Comments on: Screen Bites http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/ Newsarama contributors share what’s on their minds. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sean B http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205651 Sean B Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:16:07 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205651 Man, that episode of Bones with the comic book stuff WAS SO condescending. I wrote them a letter and told them "Look, there are NO superheroes in comics, OK?! And there are no skeevy comic book shops or comic book shop owners! ALL (and I mean every single goddamn one) comic book shops are clean, well-lit, family friendly places where employees greet male and female customers with the same degree of super-helpful and friendly customer service and nobody has BO or bad breath and the racks all glow with the overwhelming power that is COMICS!!! How dare you use COMICS as a backdrop to tell a story about a crazy person!! Now, everyone in the world is going to think people who read or make comics is a lunatic! How would you like it if I made a show that portrayed forensic anthropolgists in a totally unrealistic, fantastic manner just to tell a story? I don't see you misrepresenting and stereotyping other industries, like the recording industry or the film industry, or lawyers or doctors. I will never watch your show again unless you can correct this horrible misrepresentation of my one true love...COMICS!!!" Man, that episode of Bones with the comic book stuff WAS SO condescending. I wrote them a letter and told them “Look, there are NO superheroes in comics, OK?! And there are no skeevy comic book shops or comic book shop owners! ALL (and I mean every single goddamn one) comic book shops are clean, well-lit, family friendly places where employees greet male and female customers with the same degree of super-helpful and friendly customer service and nobody has BO or bad breath and the racks all glow with the overwhelming power that is COMICS!!! How dare you use COMICS as a backdrop to tell a story about a crazy person!! Now, everyone in the world is going to think people who read or make comics is a lunatic!
How would you like it if I made a show that portrayed forensic anthropolgists in a totally unrealistic, fantastic manner just to tell a story? I don’t see you misrepresenting and stereotyping other industries, like the recording industry or the film industry, or lawyers or doctors. I will never watch your show again unless you can correct this horrible misrepresentation of my one true love…COMICS!!!”

]]> By: Tim Agen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205626 Tim Agen Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:03:38 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205626 She spins in the ad I saw. The comic book episode was condescending? I don't remember that. But I take in "Bones" in as a guilty pleasure, I'm not very critical of it. I like Tempie's lack of ego. It's fun. She spins in the ad I saw.

The comic book episode was condescending? I don’t remember that. But I take in “Bones” in as a guilty pleasure, I’m not very critical of it. I like Tempie’s lack of ego. It’s fun.

]]> By: RMC http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205621 RMC Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:20:57 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205621 I saw that episode. It was very condescending. I'm going to do a superhero comic about how morbid, repressed and paranoid/suspiscious forensic pathologists are. It's going to be called "Scapel Pervert" I saw that episode. It was very condescending. I’m going to do a superhero comic about how morbid, repressed and paranoid/suspiscious forensic pathologists are.

It’s going to be called “Scapel Pervert”

]]> By: Scott King http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205620 Scott King Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:15:27 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205620 They did a full comic book episode during their first season. The episode was kind of offensive suggesting that comic book are only superheroes and that only socially inept people read them. They did a full comic book episode during their first season. The episode was kind of offensive suggesting that comic book are only superheroes and that only socially inept people read them.

]]> By: RMC http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205605 RMC Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:32:40 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205605 If I see any cleavage during an action sequence I'm putting the producers on the same shit list as Lenil Yu. ;¬) If I see any cleavage during an action sequence I’m putting the producers on the same shit list as Lenil Yu. ;¬)

]]> By: Jesse http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205599 Jesse Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:08:18 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/26/screen-bites-11/#comment-205599 That might be enough to make me watch that show. That might be enough to make me watch that show.

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