Noel Kirkpatrick
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The 'niche' and the conglomerate
Jacqueline-- Thanks for the post (and for tweeting it out so that I caught it). I appreciate the consideration of the dreaded "Netflix jail," the delay that keeps anime programs from airing during the same TV season they air in Japan and on site ... -
Twitter convo
Because I'm a horrible person, I engaged Colin on Twitter about this piece instead of here on IMR. I've attempted to rectify this mistake by collecting the tweets in Storify and share a link to that conversation here. I know it's still anno ... -
New avenue to think about
I admit that this is just something I've been noodling on recently, and haven't done a great deal of research about. I aware of the Batman demo (and a Justice League demo that the same production team would do years later), but the Buffy demo wa ... -
Always leave them wanting more? Maybe not...
First: The HIMYM pilot is pretty good. And I say this as a lapsed, broken viewer. Its final stinger more or less sets up the show's (increasingly sadistic) delight in needling its viewers. No, I'm not bitter at all, why do you ask? On to the big ... -
Laughing about grief & second episodes
I also got a little misty as Perry's character had his cathartic break (I also enjoyed his "I Kasier Soyze'd you."), and I'm oddly eager for a comedy to deal with grief through laughter. I had hopes for Free Agents last season (an ... -
Trying to bring it all together
I kind of don't know what to do with the miniseries anymore. I feel like it's kind of dead (at least on broadcast, cable's still kicking it around a bit), but I also feel like, as you discuss that a miniseries only happens when there's ... -
Crass, disruptive, and fascinating
Backdoor pilots are just so odd. I find them crass, disruptive, and way too fascinating. Even more so than the demo pilots I talked about yesterday, here's a cheap pilot whose costs are made a part of the seasonal budget for a show! I mean, that' ... -
Expanding the world
My very immediate question is if the series does anything to complicate these tendencies you mention. That brief glimpse into their apartment (Who is paying for it and how?) at the end of the clip seems spacious (admittedly, we're dealing with a mult ... -
Fairy tales across borders
Hi Amanda! Thanks for the post! It's been forever since I've seen Princess Tutu, so my question for you is a bit more generally about fairy tales and anime and manga. Thinking about Princess Tutu, as well as any other anime series and/or films a ... -
Re: Created by AMC
Changes in the model
Thanks for the post, Rossend. A small question to hopefully extend your discussion. What do you make of The Walking Dead, which AMC owns outright? Certainly its public struggles with the show leading up to the premiere made as much of a splash as the co-p ...