And I should stop reading other boards.

Oh, duh, you're Merciless. And here I thought there was some other person running around with inside Inside information. Geez, I'm dumb. I responded to that guy too.

You should stop even talking about it, because now I'm getting all morbidly curious and want to know where these other boards are so I can spectate on the trainwrecks and hate on everyone's pathological clue deficit. I know no good can come of it, and yet I want to.

I know I've hardly checked in on this thread at all before, but damn, I'm sorry. I've been quietly watching and watching and getting slowly drawn in by the stories, the darkly beautiful and horrifying look of the show, the excellent ensemble. It deserves better marketing, a bigger push, just more of a chance.

Should be noted that Buffy would have been canceled after four episodes if it aired on FOX, today.

Yup. It's infuriating and discouraging and crazy-making. I keep looking back through the mists of time to MSCL, the first time I got involved in fandom and save-our-show efforts; I can remember how outraged everyone was that we only got the one season, just 19 lousy episodes, and that the writers were already working on scripts for the second season and we'd never see them and it was just so unfair. And now, fuck! 19 whole episodes that actually all aired, in order, without the fans having to beg and whine at the DVD-marketing arm of whoever owned the show seems like such an unbelievable luxury.

I can throw large paragraphs at your screen, if it may help.

I believe it's safe to say that large Nilly paragraphs always help.

Crapping crap crap!

I finally catch up on the show, and the Minearverse threads, and it's bloody cancelled! Argh!

And yes, I realise it's not all about me, but I can't help but feel like someone somewhere is laughing at me.

Or maybe laughing at us all...

pathological clue deficit

JZ dear, may I have this? I promise to shine it faithfully and install it as my tagline.

Good heavens, certainly! I'd be honored.

Thanks! It may be September before it actually sees the tagline space. But it's so appropriate for me. I had to have it.

I'm sorry to hear the news about The Inside. I'd begun to get intrigued. Well, there's however many episodes the network will broadcast for me to love it better, and then the dvds to cuddle and love. Better than no good tv at all, she said, trying to make the best of the situation.

It does seem counterproductive, doesn't it? I mean, this is the reason I don't watch new shows unless I have some particular reason to. Why invest in a narrative when the network won't commit to it? It bugs me a lot, not just because of the taste issue (they cancel the good shows!) but also because it feels like a betrayal of the audience. Like Rowling's publisher deciding not to bother with a seventh Harry Potter book. Or whatever paper published Dickens's serials cutting one off midstream.

Which I'm sure either one would have done if the money situation dictated. But it bugs.

I don't really want to do a big podcast thing. It sounds like it'd be terribly boring and not worth the effort. Frankly, I'm just not that entertaining.

It sounds like it'd be terribly boring and not worth the effort.

All depends on how you do it. Me and three more people did a commentary to Smile Time with beer and whisky on the table. That actually worked better in practice than in theory.

The Futon Critic reports on Tim's post and links to us.