How Dark Horse outsmarted the fandom and controlled the agenda

[sombrefan]

Storm over #36? No surprise there. But what does the pop-culture media think the fandom is really angry about? The Riley one-shot.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/08/buffy-still-ignites-talk-as-jane-espenson-responds-to-rileys-spotlight.html

http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2010/09/buffy-debate-flares-up--years.php

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/09/did-buffys-riley-deserve-a-one-shot-jane-espenson-responds/

Dark Horse controlling the media cycle again. One of their better PR efforts. If only someone several months ago had offered some advice how to counter this. Then it might have been a different story.

But now?

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine Season 8 stamping on the Buffy fandom's face -- for ever".

Comments

[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

LOL! Pop-culture media needs to catch up. Don't they read Whedonesque? :)

[simonf.livejournal.com]

Only for the headlines, never for the comments.

[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

This would not surprise me at all.

[ladydorotea.livejournal.com]

Ah, but I suspect the real storm over 'you have my heart but he has the ship' is yet to come, and it will spill into the media and it will flower. And bear fruit of contention. Once in a while I wish to be wrong.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I find this amusing mostly because it's old news like menomegirl points out. I don't even feel the urge to read these articles.

[simonf.livejournal.com]

I don't think the pop culture media will care one jot about that to be honest. They'll go for what Dark Horse puts out in a press release.