Cranky showrunnerboy Ira Steven Behr:
"The other thing that reminds me of 'Deep Space Nine,'" he says, "is I just don't understand why it's so [hard for fans to understand]. If you want a pacifier, you can get them for 99 cents at Sav-On drugs down the block. If you want to suck on something that's going to make you feel protected and warm and all cuddly, they have those things. They're made of rubber, and you stick them in your mouth.
"Television is supposed to be fun and adventurous, at least genre television allegedly is. It just seems that the shift in tone should not be so traumatic."
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Ira's been smoking the Brannon Braga shit.
Put the pipe down, baby.
The pacifier makes me think it's ecstasy instead.
Really? I kept thinking, "awww, are him's witty bitty diamond shoes too tight?"
That I don't think Brannon would share.
I really, really, REALLY hate writers/actors slagging on the fans. Even the craxy ones.
It's one thing to objectively identify the craxy and distance for self-preservation. It's a whole other thing to blame the audience for not being who you want them to be.
It's classless.
And, I think the button's cooled off now, so I'm back to lurking.
ETA: NUMBAHHHHH!!!
I don't see him saying anything I don't regularly say about fandom. So, yeah, it's hard for me to see a problem.
I mainly think it's funny that he thinks The 4400 is a challenging and complicated show.
I mean, I watch it, and I enjoy it, but it's like genre comfort food. I enjoy it because being an X-Files fan was extremely stressful, and it's nice to watch a show that's in that same vein but that requires no real thought or emotional investment.
It's true -- it has its mysteries, but there's no need to feel compelled, as a viewer, to solve them. I never thought we had enough clues to bother working at it.
It's been...good, with one or two high points -- the episode with the
reality all in the chick's head
was great, I thought, and had excellent emotional through lines.
