Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Good TVeets

ITveee : This makes me feel STABBY. RT @LATherocomplex Joss who? Meet the writer of the new 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' film http://lat.ms/ds4w8J

JustinFowler Come on, Internet, there's no way the Buffy reboot could be any worse than season 7.
noelrk : And now Justin will get dead rodents in his mail.

BrianLynch : Feeling pretttttty good about my Whedon-less DOLLHOUSE reboot. 

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ARealistDreamer : It makes me irrationally happy that Joss and Whedon are both trending topics while Buffy is not. Can't have Buffy without Joss.

SarahLovesTV : When I see my twitter feed all I'm imagining is an angry mob of people holding pitchforks and signs while screaming No Joss = No #Buffy.

funnyordie : Dear Buffy fans whining about a reboot w/o Joss Whedon: You're part of the reason we have Twilight. You're not so great. Calm down. Shut up.

BastardMachine : Note to writer of Buffy movie who is not named Joss Whedon: Do not use the Internet. And cancel your email accounts. You're welcome.

KateAurthur : Scared for Whit Anderson that crazed Buffy/Joss fans are going to destroy her life. Scared I also may be one of them.

weinmanj : Main lesson of the Buffy reboot: the late '90s is now long enough ago to get the same nostalgia-film treatment as '60s/70s/80s TV shows. Honestly, though - Joss Whedon has done plenty with his idea. In the abstract there's nothing wrong with letting someone else try it out.
zhandlen : I dunno; I don't think the concept itself is so inherently amazing it needs to be further explored.
weinmanj : Concept is pretty elastic. But I don't expect it to be good; I just don't think only the creator has moral right to work on it.
theshoresofme : It's fanfiction, but with money.

JustinFowler : Every single person calling the #Buffy reboot an abomination today is going to watch it. Every. Single. One.
jmonjo : In their defense, they'll probably just pirate it. #NotAnActualDefense

poniewozik : Masterstroke to relaunch BUFFY by 1st alienating every BUFFY fan. Because clearly there was a VAST pent-up demand by nonfans.
sononick : Buffy fans were just getting in the way. Obstructions to introducing Buffy to a new generation ... is it a new generation yet?

DamianLovesTV : If only Joss Whedon's writing on #Dollhouse had been as sharp as his reaction to the #Buffy reboot.

HartHanson : I just informed David Boreanaz that they are remaking Buffy. http://twitpic.com/39av51
mikeylikestv : This picture is possibly the only silver lining.

theonetruebix : I have an idea better than #nuffy. Hire Joss to oversee a different creators' spin on Buffy anthology TV series mini-series for cable.

DarkHorseComics : We're just happy Joss Whedon is a trending-topic.

loganpoppy : Wow, lot's of worries about rebooting Buffy. Hey, it's pop culture, rebooting it is what it is about! #cantkillbatman
markboynz : I guess it just emphasises the rise to prominence of the showrunner as auteur.
loganpoppy : Or the durability of the brand... or both. I find it interesting to hear the concern. In pop music getting covered is the goal.
markboynz : It is, although the quality of the covering artist has become a concern (cf Glee, Susan Boyle)
loganpoppy : Thank God the US has no moral rights, see Mrs. Miller sings The Beatles and Shatner does Dylan!
markboynz : To be fair, I'd pay good money to hear Shatner do anything musical. Has Been still rates as a 5 star album for me.

SFXmagazine : Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Look at your Buffy DVD box sets. They're safe. Aaaand relax.

televisionary : My thoughts on Buffygate: #buffywithoutjossisnotbuffy

SarahLovesTV : I just got about 5 different tweets in a row with different variations on their dislike of the Buffy film w/o Joss. I love the Internet.

pareene : Can't believe Whit Stillman's directing a Buffy reboot.

anghelides : Buffy returns: http://j.mp/dS2A8J Fans in denial. Star Trek without Roddenberry. Doctor Who without Hartnell. Thomas the Tank without Ringo

TVWithoutPity : On the other hand, no one minds that #JossWhedon is making an Avengers movie not written by Stan Lee. #yesweknowitsnotthesamething

HitFixDaniel : Semi-Exclusive: Warner Brothers is making an upcoming Batman film without any involvement from Bob Kane.

nprmonkeysee : I understand the Why? question about the Buffy reboot, but not the hostile assumption that no other version could POSSIBLY be good. .... I don't think Scarlett hurt Gone With The Wind. If it's bad, it will be irrelevant. If it's good, it will be good.
sepinwall : It COULD be good, sure. But character has fans because of Whedon, not because of things innate to the character. I'm just saying,
nprmonkeysee : Sure, but so what? That's the why. As Dan keeps sarcastically pointing out backwards, nobody is taking your old Buffy DVDs.

inessentials : All this talk about WB ruining Buffy by rebooting reminds me that BTVS changed TV fandom more than it changed TV itself.

MattMitovich : Everyone gets... to write a page of the new Buffy movie script!!!! @jfuentes It's about that time... Oprah's Favorite Things PART TWO!

loquaciousmuse : Hey. @WarnerBrosEnt. Do a Twitter search for Buffy' and see how your target audience is reacting to your news....

noelrk : I am going to start a Buffy rumor just watch the Web asplode.

HitFixDaniel : That saddest part about this new Buffy is apparently WB is coming to steal and burn my old Buffy DVDs.

stayingin : Joss is Buffy. Or at least the little kickass woman inside him is.

ITveee : It's time to move up the plan to introduce my niece to #Buffy now. Joss & Co have to capture her love immediately. THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE.

MediaObsessed : Seriously, #Buffy fans, calm down. It's a script. Do you know how many scripts get written and never get produced? Think with your head.

jmonjo : As a fan of awful and crass ideas, I approve of the new Buffy movie.

zhaldeman : Joss, Whedon, Nicki Minaj, Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, AMAs, and Dobby are trending. Pop culture>sports today.

realityblurred : Skating with the Stars debuted tonight, and I have never been more grateful to be spending a week with my friends who don't have TV.

Joelle_Shmoelle : Is it just me or is does Dick Button need his own reality show? #skatingwiththestars #swts

Telebuddy : Waiting for an ABC exec to skate out and say, We're sorry, folks. This show sucks. Here's a rerun of #Castle. #skatingwiththestars

darthcueball : An hour in and no one has fallen yet?! This is all computer generated bullshit! #swts #skatingwiththestars

elgray : Johnny Weir knows better than to piss off Sean Young. #skatingwiththestars

jillianbowe : is it me or does Sean Young look like she wants to be elsewhere but that skating show? #SWTS

BobbyRiversTV : Bristol Palin does Fosse on #DWTS. First Judy Garland dies...now this. ... Chita Rivera, Ann Reinking & Bebe Neuwirth just shot out their TV screens. #DWTS

FayebellineW : Column from @poniewozik on DWTS Palin-gate http://bit.ly/dcFjn3 has got me thinking about links with UKs's Strictly and Anne Widdicombe ...both have 'scandal's over 'undeserving' success by dancers with right-wing political leanings. UK's more heavily tinged with irony tho.

DuckyDoesTV : If you're a reality star, I beg of you to stop singing. If you're a friend of a reality star, the joke is over. Say something!

MattMitovich : #Chuck is the sexiest show on television. Discuss.

gmmrtv : How was tonight's #HIMYM not billed as the #LOST/#BUFFY crossover event that it was? The Gentlemen? Tremendous!

TVandDinners : I have no idea how to watch tv without a DVR. I managed to see HIMYM, now I'm utterly lost. #sendhelp #andchocolate

weinmanj : I'm starting to think since the Friends will never get back together for a feature they could just reboot it with new Friends.
JustinFowler : NBC should just reboot 90s Must See TV in toto. New Seinfeld, new Friends, new Wings, new Suddenly Susan, new Single Guy...
weinmanj : I think every other show on NBC is the new Single Guy. And I'll get shot but Cougar Town has some parallels.

d_kompare : Duh! :) RT @amber_watts: So did every 70s crime drama end with a car driving off a cliff and bursting into flames? #CharliesAngels #CHiPs

danieltwalters : #TheLeague's comic style feels like a mix of Party Down, Seinfeld and a Judd Apatow movie.
scott_tobias :You forgot Bud Light commercial- that's the part I can't abide. … Chauvinism to a degree,puerile dude humor. I guess you could call those Apatow-isms, too, but League falls short of wit.
danieltwalters : Yeah, I believe that a comedy has to earn its crudity. The League does sometimes, but mostly its lazy gross-out moments.
scott_tobias : There's no show on television that causes me greater frustration. It's just a few tweaks (and a Taco death) away...
weinmanj : That aspect of THE LEAGUE became more understandable to me when I discovered what FX's most-watched show is.

zhandlen : Okay, has anyone who works on this show ever been in an even remotely healthy relationship? #House

rudepundit :   Dick Morris on Gary Condit, 8/28/01: “If he hadn't committed murder or made her disappear, he wouldn't be lying about the affair.” Bill O'Reilly segment, 7/24/01: “Is Gary Condit Avoiding the D.C. Police?” featuring a former NYPD homicide detective. Regarding Condit/Levy: There's a world of difference between calling a guy a dick and calling him a murderer. This is not to mention CNN's Larry King and Nancy Grace pretty much convicting Condit on a nightly basis. And then there's MSNBC's Chris Matthews with an hour devoted to “What Is Gary Condit Hiding?” on 7/19/01.

