Wow

[yendi]

Can we say "fan entitlement?"

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Reading that hurt my head. I wish the writer would learn that commas can be used to make sentences less choppy. Oh look, he's infected me. Hemingway impersonator, or just a crappy writer?

[yendi]

Crappy writer. No question.

[jmfunnyface.livejournal.com]

I could only get halfway through that "article" before I got too annoyed and had to stop.

I don't watch Sopranos regularly, but I thought the ending was pretty creative. God forbid a show makes people think up an ending for themselves, and not tie everything together with a neat little bow.

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of the Dune prequels in which most fans claim to hate and despise it and a couple of them on the arrakis board even went so far as to say that they should let the fans decide on the endings through some sort of contest or vote.

Nice that people are so passionate. Stupid that they think they are writers.

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I thought I was reading Aintitcoolnews for a second there.

Thankfully, it was just one idiot's blog, but geez, people. That was awful.

[pnh.livejournal.com]

"The Nielsen reality is that people don't watch TV closely anymore"? Yeah, that's why The Sopranos was cancelled in the middle of its first season, and there were never TV shows called Heroes or Lost. What planet does this person live on?

[yendi]

One where the Tivo/DVD/HD era hasn't led to folks looking over every frame for details (like the other songs on the jukebox that he mentions), either.

(And don't get me started on the very idea of a "Nielsen reality" in the first place).

[kradical.livejournal.com]

God, I hope that person wasn't actually paid to write that article. And if so, I hope whoever did the paying demanded their money back. *rolleyes*

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

Sadly it was a blog.

But I'm sure Harry Knowles will buy it soon.

[yendi]

It's actually a newspaper that's owned by the Village Voice.

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I've read shit articles in the Village Voice type weeklies (which the VV went and bought) but that's gotta be the worst.

[yendi]

It's a not-insignificant alternative weekly. The person might not have gotten paid for those specific words, but they appear to be paid for writing for the paper in general.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

Here's the info on her (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Finke)...she has a bit of a large resume...

Her site is all her own thing...dont think LA Weekly has any direct involvement...

[yendi]

I doubt it -- her site is stamped all over with the LA Weekly logo, and the latter site lists her blog entries on the front page. She's definitely getting paid by them and representing them. Which means that I can likely shit on a manuscript and get a nice check from the LA Weekly.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

true...there's def connection and plugging, but the blog portion is claimed to be all hers(dubious claim of course...LA Weekly is prob covering the site expenses...she herself is the site registrant though...they def embrace her no matter what...

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

I really disliked the ending for The Sopranos. But why the fuck would I take that out on HBO? They didn't write the ending...

[skitty.livejournal.com]

"Chase clearly didn't give a damn about his fans. Instead, he crapped in their faces. This is why America hates Hollywood."

Seriously, is he living in America?

He just had to throw in a dig at John From Cincinnati, too, which has the guff to be a different kind of show than Deadwood was.

[yendi]

He fears change. And thinking.

[caerwynx.livejournal.com]

Has anyone seen my eyes? They rolled right out of my head.

Ah. There they are.

*eyeroll*

[yendi]

Heh. Great icon.