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[sombrefan]

half day at work, felt crappy so came home.

1) Originally for the 100th Angel episode it was Buffy who was to set Angel back on the right path and not Cordelia (however SMG turned down the chance of an appearance). If this had happened, do you think it would have worked at all?

2) If the allegations are true, in your own opinion was it right for the British government to bug Kofi Annan, the UN chief, during the run upto the Iraqi war?

3) Dirty Dancing: Havana nights. Are you going to go and see the sequel set in Cuba in 1958?

4) Why is some people refuse to believe the truth even though it's blindingly obvious what is going on? (e.g. Angel aint getting saved, the show is dead)

5)There's been recent stories in the US press and indeed the UK press about the viability of electronic voting (i.e. wide open to hackers and poorly written source code etc). So what's wrong with just marking X on a ballot paper instead of using mechanical or electronic machines?

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[leoff.livejournal.com]

1) Would it have worked? I believe so. It would have been a top notch show and the chemistry would have been great. BUT, it wouldn't have had the emotional impact, the same "oomph" as Cordy's passing.

2) How did they bug him? They keep calling him a poopy head and poking him with a popsickle?

3) If given large amounts of money, sure.

4) My guess is because they see the sucess of other shows that either are renewed against bad odds, or see the very rare show ressurected from cancellation and think we have a chance, which I agree, we don't.

5) What's wrong is that voting results wouldn't be nearly as instant, which is what the public wants (fast fast fast!), plus there are always mistakes made and those can cause controversy (you make an X, erase it when you change your mind, it doesn't erase fully, two X's, and suddenly your vote is spoiled.)

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[vampedvixen.livejournal.com]

1) Probably not. Those two are too volitle to guide each other to their true paths. Usually they're just misleading the other one.

2) Politics? Ick.

3) I already saw Ballroom Dancing and it looks pretty much the same.

4) I can think of a few shows that got saved after they got the axe. Ie. Due South, Roswell, and more if I could really think about it. I think the real question is why are you so pessimistic about those kind of people? If they want to try and save something they love why not just let them try?

5) See answer to question number 2.

[simonf.livejournal.com]

because they've spent over 12 thousand dollars so far to try and save Angel. The WB shafted Mutant Enemy and Angel fans good and proper and there just isn't any hope of it coming back.

So?

[vampedvixen.livejournal.com]

Does this 12 thousand dollars affect you in some way? It's their money, they can do what they want with it.

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[grnarmadillo.livejournal.com]

1) It might have worked, but then we would have lost out on the Doyle part of the plot. It made more sense to keep it in house, and Cordy's arc did need some wrapping up. It might be nice to get her back for the finale, but then there's baggage to be dealt with regarding the vampire-slayer-vampire love triangle. Maybe if she runs off with Lorne at the end of the day? *g*

2) No.

3) Nope.

4) There's a principle in psychology called selective reinforcement. If an action ALWAYS gets results (e.g. a mouse pushes a button for food), it'll be ceased almost immediately if the results stop. By contrast, if the action works SOMETIMES (e.g. the once when a bunch of bottles of tabasco sauce caused UPN to take Roswell) the test subject will keep trying through many more failures. That and some of these people are probably young and naive. :-/

5) If I push a button on the screen and it says "Are you sure you want to vote for Howard Dean" and I push yes, there is no question of me possibly making a mistake. It would, of course help if ballots could be simple (unlike that butterfly garbage) but people can ALWAYS find SOME way to mess up any instructions you give them about a paper ballot. Hell, my local ballot for city council is pretty complicated with rank order preferences for an instant runoff format. Also, there's an argument over which system is harder to tamper with. In principle, a malicious county official could go through and mark a second option on some ballots, functionally voiding votes they don't like. But then, there have been studies on the electronic systems and they're pretty easy to hack - in fact in one case the current returns were accessible to the public before the polls had closed, which could give a candidate big advantages in terms of where to focus their get out the vote efforts.....

[swersfreakshow.livejournal.com]

1. It could have. But the ep was about Angel and not Spike...which if Buffy were there would be all it would be about.

2. Umm..

3. Hell no. Never seen the first one. Don't plan on seeing this one.

4. Because some people rely on hope.

5. Because some people can't spell "x"