Comments for TiFaux http://www.tifaux.com A television blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Maybe Ned Can Touch It… by Susie http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/21/maybe-ned-can-touch-it/#comment-112258 Susie Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:37:25 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4248#comment-112258 I do not have words for this. I want this show beamed directly to my head. How far are we from this? Can we pull someone off the global warming issue and get them working on this? I do not have words for this. I want this show beamed directly to my head. How far are we from this? Can we pull someone off the global warming issue and get them working on this?

]]> Comment on It’s an Alphabet Network bloodbath by Lauren http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/21/its-an-alphabet-network-bloodbath/#comment-112242 Lauren Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:51:48 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4258#comment-112242 And yet "Private Practice" survives the slaughter. Cruel irony, how I despise thee. And yet “Private Practice” survives the slaughter. Cruel irony, how I despise thee.

]]> Comment on It’s the Upfronts?: The Mentalist by TV Blog Coalition - August 22-24 http://www.tifaux.com/2008/08/22/its-the-upfronts-the-mentalist/#comment-112217 TV Blog Coalition - August 22-24 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:09:30 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=3188#comment-112217 [...] Is Dan overreacting? He was a bit put-off by the teaser for CBS’s The Mentalist which employs some gay stereotypes. (TiFaux) [...] [...] Is Dan overreacting? He was a bit put-off by the teaser for CBS’s The Mentalist which employs some gay stereotypes. (TiFaux) [...]

]]> Comment on It’s an Alphabet Network bloodbath by tw111 http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/21/its-an-alphabet-network-bloodbath/#comment-112206 tw111 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:06:40 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4258#comment-112206 ABC is sooo freaking out of its mind. Eli and DSM are two of the better series the network has. No telling what crap will remain. ABC is sooo freaking out of its mind. Eli and DSM are two of the better series the network has. No telling what crap will remain.

]]> Comment on LOLGrey’s: These Ties That Bind by sunnydlita http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/19/lolgreys-these-ties-that-bind/#comment-112174 sunnydlita Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:53:45 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4208#comment-112174 Gross, I can't even figure out that last photo, but it's making me glad I stopped watching Grey's after season two. It's also making me regret the jambalaya I had for lunch. Gross, I can’t even figure out that last photo, but it’s making me glad I stopped watching Grey’s after season two. It’s also making me regret the jambalaya I had for lunch.

]]> Comment on Law & Order: This one time, the show jumped the hyena by sunnydlita http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/20/law-order-this-one-time-the-show-jumped-the-hyena/#comment-112171 sunnydlita Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:49:38 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4220#comment-112171 Don't forget the quick-thinking undercover hooker routine by Olivia! A bone for the Elliott/Olivia shippers! Don’t forget the quick-thinking undercover hooker routine by Olivia! A bone for the Elliott/Olivia shippers!

]]> Comment on Maybe Ned Can Touch It… by Iain "DDude" Dawson http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/21/maybe-ned-can-touch-it/#comment-112137 Iain "DDude" Dawson Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:17:12 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4248#comment-112137 For me, PD has never been able to maintain it's amazingly high quality. The second episode was the greatest single episode of anything last year, but since then, it has been slippping for me. And I am slightly uncormortable with the way every single charcter shows far too much cleavage. I am guy. I like boobs, but when every charcter, including the aunts.... it gets a bit unsettling. The show will be missed, but it may do better as a cult classic from a short run than if it had continued and worn itself out. (Now that everyone is prepared to hate me, I can go even further.) I totally agree with your tv-to-movie point. Personally, even when they are good, like serenity, they butcher things. Goodbye Daisies, you were a good show. For me, PD has never been able to maintain it’s amazingly high quality. The second episode was the greatest single episode of anything last year, but since then, it has been slippping for me.

And I am slightly uncormortable with the way every single charcter shows far too much cleavage. I am guy. I like boobs, but when every charcter, including the aunts…. it gets a bit unsettling.

The show will be missed, but it may do better as a cult classic from a short run than if it had continued and worn itself out.

(Now that everyone is prepared to hate me, I can go even further.) I totally agree with your tv-to-movie point. Personally, even when they are good, like serenity, they butcher things.

Goodbye Daisies, you were a good show.

]]> Comment on Maybe Ned Can Touch It… by Marisa http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/21/maybe-ned-can-touch-it/#comment-112133 Marisa Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:55:58 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4248#comment-112133 I agree, Jesse. I'm surprised that ABC didn't really try to do anything--they didn't even move it to the Friday graveyard. All of those Wednesday shows were doing poorly and, like you said, I don't know what made ABC decide it was the shows' fault and not theirs. I think that there have been okay tv-to-movie transitions in the past (my favorites are the Beavis and Butthead, South Park, and Aqua Teens movies, so maybe cartoons are just better at it), but a lot of them fall into the same annoying traps, like shoehorning in characters that don't really have much to do just because fans want to see them there, or zany plots. I just think that creators have to tread very, very carefully, and it's not a risk I'm eager to take for Pushing Daisies or Arrested Development even though I trust Bryan Fuller and Mitch Hurwitz. I agree, Jesse. I’m surprised that ABC didn’t really try to do anything–they didn’t even move it to the Friday graveyard. All of those Wednesday shows were doing poorly and, like you said, I don’t know what made ABC decide it was the shows’ fault and not theirs.

