Lonelygirl15

Kasdeja · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject:

LonelyGirl15 is not the ARG.
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bethy · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject:

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Kasdeja · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject:

I know, I wasn't arguing with you, bethy.

Idunno...this chick that is evidently famous, though I've never seen or heard of her, appearing in one measely video as a NON recurring character just doesn't make me all upset, I guess...
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Kasdeja · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

I would see that argument more if the creators actually had more to do with Oppy...they way I see it, they run parallel and the creators liked their work, made them official and let them in on some info nobody else would know about. I see them as connected but not the same.
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Killthesmiley · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

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Wow, like JayHank, I'm shocked at the craziness of some people here.
What the heck, this is a 100% certifiable Grade A move on behalf of the Creators. After what has been a series of not-so-great ones over the past months, it was extremely refreshing to have something like this happen.

People like Ziola saying "I don't want semi-famous people ruining your show" is incredibly obnoxious. Guess what, it's not YOUR show, it's The Creators. If it's any fan's show, which it's not, it sure isn't going to be yours based on you having signed up at this forum on 17 Oct 2006. That doesn't mean it was the day you became a fan, but presumably if you were a fan for a long time before then you would have gotten on board here a lot sooner. There are a still people hanging around following the series, including me, who was watching LG15 back in July or before, the first month it completely ran through (as it started in June). Someone who jumped on board in October, possibly because of OpAphid?, can hardly claim this for themselves.

As for people like Kasdeja saying I don't even see how she's famous and those who think the Creators should have kept this guest star a secret until it happened... well I think the one billion and counting articles that have appeared in the past few hours because of this should answer both of you. Check google news, lg15 would be mentioned in the odd article every couple of days maybe. Now look at it: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=lonelygirl15&scoring=d

If they had kept this a secret until it happened, do you think it would have gotten such publicity? "McPhee TO guest star on lg15" is a lot more exciting than "oh look, McPhee has guest starred on lg15".

While of course it's all the same article, it shows each place it's being mentioned. There are huge names there including MS-NBC, USA Today, the LA Times, FOX News, Washington Post, and numerous smaller outlets across the US and Canada. There are currently 130 articles and counting. Presumably this article should make it into the print pages tomorrow of at least some of them, if not a lot. I'm not sure, it's hard to say how much of the internet posted news makes the crossover to print, but judging on how liberally this story is circulated I wouldn't be surprised if it does make print too. Meanwhile lots of the American Idol fanatics who are revved up over yesterday's first episode and also a crazy new one tonight as well well likely come across this article just by searching "American Idol" since it's mentioned in the article, if not searching for McPhee herself. And there are of course numerous McPhee fans as well who'll watch.

Meanwhile, what's with all this 4th wall ARG talk about McPhee breaking it? I really don't understand that. In my opinion LG15 is not foremostly an ARG, and frankly is hardly an ARG at all as there is little "gaming" nor "interaction" occuring. For you to claim that suddenly the ARGiness is being challenged by what seems to be a short little cameo is utterly ridiculous. LG needs this to foster excitement and survive.

LG15 is really not an ARG, yet the main complaint I see about this revolves around it's ARG nature. I think there are only a handful of people that actually consider LG15 an ARG and all those people are right here commenting and complaining. The couple other hundred thousand viewers do not care an ounce for whatever this "fourth wall" nonsense you are complaining about being broken.

LG15 has been languishing lately in my opinion, the plot has gotten more and more surrealistic and more and more loose ends seem to be appearing. The McPhee guest spot should really help and is definitely a good move.
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