Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?

Snyder ,'Empty Places'


The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death

[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. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!


Allyson - Sep 06, 2011 8:08:37 pm PDT #3454 of 4535
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

TEASD. That's accurate.

I think #TerriersDVD is good, since it filters out the dog traffic.

I'm thinking of sending the following questions to the actors/producers:

1. Pitch it to me like I have power: Why should Fox Home Entertainment produce Terriers DVD Box sets?

2. Pretend you're recording a commentary track for your favorite scene in Terriers...what scene are we watching?

3a (for actors): When you read the pilot, what was the most compelling quality about your character? Would you hang out with your character? What drives you bananas about how your character thinks?

3b (for writers): No matter what sort of horrible decisions Britt and Hank make, they're always our heroes, and we're always rooting for them to be okay. How did you do that? Also, would you hang out with these guys? Would you lend them money?

4. Left or Straight?

Ethan Alter is so much better at this.


Liese S. - Sep 06, 2011 8:12:16 pm PDT #3455 of 4535
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

That sounds great, actually. And you're totally fine at it, but I bet if you wanted, you could talk to Ethan Alter about it.


Allyson - Sep 06, 2011 8:13:58 pm PDT #3456 of 4535
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

You know, I know his wife.


Allyson - Sep 06, 2011 8:36:59 pm PDT #3457 of 4535
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

Kristen brought up a good point: Hank and Britt and so completely ordinary...how did the writers make them so compelling? I mean, they have fairly ordinary lives (and ordinary is messy), but they're so beautiful to watch. I think about Jaye in Wonderfalls. Something extraordinary is happening to her, but she's otherwise leading a completely ordinary life, and she's still compelling. Even if you take out the talking monkey, Jaye is so watchable. How they do that?


Allyson - Sep 06, 2011 8:38:07 pm PDT #3458 of 4535
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

I mean, it's not really a show about a case that needs solving, it's a show about the people who solve cases. Sometimes I wanted the cases to get the fuck out of the way.


Cass - Sep 06, 2011 8:41:01 pm PDT #3459 of 4535
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

how did the writers make them so compelling? I mean, they have fairly ordinary lives (and ordinary is messy), but they're so beautiful to watch.

They are so completely, gorgeously, tragically human.


Strega - Sep 06, 2011 8:42:54 pm PDT #3460 of 4535

Do you expect an answer to that, though? I feel like "How did you do that?" is awfully close to asking "Where do you get your ideas?"

Anyway....It might be worth noting that the videos that were made for the FX production blog are still on YouTube. [link]


Allyson - Sep 06, 2011 8:53:39 pm PDT #3461 of 4535
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

Do you expect an answer to that, though? I feel like "How did you do that?" is awfully close to asking "Where do you get your ideas?

Yeah.

I'm trying to think of the questions I enjoy answering. With Sam, it's always, "why bats?" And can I talk up a storm about "why bats."


Allyson - Sep 06, 2011 8:57:24 pm PDT #3462 of 4535
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

HEY STREGA. THINK OF A BETTER QUESTION.


Cass - Sep 06, 2011 9:00:45 pm PDT #3463 of 4535
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

*I* want to know why Ocean Beach. Because it's a very specific kind of place and it was so clearly not made up. Except, I guess, that answers itself. Someone is either from there or lived there or spent time there. Because OB was nearly a character. And I dug that.

I don't have questions. I have commentary that is badly punctuated.