Bullshitting

I guess I'll have to tell the story of my friend the cop as a rookie being chased around in a field by his partner holding his penis out yelling "who's your daddy, bitch?!"

Dude, that's waaaaay better than the version I tell where Dave, the rookie cop, gets hit with a bag full of goat intestines, then pukes all over him self.

y'all feel free to tell these stories all you want, as long as they aren't to people i know.

Yeah, that'll make it even better when you do meet them! 

"Oh, so you're the bastard cop that has totaled 11 patrol cars and broken 18 limbs!!"

Yeah, that'll make it even better when you do meet them! 

"Oh, so you're the bastard cop that has totaled 11 patrol cars and broken 18 limbs!!"

and my reputation grows before me....

 FOX can SUCK IT!!!!!

In a phenomenon nearly equivalent to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," fans of cancelled series Buffy the Vampire Slayer have been dressing up for the "Once More With Feeling" sing-a-long events across the country. Faced with outpourings of fans, positive reviews, and good feelings all around, Twentieth Century Fox did the only thing any sensible studio would: they shut it down.  Er, wait.  That's not sensible at all.

The Buffy Sing-A-Longs have been travelling the country, hitting major metropolitan spots like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.  Fans dress up as their favorite Buffy characters, get goody bags with favors like vampire teeth and noisemakers, and then sing along (obviously) with the musical episode.  Meanwhile, actors play the parts of the characters in front of the crowd.  It's ... Well, it's Rocky Horror.  With lyrics and music by Joss Whedon.

Clinton McClung, the organizer of the Buffy Sing-a-Long events, said on the official site: "I don’t yet have an official written statement as to why exactly this has happened, but from my understanding the circumstance around the suspension of the rights for our screenings isn't greed or anything like that - so please don't use this as an excuse to lash out at Fox.

 Basically, the idea of presenting television shows in a theatre is so new that there are a lot of details that still need to be resolved around payments of residuals, deals with the guilds and unions, etc (I don’t know any specifics, but these are some of the issues that usually come up). Both Fox and Criterion need to fix some of these issues before they can continue to do any theatrical screenings."

The words "significant payments" have been batted around by the studio.

"We have to protect our interests, and that's what we're doing," said Chris Alexander, a spokesman for Fox. "There are plenty of legal ways for fans to enjoy Buffy, but this particular event is not going to be possible at this time."  The lawyers for Fox say that, although McClung obtained rights to screen the episode via Criterion Pictures, the permissions he obtained were far more than Criterion was able to grant.

So in summary, an event that brings out fans, makes a lot of money, and gives great publicity has been canned, with the only hope now being that Fox will bring it back itself, charge a lot more, and make it the Creation Conventions of the fannish get-together world.

There's a reason the Whedonverse mocked The Powers That Be.

Could Dr. Horrible Be Coming To A Theater Near You?. . . .

By Charlie Jane Anders, 11:05 AM on Thu Apr 16 2009, 13,310 views   

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog may soon no longer be a blog. Joss Whedon and his co-conspirators say they're considering doing the sequel to the hit webseries as a feature film. Including a surprising castmember. Spoilers!

Whedon told Sci Fi Wire that "we've talked about doing an actual studio film" of Dr. Horrible as the follow-up to the web serial. And his brother and co-writer, Jed Whedon, says "The story we've talked about is pretty big, so it may end up being longer" than the original three-part series. Adds Joss Whedon:

Well, we don't want to be beholden to anybody. We want to do the product the same way we did the first one, which is out of our hearts, and then go to people [and say], 'OK, if you're interested in this, this is what it is.' Besides, it could be something theatrical. It could be something on the Internet again, where it's done on the fly and it all comes from us. We don't know how we want that to be. The best thing to do is to write it. Then we can start deciding a business model based on the script.

Whatever business design they agree on, Bad Horse better get a cut of the profits.

Meanwhile, Maurissa Tancharoen, their collaborator, says they're considering bringing the love interest Penny (Felicia Day) back from the dead. She's definitely dead, but there are lots of ways to resurrect her or return her to the story. Just as long as she doesn't spend hours moping about how she was in Heaven.

I hope that they don't give it a big budget and move it into theaters, the biggest part of its awesomeness was that it was inventive and not super shiny in that "I spent 5 million on this shot alone" kinda way...

Alyria

FOX can SUCK IT!!!!!

In a phenomenon nearly equivalent to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," fans of cancelled series Buffy the Vampire Slayer have been dressing up for the "Once More With Feeling" sing-a-long events across the country. Faced with outpourings of fans, positive reviews, and good feelings all around, Twentieth Century Fox did the only thing any sensible studio would: they shut it down.  Er, wait.  That's not sensible at all.

The Buffy Sing-A-Longs have been travelling the country, hitting major metropolitan spots like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.  Fans dress up as their favorite Buffy characters, get goody bags with favors like vampire teeth and noisemakers, and then sing along (obviously) with the musical episode.  Meanwhile, actors play the parts of the characters in front of the crowd.  It's ... Well, it's Rocky Horror.  With lyrics and music by Joss Whedon.

Clinton McClung, the organizer of the Buffy Sing-a-Long events, said on the official site: "I don’t yet have an official written statement as to why exactly this has happened, but from my understanding the circumstance around the suspension of the rights for our screenings isn't greed or anything like that - so please don't use this as an excuse to lash out at Fox.

 Basically, the idea of presenting television shows in a theatre is so new that there are a lot of details that still need to be resolved around payments of residuals, deals with the guilds and unions, etc (I don’t know any specifics, but these are some of the issues that usually come up). Both Fox and Criterion need to fix some of these issues before they can continue to do any theatrical screenings."

The words "significant payments" have been batted around by the studio.

"We have to protect our interests, and that's what we're doing," said Chris Alexander, a spokesman for Fox. "There are plenty of legal ways for fans to enjoy Buffy, but this particular event is not going to be possible at this time."  The lawyers for Fox say that, although McClung obtained rights to screen the episode via Criterion Pictures, the permissions he obtained were far more than Criterion was able to grant.

So in summary, an event that brings out fans, makes a lot of money, and gives great publicity has been canned, with the only hope now being that Fox will bring it back itself, charge a lot more, and make it the Creation Conventions of the fannish get-together world.

There's a reason the Whedonverse mocked The Powers That Be.

fucking typical of fox.  they know just how to shit all over anything good.