And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?

Xander ,'End of Days'


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.


Tim Minear - Jun 08, 2005 10:04:38 pm PDT #8403 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"

As Craig Silverstein, my other co exec producer (the find of my career, this guy) says, "that's the show's sweet spot."


DebetEsse - Jun 08, 2005 10:05:07 pm PDT #8404 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Hey, it's tomorrow right now.

I can have my TiVo ready in 10 minutes.

eta: I think the lines work in that the triangle are so based in archetypes (not that there's not more to them than that, but there's a reason they resonate with other characters in other stories) that they can say lines that tap into the archetype, and it works, IMO.


libkitty - Jun 08, 2005 10:05:38 pm PDT #8405 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

This was probably the first trip in years that it was for me. I would say that the stars have aligned perfectly, but I have become superstitious since I moved to Juneau, so I won't.


Nilly - Jun 08, 2005 10:06:52 pm PDT #8406 of 10001
Swouncing

For me that's what this show is for.

It's so interesting, the possibility to see what the show is for the people who created it, the people behind it. Especially as opposed to the viewers' opinions.


Gris - Jun 08, 2005 10:11:16 pm PDT #8407 of 10001
Hey. New board.

I love the suicide. Yes, it's very unlikely, but I like that these people are immediately set up as beyond normal parameters. If Rebecca's predecessor was capable of committing incredibly grisly suicide with even a partial goal in mind, and devoted enough that she would go dangerously unmedicated at all, presumably to help her get inside the bad guy's head, then what might her young replacement be capable of? What bounds of humanity will we get to see her break, and will she, unlike Alvarez, be able to ride the wave of her own near-supernatural abilities?


Tim Minear - Jun 08, 2005 10:14:21 pm PDT #8408 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"

Ooooh, D. Griswold -- wanna come join my writing staff? Or at least just hang around me, like, all the time?


Ice - Jun 08, 2005 10:18:43 pm PDT #8409 of 10001
The longer I stay awake tonight, the more time I have before tomorrow begins.

First thing I thought of after the show ended: I want more.


Gris - Jun 08, 2005 10:35:56 pm PDT #8410 of 10001
Hey. New board.

I'm pretty sure I'd be a terrible TV writer - I'd have to be ghostwrit. But I wouldn't be opposed to being your bosom buddy, on the other side of the country.


Morgana - Jun 08, 2005 10:39:43 pm PDT #8411 of 10001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

Tim, I'm so reluctant to get involved in watching a new series, because it seems every time I do whichever network it's on yanks the rug out from under it. (I know I'm not telling you anything you don't have bitter personal experience with.) But I watched this one, and encouraged others to do so as well ("it's a reunion of 'Buffy' and 'Angel' and 'Firefly' talent!") So I'll be keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you.

By the way, when your name came up in the opening credits, I was muttering "Dear Doyle killer" at the screen, because I remembered you mentioning the hate mail you had received lo those many episodes ago.


libkitty - Jun 08, 2005 10:40:12 pm PDT #8412 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs