Gracie ([info]angel_grace) wrote,
@ 2008-12-11 20:27:00
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THIRTY-FOUR PAGES for the latest Gossip Girl recap?! Seriously, TWoP? That's practically a transcript.

And yet you couldn't even catch the John Hughes shout-out last week. Lame.


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[info]pathstotread
2008-12-12 02:34 am UTC (link)
Oh man, Jacob, there's being verbose and then there's just ridiculousness. I used to like some of his recaps, but I took one look at his Gossip Girl recaps and went "...NO THANK YOU."

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[info]angel_grace
2008-12-12 02:50 am UTC (link)
Honestly, I get twitchy if they're more than 10 or 11 pages. I clicked on the GG one, and happened to glance down at the page numbers. I was totally shocked.

TWoP used to be so fun...like back when it was MightyBigTV. :) Now it's just so pretentious and elitist, and the forums are the 9th circle of Hell.

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[info]pathstotread
2008-12-12 02:53 am UTC (link)
Yes. Recaps are supposed to, y'know, recap, not be an essay about every single minute thing that happened.

I wasn't around when it was MBTV, but I did have a ton of fun there back in the day, like 2002-2003. It's definitely gone downhill in a huge way.

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[info]angel_grace
2008-12-12 02:58 am UTC (link)
And because I am shameless, if you're interested... 12 Days of Crossovers

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[info]featherweight
2008-12-12 02:48 am UTC (link)
I think Jacob's recaps are awful. Recaps are supposed to be succinct! He clearly does not know the meaning of that word.

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[info]angel_grace
2008-12-12 02:52 am UTC (link)
Seriously. It's not supposed to be a substitute for watching the show...it's supposed to be a companion. Which means we do not need to rehash every damn detail.

P.S. Go here if you're so inclined...I still need prompts. :)

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[info]smithereen
2008-12-12 03:12 am UTC (link)
I'll never understand why they gave that show to Jacob of all people. I mean, his whole "now I'm going to 30 pages of analytical meta-theory" style is sort of okay on a show like Battlestar Galactica or whatever where the content of the show at least supports that sort of analysis. But GOSSIP GIRL?! Come on! That's the kind of show that begs for fun recaps of funniness, not theorical essays on the character of humanity or whatever the hell.

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[info]angel_grace
2008-12-12 01:09 pm UTC (link)
No kidding. I want snark! I want humor! I want pop culture references!

I do not want 34 pages of pretentious blither.

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[info]mrschimpf
2008-12-12 05:26 am UTC (link)
I understand the economy is bad and all, but did they have to cut back on the editing? I don't watch the show and that is extremely long for a recap.

Maybe it's a part of that whole annoying policy of not allowing one-page views in order to get multiple ads during a recap read. I absolutely hate that about TWoP.

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[info]angel_grace
2008-12-12 01:08 pm UTC (link)
I don't watch the show and that is extremely long for a recap.

Dude, that's long for a term paper. :)

There are so many things I loathe about TWoP these days, I wonder why I go there at all.

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[info]monimala
2008-12-12 12:05 pm UTC (link)
34????

Christ. That's excessive.

TWOP's staff needs to master the art of being snarky in 750 words or less.

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[info]angel_grace
2008-12-12 01:10 pm UTC (link)
They also need to master the art of not thinking they are actually important in the overall scheme of the world, since about 95% of the site is permeated with hubris these days.

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[info]advo
2009-01-10 02:49 am UTC (link)
Yikes, did I happen upon a bitchery about TWoP? COUNT ME IN! I really hate TWoP these days. Well, ever since I was banned from the forums for being a "meanie" anyways. Ugh. All I did was to reply slightly condescending to a really stupid person and I was banned f-o-r-e-v-e-r! No wonder why their forums are always so darn quiet in comparison to FanForum. And half the time, I have no clue what Jacob is talking about in his GG recaps, plus they take effing long too! Maybe it's because I'm extra slow/stupid. No, I much rather prefer the puppets recaps (always HILARIOUS!), New York Mag's recaps or TVgasm's (slightly crude, but always funny).

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