Tara: What's so bad about them coming here? Aren't they good guys? I mean, Watchers, that's just like whole other Gileses, right? Buffy: Yes! They're scary and horrible!

'Potential'


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.


Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2007 4:50:45 pm PDT #6756 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

This is sadly relevant:

'Bingo!' Show Saved by Internet

For the first time, an online component of a television show has given the show a new lease on life despite lackluster ratings. According to Broadcasting & Cable magazine, ABC, which aired six episodes of the game show National Bingo Night during May and June, plans to bring it back in December for a five-night run. ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson told the trade magazine, "It is fair to say this show was saved by the fact that, while its ratings numbers weren't as impressive, that was totally contradicted by everything else we saw online." He pointed out that viewers downloaded 22 million Bingo cards online and won more than $550,000 during the show's run. Show creator Andrew Glassman told B&C: "It just shows there are metrics other than ratings to gauge success in television."


Ailleann - Jul 09, 2007 5:05:41 pm PDT #6757 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

"It just shows there are metrics other than ratings to gauge success in television."

The hell you say?


Typo Boy - Jul 09, 2007 5:45:51 pm PDT #6758 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

You know, I would have been glad to wager small sums of money on-line during Firefly, Wonderfalls, The Inside or Drive to save them. But who knew that was all it took?


Kevin - Jul 09, 2007 11:32:10 pm PDT #6759 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Bwah. "It just shows there are other ways to rape the viewing public for money.", he meant to say.


Kevin - Jul 10, 2007 3:37:03 am PDT #6760 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

There's an extensive interview on Drive with Jackal, where TM and Craig spill beans (or some better wording than this): [link]

My favourite new character suggestion is from Craig: "Although the image of a half-paralyzed guy, driving the killer truck using specialized hand controls was pretty hard to resist."


Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2007 6:37:14 am PDT #6761 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Man, reading all the various plot twists that were planned is kind of confusing, just after waking up. Maybe they would have played better on the actual show.


Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2007 6:55:45 am PDT #6762 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Not sure why I'd want to spoiler font, but better safe than sorry.

This is hilarious: This is more alternate universe, but I remember in the first draft of Tim’s pilot script, Susan went into a gas station bathroom and took a piss standing upright. I thought that was a pretty good surprise. Guess FOX didn’t.

This, is even more so: We would have learned that John Trimble was not really sick -- the meds were making him sick. Part of the game of the race. His believing he was a doomed man changed him and made him capable of things he normally would be capable of. Once he realized that he was not going to die, he’d be instantly hit by a bus, ‘cause, funny.


Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2007 6:59:49 am PDT #6763 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Frank, that hilarious bit was in the version I read. I thought it was a nice surprise too!


Jon B. - Jul 10, 2007 7:16:35 am PDT #6764 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Frank's second whitefonted bit, I think, was a joke. But with Tim you never know!


Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2007 7:22:30 am PDT #6765 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Frank's second whitefonted bit, I think, was a joke. But with Tim you never know!

I wasn't sure if he was joking and/or making a Wonderfalls shoutout, but it's funny to contemplate all the same.