reads review, rolls eyes forever
Good old Buffy vet Tim Minear. His mythic tour of duty on Buffy is just never going to die, is it?
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
'The Girl in Question'
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.
JZ - May 31, 2005 1:41:06 pm PDT #7582 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Nilly - May 31, 2005 1:41:25 pm PDT #7583 of 10001
Swouncing
I expect a larger, more complicated storyline will eventually shine through
Is there an arc to the 13 episodes? The way "Wonderfalls" had? Or a longer one, like "Angel"?
It's created by Buffy vet Tim Minear, and it retains some of that epic, mystical feeling.
Tim is never going to be able to put his time on BtVS behind him, ha?
[Edit: x-post with JZ. I was wondering how many of us will jump at the BtVS repeated mention. Now I know]
Thanks, Allyson.
Narrator - May 31, 2005 1:44:05 pm PDT #7584 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Tim is never going to be able to put his time on BtVS behind him, ha?
Tim was the best "BtVS" writer, ever!
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 1:45:38 pm PDT #7585 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
Well, I suppose it's better than being permanently mis-associated with According to Jim or somesuch. If you're going to have a writing job inaccurately attributed to you, might as well pick the critical darling/pop culture phenomenon.
Allyson - May 31, 2005 1:46:38 pm PDT #7586 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 an arc to the 13 episodes?
There's two small arcs that I can think of. And with that, I need to beat my head against the wall in a fit of financial agony.
aurelia - May 31, 2005 1:47:44 pm PDT #7587 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
If they hadn't mentioned Buffy, they probably would've spelled his name wrong.
Nilly - May 31, 2005 2:00:34 pm PDT #7588 of 10001
Swouncing
There's two small arcs that I can think of.
Excellent. Thanks! Also, I'd like it if you didn't bang your head against anything. It's a pity about the hair.
If they hadn't mentioned Buffy, they probably would've spelled his name wrong.
They can misspell "Buffy", as well, I guess.
Betsy HP - May 31, 2005 2:24:46 pm PDT #7589 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
:: puts a pillow between Allyson's head and the wall::
I think we should start a counter-rumor. Tim wrote all the best jokes on Laugh-In.
Nilly - May 31, 2005 2:28:35 pm PDT #7590 of 10001
Swouncing
I think we should start a counter-rumor.
Or, we could write Tim's "Buffy" episode, like we rewrote Spiral (um, without the "re" part). It won't be fixing an existing episode, true, so a little less material to work with, but it will also give us more freedom.
Daisy Jane - May 31, 2005 2:30:25 pm PDT #7591 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Is there a character who just didn't show up anymore? Someone who might have been brutally done away with?