Seriously, even the attractive people were ranked as, at the heighest, 4.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
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.
BartlebyFink - Mar 28, 2006 5:57:04 pm PST #9079 of 10001
One Hot Burrito!
Allyson - Mar 28, 2006 5:58:08 pm PST #9080 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
Not all assistants are foamy.
Kat - Mar 28, 2006 6:26:15 pm PST #9081 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I think that the rankings are of the HARSH because undoubtedly done by other PAs who are bored!
Kristen - Mar 28, 2006 6:52:44 pm PST #9082 of 10001
Most PAs don't have computer access. Assistants to agents and managers, however, often have both internet access and boredom at work.
Kat - Mar 29, 2006 3:55:19 am PST #9083 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
AH! That is suddenly so much clearer. Thanks!
Topic!Cindy - Mar 29, 2006 5:38:46 am PST #9084 of 10001
What is even happening?
The account has been suspended.
Kristen - Mar 31, 2006 12:41:48 pm PST #9085 of 10001
An excerpt from Tim's interview with Creative Screenwriting:
Metaphors and Murder: Tim Minear on Reinventing Angel and The Inside BY JASON DAVIS
In handing the Angel characters the power of their former enemies, they discovered their metaphor. "Once you're out of college," showrunner Minear observes, "you go into the real working world to work for Greenpeace -- and now Shell Oil has offered you a job. Does it mean that you have to give up your values, or does it mean that you can actually apply your values to the thing that you thought was corrupt? That does seem like a metaphor."
While re-imagining Angel proved to be a case of focusing on an idea already present, Minear's work in bringing The Inside to television was a little more complicated. Often described as a twenty-first-century 21 Jump Street, The Inside had a lengthy development before Fox executives brought Minear onboard. The network executives "didn't necessarily want it to be a high school every week. They wanted Rebecca Locke [series lead Rachel Nichols] to go undercover every week.
"My feeling was that it's impossible -- you can't do that every week," responds Minear, detailing a common problem in the television industry. "When networks buy these show ideas, what they're really buying is an episode of a show. If the premise of the series itself sounds like it could be an episode of a show, it's probably not a series idea. CSI is a brilliant concept for a series, but it's not an episode of a show." According to Minear, the key to creating a television series is that "it's specific, but at the same time it's very broad."
I think you need to buy the magazine to read the rest (and the other article).
planbee - Mar 31, 2006 3:42:40 pm PST #9086 of 10001
I don't think anyone really cares as long as it works.
"Point of Origin" creeped. More I say, more.
Kristen - Mar 31, 2006 5:08:06 pm PST #9087 of 10001
A small update to TMnet: Allyson talks to Tim about stuff.
victor infante - Mar 31, 2006 5:27:43 pm PST #9088 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
"Once you're out of college," showrunner Minear observes, "you go into the real working world to work for Greenpeace -- and now Shell Oil has offered you a job. Does it mean that you have to give up your values, or does it mean that you can actually apply your values to the thing that you thought was corrupt? That does seem like a metaphor."
You know, I was thinking about this quote the other day. Evidently, the final moral of AtS? Get a job at Shell Oil, and then burn it down to the ground and off the board of directors.
Which? Kind of appealing, on a visceral level.