'Never Leave Me'
[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.
Bah. But honestly, who would ever in a zillion years have guessed that freaking Dancing With The Stars would be the huge breakout hit? The Inside seems like such a good example of doing the kind of thing that's on TV, but really well, (unlike, say, Firefly) I really would expect it to get solid ratings.
Sorry, Tim. Sounds like you have the right attitude, anyway. I'd imagine that feeling crushed every time a tv show didn't have a ten-season run would lead to Bad Things.
Exactly, Jesse. And I just want to point out that Angel went five years. So it's not like I have have the hand of doom. I mean, I do, but, oh, nevermind.
Well, blarg. Sorry to hear that. I was interested in seeing where the story arc was going to go, and I hope I get to see enough to whet my appetite for a DVD set before it gets yanked. If it gets yanked, which I hope it doesn't.
Now you can make that show about the guy who murders ice cream sandwiches.
Tim, how much more would it suck if TV DVDs weren't the nifty trend they've become? It seems cool that we're entering a time where cancelled material (or hell, even unaired material like the GF pilot) can find a rabid appreciative fanbase.
Hooray for the Long Tail!
Bugger.
Sorry to hear that they've emptied yet another great show.
Aw Tim. I really liked this week's episode. The others were good too, but not as great as the last one. Nevertheless, The Inside was on my TiVo Season Pass list (and Dacing with the B-Listers is nowhere to be found there).
Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to get at is keep making new shows, and I'll keep showing up to watch them.
Happy Independence Day!
Allyson/Kristen Buffista commentary
Podcast.
Sorry about the news. I thought the last episode was really good.
So hoping that there's a sudden and unexplainable mini-boom among the viewers during the next few weeks and that the Inside will be back with a second season next summer is both really naïve and a self-tortureish thing to wish for?
Damn.
Tim, I've really enjoyed following you from hard-drinking space western to a hard-drinking whimsical comedy to a hard-drinking abyss-peering noir. Unfortunately, the inability of good shows to stay on television may just lead me to hard drinking. I hope you get a new project soon, mostly so I can watch it. It's all about me.