What the... (Fox asks fans to show support for Arrested Development)

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UPDATED: Monday, April 25, 2005 15:57
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SIMONWHO

Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:39 PM

I'll let you into a little secret: anything with Hugh Laurie is almost certain to be great. Ditto for Stephen Fry. Put the two of them together and it's magic, oh yes.

Is Hugh's accent convincingly American to your ears? Or is it a bit of a Daphne/Spike.

GROUNDED

Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:32 PM

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Originally posted by thiefjehat:
Just because a show wins awards (3 emmys) doesn't mean it's good.

It's not just good. It's amazingly good.

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Originally posted by thiefjehat:

But the point is, Fox clearly has an agenda here. They need us to like their new show. They are trying to force masses to watch it since it hasn't taken off on it's own. Did firefly recieve this kind of consideration? NO WAY.

As far as Firefly goes, I never knew it existed in the fall of 2002. I saw no ads, I read no articles, I knew utterly nothing about it. Arrested Development, on the other hand, is being aggresively marketed to me. It's clear to me that agendas exist and the success/failure of some shows are more the product of a small group of people at a network than the popular opinion of the masses.

Let me get this straight. You're disappointed Firefly never received this kind of treatment, but now that a show is getting it, you're outraged? What kind of crazy sense does that make? Fox made a huge mistake with Firefly, but there's not a lot they can do about it now. Maybe, for once, they realise the potential of a show BEFORE it's been cancelled and are trying to make sure they don't make the same mistake again.

This: "They are trying to force masses to watch it since it hasn't taken off on it's own." is one of the strangest things I've read in a while. Are you saying it's irrational for a network to want people to watch their shows? Firefly didn't take off on it's own, but no one blames the show for that (quite rightly because it's obviously brilliant).

Please note this response is not pro-Fox. They have been sucking for some time and need to do a lot more than promote AD to achieve even the slightest forgiveness.

LIZANNE

Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:54 PM

Also, I didn't win 3 Emmy awards, it won 5. And a Golden Globe, and a Television Critics Association Award.

All that the Fox campaign is trying to do is put a public face on a grassroots act. Encouraging people to convert friends and family to Arrested Development to boost the ratings? Doesn't that sound like something we've been doing for Firefly on our own?

And just because Fox is running it's own campaign to save the show doesn't mean the fans have given up.

http://www.petitiononline.com/Arrested/petition.html

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveAD

http://www.jengajam.com/r/save-arrested-developm

Bottom line is Fox is helping to save a show that people love. Why can't we, as Firefly fans, empathise with the situation and prevent others from having the same "My favorite show got canceled because Fox sucks" pain?

Help me save my second favorite show!! ::biggrin::

Liz

FRSCPE1

Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:10 PM

The one thing I don't get is why Fox thinks they have to justify saving the show, just don't cancel it. I love the show, and I hope that they air reruns during the summer (at times that people may actually notice) and continue the advertising that started in the last few weeks of this season for the next season; the ads with Jason in them were the first time I had seen anything other than the crappy-"then a new arrested."

"Well, other than being shot at by the Electric Mayhem, I'm fantastic."

GROUNDED

Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:38 PM

Liz gets it :)

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:51 PM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
I'll let you into a little secret: anything with Hugh Laurie is almost certain to be great. Ditto for Stephen Fry. Put the two of them together and it's magic, oh yes.

Is Hugh's accent convincingly American to your ears? Or is it a bit of a Daphne/Spike.

They're in it? I didn't know they were in it. I loved Black Adder...

I've never taken the time to check out Arrested, but I am a bit intrigued.

Keep flying

0REAVER0

Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:04 PM

WOW well the counter on the site is up to 72,000 something

0Reaver0

SIMONWHO

Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:46 PM

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Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
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Originally posted by SimonWho:
I'll let you into a little secret: anything with Hugh Laurie is almost certain to be great. Ditto for Stephen Fry. Put the two of them together and it's magic, oh yes.

They're in it? I didn't know they were in it. I loved Black Adder...

Well, Hugh's in House (he's the House of the title) but Stephen hasn't shown up... yet. Given that they've pretty much always turned up in each other's programme (QI, Fortysomething), I'm sure it won't be too long before House encounters a tall, hefty English doctor with a crooked nose.

THIEFJEHAT

Monday, April 25, 2005 3:57 PM

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Originally posted by Grounded:

Let me get this straight. You're disappointed Firefly never received this kind of treatment, but now that a show is getting it, you're outraged? What kind of crazy sense does that make?

It makes perfect sense when you consider that that I'm NOT outraged that a show is getting positive treatment. I'm outraged at the very obvious double standard.

Before I read the replies to my previous post this morning I decided that Arrested Development required my attention in order for me to be an educated poster. 10 minutes into the program I saw that it was good. Quite good in fact. I see why ppl want to save it. I also am lucky enough to be a person who is getting a Nielson survey this spring. When I write down that I watched Arrested Development (As I am intending to do) I will be doing more good with my one vote than 500 people will do on a petition. It's quite sad actually that this is true but it is, because the industry still insists on placing more weight in the overblown Nielson system than on general popular opinion.

So with that said, I still stand by my previous statement. I believe strongly that network influence is decided on the merits of certain people and not on the merits of a show's value. In this case AD is a good show. But so was firefly and it was ignored.

I have also considered that it may be more of a problem that Sci-Fi shows traditionally get less respect over comedies and dramas. I also think that society is evolving such that Sci-Fi is gaining more and more respect. I believe that as generation X continues to get older, the established molds of entertainment created by the intrests of the GI generation and baby boomers will become more and more suplanted.

And to Liz who corrected my statement about 3 emmys, I was quoting a site due to my lack of personal knowledge on this subject. I do see on getarrested.com it has 5.

Do not fear me. Ours is a peaceful race, and we must live in harmony.

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