Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.

'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.


Kristen - Apr 07, 2005 3:55:41 pm PDT #5776 of 10001

I'm still baffled. I've never been able to figure out where they might have read it.


Nilly - Apr 07, 2005 9:41:27 pm PDT #5777 of 10001
Swouncing

I hope it's not marketed as Another Cop Show. That would be wrong.

I know nearly nothing about TV, but what you say makes sense to me, I mean, in that sense, H:LotS, for example, was Another Cop Show, right?

Gah, I'm sorry for the constant shilling.

For me - and obviously I can only speak for myself, here - you've never expressed any opinion which wasn't your own, with reasons and explanations behind it, and it's not like you've praised automatically anything ME/Tim - again, you just expressed an opinion, your own, and if it happened to be a good one, well, then, yay, but that's just the way it was. Oh, and you were never afraid of shanging your mind and beginning to like something you didn't like before ("Firefly") or to dislike something you used to like ("Buffy").

So for me, due to all that, those snippets and reports and excitement and pictures and the like make me look forward for things to come.

[Edit: and, yeah, it has an aspect background here, reading your posts for enough time so that not the words alone give them meaning, if that makes any sense, but then it's this whole social stuff, that always makes me confused when I try to think about it and I never really understand what y'all are saying when you're talking about it, so I'm not going into that.]

Also, you make me wonder if the show may not be too dark or gruesome for vanilla me. Still really excited and looking forward, but wondering.


Tamara - Apr 07, 2005 10:19:33 pm PDT #5778 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

Good point, Nilly!

I am hoping for just dark enough to be fascinating but not dark enough to preclude 5 seasons.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 08, 2005 3:23:12 am PDT #5779 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

From the sound of it, I might not have stuck around for the show if it had been from other creators - I'm not sure something that echoes Silence of the Lambs would appeal to me every week based on content alone. But knowing that it's going to have better writers than anything else on TV makes me eager just to hear how all the characters will talk.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2005 5:10:54 am PDT #5780 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Actually, Allyson can answer (I think) one question/concern I've had, what with all the talk of SotL and SEVEN - does it bring any of the funny in there somewhere (no matter how dark funny)? Given the writers involved, I would think it would HAVE to, and to not would be a waste of some major strengths.

You may have said - I should probably go back up thread and look, but work is currently kicking my ass.


Allyson - Apr 08, 2005 5:14:26 am PDT #5781 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

Yes. Katie Finneran's character, Mel, is a riot.

I wish I could tell you my favorite line from her, it's tag worthy.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2005 5:20:12 am PDT #5782 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Katie Finneran's character, Mel, is a riot.

Heh, yeah after Wonderfalls I'd sort of expect that.

I wish I could tell you my favorite line from her, it's tag worthy.

Stake your claim in advance (without giving it away).


Allyson - Apr 08, 2005 5:28:13 am PDT #5783 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

My favorite line ever, without spoiling is, "...the sixth victim."


Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2005 5:30:14 am PDT #5784 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

In response to: "Five victims already?! God, what's next?"


tommyrot - Apr 08, 2005 5:39:47 am PDT #5785 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

In response to: "Five victims already?! God, what's next?"

Or maybe, "Which one tasted the best?"

Or, "Who is the sexiest person you know?"

Or, "My car won't go - is there something stuck under it?"