Yep.
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.
Parents TV vs Tim Minear:
Wherein we learn that the huge spike in indecency complaints lodged at the FCC in third quarter 2005 came as a result of one organization: yep, the Parents Television Council. The PTC filed 23,542 of the 23,547 complaints the FCC received in July, mostly against the same two programs, including "The Inside" on Fox.
The complaint (and a handy online website to file it) is available here:
Zenkitty, Theodosia, Matt, libkitty insent.
spins tiggy around dancing
Thank you!
According to Variety, Drive made history by "becoming the first-ever Primetime Emmy broadband nominee".
Huh! That's really interesting.
Thanks so much, tiggy! You made my day!
Does the FCC give the same weight to on-line generated forms as it does to snail-mailed ones? I think it's safe to say that the majority of people who submitted that form didn't even read it, let alone watch the show in question.
Laga, I doubt it's remit allows it to discount certain complaints. The FCC still hasn't ruled on THE INSIDE (and the PTC recently complained about that, too), however I'd say it's reasonably likely they will fine FOX for it as the FCC are slightly nuts IMHO.
Also, that Drive Emmy thing -- I said I thought it was bizzare they used 'The Starting Line' as the submission, and now I take that back. The 3 minute clip they've submitted is from the original pilot, and that 3 minutes looks amazing.
Edit: the clips online @ [link] (Completely remastered! With the proper actors! Oh my).
Daniel and I watched a few episodes of The Inside last night. I decided that Paul is Whedon. It makes everything funnier.