For my Stargate friends who are sick of JM and TPTB

[gategrrl]

http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com/

This is a blog by a producer of a hit series who actually knows how to relate to the fans - because he's giving and complementary  to his fellow workers, knows what the fans want to know, has "inside" production photos from on set and behind the scenes that he takes himself, and is a total fan of his own show. 

I highly reccommend his blog for reading. 

Here's an excerpt in it, where he writes about one of the actress's performances (the actress plays Claire's mother on Heroes, and this is from the most recent show):

Also, Ashley Crow is excellent. I just yesterday called her up, after last Monday’s episode and this one to tell her how amazing she’s doing. She has been amazing since the pilot, but this episode really allows her to stretch into new arenas. Her scene with HRG where she says “I’m good at playing dumb” is one of my favorite moments.


Oh, and the series he produces/directs for? Heroes!

Comments

[deej1957.livejournal.com]

Sigh. Why can't I get hooked on shows with people like that??????

There's apparently an interview with Damien Kindler over on GW and the exerpts that were posted on OS made me want to spit. All about how he watched the first three years off and on and how stiff and boring it was. Then RCC gave him 20 eps to watch and DK was just blown away at how much improved it was and how great the humour was, and RDA was funny, and AT was amazing, and who is this Michael Shanks Guy?

I wasn't sure whether that was a compliment or an insult....

[whisper99.livejournal.com]

I'm choosing to see that as a compliment because it just boggles my mind that he'd be so dismissive.

[superbadgirl]

Whu...wait. He thought season 4 was an improvement?

Oy vey, no wonder it was so much easier for me to walk away from Stargate than I ever thought it would be.

[deej1957.livejournal.com]

And don't you know, every time I read one of your old fics, I GRIEVE because there aren't any more.

[superbadgirl]

Aw, bless. It's not for lack of desire, but I just can't seem to capture the same feel anymore. :(

[deej1957.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean.

::glances at her own half-finished fics::

Something's just missing.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

See, a producer saying stuff like that in an interview just paints him as being an asswipe.

If you want to go far in the industry, you don't say ANYTHING rude about your production until it's long over and the people involved have moved on.

Don't see Glassner or Wright really wanting to help him out after a bumble like that - if that's what he really meant. Foot in mouth syndrome, anyone?

[jennixen.livejournal.com]

It must really bug some people at that crew, that Michael Shanks is so popular among the fans... :)

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

That's nice.

I tend to like TPTB of Supernatural, too, for the most part. They seem humble and self-deprecating and fun. They don't take things too seriously. They listen to the fans and are responsive, but not driven by it. In interviews, they are complimentary about their actors and the crew.

They also seem to enjoy interacting with fans in fun ways. For instance, when the guys mentioned a phone number on the show, it was a real phone number that fans could call and leave messages, and in an interview, the producer talked about how much fun it was to listen to the messages. The network is having a contest for fans to create a new promo vid for the show. They do stuff like that which involves the fans in fun ways without giving the fans control of anything. *g*

TPTB of Supernatural also admit when they're wrong and then go ahead and change things. They're willing to try things, but if it doesn't work, they do something else. They don't doggedly stick to the same path no matter what like TPTB of Stargate always seemed to.

I've been watching Heroes, but so far, I'm still not sure I even like the show. *g* I don't dislike it, but nothing is drawing me into it so far. It's nice to hear that TPTB of this show seem like nice, reasonable people, too. *g* My son wanted to watch it, too, so we've been watching it together, so I'll keep watching for now.