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Things that Make You Head-Desk
I've decided: Harmonian fans are far, far scarier than Whedonites. For real.
The sustained temper-tantrum going on in Community online fandom is awesome to behold. Look, I'm sorry Sony decided to replace Dan Harmon since he was basically the show-runner auteur, but the fact of the matter is that most of the writing staff, production crew, and all of the cast is staying on.
While no doubt Community is going to change, after the sometimes-indulgent second half of Season 3, I'm not so sure it's a bad thing if Community starts being a little less up its own meta-ass.
And I say this as someone who has fallen head-over-heels with this show.
Besides, there's no way you can convince me that Harmon didn't know this was coming, considering he shares agents with the new show runners (Can you say LAWSUIT if Harmon's telling the truth, boys and girls?), and Comedy Central announced that he was working on a pilot for them even before Sony's announcement that Harmon was being being replaced.
You wanna feel bad for someone?
Feel bad for the reporters of the New Orleans Times-Picayune who found out today that one-third of them will be losing their jobs.
How did they find out?
By reading The New York Times.
Yeah. Now that's classy right there.
I'm saving my sympathy for the poorly paid newspaper personnel who are now shit out of luck. Given the way the newspaper industry is going, chances are most of those people — reporters and editors included — are going to not only have to switch careers, but leave the industry all together if they ever want to work for a living again.
Shit like this puts things in perspective, no?
Note to self: Stop nosing around the edges of online Community until Season 4 starts because biting my tongue hard enough to make it bleed is causing anemia.
Also: File this shit under how fandom can be fucking funny.
The sustained temper-tantrum going on in Community online fandom is awesome to behold. Look, I'm sorry Sony decided to replace Dan Harmon since he was basically the show-runner auteur, but the fact of the matter is that most of the writing staff, production crew, and all of the cast is staying on.
While no doubt Community is going to change, after the sometimes-indulgent second half of Season 3, I'm not so sure it's a bad thing if Community starts being a little less up its own meta-ass.
And I say this as someone who has fallen head-over-heels with this show.
Besides, there's no way you can convince me that Harmon didn't know this was coming, considering he shares agents with the new show runners (Can you say LAWSUIT if Harmon's telling the truth, boys and girls?), and Comedy Central announced that he was working on a pilot for them even before Sony's announcement that Harmon was being being replaced.
You wanna feel bad for someone?
Feel bad for the reporters of the New Orleans Times-Picayune who found out today that one-third of them will be losing their jobs.
How did they find out?
By reading The New York Times.
Yeah. Now that's classy right there.
I'm saving my sympathy for the poorly paid newspaper personnel who are now shit out of luck. Given the way the newspaper industry is going, chances are most of those people — reporters and editors included — are going to not only have to switch careers, but leave the industry all together if they ever want to work for a living again.
Shit like this puts things in perspective, no?
Note to self: Stop nosing around the edges of online Community until Season 4 starts because biting my tongue hard enough to make it bleed is causing anemia.
Also: File this shit under how fandom can be fucking funny.
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On another note,HI! Man, going back to school is murderous on your time. Hopefully I'll be online more often.
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About a year ago, it went to three days a week. The news coverage plummeted in quality. There was a standing box on the front page of the newspaper basically begging readers to contact the newsroom if they spot errors in news coverage(and typos!). The daily features I read the paper for (the calendar, coverage of the various city boards) basically disappeared and the news seemed more focused on the fluffy than the nitty-gritty.
It's now a weekly and I don't even bother to buy it. It's maddening that I feel so cut off now.
This whole contraction that you describe is madness and serves to make people feel less informed. Not more.
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And in addition to not getting the $ and ratings, he started to talk shit about his bosses in public.
That is how you get fired. You don't get to pull a Charlie Sheen unless you make money like Charlie Sheen.
It's been clear it is going to happen for years. Any fan campaign is a waste of time. The show only got renewed for a final 1/2 season because it was cheaper than answering the mail from angry fans.
But getting Dan Harmon his job back? No. Sony has no interest at all in rewarding poor behavior by people who don't perform.
I feel really bad for all the NO reporters though. Ugh.
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Industry insiders keep pointing out that the only way you can behave the way Harmon has publicly behaved is if you "buy the right" to be jerk by being a runaway success.
Much as I think he is a very creative guy who was trying something slightly different, at the end of the day he was a bad manager (something he admits to) with a whole host of personal demons (which he also admits to) and has done more than his share of torturing the people around him.
Besides, even if the "fan campaign" works out and Sony folds (they won't, nor should they), I suspect that there is no chance in hell that Harmon would even come back due to pride. I'm pretty sure he's effectively washed his hands of "Community" thanks to his contract not being renewed. I can't say as I blame him, honestly. I'd be eager to move on to the next thing if I were in his shoes.