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The King of Cups expects a picnic. But this is not his birthday!
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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!
aurelia - Sep 26, 2011 10:02:43 am PDT #3601 of 4535
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Allyson - Sep 27, 2011 8:32:08 am PDT #3602 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
Not everything Landgraf touches becomes a hit. Two recent efforts — dramas "Terriers," about two offbeat private investigators, and "Lights Out," about a heavyweight fighter, were each canceled after just one season. "The conclusion I came to was both those shows were not conceptually original enough," Landgraf said.
I'm trying to parse this in a way that does not make my head explode.
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2011 8:32:45 am PDT #3603 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In the land of umpteen CSIs, when has not conceptually original enough been a real issue?
Ailleann - Sep 27, 2011 8:33:19 am PDT #3604 of 4535
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I think the problem is that they were too original, myself...
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2011 8:33:54 am PDT #3605 of 4535
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Maybe he meant that they weren't high-concept enough. Like, you couldn't explain what the show was about in one sentence.
Consuela - Sep 27, 2011 8:34:26 am PDT #3606 of 4535
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think the problem is that they were too original, myself...
Yup. Original means the marketing staff has to work at it to get the concept across to the public.
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2011 8:35:39 am PDT #3607 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lights Out could totally be summed up in one sentence. I'm not saying I'm going to make the best one, but it was about a prizefighter returning from retirement. That's, I think, both a decent summary and a differentiator from the rest of the market.
Terriers, that's harder to do. What do you say about two low-rent PIs that sums up the show usefully and makes people think specifically of that show?
Allyson - Sep 27, 2011 8:39:45 am PDT #3608 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
Terriers, that's harder to do. What do you say about two low-rent PIs that sums up the show usefully and makes people think specifically of that show?
I KNOW PUT A BIG DOG ON THE POSTER AND PUT THE TWO GUYS WAAAAAY IN THE BACKGROUND!
What do I win?
Classic blame shifting. Don't do that. You screwed the pooch. *cough*
smonster - Sep 27, 2011 9:05:03 am PDT #3609 of 4535
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Every time I try and get StW to watch Terriers, he jokes, "The one about the dogs, right?" Ha bloody ha.
Jesse - Sep 27, 2011 9:18:07 am PDT #3610 of 4535
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A dog that's not even a terrier! So confusing!!!