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Re: Rob Long: Thoughts on Old Media, New Media

Rob Long — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:34:38 -0000

I know. I loved Darkman. But Darkman had a purpose and a burning
desire for justice, which isn't really what motivated people who wrote
sitcoms. Unless "purpose" and "burning desire for justice" can also
mean "house in Montecito."

Re: Rob Long: Thoughts on Old Media, New Media

Chris Collins — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:44:41 -0000

Or is it going to end up wrapped in bandages and out for revenge like Darkman? Because I'd much rather the sitcom end up like Darkman. Oh Darkman, why did they stop at the third movie...

Re: Rob Long: Thoughts on Old Media, New Media

Rob Long — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:11:59 -0000

Wow. Hard to accept that I've been bested by Nederland Een. Or is it
on Nederland Twee? Or Avro? (Do they still have Avro? I used to
love Avro's Top Pop when I was a kid living in Eindhoven. The theme
song went -- and apologies for my rotten spelling -- something like,
"Avro's Top Pop! Presenteered! De nationale hit parade!" I still
remember seeing the video for Bohemian Rhapsody...)

And I don't think the sitcom is dead. It's just been in the severe
burn ward for a few years. But it's getting out soon. Better than
ever. Stronger. Faster. Just like "Het Man van Ses Million"

Re: Rob Long: Thoughts on Old Media, New Media

Ger Apeldoorn — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:29:59 -0000

The two married couples now married to each other series is actually being done here in Holland now. With a slight twist. It's two people pretending to live together to spite their exes who have run off togetehr. No marriage-stuff. It's also not a sitcom, which it was supposed to be. Because of the whole sitcom is dead thing that television managers now suffer from. And it's tanking. Fortynately it is not my show.