pecking at the mirror

May 22, 2003 2:02 PM

Hi! My name is...what?MeFi's own RJ Reynolds has posted a snippet from his hard-hitting documentary about bloggers. Features heartfelt treatises on the worth of self-publication from unknown bloggers around the world. Or not.
posted by patricking (12 comments total)

It's comedy, folks.
posted by kfury at 2:40 PM on May 22, 2003

WTF do you think you're doing on...\!!!/
posted by thomcatspike at 2:58 PM on May 22, 2003

It's comedy, folks.

Was that what it was? I figured I was missing something.

The humor perhaps.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 3:02 PM on May 22, 2003

most bloggers ought only speak of their navels, since no one cares about anything else about them.
posted by the aloha at 4:21 PM on May 22, 2003

only them ay-rabs. and the mexicans, of course.
posted by quonsar at 4:34 PM on May 22, 2003

Was that what it was? I figured I was missing something...The humor perhaps.

Are you channeling The Comic Book Guy? Why attack a free bit of entertainment somebody made and somebody else offered to you at no cost, especially when you know for a fact the author will be reading what you say? I just don't get it.
posted by Hildago at 7:15 PM on May 22, 2003

That was pretty funny. Cruel, but funny.
posted by timeistight at 8:37 PM on May 22, 2003

Comedy perhaps. Documentary, BULLSHIT!
posted by filchyboy at 9:09 PM on May 22, 2003

filchyboy: It was comedy because it was not a documentary. That was the set-up for the joke.

I didn't think this was extra-ordinary, but there were some really funny bits. At its best moments it was uncomfortably funny. At its worst, it was just by-the-numbers reference dropping, but the references still were spot-on.

I'd like to see a longer version with more of a documentary feel to it, and some drama between the characters. A mockumentary about a blog gathering, maybe?
posted by son_of_minya at 10:19 PM on May 22, 2003

Comedy perhaps. Documentary, BULLSHIT!

Damn, that's the reaction I've been wanting all along!
Back to the drawing board...
posted by Dok Millennium at 2:59 AM on May 23, 2003

beautiful snark, aimed right between navel gazing eyes. those who didn't get it are simply uninformed.
posted by quonsar at 7:06 AM on May 23, 2003

Well, I was amused.
posted by Songdog at 8:18 AM on May 23, 2003