At 02:51 18-2-01 -0500, Bizarro7@aol.com wrote:
I watched my first B7 tape because of Jenkins,
and I still think he's right--fandom is the assertion that the real story of the show belongs to the people who love it, not the people who (by a mere technicality) happen to have a TV studio. >>
No argument about that from me. I am, however, currently conducting a debate about that point with a couple of the writers who worked on HIGHLANDER, over at alt.tv.Highlander. They insist that the opinion of the fans is irrelevant, and that we ought never be polled about what we want to see on a show in that universe. Sure. What do *we* know? As far as the professional producers, cast and staff are concerned, we're lucky they're doing anything for us at all.
Reading about the death of Richie Ryan (who's always been one of my fave characters on that show) and about the subsequent snubbing that fans who didn't like this got, I lost all interest in that particular show. When they continued it here in Holland (they'd only shown four seasons up till then), I didn't bother to watch. Yes, it's on at an inconvenient time, but if it hadn't been for their attitude, I would have taped it.
Erm, seems that I'm pretty good at getting in a huff over attitude (although I love Avon's). Well consider yourselves warned, then, because I'm not likely to change.
I suspect the same applies to the staff and crew of most series. That we'd better like what they do, because they know best.
Yup, I'm a bloody philistine. I decide for myself what I like best.
Jacqueline