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SAVE ANGEL...oh, and also...GO AWAY!
Mar. 5th, 2004 10:14 amDuring a recent sweep of the web I ran across an interesting phenomenon...not directed against me but against people who could easily have BEEN me. I refer you to:
http://www.slayage.com/reviews/000118.html#000118
This is an article by a deeply committed and disappointed fan. And the reaction to it by many in the SAVE ANGEL crowd was...HOW DARE YOU? How dare you voice your lack of enthusiasm and let us know why you are leaving our fandom? And most amazingly..."What I don't understand is why you don't just stop watching the show if you hate it so much?"
Uhm...I think...that is the point we are all trying to make...we don't HATE the show...we want to love it. But, the big important news here is: people ARE going to stop watching AtS! People who loved, even worshiped, Joss Whedon are no longer happy with his work! And what that means is ANGEL won't be SAVED! Disenchanted, long term viewers need to be encouraged to support a flagging show...not driven off by a dwindling jingoistic fanbase. Cards and letters won't save Angel...more people watching WOULD!
This reviewer is not some fly-by-night fan...this is someone who spent hours of his time, time he did NOT have to spare, writing articles for the fanbase, reviewing and praising BtVS and AtS for YEARS. He has watched, like I have, since the very beginning of the series. He knows of what he speaks re: Storyline and Whedon's Talent. And he is saying: Joss made some big mistakes and the result of those mistakes is I no longer care enough to watch! This should WORRY the save Angel folks...but it doesn't.
Instead of asking WHY this person, who has been an active fan for YEARS and YEARS, is suddenly so disheartened, they lash out. Instead of thinking, HEY, maybe we should try to fix the problem, contact JW, let him know he has gone astray and people are leaving in droves and that exodus may cost the show its future...all too many of the SAVE ANGEL crew, pout and shout, "GO AWAY! STOP SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT MY SHOW!"
Guess what? Too many of the long term fans DID go away...and the direct result of that is: AtS is going away, too!
Raeann
http://www.slayage.com/reviews/000118.html#000118
This is an article by a deeply committed and disappointed fan. And the reaction to it by many in the SAVE ANGEL crowd was...HOW DARE YOU? How dare you voice your lack of enthusiasm and let us know why you are leaving our fandom? And most amazingly..."What I don't understand is why you don't just stop watching the show if you hate it so much?"
Uhm...I think...that is the point we are all trying to make...we don't HATE the show...we want to love it. But, the big important news here is: people ARE going to stop watching AtS! People who loved, even worshiped, Joss Whedon are no longer happy with his work! And what that means is ANGEL won't be SAVED! Disenchanted, long term viewers need to be encouraged to support a flagging show...not driven off by a dwindling jingoistic fanbase. Cards and letters won't save Angel...more people watching WOULD!
This reviewer is not some fly-by-night fan...this is someone who spent hours of his time, time he did NOT have to spare, writing articles for the fanbase, reviewing and praising BtVS and AtS for YEARS. He has watched, like I have, since the very beginning of the series. He knows of what he speaks re: Storyline and Whedon's Talent. And he is saying: Joss made some big mistakes and the result of those mistakes is I no longer care enough to watch! This should WORRY the save Angel folks...but it doesn't.
Instead of asking WHY this person, who has been an active fan for YEARS and YEARS, is suddenly so disheartened, they lash out. Instead of thinking, HEY, maybe we should try to fix the problem, contact JW, let him know he has gone astray and people are leaving in droves and that exodus may cost the show its future...all too many of the SAVE ANGEL crew, pout and shout, "GO AWAY! STOP SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT MY SHOW!"
Guess what? Too many of the long term fans DID go away...and the direct result of that is: AtS is going away, too!
Raeann