Comments on: A few quickies, with links

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:42:01 +0000

Wow- they did a remarkable job with “the Office” site. It’s a dead ringer for a bland, corporate website. The NBC logo in the corner does spoil the illusion, though.

By: Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:21:54 +0000

The problem is that the musings are clearly by a lesser writer. Either that or they show that Randy is really a better sidekick than he is star.

Meanwhile, I agree with you that suspension of disbelief is often important with such extratextuals. Excellent point. But I guess what I’m driving it is that since Randy’s blog isn’t particularly well done, it’s not enough to warrant suspension of my disbelief. Laura Palmer’s diary opened up the Twin Peaks world, but what’s on Randy’s blog right now doesn’t really offer much.

However, I’m glad to hear the cult of Randy has another member

By: jimgleeson

jimgleeson — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:24:25 +0000

I didn’t even click on Randy’s blog as I was perusing the nbc website, but I can tell you how it could work; if it was scanned. what NBC needs to know is that Randy’s Blog could be an advertisement without being an “advertisement” for the show. I would love to read Randy’s musings on life and I don’t see him as Homeresque as I see him “Gumpesque.”

People would suspend their disbelief to Randy’s “blog” if it was rustic looking even on a technologically driven website in a way similar that Laura Palmer’s diary helped with the mystique of Twin Peaks even though I doubt the real Laura Palmer, dead or alive, would have sanctioned the duplication of her private thoughts.