Rumors around Dr. Horrible and JOSS WHEDON — Webisode Clack
With the recent cameos of Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer on the 61st Emmy Awards, there are rumors zooming across the Great Wide Interweb of a potential sequel to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. In fact, during a recent interview to promote the second season of his FOX series Dollhouse (yes, we can’t believe it either), Whedon pretty much said that there would be a sequel. But, before you go screaming down the aisles of the comic book store repeating this good news, there are a few things to take into consideration.
Jemaine Clement swipes an Emmy nod like a stealthy Kiwi ninja
Emmy nominations have been announced, and, while there are the usual Tina Fey and Steve Carell nods, a few surprises have been thrown in. One of the most unexpected performance nominations went to Jemaine Clement, for his work on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. Sure, the inclusion of Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons was pretty surprising too, but at least that’s under the CBS monster. Upon reading about this sneaky nod to Clement, my heart stopped, I made my voice heard on Twitter, and then I sought medical attention for my failing heart. Read the rest of this entry »
The schism between quality and popular shows – Guest Clack
Today’s guest clacker is Kelly Bedard, who — wouldn’t you know it — has her own TV-themed blog and podcast.
This summer a friend and I engaged in an epic Facebook TV war. For months we quizzed each other, back and forth, pretentiously spouting off on such enthralling quandaries as “which small screen characters do you think make the strongest feminist argument?” and “of all Whedon’s creations, who do you think demonstrates the greatest heroic arc?”
We debated the symbolism of Six Feet Under’s archer moments and discussed the darkest mysteries of the Lost island, but the conclusion we ultimately came to is that, while we love slogging through the metaphorical depths of some of TV’s artier shows, there’s a reason that we can watch an episode of Friends ten times and still find it funny, while once through Mad Men is quite enough. TV critics and award shows have descended into irretrievable depths of elitism in recent years and television is suffering for it.
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