I don't know if I should pretend I was or not. Mummy, help!
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
'Help'
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.
Kevin - Nov 18, 2007 9:57:29 am PST #8311 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Polter-Cow - Nov 18, 2007 10:01:17 am PST #8312 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Browsing Fans4Writers, I came upon this MySpace...which plays a very amusing protest song.
No more
Poor apologies
No more
Getting screwed by new technologies
You work, you get paid
It's a simple system
The WGA
Needs your assistance
Ah, it has a name! "No Apologies," by Cantinero. You can download the track from their MySpace.
Monique - Nov 18, 2007 10:08:17 am PST #8313 of 10001
The part that's been entertaining the crap out of me is when people start to explain things to Allyson regarding fan campaigns and how to position things and how they think people will view things, like it's her first time at the rodeo.
Next, I think I'll tell Tim how he should go about killing off characters on Miracle Man and Dollhouse.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2007 10:08:41 am PST #8314 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
It's difficult to explain this without being/appearing to be an arrogant cunt in the been there/done that/actually understands how it all works and actually lives here and knows the issues inside and out department.
And so, I do dishes instead.
Kevin - Nov 18, 2007 10:22:18 am PST #8315 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
As I see it, the issues is that Joss and friends could make themselves look like arses over it. Which I figure they have got to have thought about the other day, because they are not unintelligent people.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2007 10:45:54 am PST #8316 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
Intelligent people are awesome at everything and always think things through to a logical conclusion.
Except not. Which is why intelligent people seek out advice from people who are experts in area where they are not, especially on issues where they're likely to miss the forest for the trees.
I think asking advice AFTER launching the campaign was a mistake.
I wish he had asked me, of course. I really know how to do these things, and do them fairly well.
But he didn't, and I'm a freak who needs to stop inserting herself in these things, I know.
Steph L. - Nov 18, 2007 10:52:46 am PST #8317 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And the fans are running over the cliff like lemmings.
That's the motto, isn't it? "Look! A cliff! Let's run!!!"
(I've been scarce from the internets all weekend, but....pencils? Seriously?)
Monique - Nov 18, 2007 10:59:37 am PST #8318 of 10001
Except not.
Me being the obvious exception to the rule, yes?
Kevin - Nov 18, 2007 11:01:37 am PST #8319 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Obviously, I wasn't saying intelligent people don't make mistakes.
I think asking advice AFTER launching the campaign was a mistake.
In fairness, he asked for advice before launching the campaign on Whedonesque. That be where the idea came from, and there was debate on there about it, including from him.
I definitely agree United Hollywood are struggling with the fan aspect. It's incredibly disorganised in terms of getting information.
Tamara - Nov 18, 2007 11:08:32 am PST #8320 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
It's kind of killing me to stay out of all this. I think I'll go buy new curtains.