Food for thought

[eowyn_315]

I stumbled across this transcript of a keynote speech by Hart Hanson (aka the creator of Bones), and I thought he had some very interesting things to say. Some of them I agree with, some of them I don't (namely this: "My entire audience wants them [Booth and Bones] to get together." Um, not all of us, punk. Personally, I think you're killing the

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[shapinglight]

For all the problems (and there were legion) that Dollhouse had, I'd still rather have that on my television than Bones, ten times over. Guess TV aimed at a mass audience just doesn't appeal to me.

Same here. I did get through one solitary episode of Bones, but it was a near thing that I didn't die of boredom. Dollhouse hasn't bored me once.

Made me go, WTF a few times and roll my eyes, but never bored me.

[eowyn_315]

It may depend somewhat on when you watched - I did enjoy the first few seasons of Bones, whereas the last two have been rather disappointing. But overall, yeah, I will take a niche show over a mass-appeal procedural any day. The shows I love best are always the ones with the lowest ratings.

[shinybaum]

Two seasons behind on Bones but I did love Sweets, what did he do wrong?

[eowyn_315]

I have no idea. According to Hanson, "The audience didn’t like him because he was snooty and over-educated and distant from his feelings." And then later, "part of the anger is that the audience really wants those two together, wants Brennan and Booth together, and Sweets was saying, 'No, no, you can’t do it because you can’t trust your feelings.'"

Honestly? I never had a problem with the first thing. The second thing, I can't bring myself to care because I don't want Booth/Brennan together anyway.

[shinybaum]

That was why I liked him! OMg. Nerds rock.