Maybe he meant that they weren't high-concept enough. Like, you couldn't explain what the show was about in one sentence.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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!
Tom Scola - Sep 27, 2011 8:33:54 am PDT #3605 of 4535
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
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!!!
Liese S. - Sep 27, 2011 9:23:48 am PDT #3611 of 4535
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Aww, I miss that dog.
Allyson - Sep 27, 2011 9:24:00 am PDT #3612 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 bet he'll read the comments on his own article. Unless he's above-it-all.
smonster - Sep 27, 2011 9:43:48 am PDT #3613 of 4535
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Winston! I love Winston.
Allyson - Sep 27, 2011 11:12:11 am PDT #3614 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 went and posted something psychotic. That's why I should come here, first. Now I feel like a boob.