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[apocalypsos]

I'm having new cell phone fascination again. It's not even a good cell phone, for crying out loud, but I loaded it full of minutes and now I want to play with it. Which is fundamentally stupid, really, because I mostly just bought it in case of emergency and I can just see myself using them up in one phone call to do something stupid like prank-call the President. ("Pardon me, but do you have Prince Albert in a can? What does it matter WHO he is, George? There's a little royal man suffocating somewhere in your canned goods! Break out your can opener, go on! *snickers*)

Is it possible we could get someone else to write the Supernatural recaps on TWoP? You know, I've got an antisocial chinchilla who's seen every episode thanks to the TV being in the same room as his cage, and I doubt he'd sound half as whiny. Can't we have Demian instead? Demian will hate the show, but at least he'll be funny while he's doing it.

I've really got to see about finishing the succubi fic today, seriously. I may have to rewrite a big chunk of it to do it, but whatever. One more fic and I hit forty Supernatural stories. There's got to be a twelve-step program for this.

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[zora-sourit.livejournal.com]

very helpful icon ;)!

You know, I've got an antisocial chinchilla who's seen every episode thanks to the TV being in the same room as his cage, and I doubt he'd sound half as whiny.
lucky chinchilla ;).
I haven´t been reading them much, but the one of the pilot was funny. Is it that bad by now? I hate reading whiny comments to a show I love. Meh! Sobell, who did the CSI-caps, was great.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but by now she's starting to sound a little like they're making her do the recaps at gunpoint. Less funny-bitchy, more snide. Then again, she kinda lost me in the first recap when she called The 4400 cheesy but bad. Deride one of my favorite shows? Dead to me.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

Well, that's part of the reason why TWoP sucks so badly these days. In the beginning (oh lord, here we go) they for the most part seemed to enjoy whatever they were watching as much as possible, and thwacked the idiocies in it over the head as much as possible. Loving snark. And then as time went on, the love went away, and now most of the reviewers act like they actively loathe and hate what they're recapping and cannot believe anyone would force them to watch this bullshit. Which kills the funny, right there--MS3K never would have worked, for example, if it seemed Joel or Mike was seriously bothered by the movies they were forced to watch.

The basic quality of the recaps has decreased at the same time--it used to be that a lot of the recappers caught and pointed out details of the show a casual viewer might miss, and thus made it really worthwhile for you to read them even if you watched. Whoever's doing Deadwood is about the only person left on the site keeping that tradition alive; the House recapper actively gets major things wrong and then bitches out and threatens to ban people on the forums who point it out.

[magickly.livejournal.com]

Demian did recap the pilot and did a fantastic job of it. Then you-know-who took over and yes I am bitter over how awful those recaps are.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

He did? Hrm, though it was her. Probably because I've gotten used to hating all of them with this blind annoyed hatred. (Still hated The 4400 crack, though. *pets my underappreciated show*)

[mellaithwen]

don't think demian would want to risk missing every second of chris in the charmed finale lol. Drunken Bee's annoying though, and kudos to the chinchilla comment, very funny :D

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Chris is going to be in the finale? Well, fuck, now I'm going to have to watch it. *grumbles* I'd heard that they were getting a lot of characters back for the finale, but I figured that in their continuing efforts to NEVER EVER EVER EVER do anything right, big Chris and BIG Wyatt wouldn't be allowed anywhere near it.

[mellaithwen]

oh fuck sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry thought you would have known, sorry didn't mean to spoil it! I think they've asked everyone but Doherty to be honest o.O gah drunken bee wants Dad to die *kicks*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's totally okay, I'm a complete spoiler whore. It's actually a good thing I do know, because otherwise I'd so skip out. :)

And yeah, if Drunken Bee hadn't already lost me, the Papa hate did it. It's not the only thing she does that bothers me, but it's a biggie.

[mellaithwen]

I'm still thinking it might not be worth the download, and I'll just wait...I think we're a week behind charmed atm...generation hex is on next thursday o.O only watching it so I know wtf's going on when I watch the finale

I get that its TwoP so it's supposed to be like that, but at least Demian likes Chris, bee doesn't like *anything*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Hell, at least Demian is funny. I don't even bother watching the show anymore, but I read those Charmed recaps religiously. Bee's cracks are just stupid. If you're going to be nitpicky when recapping, you've either got to be funny like Demian is, have an intelligent argument like Jacob, or do both like Miss Alli. At this point, those are the only three recappers on TWoP I'll read anymore.

[mellaithwen]

Only started reading it to see who the bitch-that-is-bee was, and then found Demian's recaps lol. The fact that he calls Billie a retard/bimbo is enough to please :D

[aberrantangels]

I can just see myself using them up in one phone call to do something stupid like prank-call the President.

...and what's stupid about that again? It's certainly smarter than any foreign policy decision taken by "the only President we've got" (™ Molly Ivins). At least, if you assume the adsinistration's actual objective had anything to do with its stated goals.

[mayatawi.livejournal.com]

TWoP just kind of sucks lately. The House recaps were never very interesting (and the "Cottages" nickname grates), and now Jacob's recapping Doctor Who and he's JUST NOT FUNNY, and even the Veronica Mars recapper, who's actually consistently good, is a little too obsessed with how much Rob Thomas loves him. Seriously, I'm with you-- I don't care if they like the shows, as long as they're funny about it, and that seems to be the bit that's slipped everyone's mind.

