Hart Hanson discusses season 5 controversies.

himbeer29 wrote:

katharine wrote:

bugaboo628 wrote:What does everyone think of Hart Hanson's quote on Internet fans?

But some people are pissed off. At what point is getting that angry reaction doing more damage than good?

HH: Here’s the other thing that’s really hard to remember: the internet people are not the voice of the 10 million fans of BONES. They are a very small, vocal, passionate, fanatics. So they have reactions that don’t match the reactions of just the “normal” TV viewer. And unfortunately, I can’t be swayed by the people who love — and hate — the show most. We get a lot of input that isn’t from the internet. We have market research and the marketing people, the promos people. So I have to not listen to the [internet] people, just because they shout the loudest.

I hate to say it but he's probably right. I have several friends that watch the show that have never heard of or care to be on any Bones Blog. They are fans, just not rabid like me. They blindly watch it and accept it without a lot of question, which I assume is probably most of his audience. We have watched it together couple of times, which has been frustrating for me, they get up walk away, turn the channel sometimes.
If most fans are like my friends they may not even care if B&B ever get together.
Unfortunately, I think we are a smaller group than what we hope. But of course, time and the ratings for S6 will tell the real tale.

I dunno... maybe I'm way off here, but I see the online community as a concentrated, vocal, and emotional representation of the entire fanbase. I hear the same complaints/praise from friends who watch the show regularly, but don't care if they miss and watch something else if they don't like the particular episode as I do from people online. (With the notable exception of spoilers... I guess online fans do differ in that they will complain about things that have yet to unfold. And I don't mean this as a criticism, because I definitely have and do that.) The difference is those who don't like something and who are more apathetic about it just turn the show off, rather than get online and complain about it. Maybe I'm missing something, but when I hear the same complaints (and praise) I don't really see how one section of the fanbase is any different from the rest of it if they're just more in-your-face about it.

@ himbeer29 - I concur.

Quote from Himbeer: I dunno... maybe I'm way off here, but I see the online community as a concentrated, vocal, and emotional representation of the entire fanbase. I hear the same complaints/praise from friends who watch the show regularly, but don't care if they miss and watch something else if they don't like the particular episode as I do from people online. (With the notable exception of spoilers... I guess online fans do differ in that they will complain about things that have yet to unfold. And I don't mean this as a criticism, because I definitely have and do that.) The difference is those who don't like something and who are more apathetic about it just turn the show off, rather than get online and complain about it. Maybe I'm missing something, but when I hear the same complaints (and praise) I don't really see how one section of the fanbase is any different from the rest of it if they're just more in-your-face about it.[/quote]

I SO agree. We are the canaries in the coal mine. Our role is to test the toxicity of the environment. The good thing is that we get to sing out about it...not die like real canaries in mines with bad air!

i_heart_bones wrote:"Yeah, that wasn’t clear enough in the episode."

Really? I got it? I Not as though it was explained in great detail but I know I still understand that he was only going back to train people. It was mentioned several times, was it not?

I understood it as well.