Maybe you guys just aren't the target audience for this one.
You mean the promo and not the show, right? Because I can totally see Fox LCD-ing the show in their promos. Also, the people doing the shows don't do the promos, do they?
Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.
'Potential'
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.
Frankenbuddha - May 10, 2005 7:37:44 am PDT #6472 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Allyson - May 10, 2005 7:43:00 am PDT #6473 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
As in love with the show as I am, as much as I want every human on the planet to love it as much as I, honestly, it really isn't for everyone. It isn't Firefly or Buffy. It is a suspense/thriller.
It is a teevee SotL. It is intense and rich. It isn't everyone's taste, and I expect noses to wrinkle at the level of violence so that maybe they won't stick around for the deep wells that are the characters.
I'm cool with that. Don't torture yourselves out of loyalty. I wish I hadn't watched the last two seasons of BtVS. I should have stopped watching Angel much earlier than I did.
But if it looks like shit to you, please, don't turn it on out of loyalty unless you have a Nielsen box. Why torture yourself?
Allyson - May 10, 2005 7:49:46 am PDT #6474 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
Also, I'm unsure what I'd do different with the promos, I think they're pretty spot on, actually.
ETA: I'm sure I don't have to say this in present company, but in case anyone thinks I'm secretly working as a Reamworks rep, and infiltrating fandom, no, not speaking for Tim, I have no idea how he feels about the promos.
Hayden - May 10, 2005 7:54:55 am PDT #6475 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Also, I'm unsure what I'd do different with the promos, I think they're pretty spot on, actually.
I haven't actually seen a one. Just making a general point.
Allyson - May 10, 2005 7:59:46 am PDT #6476 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
Just making a general point.
I think I should maybe change my tagline to: "Irrationally overprotective" for the next few months.
ETA: Actually, isn't that Kristen's job? Or is she in the reality based community?
Hayden - May 10, 2005 8:02:32 am PDT #6477 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I figure it's okay to be protective when you have so much invested in it.
Topic!Cindy - May 10, 2005 8:03:40 am PDT #6478 of 10001
What is even happening?
I watched 24 all the way through, I think, and completely missed it. I'd feel like I lost out, except I totally feel like I win for learning how to ignore advertisements so well, that I even miss the commercials I'd like to see.
Jon B. - May 10, 2005 8:09:49 am PDT #6479 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
No, I think I'll enjoy the show because I don't expect it to be a second-rate SotL. I expect it to be more interesting and complex than the promos would lead me to believe. I like "intense and rich." I liked the psychelogical thriller aspects of SotL (as opposed the the what's-behind-this-door-iness of the ending).
Frankenbuddha - May 10, 2005 8:18:09 am PDT #6480 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
as opposed the the what's-behind-this-door-iness of the ending
Although, damn, for that kind of ending, once the lights go out and you go to the night-vision POV shot - hella effective. People were shrieking and gasping in the audience.
Kristen - May 10, 2005 8:20:10 am PDT #6481 of 10001
Also, I'm unsure what I'd do different with the promos, I think they're pretty spot on, actually.
I do too. I don't think the promos make it look like a second-rate anything. I think they give people a good general idea of what the show is. Very Seven-SotL-insert other creepy horror/thriller movie title here.
I mean, does it show all the various cool aspects of the show? Of course not. It's a 30 second spot. (And last night's seemed shorter. Maybe it was a :15.) It's a teaser promotional campaign designed to get a broad audience tuning in.
It's really hard to market "intense and rich" to a broad audience in :30.
Actually, isn't that Kristen's job?
No, I think you took that title from me somewhere around 2003.