Re slashdot - I was going to link it to the Official site, and TheInside.org. The server TI.org is hosted on has been slashdotted before, and has coped - but I'd need to turn page caching on if we went down this route due to the dynamic nature of the pages...
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Kevin - Jun 08, 2005 5:36:39 am PDT #8010 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Allyson - Jun 08, 2005 5:57:46 am PDT #8011 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
Jessica, if you skip the teaser, you'll miss the worst of the gore, and I don't think you'll miss much story at all.
I don't think it's any more gory than CSI, but CSI is pretty gory.
Kevin - Jun 08, 2005 6:00:25 am PDT #8012 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
SF Gate have published a review of The Inside which, frankly, one of the biggest pile of shit reviews I've ever seen. I'm not talking about his judgements of how the show pans out in the first episode, as I haven't seen it - but I am talking about the way he writes off the show before he even gets into any details.
tiggy - Jun 08, 2005 6:08:20 am PDT #8013 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I have done my fandom-ly duty and pimped the show in my lj. also mentioned your website, Kevin. of course, most of my friends were probably already planning to watch, but it never hurts to make sure.
Kevin - Jun 08, 2005 6:22:24 am PDT #8014 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Ta, tiggy.
I have submitted a Slashdot story, which hypes the show as intelligent and dark crime noir, links to the official site, TI, TimMinear.net (uhhhh... I'm gonna get killed) and a review of the show by a newspaper. I don't know if it will be past their moderation team. Technically it's not "news for nerds. stuff that matters." I suppose - but it's worth a shot.
Cranberry - Jun 08, 2005 6:25:37 am PDT #8015 of 10001
I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that has no meaning -- that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe with
meaning? What does that mean?
My friend reviewed episode two. She also discussed the three main criticisms she's heard about the show.
(Heh, after I posted her first link here, she ended up on Whedonesque. I'm just glad she liked the show.)
Polter-Cow - Jun 08, 2005 6:25:40 am PDT #8016 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Technically it's not "news for nerds. stuff that matters." I suppose - but it's worth a shot.
It's totally stuff that matters. Don't nerds like hot blonde chicks and dead babies?
Kevin - Jun 08, 2005 6:28:08 am PDT #8017 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Shit. I forgot to hype the dead babies. I did name drop Rachel in the submission.
§ ita § - Jun 08, 2005 6:34:13 am PDT #8018 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does smart, for a critic, mean they agree with you? Or is there something else to it?
Jessica - Jun 08, 2005 6:36:57 am PDT #8019 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessica, if you skip the teaser, you'll miss the worst of the gore, and I don't think you'll miss much story at all.
Thanks, that's good to know.