I heartily approve of the choice of any song from End of the Century, and continue my approval towards the use of "The Hungry Wolf" in the first few episodes. For what that's worth, which isn't much, I guess.
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
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.
Hayden - May 08, 2007 9:16:56 am PDT #6578 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
libkitty - May 08, 2007 11:30:16 am PDT #6579 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I, too, gave up on Studio 60 just before the hiatus. But I gave pretty much totally up, so not much interest in the burnoffs anyway, unless I happen to be bored with nothing on.
On the other hand, I'm soooooo tickled to at least see Kristen's ep!! I didn't tape the earlier eps because I was traveling, but this might actually be the impetus for me to get a TiFaux of some sort.
Kevin - May 08, 2007 12:21:39 pm PDT #6580 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Huh, I just saw something on Cox cable saying they plan to disable fast fowarding of adverts of video with on demand content. That's one way to ensure people watch the ads, I suppose.
libkitty - May 08, 2007 2:10:09 pm PDT #6581 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Or that they don't use the On Demand. I, for one, am crotchety that way.
Anastasius - May 08, 2007 2:51:31 pm PDT #6582 of 10001
You have to switch to positive thinking mode:
Drive will go out with massive fireworks.
NoiseDesign - May 08, 2007 2:53:12 pm PDT #6583 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I think it's going to hit a point where advertisers quit paying for ad time, at which point cable companies will just directly charge us for everything. I'm expecting us to move towards a pay per view model for everything at the rate things are gooing.
Vortex - May 08, 2007 3:16:24 pm PDT #6584 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
well, at least then we only pay for what we watch.
§ ita § - May 08, 2007 3:31:45 pm PDT #6585 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, but up until now the advertisers had been shouldering some of that cost. It may be startling to find out how much it costs when we're the sole payer.
Burrell - May 08, 2007 3:38:16 pm PDT #6586 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I think it's going to hit a point where advertisers quit paying for ad time, at which point cable companies will just directly charge us for everything. I'm expecting us to move towards a pay per view model for everything at the rate things are gooing.
I seriously doubt that we are approaching the end of tv advertising. But I do think it's going to change, more corporate sponsorship, more product placement. I've also heard arguments that DVRs will enable advertisers to target the audience more closely, airing one set of commercials in one zip code and a different set in another.
NoiseDesign - May 08, 2007 3:38:50 pm PDT #6587 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
That is precisely it. Special effects and all those cast members don't come cheap. Even worse, what if the shows are priced according to how many people tune in/download. All of our lovely little genre shows will cost me per episode to watch. We're not talking cost like $1 an episode, I'd say it would be much higher. Even if it were only $5 an episode, if you watch 10 episodes in a week, that's $200 a month in television viewing.