I'm trying to imagine what it would be like if Tim wrote a daytime soap opera. 300 pages a week! How long would it take for him to kill off every working actor in NY and LA?
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[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.
Tom Scola - Aug 04, 2005 3:17:31 pm PDT #2294 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Largo - Aug 04, 2005 3:18:34 pm PDT #2295 of 10001
I'm trying to imagine what it would be like if Tim wrote a daytime soap opera.
Well, he can't do any worse than James Lipton.
Cass - Aug 04, 2005 3:20:01 pm PDT #2296 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
How long would it take for him to kill off every working actor in NY and LA?They can just come back from the dead.
Largo - Aug 04, 2005 3:20:51 pm PDT #2297 of 10001
You mean...like on "Buffy"?
Topic!Cindy - Aug 04, 2005 3:21:35 pm PDT #2298 of 10001
What is even happening?
Yeah, it used to be that there was no problem, as long as you didn't show the body. Now they bring 'em back, regardless.
Allyson - Aug 04, 2005 3:37:02 pm PDT #2299 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
Hat tip to Whedonesque:
Tim says stuff.
..."They give me $50 million to make 13 episodes, so I got to do a space Western, a whimsical comedy and an abyss-staring noir. I get to do whatever I want. There's something nice about doing these 13-episode, limited series things.
"Which is not to say that I don't want to create my 'Buffy' or my 'X-Files' or something that's going to resonate with a larger audience and be on for a long time. But what I love about TV is the way it's like a novel. You want to explore different chapters."
Allyson - Aug 04, 2005 3:54:09 pm PDT #2300 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
I killed the thread with my topicy goodness. Killed it. I am bad.
Aims - Aug 04, 2005 4:52:53 pm PDT #2301 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Jeez, Allyson.
Largo - Aug 04, 2005 4:57:43 pm PDT #2302 of 10001
"The Inside" could theoretically return at some point [...] but Minear's not so sure he wants it to.
While I respect that, Mr. Minear, I must admit that I agree w/ Kate O'Hare's assessment here. "The Inside" could theoretically return, even without Rachel Nichols as lead. Heck, right there, w/ her departure, you have the seeds for a new, overriding arc for the show: Rebecca disappears, and whenever the VCU (including the new recruit, Rebecca's replacement...preferably a young lad in his mid-to-late 20's...who may or may not be Web's illegitimate son) aren't involved in the usual Freak-of-the-Week theatrics, they're trying to untangle the latest knot in the mystery. Is Rebecca dead, or is she actually still alive? Did she vanish of her own accord, or did someone abduct her (again)? What did she know, or find out, to cause this to happen? Does it have anything to do w/ her past, or w/ any (or all) of the other members of the VCU? And, most important, what does the FBI have to do w/ all of this?
Play it right, and it could be the kind of existential, conspiracy-spewing, answer-no-questions morass Thomas Pynchon (not to mention, "X-Files") fans gobble up on a regular basis.
ETA:...and frustrate the hell out of the rest of the country...but at least they're watching, right?
BTW, sorry about the fanwanking. It's something us "Guiding Light" fans have learned to do from time to time. Why? Why, for survival purposes, of course.
Kristen - Aug 04, 2005 5:05:13 pm PDT #2303 of 10001
I assumed Kate meant the already filmed unaired eps could return. Not that the show could be revived without two of its stars.