I don't think I've ever actively wished a show would get canned--not since I found fandom, and probably not even before. Another World? Homicide? Freaks and Geeks? (I still have a huge hate-on for NBC). They were mine, long before active participation in fandom, and they hurt more than either Firefly or Freaks and Geeks (although it may have been time for Homicide to go, I wasn't ready for it).
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 27, 2005 12:39:29 pm PST #4938 of 10001
What is even happening?
Topic!Cindy - Feb 27, 2005 12:40:14 pm PST #4939 of 10001
What is even happening?
I lied. The Swan. The Swan and many of the more exploitative reality shows. I have not only wished but nearly prayed for them to get the ax.
Alibelle - Feb 27, 2005 12:41:40 pm PST #4940 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
The Swan is perfectly understandable, Cindy, and the exception to the rule.
SailAweigh - Feb 27, 2005 12:42:45 pm PST #4941 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
prayed for them to get the ax.
Wouldn't help. The show went under the knife over and over again and it couldn't even have the decency to bleed to death.
Allyson - Feb 27, 2005 12:47:41 pm PST #4942 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
I love the Swan. It's pure porn, the ugliest parts of humanity all wrapped up in the most insipid package of human waste, EVAH. They should combine it with Fear Factor and have the participants eat live worms in order to win liposuction to make it even more self-degrading.
Everytime I see it, I feel better about myself and realize that I do, in fact, have self-esteem.
Polter-Cow - Feb 27, 2005 1:03:16 pm PST #4943 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I wanted Tru Calling to get cancelled so I wouldn't have to watch it anymore.
I'm downloading the second season premiere right now. We'll see if they were really improving tomorrow.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 27, 2005 1:25:48 pm PST #4944 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 too prayed for The Swan and all of Fox's Surprise! He's Actually Gay! reality shows to die fiery deaths that took their creators with them. But as far as fiction goes, I don't think I've ever rooted that strongly for anything to be cancelled, figuring that they're not destroying real people's lives and someone somewhere must enjoy them.
smushedfacelion - Feb 27, 2005 1:34:38 pm PST #4945 of 10001
Just low blood sugar. Ate a Snickers. Thanks for coming.
Rather funny and kind of sad thread at Whedonesque that started off as "vote to save Point Pleasant!" then got derailed into "PP is godawful and totally needs to be cancelled," "I've voted for Veronica Mars instead," "Me, too!"
Yeah, I followed a "save PP" link from Buffy News, and voted for Veronica Mars instead. Other than the fact that I'm watching it, I can't understand why the ratings for VM suck the way they do. Even with a guest spot by Alyson Hannigan, the ratings still sucked. Great show, though.
tiggy - Feb 27, 2005 3:09:56 pm PST #4946 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Other than the fact that I'm watching it, I can't understand why the ratings for VM suck the way they do. Even with a guest spot by Alyson Hannigan, the ratings still sucked. Great show, though.
I can't understand it either. for the past couple of weeks i've been pimping the hell out of it. if it gets canned it will be akin to the heartbreak i felt when Wonderfalls was cancelled.
Lilty Cash - Feb 27, 2005 3:31:39 pm PST #4947 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I actually watched all but the last ep of PP. Or at least sat there while it was on. I thought that the marketing for it was great though- it made me really want it to be as good as the commercials.