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09/22/09
I sometimes wonder if you have to have an average IQ under 70 to be a Nielsen home. I was approached to be a Nielsen person and then denied. Musta been too brainy.
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09/22/09
Yes, Nielsen measures how they earn money, because they're stupid and are not trying to earn money in any way Nielsen doesn't measure (except for Heroes)
09/22/09
I was simply making the broad point that most execs wouldn't use "number of happy fans" as their only metric even if they had that number. They're not interested in happiness, they're interested in squeezing that happiness until dollars come out. Some squeeze the old-fashioned way, and some have found out how to turn the internet into a 21st-century juicing machine. But an exec who can't figure out how to turn a fan's happiness into money doesn't care about the fan.
09/22/09
Honestly, if they put up their own, well-seeded torrents(with ads!), I'd use them in a heartbeat.
I don't understand why it's "airwaves or it didn't happen" with these nincompoops.
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09/23/09
For which? S2 or LAD? Frankly, I thought that S2 flowed better than S1. Daisy was actually human, we got some really cool glimpses into how the rules worked, and the church scene is the most powerful scene in the entire series.
Now, the movie, on the other hand, had...problems. Neo-Daisy just sucked, no two ways about it. The idea that George would be allowed to reveal herself to her family without consequences is almost impossible to reconcile with what we saw happen the first time she tried it. And what with George taking over for Rube and her family moving away, they pretty much guaranteed that any new series that they might be able to pull off from this won't feel like it's part of the original series at all.
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I'ma have to vote for a brick tied to a 2x4 launched from a cannon.
09/22/09
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/signed
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09/23/09
My dad commented on how they had Farrah Fawcett's "life story" film just about completed (it was just a waiting game towards the end, apparently), and if they hadn't been able to run that before Jackson died, it wouldn't have aired for at least another month. Personally, I think it's just the result of everyone guilting on how they spent the last decade making fun of him for being a complete and total whackjob.
09/21/09
What are they waiting for? Hairspray's already gone from musical-based-on-a-movie to a movie-based-on-a-musical-based-on-a-movie.
09/21/09
09/21/09
I love it when they make digs at the networks for canceling shows that go on to win multiple awards.
09/22/09
Also her appeal for work... it was funny because it was so true!
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06/23/09
I bailed in the middle of Season 3 -- after that god-awful Villains arc. I looked back once, at the season finale, to see if Ihad made the right decision, and ended up stumbling into that Nathan-as-Sylar jackpot.
Honestly, I wonder just how much influence Fuller had when he returned to the show, or if he was brought back as a publicity stunt to stem the bleeding in the ratings. Jumping ship was probably his best play.
06/23/09
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06/23/09
Pinch a loaf... in time.
06/23/09
Ugly AND racist, who wouldn't want to buy that?!
I weep for Masi Oka.
06/22/09
06/22/09
Usually, he writes something much more sycophantic when one of his favorite writers leaves a show. I thought for sure he would predict the cancellation of Heroes and the return of Smallpox.
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06/22/09
And there's a reason for that.
06/22/09
DOLLHOUSE !!!
06/22/09
Also, last time I checked Dollhouse gets a large amount of hate as well.