FOX may have redeemed themselves (just a little)

POSTED BY: Railean
UPDATED: Friday, June 9, 2006 06:56
VIEWED: 8246
PAGE 1 of 2

1 2 NEXT PAGE

RAILEAN

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 9:02 PM

I swore that my family and I would NEVER watch FOX again. I was happy to say that for the longest time I was able to follow that. I am not happy to say that I am not going to be able to do that for much longer.
It has come to my attention that Gina Torres will be on a new FOX show called "StandOff".
Now I haven't seen it yet but fromt he previews it looks alright.
Here is what I suggest all the Browncoats, put aside your dislike for FOX and watch the pilot episoid of 'StandOff'

We are doing this for Gina NOT FOX

JOSSISAGOD

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 9:57 PM

Agreed!

I am a little ashamed, but I did not completly boycott FOX after the cancelation of Firefly, I watched the Sunday evening line-up of Simpsons, King of The Hill, and all other shows sunday nights since.

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD
Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!

MORWEN112

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 1:20 AM

Well...*squirm* maaayyyyybeeee....

But I'll be doing it for Gina, NOT for Fox

So long as Fox knows that...

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

PATSRULE

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 12:40 PM

Standoff looks likt a terrible show. No chance I watch it. I don't care if Gina Torres is in it. Seriously, two hostage negotiators who carry a secret romance for each other!?!? BLEH!!!!

KUANGZHEDE

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 1:47 PM

Pat brings up a good point, and though I know little about this pilot or show or whatever, I assume these lowly paid hostage negotiators live in upscale loft apartments in a downtown major city, while some will dress casually cool, others will be be in clothes that would cost them a months pay to afford. Probably only one if any charaters have any children and if that is the case, most likley the significant other is dead. All in all, people who are in the line of hostage negotion should not be dating inside their unit, I would assume, that is highly frowned upon by the police dept.

Google: Fox standoff

Ok, after preliminary assumption, I just checked out some info on it. Shit, I like Ron Livingston (office space saved my life). But that being said, it appears my assumptions are mildly correct. Torres is looking good in that picture. Ok, so it may be worse then I thought. Apparently this is some sort of hostage negotiator tagteam rivalry going on as well with some guy labeled as "deadly." I fear this may be the most ridiculous and outlandish idea I have seen in sometime. Yikes, did it just say it is being directed by the guy who did Fantastic 4 and Barbershop(eeewwwwwwwwwwwwww)

Run for your lives

Kuang Zhe De

The fastest baby eater, east of the Mississippi

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:33 PM

Well, I did boycott Fox up until Adam's show "The Inside" came on Fox. I gave them a chance and the ruttin' Reaver lovin' hwoon dahns cancelled that gorram show too!

I am hesitant to watch another show on Fox. If I do, it will only be to support Gina, not those Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh bun ur-tze over at Fox.

__________________________________________

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

ZOID

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:56 PM

patsrule and KuangZheDe:

I wonder what venom you would have poured on Firefly, had you seen it's promotional materials during its abortive run on F*x? To say that Firefly's ads and promotional materials were lame and misrepresentative is the understatement of the millenium...

But, I watched it anyway because I'd been following Alan Tudyk's career with more than mild interest since his (tour de force) performance in the S. Bullock vehicle, "30 Days".

Of course, once I watched the first episode, I was mesmerized by the dialogue and the chemistry of the ensemble. In spite of the F*x ads, I became a fan of the show. (hello? is this thing on?)...

So, "Standoff" may be a stink-fest. But you really can't base that decision on the F*x ads. I say, give it a chance. If it sucks, walk away. If it's good, support it (until F*x cancels it 5 episodes in, that is).

Reminiscently,

zoid

P.S.
For those able to comprehend: Remember the Amerind fable of the scorpion and the fox. F*x is the scorpion in this case; they just can't stop being a scorpion, even if it sinks us all.

P.P.S.
I'm a huge "House M.D." fan, the only series I watch on prime time network TV. It's on the Scorpion Network, too. I keep wondering when they're going to suddenly cancel it. 'Course, it'll be somewhat tougher since "House" has won several Golden Globes, but I have faith in the 'true nature' of F*x....

Did anybody see "House"'s season's finale? Wow! Very existential, reminiscent of OiS and OoG, except (*gulp*) maybe better than those comparisons... strictly from the standpoint of existentialism, mind you.
_________________________________________________

"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

PATSRULE

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 4:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
patsrule and KuangZheDe:

I wonder what venom you would have poured on Firefly, had you seen it's promotional materials during its abortive run on F*x? To say that Firefly's ads and promotional materials were lame and misrepresentative is the understatement of the millenium...

I did see the promotinal materials, and I read up about the show from sources other than Fox as well. It looked like a good show, and I wound up becoming a huge fan.

(Although this is not my main point, I have to say that I thought the promos for Firefly looked very good, they just didn't appear very often, then they showed the episodes out of order and so on...., but the promos I saw looked good)

Standoff will be a pile of dung. I really have no doubts about that. I am not going to watch everything every actor from Firefly does just because they are from Firefly. Firefly was magic, but I won't watch something that I think looks like drivel because it has a connection to Firefly.

There are enough shows in the Fall that I plan on giving a shot:

Heroes
Vanished
Kidnapped
Smith
Jericho
The Nine
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Six Degrees

Thats plenty of new shows that all look better than Standoff.

(And the House finale was terrific: great episode)

ARCADIA

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 5:28 PM

Actually, I don't think you need to worry about House being canceled just yet. In addition to all the awards, it is doing really well on the Nielsen ratings, which is what really counts.

I am sad that fox cancelled firefly, but she sad truth is that I may have never discovered it if they hadn't.

Plus, I am pleased with them for sticking with Arrested Development, despite its low ratings, for three seasons. Man, I loved that show.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Objects in Space"

River: It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think...
http://www.stillflying.net/ <-- Check it out!

GREENFAERIE

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 5:30 PM

What's the point of boycotting Fox anyway?

Their programming is payed for by commercial ads, not your viewing habits. HIgher ratings gets more money via being able to charge more for those ads. The ratings they get are based on a select few (Nielsen) who watch. It makes no difference if the rest of the world doesn't watch.

1 2 NEXT PAGE