Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Barry Woodward - Feb 09, 2005 10:50:01 pm PST #4730 of 10001
I fought the law and I won!

Flip flops featuring fabulous flaming feathery flamingoes fighting furiously foul funky foreign felonies for fellow flakey fragile frantic Finnish flunkies frying freedom fries for French females forgoing freezepops, forshizzle!


Alibelle - Feb 09, 2005 10:53:03 pm PST #4731 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

Flip flops probably don't leave the best clues behind, either, so they are untraceable. And cheap. And omnipresent in the greater LA area.

Maybe the world will seem so fuzzy that you just won't care, Kristen. That'd be nice. Good luck, with that.


Kristen - Feb 09, 2005 11:05:58 pm PST #4732 of 10001

I think it should be a show about a psychic profiler who figures out the culprit of every crime by examining their footwear. And she finances her good work by using her incredible math skills to guess their ATM codes and clean out their bank accounts while they're getting booked. And maybe it should set be on an island. And she should wear a lot of wigs and blow things up.

It needs a theme song, though.

Is there a Who song left that Jerry Bruckheimer hasn't robbed of its dignity?

ETA: And thank you, Alibelle. With all the work that's happening, I think I'm going to need all the luck I can get.


Anne W. - Feb 10, 2005 2:16:37 am PST #4733 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

There's what? 3 CSIs available? And the one set in Vegas is in syndication, which means you really can miss it if something cooler is around the corner and catch it later, over and over and over again.

Then there's the fact that the quality of CSI: Original Flavor has gone downhill in the past two years. They've got a great group of actors who are no longer allowed to show what they can do because of a) the uneven writing and b) increasingly bizarre plots. Seeing the syndicated eps on SpikeTV only makes this point more and more clear.

Two years ago, CSI was appointment TV for me. Now, I'll only set the VCR if the premise sounds interesting. These days I'm getting my police procedural fix from "Cold Case."

I'm looking forward to the new show. Here's hoping it does well.


le nubian - Feb 10, 2005 4:53:29 am PST #4734 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Anne, I still like CSI, but I flat out refuse to watch Miami and NY is good sometimes, but it bores me about half the time.

Cold Case feels very rote to me. I watch it because I'll watch nearly any crime show (note: CSI Miami comment above), but I prefer Charmed on Sundays at 8 than Cold Case.


Anne W. - Feb 10, 2005 5:04:07 am PST #4735 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Heh. I probably should have thrown a few more "in my opinions" in my CSI rant up above. My big beef with it is that I don't like where they've taken some of the characters. I currently feel about Catherine the way I felt about S6/S7 Spike--that they took an interesting character and screwed up what was a really interesting arc. Again, just my opinion.


erikaj - Feb 10, 2005 5:14:08 am PST #4736 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I'm getting excited now. And I've stopped following this thread...but it sounds like Minear wrote me a show. And we've hardly talked at all(blush) If I like it, I'll put you on my friends-list, Tim.;)


Allyson - Feb 10, 2005 7:53:28 am PST #4737 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Is there a referrer program for The Inside? If I tempt x amount of people into watching the show, do I get a coupon for a free Blizzard at Dairy Queen?

Kristen is exempt because she's Official Make Minear Look Great Gurl.

Like how I just decided that? Wasn't that AWESOME?


Kat - Feb 10, 2005 7:56:25 am PST #4738 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

If I tempt x amount of people into watching the show, do I get a coupon for a free Blizzard at Dairy Queen?

No.

But you do get a free treat from Cold Stone Creamery. Dairy Queen (which I love) is so 70s.


Allyson - Feb 10, 2005 8:00:29 am PST #4739 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Well, are we talking about FOX putting together the referrer program, or The Tim Minear Fund for Little Wanderer Fans?