YAFU - slowing down now
Sep. 20th, 2002 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hmpfYesterday, DK and Ricky Manning addressed fans in chat. The transcript can be found here:
http://farscape.noidea.us/chat/chat_09192002-1952.txt
Many people were majorly depressed by this, but I think that can be blamed on their naive optimism that there would be good news (instead of the 'no news, but keep fighting' message we received).
DK was sarcastic as all hell, basically saying the Nielsen ratings are dren (pardon my Farscapese). He said the ratings loss in season four (which he didn't deny) was caused by six (I repeat, because it's just so incredibly unfair: 6!!!) people stopping to watch Farscape. Well, we all knew the Nielsen ratings are crap, but I didn't realize the statistical sample was *this* small! DK's comment on the Nielsen fiasco was a scathing 'I completely understand.'
So, apart from sarcasm and bitterness, there was also some hope to be gleaned from the chat, although most people kind of overlooked it (I wonder how you could overlook it, though...) He said this:
>>We come on in Jan. Last 11 eps. Wait till you see. Wait till everyone sees. Take ads then. Remind the world. It'll be hard to miss us unless they run us at 3:37 a.m. out of a broadcast station in Rhodesia.
Spread the word. (...) But, as Ben says -- "Get us a 2.0 rating."
(...)
I promise you, the people who make Farscape are ready to make more. Maybe we'll get the chance. Maybe YOU will give us the chance.
(...)
This is not smoke. I'm too tired and old to blow smoke. Ratings rise. Noise is made. February rolls around... (...) I'd love to see it happen. It would also mean it happened because of you. Come to think of it -- This whole damn thing happened because of you. You get it. You know it's one story. A love story. An epic, frelling love story.
Personally, I am really sad. It wouldn't've been that hard to let the story finish.
(...)Keep watching Farscape. In record numbers. Stay with the story. Ben and Ricky and all the others and myself are not dead. We're just unemployed.
(...) Stay a community. Maintain your Farscape friends.<<
Is it just me, or is he telling us to organize and keep fighting? I think he thinks there is a chance that if the ratings in January skyrocket, either Scifi might revise its decision or another network might step in. I'm not the most optimistic person, and I know the chances are slim, but what do we have to lose? If we give up now, we've already lost. If we keep fighting... we have a chance, even if it's a small one. Let's see if we can increase Farscape's ratings!
(I already made two US-viewers today! :-))
Here's a peptalk from the good folks at www.savefarscape.com:
http://www.wdsection.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3418
And here's some good ideas:
http://www.wdsection.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3449
As Neroon from the TrekBBS said: 'I swear this campaign is the most organized thing I have ever seen in fandom!'
Or, as Sangarunya said on LEPinor: 'This has to be fandom at its finest.'
Let's prove them right.
http://farscape.noidea.us/chat/chat_09192002-1952.txt
Many people were majorly depressed by this, but I think that can be blamed on their naive optimism that there would be good news (instead of the 'no news, but keep fighting' message we received).
DK was sarcastic as all hell, basically saying the Nielsen ratings are dren (pardon my Farscapese). He said the ratings loss in season four (which he didn't deny) was caused by six (I repeat, because it's just so incredibly unfair: 6!!!) people stopping to watch Farscape. Well, we all knew the Nielsen ratings are crap, but I didn't realize the statistical sample was *this* small! DK's comment on the Nielsen fiasco was a scathing 'I completely understand.'
So, apart from sarcasm and bitterness, there was also some hope to be gleaned from the chat, although most people kind of overlooked it (I wonder how you could overlook it, though...) He said this:
>>We come on in Jan. Last 11 eps. Wait till you see. Wait till everyone sees. Take ads then. Remind the world. It'll be hard to miss us unless they run us at 3:37 a.m. out of a broadcast station in Rhodesia.
Spread the word. (...) But, as Ben says -- "Get us a 2.0 rating."
(...)
I promise you, the people who make Farscape are ready to make more. Maybe we'll get the chance. Maybe YOU will give us the chance.
(...)
This is not smoke. I'm too tired and old to blow smoke. Ratings rise. Noise is made. February rolls around... (...) I'd love to see it happen. It would also mean it happened because of you. Come to think of it -- This whole damn thing happened because of you. You get it. You know it's one story. A love story. An epic, frelling love story.
Personally, I am really sad. It wouldn't've been that hard to let the story finish.
(...)Keep watching Farscape. In record numbers. Stay with the story. Ben and Ricky and all the others and myself are not dead. We're just unemployed.
(...) Stay a community. Maintain your Farscape friends.<<
Is it just me, or is he telling us to organize and keep fighting? I think he thinks there is a chance that if the ratings in January skyrocket, either Scifi might revise its decision or another network might step in. I'm not the most optimistic person, and I know the chances are slim, but what do we have to lose? If we give up now, we've already lost. If we keep fighting... we have a chance, even if it's a small one. Let's see if we can increase Farscape's ratings!
(I already made two US-viewers today! :-))
Here's a peptalk from the good folks at www.savefarscape.com:
http://www.wdsection.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3418
And here's some good ideas:
http://www.wdsection.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3449
As Neroon from the TrekBBS said: 'I swear this campaign is the most organized thing I have ever seen in fandom!'
Or, as Sangarunya said on LEPinor: 'This has to be fandom at its finest.'
Let's prove them right.
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Date: 2002-09-21 07:57 pm (UTC)In any case... thanks for the pep. I loved it!
Teri
Hi Teri!
Date: 2002-09-22 05:18 am (UTC)Greetings from Teri!
Date: 2002-09-22 09:57 am (UTC)I'm over on geocities, not a live journal user, hence the lack of cute icon dang it! hehe. On my next blog update, the link to your 'pep talk' entry will be over at http://www.johnskeedvabbq.com/ficpics.html
Thanks for the permits!
Later, Teri
Teri? Ally? Colour me confused...
Date: 2002-09-22 01:33 pm (UTC)