Can we bait Adam into doing that?

Please don't. You can go visit him at the OB, if you'd like.

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Please don't.

It was more of "is it possible since he doesn't hang out here" kind of question. I don't bait people with political issues -- ever.

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To stear this away from political drivel: I can't wait to se how long it will take before Paul gets the Wesley-manuvere. Sure, he's "broken" like all of them, but he's the nicest.

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Okay, now that you mention it, I do seem to recall that Pamie hated WF.

I didn't so much mind her hating it—I never showed an episode to my mom because she would loathe it with a burning hatred matched only by that she feels for Mary Poppins—it was that Pamie's recaps read like commentary for the blind in Ben Stein's voice. Even when Strega and Demian hate shows, they tend to bust on them entertainingly rather than opting for the "misery loves company" approach of trying to bore their readers to death.

But WF wasn't universally hated by TwoP posters. The only hard numbers I can quote are from the cancellation reaction poll, where 17% of 3158 respondents chose "Bummer." and 63% chose "Nooooooo!"

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I am just putting together screen caps (only 4, don't batter me copyright people) and I've noticed something interesting frame by frame skipping bits of the episode. Ice cream man, amongst other things, has single frame inserts.

ETA: Example: [link]

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I've always thought that the problem with TWoP was the obvious bitterness of many of it's recappers. I got the impression that so many of them really wanted to be writing TV, but they weren't, so they decided to bash the hell out of it instead.

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I stayed home sick and had a Niagara-fest. I realized part-way through tho, that I hated the purported best friend and got the vague feeling the cast and crew weren't crazy about her either.

Perhaps you had a higher fever than you realized. Seriously, though, I thought Mahandra was a great character ("That is not the Janet I want to be" is one of my favorite lines) and that Tracie Thoms did a super job. I don't remember the documentary, but everyone had good things to say about her in the commentaries. She & Lee Pace went to acting school together or something like that. She was a last-minute hire; maybe that accounts for her relative absence in the doc.

"Gore is a magnificent bastard" is my suggestion.

Gore, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!

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I've never known two people to agree on exactly what the dividing line is on recaps. I know not to read the recaps of shows I honestly like, because I spend the whole time going, "No! But you missed the... that's not the... dude, that was a joke! You're missing the whole point!" On the other hand, reading, say, the ER recaps was often a non-stop laughfest for me. And I don't think it's the recapper (although I'll grant that there are some I liked better than others) -- it's the show and how I feel about it that determines whether I think the recap is funny or bitter and missing the point.

Which I'm sure has been said fifteen hundred times by other people. But my rule of thumb is, if I like the show I should stay the hell away from the recap.

Well, that and MBTV is a better acronym than TWOP, dammit! Those are my two rules of thumb. Rule of thumbs. That, and always dress in layers. Three! Three rules of...

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Well, that and MBTV is a better acronym than TWOP, dammit!

Heh. I disagree. I like TWoP cause it makes a word. TWoP TWoP TWoP! Rhymes with "hop."

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On the other hand, reading, say, the ER recaps was often a non-stop laughfest for me.

I started reading the Alias recaps recently and thought they were flipping hilarious.

I got the impression that so many of them really wanted to be writing TV, but they weren't, so they decided to bash the hell out of it instead.

Eh. I don't know that my career aspirations really influenced my FF columns. Though I'm pretty sure I got accused of that one, too. But I just didn't like the show. It happens.

ETA: Not that I ever wrote for TWOP.

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