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.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
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[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.
Jesse - Feb 02, 2007 10:50:33 am PST #3933 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Kevin - Feb 02, 2007 11:09:47 am PST #3939 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Oh, I don't think there's anything wrong with making it an event. It's just a lot of faith that they think -- presumably -- a LOT of people are going to turn up for it, which they can afford with something like 24. I think it's a great idea, but a ballsy one.
To be clear, why I thought the promo rocked: it has three major elements I wanted to see:
- An event. A reason to watch. This is one of the biggest things in marketing to me, as I banged on about many pages ago here. - A mystery. A reason to watch the beginning. Also banged on about many pages ago here. - It looks cool, and makes clear it isn't a show about cars, but characters.
Polter-Cow - Feb 02, 2007 11:10:29 am PST #3940 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hope the cars have character.
Kevin - Feb 02, 2007 11:13:03 am PST #3941 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I hope the cars speak. Annoying. Elevator. Voices. With sarcastic, snarky timing.
Polter-Cow - Feb 02, 2007 11:13:56 am PST #3942 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"Oh, dear," they should say. "Another dangerous curve."