I think that there have been okay tv-to-movie transitions in the past (my favorites are the Beavis and Butthead, South Park, and Aqua Teens movies, so maybe cartoons are just better at it), but a lot of them fall into the same annoying traps, like shoehorning in characters that don’t really have much to do just because fans want to see them there, or zany plots. I just think that creators have to tread very, very carefully, and it’s not a risk I’m eager to take for Pushing Daisies or Arrested Development even though I trust Bryan Fuller and Mitch Hurwitz.

]]> Comment on Maybe Ned Can Touch It… by jesse http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/21/maybe-ned-can-touch-it/#comment-112128 jesse Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:30:39 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4248#comment-112128 Does anyone else feel like the networks are just kinda flailing through this market shift? I guess it's kind of exciting in that low-rated shows can last for a few episodes or a few seasons (rather than being yanked immediately), but it seems like a lot of the people in charge just jerk back and forth nervously between techniques. ABC was generous with renewals last spring, bringing back Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone (and at that point, I believe PD was the best-rated of the bunch, being a moderate success). Then, when the audience isn't still there after six-to-nine-month gaps, they cut them all off. NBC did the same thing with Lipstick Jungle (good riddance, but it's still weird -- give a show some more time, and then call it off just as quickly). On the other side, NBC killed Bionic Woman quickly last year, but this year is giving Knight Rider time to "fix" itself (I have no opinion on the fairness, but it seems at least wildly inconsistent). They've shown patience with 30 Rock, which is great and starting to pay off as it's been holding 85-90 percent of the audience from The Office, and they've also shown patience with Kath & Kim, even though its ratings suck and it doesn't appear to have the critical acclaim or cult following of, say, Andy Barker PI, which was axed quickly last season. I've harped on this before regarding Veronica Mars, but the CW seems to be constantly changing how it defines a "hit," mostly to fit the profile of however its most-hyped show is doing (so even as Gossip Girl does actually improve in the ratings, 90210 has to be called a hit with lower numbers). It seems more like random chance than ever, and you never know which network is going to show up: the patient, niche-happy, post-DVR network, or the traditional, numbers-hungry network. Fox renewed the Terminator show for a full season, and then paired it in the Friday graveyard with Dollhouse -- will they treat this as a low-expectations zone where these shows can build a devoted audience, or will both be abruptly axed after a month?! You can't really tell!! Anyway, a Pushing Daisies movie could be good. At least you know it would be visually splendiforous. Does anyone else feel like the networks are just kinda flailing through this market shift? I guess it’s kind of exciting in that low-rated shows can last for a few episodes or a few seasons (rather than being yanked immediately), but it seems like a lot of the people in charge just jerk back and forth nervously between techniques. ABC was generous with renewals last spring, bringing back Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone (and at that point, I believe PD was the best-rated of the bunch, being a moderate success). Then, when the audience isn’t still there after six-to-nine-month gaps, they cut them all off. NBC did the same thing with Lipstick Jungle (good riddance, but it’s still weird — give a show some more time, and then call it off just as quickly). On the other side, NBC killed Bionic Woman quickly last year, but this year is giving Knight Rider time to “fix” itself (I have no opinion on the fairness, but it seems at least wildly inconsistent). They’ve shown patience with 30 Rock, which is great and starting to pay off as it’s been holding 85-90 percent of the audience from The Office, and they’ve also shown patience with Kath & Kim, even though its ratings suck and it doesn’t appear to have the critical acclaim or cult following of, say, Andy Barker PI, which was axed quickly last season. I’ve harped on this before regarding Veronica Mars, but the CW seems to be constantly changing how it defines a “hit,” mostly to fit the profile of however its most-hyped show is doing (so even as Gossip Girl does actually improve in the ratings, 90210 has to be called a hit with lower numbers). It seems more like random chance than ever, and you never know which network is going to show up: the patient, niche-happy, post-DVR network, or the traditional, numbers-hungry network. Fox renewed the Terminator show for a full season, and then paired it in the Friday graveyard with Dollhouse — will they treat this as a low-expectations zone where these shows can build a devoted audience, or will both be abruptly axed after a month?! You can’t really tell!!

Anyway, a Pushing Daisies movie could be good. At least you know it would be visually splendiforous.

]]> Comment on Law & Order: This one time, the show jumped the hyena by Jared http://www.tifaux.com/2008/11/20/law-order-this-one-time-the-show-jumped-the-hyena/#comment-112122 Jared Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:13:50 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/?p=4220#comment-112122 Batshit crazy but equally brilliant. Batshit crazy but equally brilliant.

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