Jinky
Monday 12th July 2010 9:43am
783 posts
Quote: Matthew Stott @ July 12 2010, 8:55 AM BST
As I said though, did he contact the creators of these 'bad films' directly and tell them they were rubbish? No, so it's different. If he gets narked when strangers tell him his works rubbish, fair enough.
That isn't really a direct comparison, is it?
Did the makers of the 'bad films' set up twitter accounts and blogs and state the the 'internet is great, isn't it?' before throwing a hissy fit when people started 'tweeting' and 'posting' things they didn't want to hear?
For somebody who has written a successful comedy about computers, it's quite touching that Linehan doesn't seem to understand how the internet actually works!
Anyway, he really ought to go back to writing in partnership again. He needs someone to offer a counterpoint to what he does. And that doesn't include asking rabid fanboys to act like some kind of human thesaurus!
Quote: Matthew Stott @ July 12 2010, 10:30 AM BST
You labelling him as desperate was just an oddly personal thing to say.
I was commenting on the fact that he appeared to be using twitter to beg his fanbase to think of different words for 'bum' to help him complete some last minute re-writes.
That made him sound desperate. I'm not saying he's desperate on a daily basis!
(Though recent 'plots' suggest otherwise......)