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Campaign to Stop Pushing Daisies Pushing Daisies
Worried fans who fear that Pushing Daisies faces the axe have started a pre-emptive campaign to support the show. Organisers are asking fans to donate money so they can buy bouquets of - you guessed it – daisies to send to the studio execs. 27,000 people have so far contributed, apparently. Couldn’t they give the money to charity instead and just go out into a field an pick some daisies instead?
Star Wars Producer Spearheads 3D-Art Based Social Networking Site
Star Wars producer Rick McCallum is spearheading a new social networking site aimed at uniting 3D artists around the globe. According to AdWeek "SohoMuse will facilitate the exchange of ideas and artwork in a 3-D environment styled with virtual versions of renowned cultural centres. SohoMuse launches with replicas of New York, London and Los Angeles; others including Sydney and Shanghai are on the way.” McCallum says, “"As we continue to outsource digital work for films, video games and publishing all over the world, I believe that SohoMuse will make a radical difference to the ease with which we can develop relationships with the best artistic talent, people we would have never otherwise found."
Dollhouse Has a Premiere Date
According to Spoiler TV Joss Whedon’s new show Dollhouse will premiere on 13 February in the States. We make that a Friday – not a good omen.
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Posted by badblokebob (127.0.0.1) on November 07, 2008 at 09:31 AM GMT
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No, not good. Not good at all. Friday is the night of death for new shows - especially genre shows. They've given him his old Firefly slot. And they've moved Sarah Connor to the same evening. RIP Dollhouse :( RIP Sarah Connor :(
Posted by Nick (127.0.0.1) on November 07, 2008 at 01:00 PM GMT #
Posted by Taz (127.0.0.1) on November 07, 2008 at 01:48 PM GMT #
As for Dollhouse, it's not like I'll get to see it until it's released on DVD anyway, unless it's picked up for terrestrial broadcast over here - but I hope it isn't cancelled prematurely. It sounds fascinating.
Taz, what precisely made Firefly so crap? I thought it was superb - quality of writing, acting, directing etc - so I'm curious to hear what you didn't like.
Posted by shinysavage (127.0.0.1) on November 07, 2008 at 08:39 PM GMT #
Posted by 127.0.0.1 on November 07, 2008 at 08:58 PM GMT #
Actually I think it's really good and way better than T3 (and probably T4)
"...Firefly was utter crap."
You're in a very tiny monority there.
Anything you do like?
Posted by Nick (127.0.0.1) on November 08, 2008 at 02:10 AM GMT #
No i'm not because if the MAJORITY had watch Firefly it wouldn't have been axed halfway through it's first season. Not the mention the box office flop Serenity which bombed at the flicks. I would say the MAJORITY don't like this at all. Guess you are the minority not me.
I didn't like anything about Firefly, Poorly made, very boring and rubbish. No surprise it was axed.
I like lots of things, Star Wars, Star Trek, Smallville to name but a few things. You know actual successful prigrammes.
Posted by Taz (127.0.0.1) on November 10, 2008 at 08:22 AM GMT #
With Firefly people did not access the show (Granted they didn't access the film either and I'm stumped on that one). With those that did access the show / film, it appears that the majority liked what they saw.
I'd grant the comments boring and rubbish as these are subjective comments but poorly made? Any evidence for this?
Posted by James (127.0.0.1) on November 10, 2008 at 09:40 AM GMT #
Viewing figures and box office takings are important. It shows what the public want to see and surprisingly that who these programmes and films are made for. Why did no one access the show, because they didn't want to watch it, why didn't they want to watch it? Because they thought it was a load of rubbish. It's really not hard to figure out. Yes i appreciate there are a few people who love this show but not enough to make it a success. It's a flop, the movie was a flop, sorry but that the way it is.
3 little words that prove excellent films are successful...................THE DARK KNIGHT.
Posted by Taz (127.0.0.1) on November 10, 2008 at 12:35 PM GMT #
If you were justifying Firefly's cancellation as a business decision "insufficient ratings = insufficient advertising revenue" I'd understand, but you're using this statistic as some kind of measure of merit - . People who didn't ever watch the thought it was "a load of rubbish" and therefore the show wasn't worthy of a second season. That's illogical, my friend.
Frankly, a majority of people watch Strictly Come Dancing but I'd gladly see that canned in a second because I don't like it. On the other hand I wouldn't go to their fans' website and post a message of glee. Think about that Taz. you don't need to slate other people's shows. Just rejoice quietly. Try it.
Oh And Dollhouse might still be good. It's unfair to judge it before it's actually been screened, no matter how bad the omens.
Posted by Liz (127.0.0.1) on November 10, 2008 at 05:48 PM GMT #
anyway plz give it a chance buffy sounded like a bad idea at 1st seven seasons down i think we were wrong so please stop the hate
TYPE A GOOD COMMENT IF U AGREE
Posted by cyberbloke (127.0.0.1) on November 10, 2008 at 08:43 PM GMT #
Viewing figures have more to do with how much time and money a network or studio put into promoting it. Plenty of brilliant films are hardly seen by anyone and plenty of rubbish makes millions. It's the same with TV. Word of mouth may do something if a TV programme is given enough time to build a following or a film is given a wide enough distribution but people can only form an opinion of something if they are given a chance to see it (well apart from on-line ming-mongers obviously).
Posted by Meillion (127.0.0.1) on November 11, 2008 at 05:08 PM GMT #
That programme ratings are small so that proves nothing. It was also the biggest flop of 2005 so that says it all.
People only watch programmes they like and want to watch. The fact no one watched Firefly tells me that they didn't like it. It really isn't hard to understand. You like it which is fair enough but most of us didn't, except it and move on.
Posted by Taz (127.0.0.1) on November 21, 2008 at 11:46 AM GMT #