Petition to get rid of Berman!

une · Post by **une** » 2002-12-27 05:18pm

I'm pretty sure this hasn't been posted before...

http://www.petitiononline.com/antiBerm/petition.html[/url]

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-12-27 07:12pm

How successful do ya think it'll be?

une · Post by **une** » 2002-12-27 07:17pm

Last I checked it had 200+ signatures, so hopefully it will do okay.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2002-12-27 07:27pm

Check out signer number 49 "Rick Sternbach". Is it really him or just someone who used his name?
I'm betting on the later option.

Joe Momma · Post by **Joe Momma** » 2002-12-28 01:32am

Darth Yoshi wrote:How successful do ya think it'll be?

I don't know. If he can put a bullet into the head of a reliable major money-making studio franchise and not have gotten shot himself, he may well be invulnerable.

-- Joe Momma

To hell with voting with a petition, it's time for a Lee Harvey Oswald executive veto.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-12-28 01:41am

I sincerely hope none of you are deluded enough to think that this thing will actually work.

Original Smurf · Post by **Original Smurf** » 2002-12-28 01:41am

c c cc c c cc <~~~~ *munches on smurf berry* but oswald is dead, who will do the deed?

Joe Momma · Post by **Joe Momma** » 2002-12-28 01:55am

Durandal wrote:I sincerely hope none of you are deluded enough to think that this thing will actually work.

<saracasm>We know how much B&B respect the fans and their input, so surely this will be a meaningful wake-up call if nothing else.</sarcasm>

Truthfully, I see no reason to expect studios to notice (much less care about) an internet fan petition, given their previous responses (or more appropriately, lack thereof) to them.

As much as I hate to say it, I can even see why to some extent. They have no reason to believe the internet fanbase is truly representative of their target audience as a whole, i.e. the average viewer. If they had reason to think that internet petitions and similar measures were a) truly representative of the viewing public in general and b) that acting on the suggestions made in these venues really would lead to higher ratings/sales, then things might be different.

There may even be evidence out there that both a and b are true, BTW, but there's a difference between them being valid points and them being recognized by the companies in question. From what I've heard and read in various interviews, studio executives still seem to look at internet commentators as fringe elements and/or non-entities, just more geeks with too much free time to waste typing frantically in their parent's basements.

-- Joe Momma