Betsy, you're just cruel.
... and I'll have you know that I was not hungry at all this morning. But I wouldn't have turned down banana beignets for breakfast.
I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.
Lilah ,'Conviction (1)'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Consuela - Feb 02, 2007 10:30:40 am PST #3929 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jackal - Feb 02, 2007 10:43:59 am PST #3930 of 10001
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
I'd like to be very clear on that point: can't answer for Jackal, but to me it has nothing to do with Saving Drive.
It won't need saving, cos it's not getting axed.
So, yeah, what you said...
Kevin - Feb 02, 2007 10:45:23 am PST #3931 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
What are these signs?
Can't say.
One thing I will say which bothers me a bit -- possibly from ignorance -- is the effectively 3 hour premier. Has FOX done that before for a new show? It just seems like you're placing a huge amount of faith an audience will stick with it for 3 hours. Faith is good, mind.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 02, 2007 10:49:10 am PST #3932 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
One thing I will say which bothers me a bit -- possibly from ignorance -- is the effectively 3 hour premier.
Three hours? Is that all in one night, or are they doing 2 one night and one the next (or vice versa)? I didn't think Fox had 3 hours they could use (except maybe on Sunday where it would need to start at 7) since they only go to 10 EST with network shows.
Jesse - Feb 02, 2007 10:50:33 am PST #3933 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Three hours over two nights. I guess they're doing it 24-style, Kevin, which has done two hours each two nights in a row for the premiere a couple of years now.
Allyson - Feb 02, 2007 10:51:47 am PST #3934 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
2 hour premiere on Sunday, followed by a regular ep on Monday.
They're making it event, so you watch it like a movie on Sunday night, and then you follow on Monday to watch 103 on the regular night, as the lead-in to 24.
Which is what they did for 24 just a few weeks back, right?
I think when they hype the shit out of it as an event, it's generally a good thing.
Jackal - Feb 02, 2007 10:53:15 am PST #3935 of 10001
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
A three hour event over a one hour premiere just after midseason proper sounds way more marketable to me. Could be wrong, but that's my opinion.
Jessica - Feb 02, 2007 10:55:40 am PST #3936 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Event" premieres are very in right now, and Fox in particular seems to be a fan of them, so I wouldn't read anything into it other than that they're treating it like a show on their network.
Allyson - Feb 02, 2007 10:57:53 am PST #3937 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
Are any of the other networks doing event premieres, Jess? I know ABC does something like that for Lost.
Jessica - Feb 02, 2007 11:05:05 am PST #3938 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Naturally, having made that blanket statement, I can't think of any examples to support it right now. I feel like there were a bunch in the fall that aired that way -- 3-4 hour premieres over 2 nights.