Crap
While I do not claim to understand the demands of television production, several things about this latest development have me puzzled.
Consider these three things, Lexx is unusual in that it has a very strong female fan base. The people who go to conventions are usually your more outspoken fans and finally by my calculations, which could be wrong because I had to guess at the gender of some of the names, almost 3/4 of the UnCon attendees are women. Now with certain exceptions, most of those 73 and even some of the guys have a least a passing interest in meeting MM and are now disappointed, possibly a third of them are more than disappointed they are upset, and then you have the final group which are more than upset they are feeling a little hostile. Was this a good move for production, probably, was it a good move for word of mouth publicity, I don’t think so.
This group was pumped to generate some serious new season buzz. How great the show was, how wonderful it was to meet all the stars, How wonderful it was of the studio to arrange it, ect…. What kind of new season buzz are you going to get out of this group now? Don’t get me wrong, people will still have fun, the show will still be good, they will still meet some of the stars, but when they talk about their trip instead of dwelling on only the fun and excitement, this is going to come up and put a damper on the buzz.
Also the number of fans don’t even matter, I’ve seen posts where people have said, well only a few people are going. So? A lot of them are very vocal fans. I have a least one person a day ask me what kind of show is your screen saver from. I’ve talked to the entertainment editors of the four largest papers in Texas, telling them how much I like Lexx, and why they should think about doing an article about it. And have had an email exchange with the San Antonio Televison Critic who said she would have to check this Lexx show out. And I’m only one person, who has only been watching the show for three months.
As Paul Donovan himself pointed out, Lexx needs the fans to get the newspapers and reviewers interested if it wants any media ink. Well, the fans, many of which have paid great sums of money to appear on the day that the studio designated would like to feel a little more needed. As I said, considering the wonderful efforts I have heard about that Sater Street previously went to for fan happiness, this latest move leave me a little puzzled.
But this is only my opinion, please let the flaming begin [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
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thefrey
“Oh, come on. If you can’t laugh at the walking dead, who can you laugh at?” – Dan Fielding