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quinn222 at 06:50pm on 13/07/2009
quinn222 at 06:50pm on 13/07/2009WTF?
People are making death threats to James Moran? OK peeps, I didn't think anyone was as pissed off as I am over the disaster that was Children of Earth but c'mon. That's just nuts.
Do I think Mr. Moran is the greatest thing since sliced bread? Hell no. Loved the Captains blog and Sleeper. Didn't care for his episode of CofE.
Do I hold him responsible for Children of Earth? Nope (though his whiplash back and forth of denial/not denial is annoying.) I used to work at Blockbuster when I was in school. People used to scream and whine at us over the prices and the fees etc. JM had no more to do with the final plot of this thing than I did the prices at Blockbuster. He was a hired hand.
All that said, yeah, he does deserve some of what he's getting. Not violence and threats of course, but bad reviews? Sure. Extreme disappointment and even anger at the way the fans were mislead and lied to? Sure. Instead of a 'fuck off' letter he might have soothed a lot of feathers with an apology instead, but he comes across as too arrogant for that and that's a shame as I never got that impression from him before. Maybe it's just he has his back up from the crazies. I'm not saying he should apologize for the story (though God knows that would be nice) but for the extreme disappointment the writers knowingly caused the fans. Because make no mistake about it, they knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that many if not most of the fans were going to hate this, be hurt by it, be angry about it and be saddened by it. Leading the most loyal fans, the con goers, on by lying to them and using them to promote their product is unforgivable. Identifying Ianto throughtout even after his death as The Queer and then gassing him is unforgivable. Having only the hetero breeding couple come out unscathed without sacrifice is unforgivable. Seeing that bitch smiling at the end and stroking her healthy baby tummy made me want to gag. Killing 4 of 5 characters in a show and then claiming if there are good ratings it might be renewed is unforgivable.
But again, most of this is at the feet of RTD and since he delights in screwing over fans in every show he is involved in we ought to have seen it coming.
Threats are just nuts. Criticism on the other hand, is not.
People are making death threats to James Moran? OK peeps, I didn't think anyone was as pissed off as I am over the disaster that was Children of Earth but c'mon. That's just nuts.
Do I think Mr. Moran is the greatest thing since sliced bread? Hell no. Loved the Captains blog and Sleeper. Didn't care for his episode of CofE.
Do I hold him responsible for Children of Earth? Nope (though his whiplash back and forth of denial/not denial is annoying.) I used to work at Blockbuster when I was in school. People used to scream and whine at us over the prices and the fees etc. JM had no more to do with the final plot of this thing than I did the prices at Blockbuster. He was a hired hand.
All that said, yeah, he does deserve some of what he's getting. Not violence and threats of course, but bad reviews? Sure. Extreme disappointment and even anger at the way the fans were mislead and lied to? Sure. Instead of a 'fuck off' letter he might have soothed a lot of feathers with an apology instead, but he comes across as too arrogant for that and that's a shame as I never got that impression from him before. Maybe it's just he has his back up from the crazies. I'm not saying he should apologize for the story (though God knows that would be nice) but for the extreme disappointment the writers knowingly caused the fans. Because make no mistake about it, they knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that many if not most of the fans were going to hate this, be hurt by it, be angry about it and be saddened by it. Leading the most loyal fans, the con goers, on by lying to them and using them to promote their product is unforgivable. Identifying Ianto throughtout even after his death as The Queer and then gassing him is unforgivable. Having only the hetero breeding couple come out unscathed without sacrifice is unforgivable. Seeing that bitch smiling at the end and stroking her healthy baby tummy made me want to gag. Killing 4 of 5 characters in a show and then claiming if there are good ratings it might be renewed is unforgivable.
But again, most of this is at the feet of RTD and since he delights in screwing over fans in every show he is involved in we ought to have seen it coming.
Threats are just nuts. Criticism on the other hand, is not.
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I'm not happy with how things panned out, but I wouldn't wish death or physical harm on anyone.
Moving on now, waiting patiently for Leverage to resume on Wednesday.
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To me this is a case of reaping what you sow.
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It is absolutely unforgivable, it still makes me feel disgusted.
most of this is at the feet of RTD
I'm sure that's the case, but since James Moran bragged about him being part of the whole creative process and decision taking...
Sorry for jumping in your journal so randomly.
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But then I'm dumping the entire mess at RTD's feet and I don't recognize CoE as part of canon.