and offers of marriage.
I don't think it's so much photos as it is a development deal.
Good to hear. I wondered, but I guess I wasn't really surprised. I mean, where else would you go with a scary, intelligent show besides FOX? I'm still surprised "Alias" isn't there. It's totally a FOX show.
Even if they can be stupid or prejudicial -- and they can -- this is still the network that's given us more edgy stuff than anybody. There's always got to be the dream that they'll go back to being the studio that supported "The X-Files" despite low ratings and confused viewers. Even as much as they bug me, if I wrote down my favorite 50 shows, a disproportionate amount would be from FOX.
Of course, a disproportionate amount also got screwed over by FOX, but hey...
Bwah! That was hysterical. Not unlike some of the mail you got I expect, though in a slightly different sense of the word.
I head-nodded throughout the earlier column. And FWIW, I would think that as a "normal" person who didn't obsessively follow writers from show to show (and they tell me there are a lot of those kind of people out there, who knew?), I'd be more inclined to try to check the show out after reading your column.