One of my buttons got pushed at Writercon - the reputed Whedon quote (now apparently echoed by RTD) that he doesn't give the audience what it wants, he gives it what it needs
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And maybe we do need a story, but maybe we've had a really bad day (or week, or year) and need a story that, right there on the package, is heavily advertised as fluffy brain candy.
They don't know what I need on a given day. But I know not to go near a product made by either one ever again.
and need a story that, right there on the package, is heavily advertised as fluffy brain candy.
As long as it IS what is advertised on the package. To drag the example away from TV and to books, I picked one for review because it was advertised as "psychological horror."
I LOVE mind-fuck stories! Sixth Sense, The Others - the Others was fab; not one drop of blood and it just about made me wet myself when a door slammed.
That'll lower a review right of the top: bad labelling.
I mentioned something of the ilk. It didn't help... well, it helped *me* - that the author, in an attempt to up the scare quotient, actually had a little advert on Amazon saying "Don't buy this book. It's too scary."
I quoted that, and pointed out he was half right.
ETA: And Torchwood was the action-packed but cheesy show where we see half-robot pole dancers fight dinosaurs, not little kids get slowly murdered onscreen.
And maybe we do need a story, but maybe we've had a really bad day (or week, or year) and need a story that, right there on the package, is heavily advertised as fluffy brain candy.
They don't know what I need on a given day. But I know not to go near a product made by either one ever again.
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As long as it IS what is advertised on the package. To drag the example away from TV and to books, I picked one for review because it was advertised as "psychological horror."
I LOVE mind-fuck stories! Sixth Sense, The Others - the Others was fab; not one drop of blood and it just about made me wet myself when a door slammed.
What was the book actually about?
Torture porn.
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Back to TV? It was called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," not "Waiting for Godot," or "Depressing Longass Russian Novel." FFS.
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I mentioned something of the ilk. It didn't help... well, it helped *me* - that the author, in an attempt to up the scare quotient, actually had a little advert on Amazon saying "Don't buy this book. It's too scary."
I quoted that, and pointed out he was half right.
ETA: And Torchwood was the action-packed but cheesy show where we see half-robot pole dancers fight dinosaurs, not little kids get slowly murdered onscreen.
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