/bitterrant

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

The only reason I forgive Jacob is that he can have an intelligent discussion about the shows he's recapping. Of course, you're right, he's just not that funny, and DW deserves someone snarkier, especially with Captain Jack coming up. And yeah, the VM recapper's gotten a little too personally involved, I think.

Demian's still hysterical, but then again, the worse Charmed gets, the easier it is to crack jokes about it. (Hell, it's easy even when it's good. See: the Big Gay Chris run.) And I still like Miss Alli's TAR recaps a lot, even though I'm not all that sure I like Miss Alli herself.

But, YES, with the sucking, bcause most of the recaps are worthless anymore.

[brynwulf]

I am less than fond of the reviewer on TWOP. I could do a better job and I'm not even funny.

Ever since she said the music at the beginning of Provenance sucked (It was Steve Carlson!), I've held a grudge.

[innie_darling]

Is it possible we could get someone else to write the Supernatural recaps on TWoP?

This is what I sent Glark, Sars, and Wing Chun a few weeks ago:

Hi Mods!

I'm kunju on the boards. I'm writing to you (all of you - didn't know which one to pick) because there has been a lot of unhappiness with the way Supernatural has been handled on the site. Drunken Bee's recaps are alienating much of her audience (it has become a bit of a sore subject, as several posters' livejournal entries bear out). No one expects that a recapper and show will be a perfect match every time (though Couch Baron and Veronica Mars together really are glorious). But Drunken Bee seems to treat the show with a disdain that is not wholly merited, and with each painfully unfunny recap implies that no one but a shallow, brain-dead twelve-year-old girl could possibly enjoy the show on any level. She doesn't even seem to get any satisfaction out of ripping the show to shreds, the way Demian does with Charmed (which I don't watch, but for which I read the recaps religiously).

In addition, Drunken Bee absents herself from the boards. She neither posts nor steps in when a moderator would be much appreciated. Demian has posted more often on the boards than she has.

Demian's recap of the pilot episode was a thing of beauty. I've read it several times and I laugh every time. A number of posters have expressed a wish (on livejournal) that he be assigned recapping duties for Supernatural, especially since Charmed is winding down its long and painful run. I wanted to ask directly for this to happen. He evidently watches the show; judging by his recap and his contributions to the forum, he mocks it and enjoys it the same way most of the TWoPpers do. It would certainly be a better match than Drunken Bee, whose brief and disdainful recaps seem to exist for the sole purpose of convincing the world of the criminal stupidity of the show.

I know a lot of people were worried about being banned from TWoP if they expressed their feelings. I thought a private email was the best way to make our wishes known. Please believe me when I say there are at least fifteen other TWoPpers capable of writing this same email (the fear of being banned is all that's holding them back) and replace Drunken Bee with Demian.

Thank you very much,
kunju


I got an email back from Sars that just said, "Thanks for reading! Keep reading!" so who knows what that means. I pray that with Charmed's cancelation, Demian will be free to write for us.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*happy sigh* I love you. :)

And, YES, disdainful. That's exactly the way I felt when I was still bothering to read the recaps, like I was being treated like an idiot for watching the show. Damn it, I want somebody who'll be at least a little giddy about the show on occasion. The woman didn't even flinch when Sam was in a towel, for crying out loud. She writes these things like someone's holding her little brother hostage.

[pheebs1.livejournal.com]

I sent a similar mail and got no reply... I didn't find this weeks quite as bad as usual, but... Demian would be better!! And she's too anti-Sam, I mean there are only two main characters, you can't completely slag off one of them!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Dude, have you seen her ripping into John? I mean, the man has his problems -- hell, the character has its problems -- but come ON.

[pheebs1.livejournal.com]

It's that fine line isn't it. Sometimes she stays this side of it, but for the most part she crosses over. Sigh. She doesn't moderate the boards very well either.

[chelseafrew.livejournal.com]

If you find such a 12-step program, let us know. I could probably use one, too, what with all the bunnies!

[phaballa.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm friends with Jacob, who does the Idol and Apprentice and Dr Who recaps, and I mentioned to him how horrible the SPN recaps were but apparently he has no sway as far as those things go. It's not just that she hates the show, but she's just not a good writer. It's like she's not even TRYING.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

See, I like Jacob. He doesn't make me laugh as much as some of the other writers there, but he knows what he's writing about and he makes a damn fine argument/intelligent discussion.

The SPN recaps are just awful. Hell, I could do a better job, but then again, I a.) have an actual sense of humor, b.) actually give a damn about the show, and c.) don't think the audience is full of squealing preteens.

[phaballa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I feel cheated when I read SPN recaps. I only ever read Jacob's, because he's my friend and sometimes I am mentioned which makes me feel famous (he's always telling us that he wants to be so famous someday that one of us will get laid just from knowing him), and so I feel like I got tricked into reading the SPN recaps because I was like, "Jacob's are good, I bet these will be, there's so much to say and make fun of about SPN."

But no. I am tempted to write my OWN recap and be like, "Screw you, woman who can't appreciate the Winchesters."