Especially seeing as how Joss' fans gave you a SHITLOAD of money buying ads trying to keep Serenity on the air.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
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Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
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Vortex - Sep 24, 2009 5:10:13 am PDT #1964 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
tiggy - Sep 24, 2009 5:14:26 am PDT #1965 of 5827
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
what a complete and utter asshat.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 24, 2009 5:19:23 am PDT #1966 of 5827
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
What exactly did geeks and/or Whedonites DO to that writer?
erikaj - Sep 24, 2009 5:48:06 am PDT #1967 of 5827
Always Anti-fascist!
Wow, that's like, Piven press.(Seriously, a lot of times I read articles about Jeremy Piven as well and think "Wow, feature writer, at what point did this actor fuck your sister and never call again?" Difference being, he might have, and either way, has a way of bringing it on himself in a way that I can't see that Joss Whedon would.) But of course I'm biased toward both subjects so I can't say I'm objective.
Strega - Sep 24, 2009 7:02:52 am PDT #1968 of 5827
Whedon's fanbase is geeky, and devoted, and his shows are not mainstream hits. I'd gotten the impression that the fandom was sort of defiantly proud of all these things.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 24, 2009 7:24:20 am PDT #1969 of 5827
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Whedon's fanbase is geeky, and devoted, and his shows are not mainstream hits. I'd gotten the impression that the fandom was sort of defiantly proud of all these things.
Snidely condescended to in print? Not so much.
Kristen - Sep 24, 2009 7:26:33 am PDT #1970 of 5827
I actually thought it was an interesting article, which is why I linked to it. But, clearly, I didn't read it the way everyone else did.
Ginger - Sep 24, 2009 7:54:56 am PDT #1971 of 5827
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What exactly did geeks and/or Whedonites DO to that writer?
He was the only guy his high school's geeks managed to give a wedgie to.
erikaj - Sep 24, 2009 8:01:55 am PDT #1972 of 5827
Always Anti-fascist!
I think the thesis is interesting, Kristen, ie. If this guy wasn't something of a cottage industry, would his show be on? Interesting question. I thought the tone was insulting...Aaron Sorkin's fans would never get described that same way, but then TWW was a ratings winner for at least all the time that he was on it. The one time Creative Director at HBO once ignited a similar fannish pique when he said in a press conference that he had received letters and telegrams from "all 250 of The Wire's devoted fans,"(I believe that, probably even on the way to his court date, maybe somebody hopped out of the bushes all "250, *this*, motherfucker." Because fans get like that. I'm not exempting myself, either...five years later and I still remember it, after all.) But Simon really *does* intend and aspire to the "anti-show" so if someone wrote that about him, I think it would be more accurate.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 24, 2009 8:20:00 am PDT #1973 of 5827
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Interesting question. I thought the tone was insulting...
This. Very much this.