News from the Hell Beast (aka MTV)

I finally got through to someone who matters at MTV, and posted the important points on my SOS! News page. Not hugely encouraging, but it's good to have facts.

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:56:07 -0700, Kara Wild wrote:

What a yutz. It sounded like that in-duh-vidual was making all kinds of excuses for not putting Daria out on DVD, rather than dealing in facts.

<sigh> this is going to be harder than any of us have imagined.

-.\\<-H-

I don't suppose MTV could be persuaded to sell the rights to "Daria" to someone who gives a <expletive deleted>?

M Man

In article , [email] says...

<Firah goes to the link above and then starts swearing>

Right now, I feel like puttig on a ninja suit and raiding the MTV video vaults! Maybe I can get all of the episodes of "Downtown" while I'm there.

Firah

"Firah" wrote in message news:[email]...

someone

It's probably well-guarded. My guess: Cyborg ninjas with cloaking devicies. Maybe even ones with that special flair for the dramatic: "I'm like you, I have no name....." (Crap, I can't get MGS out of my head).

Chris Smith

In article , [email] says...

Ha! Probably well guarded by interns. Which means it's not really guarded at all!

Muwahahahaha!

Firah

Firah writes:

Grab the box marked "Maxx" too.

In article , [email] says...

Well they did release "The Maxx" on home video (I found a copy a couple of months ago) but it seems that they butchered it. If you didn't follow the story when it originally aired, watching the tape will leave you very confused.

I'll put that on my list next to "Art School Girls of Doom"

;^D

Firah

Firah writes:

I did follow the show when it originally aired, and I was still confused. After catching each episode a few times, I think I started to know what was really going on, but I was never quite sure. Great show, though.

In article , [email] says...

Well, maybe I understood a "little" more because I used to read the comic. But I could definately see why anyone would be confused. The end specifically didn't make any sense because they cut out the reason why the Maxx...ended up the way he did.

Episode 11 was the episode where the Maxx's origin was explained and it was cut up pretty badly.

Firah

"Michelle Klein-Hass" wrote in message news:...

I think that _Daria_ (the show) outright offends the sensibilities of a lot of people _in a position to make decisions_ at MTV. Why not? The show poked deep holes in the world view that most of MTV's other shows promote. Shallow, amoral fad-driven consumerism.

Sincerely Yours, Jordan

Probably.

Which gets back to what I said earlier. Why don't they sell the rights to some other network, get some money out of it, and get it off their their own hands?

M Man

[email] (MMan37x) wrote in news:[email]:

MMan, we need to stop expecting elementary business savvy from those jerks. I often wonder how MTV stays afloat.

Oh, yeah, I just remembered. MTV is available in all the real-life equivalents of Lawndale.

Steve Cross

"Steve Cross" wrote in message news:[email]...

Because it's theirs. They don't want something they promoted making money for other networks except them.

Same reason why Bush won the election, why Microsoft is still whole, why the WWE remaining afloat, why the Reality TV programs are all over the TV, and why Wal-Mart is overlooked by the Government:

A PACT WITH SATAN!

That's my only theory, as I'm tired at the moment. Expect a real one tomorrow, pending this thread is still alive.

Chris Smith

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 03:47:16 -0400, "Reese Kaine" wrote:

I completely deny ANY business dealings with MTV or its subsidiaries...

[email] (MMan37x) wrote in message news:...

Pick one or both:

(1) It offends their sensibilities so much that they don't see how ANYONE could like it (she's the Anti-Teen, after all)

(2) It offends their sensibilities so much that they would rather see it not distributed than make a profit off it.

Sincerely Yours, Jordan

Yet they kept it on for five seasons?

If it took them that long to catch on, I think maybe it's Kevin rather than Daria who offends them.

Nutty bunch of crunchy MTV idiots, munch my lunch?

M Man

Or:

(3) Because it is different from most of the show is they produce, their standard marketing formulas don't fit it, and they'd rather let it gather dust than have to think about it.

My mail address is jsachs177 at earthlink dot net.