Deggans : Watching Celebrity Rehab, which just showed a close up on a cup of pee from Leif Garrett. Sometimes, my job is not so cool.

inessentials : I'm pretty sure that FRINGE had already moved to the Friday of my brain.

thesurfreport : are we buying Reilly's claim that because #Fringe gets a large DVR #, it'll be fine on Friday?
televisionary : He admits that it's a place where shows go to die but then says if people watch, it will be fine. Um, sure. #Fringe

Memles : More like 2nd, after move to Thursday? Fox's Kevin Reilly: “This is not the first step to Fringes cancellation.” ~http://ow.ly/3dHVG

poniewozik : ...the FIRST step was putting it on air. RT @franklinavenue “This is not the first step to Fringe’s cancellation.” ~http://ow.ly/3dHVG

weinmanj : What'd you expect him to say? RT @franklinavanue Fox's Kevin Reilly This is not the first step to Fringe’s cancellation ~http://ow.ly/3dHVG Has there been a network executive who said We see this time slot change as the next step in this show's inevitable cancellation?
televisionary : No, but I would applaud the honesty.

maskedscheduler : RT @TVbytheNumbers: The Five Stages Of TV Fan Grief http://bit.ly/aflTiu >This is funny.

lindseyweber : I wanted an iPad long before Oprah called it the best invention of our generation. Now I feel like I'm about to purchase a Segway.

JamesUrbaniak : Oprah never gives me shit.

gavinpurcell : These guys are going to be in for a surprise when the Mayan prophecies come true next year. #favoritethings

cehowell6 : Decent translation of format, cinematography on #TopGearUS, but hosts need lessons on fine art of taking the piss.

annehelen : Little J on official Gossip Girl hiatus! This is almost enough to make me start watching again: ~http://bit.ly/eUGmrN

adamfairholm : My dad is flipping between two episodes of Two and a Half Men on different channels. #thanksgiving

saraschaefer1 : My monday just got amazing. @corycavin made these animated gifs for me: http://facesofthelastseasonofoprah.tumblr.com/

Syfy : Side Note: Scheduling is one of those things that seems really easy but is in fact one of the hardest things any network does.

weinmanj : High-def formats are proliferating at the same time that we care less & less about the visual quality of what we watch (torrent, streaming).

aperren : Is NBC Nightly News just now doing a feature on the growth of boomers using facebook? Way to stay ahead of the curve once again, NBC.

DamonLindelof : Me: “Sorry, haters. You have a point. I feel your pain.” Haters: “Go fuck yourself.” Sigh...

melissagrego : Discovery+BBC say are gonna tell History of the World-20K yrs of humanity-in 8-pt series. Applaud the ambition but geez thats a squeeze.

aperren : Not sure which is shows more hubris....rebooting Buffy as a film or Discovery-BBC's 8-ep History of the World. Hmmm.
markboynz : Reminds me of PJ O'Rourke's A Brief History of the World about 1 1/2 pgs, I think. But that was meant to be satirical.
aperren : sadly, there is a lack of irony in so many endeavors these days.
markboynz : @aperren A new network? Discovery Of Irony?
aperren : @markboynz maybe good for broadband...
markboynz : MythPerpetuators #DiscoveryOfIrony … Man Vs Destroyed Wilderness #DiscoveryOfIrony

The_AV_Club : Plot momentum, schmot schmomentum. #Dexter's takin' a week to hang out with his step-kid. AND YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT! ~http://onion.com/drVLlk

badgate : Some things don't change: in 1995 Disney bought ABC for its cable properties (ESPN), 15 years later Comcast acquiring NBC for the same reason.

loquaciousmuse : Anyone else who has read Walking Dead have the thought “finally!” during tonight's episode?

danieltwalters : Convinced that Walking Dead is using the Law of Conservation of Racists. If one dies, another will just walk out of the forest, ya'll.

weinmanj : This procedural + serial element is OK but how about trying an episodic format where the weekly element is something other than crime? And yes, that's part of why I like GLEE in spite of its nonsensicality - it's one of the few non-serial non-procedural dramas (not a comedy).

mattthomas : One of the worst parts of traveling on a Sunday: every hotel bar, every airport gate and restaurant, has a TV tuned to a boring NFL game.

brianbolter : The excitement over watching the Detroit Lions lose on national TV seems to start earlier and earlier every year.

tommyleeba : Tonight's episode of The Amazing Race gave me cholera.

realityblurred : As grateful as I am that The Amazing Race's full episodes are now online, watching video on CBS.com makes me want to stab myself in the face.

HitFixDaniel : On Undercover Boss, a Subway executive is shocked to discover Subway's sandwich artists practice no real art.

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