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lazypadawan) wrote2012-07-25 06:18 pm
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SyFy Insults Its Viewers
The other night I saw an ad for an upcoming series on SyFy "Collection Intervention" and rolled my eyes. The show is about collectors who need to be publicly "set straight" due to their out-of-control hobby, or so it seems. The premiere episode is about somebody with a huge Star Wars collection. Oh wonderful.
I don't know the full circumstances behind this situation but the collection presented in those few seconds on t.v. was neat, organized, and clean. According to the show's press release, the collection spreads throughout the home. My answer to that is, it's only a problem if it's a problem, such as you're married to/shacking up with someone who doesn't share your enthusiasm (and that's your fault), you're hoarding not collecting, or your collecting is putting you into debt. Otherwise, who cares?
Moreover, it looks like SyFy's ripoff of "Hoarders," "Hoarding: Buried Alive," and "Animal Hoarding." Collectors should feel insulted they are being dumped in the same box as mentally-ill people who literally live in their poop and let rats run free over mammoth piles of trash. Fannish types get bad raps as it is. We don't need family members, colleagues, and friends to judge us as hoarders on top of everything else.
Why on Earth does SyFy want to do that to the demographic that supports its network?
I don't know the full circumstances behind this situation but the collection presented in those few seconds on t.v. was neat, organized, and clean. According to the show's press release, the collection spreads throughout the home. My answer to that is, it's only a problem if it's a problem, such as you're married to/shacking up with someone who doesn't share your enthusiasm (and that's your fault), you're hoarding not collecting, or your collecting is putting you into debt. Otherwise, who cares?
Moreover, it looks like SyFy's ripoff of "Hoarders," "Hoarding: Buried Alive," and "Animal Hoarding." Collectors should feel insulted they are being dumped in the same box as mentally-ill people who literally live in their poop and let rats run free over mammoth piles of trash. Fannish types get bad raps as it is. We don't need family members, colleagues, and friends to judge us as hoarders on top of everything else.
Why on Earth does SyFy want to do that to the demographic that supports its network?
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I'd have to see the show to see how far they're taking it, but if it is what it seems to be, I agree wholeheartedly. I'm really tired of life in the real world being a repetition of high school. Seriously society, STILL picking on the nerds and geeks? We don't care: we think the people collecting that stuff are cool. I work in the finance business, and my desk is littered in action figures. People laugh, but I still think they're awesome - and most people agree with me. It's not a problem. It's an expression of individuality. I've even stopped being embarrassed about my fandom: we are creative minds, and fandom is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
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Very good question.
As long as it's not a hoarding problem, Sci-Fi should be showing them in a positive light. But I guess they want to alienate their demographic and bring in ratings from reality tv junkies.
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They're probably going to go at it not as a hoarders thing but more like "Clean House" where they're going to try to "get to the root of why you want to collect this stuff" and try to convince the person to part with some of it.
My response PFFFFFTTT!
People who aren't collectors don't understand collectors. For the most part, there's usually a psychological aspect - I know for me, when I get really stressed out, I buy stuff. Ok, I can guarantee most of the bitchy wives do the same thing but instead they go get shoes or hand bags, or spend a fortune on a new hairdoo or manicure and yet that's "normal."
I'm not overly worried about this show being a success, the viewers might watch the first episode, will be horrified by the seeing someone having to part w/ their stuff and they won't tune in for the rest of it. The show will go off into oblivion. They would've been better off doing a series that celebrates kick-ass collections, not try to paint them in a bad light.
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And with that said, the whole premise of this show and the fact it's on a "sci-fi friendly" network... PISSES ME OFF. There are greater wrongs in the community, what people do in their own homes, with their own money, is their business.
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