tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20885622.post113870418557840803..comments2023-04-28T09:34:02.241+00:00Comments on Jones Is Dying: 4 8 15 16 23 42Chris Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108337196370083674noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20885622.post-1138712730058566592006-01-31T13:05:00.000+00:002006-01-31T13:05:00.000+00:00Hello, it's the DMFRDH (Dim-witted, flu-ridden Dan...Hello, it's the DMFRDH (Dim-witted, flu-ridden Dan Hill) here ... Oh yes indeedy. Steven Johnson, who has basically written a book on this process of developing layered, interwoven media which engages/spurs fans to create further media ('Everything Bad Is Good For You'), <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3562-1760194,00.html" REL="nofollow">wrote about Lost in the Times</A> a while back. It's clearly a proof-of-concept moment for him, and looking at <A HREF="http://televisionwithoutpity.com/" REL="nofollow">Television Without Pity</A>, I reckon he's right! TWP is fantastically interesting too, as semi-professional fanboy TV 'parasite' (in best sense), now owned by Yahoo! and therefore very much professional media organ, as Yahoo switches sights to TV. TWP is smart as it still manages to retain its cred/humour (check any <A HREF="http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=136&story=8759&limit=&sort=" REL="nofollow">recaps by the genius Erin</A>) so somehow sits like a kind of buffer zone between the unruly wild west of blogs, livejournals and unofficial fansites and the shiny corporate boulevards of Big Media. Very clever - and not in a machiavellian sense yet - again, check the fora to see the true devotion/sharp insight/rapier wit/apparently unlimited time of kids who want to talk about telly ... <A HREF="http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=95b0a0d082764e47980277a57ef1c021&showforum=708" REL="nofollow">Look at the number of replies and views</A>!<BR/><BR/>Anyway. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_(2004_television_series)" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia also has some good stuff on the black/white allusions etc.</A>. Could this show have occurred in this form before the internet? I think not. That's not to say that previous shows didn't occasionally have depth, discussion, mythology, complexity etc. They clearly did - it's just a different kind of depth. Google for the title of your post and you'll see ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com