Fox does it again - Areested Development in trouble

POSTED BY: Hans
UPDATED: Saturday, February 12, 2005 07:11
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TMURRIE

Friday, February 11, 2005 11:35 PM

Yay, another show I love has the possibility of being cancelled! go fox go fox go fox

/saw it coming

EBONEZER

Saturday, February 12, 2005 1:55 AM

WHAT!? Oh my god, if they cancel arrested development, I'm gonna hafta kill someone, simple as that.

I just got the first season on DVD and I watched the first two disks in one sitting, and I still got the third to watch.

Thats such a fabulous show. Like, OMG good.

If fox cancels this show, i swear to god i'm gonna cry.

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AX

Saturday, February 12, 2005 2:19 AM

A discussion about art--fun, if slippery. In my opinion--that is to say this is based on my connotation of the word, not on any explicit definition written down in a book--art implies something more than simply that something was created. I don't know exactly what it is that makes something art. But I do suspect that the people behind makeing "Simple Life" would laugh right in your face if you ever tried to tell them it was art. It may be entertaining, depending on what you find entertaining, but it doesn't strive to do anymore than that.

I guess what Art is, to me at least, is something that does more than what everyone else is doing. I admit that this is a poor definition and yet I can't think of any better way of saying it. A normal book might simply seek to keep the readers attention--a good deal of popular fiction is based on nothing more. But a book I'd consider art must do more. It must have layers, layers that go ever deeper into people, the world, circumstances, society, etc. The same applies, to me at least, when dealing with Movies and TV. "Simple Life" has only a single layer--two rich girls getting into trouble. But "Firefly" does more than this--it has layers delving into who people are, what thier place in society is, thier hopes, fears, and dreams. It has a layer looking at the world(the coming importance of asian culture for instance), and at society. It has layers asking about the role of government and the growth in power of corporations. It asks about the gap between the rich and the poor. It asks about science, and whether we will take it too far. These are the things "Firefly" poses, and a lot of them are only in the backgroud--12 episodes and most of this stuff was only just established. I really wonder where it would have gone. Clearly from this list (and I'm sure more could be added to it) "Firefly" had more going for it in terms of intellegence and challange than simply the fact that it mixed genres.

Lol, I still don't think I've done justice to Art. What about paintings? What makes one painting simply good, and another Art? I imagine the same thing involving layers applies, and yet it isn't really that simple. What about cave paintings--insanely simple, and yet many would (rightfully I think) consider them to be art. Nevermind. I can't answer this question. I don't suppose anyone can. But I'm still not going to call "Simple Life" art.

OLDFAN45

Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:11 AM

But I'm still not going to call "Simple Life" art.

Taste is, as I said, inarguable. I happen to share yours in this matter. "What is art?" is always a fun issue, but waaaaaay more complex than would be interesting in this fan-driven 'verse. Think I'm channelling my college self.

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