set a new record for the amount of negative articles they can write about a TV show
Surely one of the less acceptable reality TV shows set an unbeatable record. Surely.
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set a new record for the amount of negative articles they can write about a TV show
Surely one of the less acceptable reality TV shows set an unbeatable record. Surely.
set a new record for the amount of negative articles they can write about a TV show
Perhaps it's reverse psychology. After all, didn't our dearly departed faves' reviews tend good to great?
Kevin, could you post links to what you're talking about? Because I haven't seen anything but non-judgmental "this show is coming soon" write-ups.
I think the press are trying to set a new record for the amount of negative articles they can write about a TV show pre-air with Dollhouse.
Viva Laughlin may have set the bar impossibly high on that one.
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Kevin, could you post links to what you're talking about?
IO9 has an article wondering if Dollhouse is getting fucked over by Fox suits. Latest news includes new rewrites and general upstairs unhappiness with the show and premise.
Dollhouse has shut down production for two weeks for script work. Additionally, they wrote and shot a new first episode, with ep 1 moving to ep 2. Both of these were, according to Joss, his request. I suspect it's down to the 'creative process' with a network.
I'm sure the network is busy being the network, but this kind of thing happens. Example: Angel, which shut down production, which had Joss and Tim working on it. Television Without Pity ran a fantastically crap article saying everybody should be panicking, which included Amy Acker being a show killer as a reason why.
I think the press are trying to set a new record for the amount of negative articles they can write about a TV show pre-air with Dollhouse.
Television Without Pity ran a fantastically crap article saying everybody should be panickingOverlooking how much time I spend in the forums, TWOP doesn't really equal the press, though.
I count TWOP as press - they're a commercial company.
Maybe I'm just too old-school journalist on this, but TWOP and some of these other articles I've seen listed on Whedonesque are still more along the lines of blogs and Web sites, IMO, rather than press. (Although I have to say, I have nothing but love for TWOP, I guess I just put it in a different mental category.)
Dithering over things like this is what blogs and sites do, either because they're honestly worried, because they think it'll be a good way to drive traffic to their sites, or whatever. This results in fan enclaves rising up and either worrying and sending the Whedon Threat Level up to orange, putting their fingers in their ears and proclaiming repeatedly "I can't hear you," or deciding "Meh. I'll wait and see what happens."