Yes, it has become quite ridiculous! If they wait any longer, another college related tragedy is bound to occur and they'll have to rework it once more and put it off until the fourth season. It is ironic, considering FOX news here in the U.S. is one of the worst as far as sensationalizing tragedy for the sake of ratings...ThyneAlone wrote:People will argue, and have argued, forever as to whether material of this kind should be taken off the schedules at times of tragedy. After all, the media coverage is far more distressing. My feelings about it are ambivalent, but I did accept the decision to pull the episode. However, I feel we have been shabbily treated. It was implied, variously:[1] the episode would be shown out of order but reasonably logically [2] it would be shown at the end of the season [3] it would be on the S2 DVD in full but out of order [4] it would be shown at the start of S3 [5] it would be shown mid-season 3 but 'reworked' and that MAYBE we'd get some of the lost material on the S3 DVD. This shows the fans scant respect, undermines our trust in any statements made about the show and means that even if we see the considerable work the actors must have put in, it will not be for a very long time. Not impressed, not impressed.
I agree! I'm 100% in agreement of having the "deleted scenes" from the original Player Under Pressure put onto a DVD extra at some point! However, at the rate Fox seems to be going, we may have to wait another season or two! We have to get the episode out first, and at this point, we're being promised the episode next season - I'm hearing around Xmas some time, or as early as September. Who knows?begolden wrote:Yes, it has become quite ridiculous! If they wait any longer, another college related tragedy is bound to occur and they'll have to rework it once more and put it off until the fourth season. It is ironic, considering FOX news here in the U.S. is one of the worst as far as sensationalizing tragedy for the sake of ratings...
Very well spoken, Rebecca. I agree completely. What happened was a tragedy, but airing a television program with an episode that is "similar" to the real life events (and I use "similar" loosely, as the episode itself was about murder on a college campus, not a massacre shooting) is not the way to deal with that. Also, in addition to pulling every single episode that told of any school violence, most channels (Fox included) were showing round-the-clock coverage of the events, almost sensationalizing them. Now, I don't know about anyone else - but if I were a victim, or the family of a victim, I'd rather see a fictional storyline, than see the actual event shown over and over and over again.begolden wrote:More recent murders of college students--but not at the college itself, however. You can't stop telling stories just because some fool out there likes to make them happen for real. Life and art have been imitating each other since humans first acquired language...