ADDITIONAL CONTENT SCENES

As we gear up the release of these MC appetizers, I just wanted to give you some more information as to what they are and how it will all work.  The biggest gripe I get from fans is the fact that we only do 13 episodes and that you have to wait so long between seasons.  I will point out that we pack more story and chaos into 13 episodes than most shows do in 24.  That being said, I understand the frustration with the long down time.  I hate waiting for my favorite shows to come back on the air. Right now I'm already lamenting the fact that Louie is almost halfway through his season.  Man, I fucking love that show.

We played with the ideas of doing mini-episodes or webisodes to bridge the gap, but we could never come up with an efficient production model.  Pulling in cast and crew off season is incredibly difficult and expensive.  So I thought what if we did the opposite of "deleted scenes" - scenes that were shot and produced during the regular season, but didn't fit into a cut because of time.  Meaning, we'd shoot and produce scenes within the framework of the season, but release them before the season aired rather than after.  

With most of the club in prison for 14 months, there was an opportunity to share some story about what happened while they were in Stockton.  We looked at the arc of the season and asked ourselves what scenes would be cool to show the audience.  Which moments have the most emotional and narrative punch?  So we wrote four scenes and built them into the schedule of the first two episodes.  Three of these scenes will preview before the premier, one will be exclusive to the season 3 DVD.  We will be releasing the additional content first on the SOA iPhone and Android app, then after a set period of time (still not sure how long) it will be uploaded to the FX website and hopefully this blog and YouTube.  If you purchased the app already, you'll get a free update that will allow you to stream video.  If you haven't purchased the app, it'll be $.99.  Obviously this is the first time we're doing one for Android so that will need to be purchased.  We are charging a buck quite honestly to help us defer costs.  This is all sort of an experiment and FX and Fox Mobile have been supportive but we're still doing it on a shoestring.  DEFY and my post producer, Craig Yahata have been a godsend in making this all happen. 

Both the Android app and updated iPhone app will be available when the first additional content scene is released next week.  The first scene is called PAYPHONE.  Directed by our own, Ryan Hurst.  It's a simple minute and change scene, but it sets sets up a lot of Jax's emotional and plot points for the new season.  I think you'll dig it. 

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE, DOCTOR BOMBAY?

I'm three-quarters of the way through a post I started a couple months ago about the process of buying an entertainment award.  The post shines a light on the time, money and effort companies put into media campaigns to drum up support for a show or movie to win awards. It's a combination of personal experience, historical data and harsh opinion. I may still publish it, but not now. Truth is, anything I say about an award this week will be turned into Sheenian pulp.

Clearly, my Twitter Emmy set got a lot of play this week. It started out making me giggle, then as it was picked up and spun into poison, it made me cringe. I got calls from Christian relatives I didn't even know I had, telling me that Jesus could still save my soul. Any of you who watch the show, know what my response was to that outreach. I then tried to give the tweets some context later on in the day, but that got Levinized as well. Even as I type this blog, I know it will be turned into something desperate and ill-intended.

But I'm not really a crawl-in-the-hole-and-wait-for-it-to-pass kinda guy.  So I'll say a few words to put it to bed... until next July.  First off, I'd like to apologize to my wife for including her in several of my ruder tweets.  Unlike me, Katey is an enormously private person and sometimes the negative shit I stir up baffles her.  She loves and supports me, but when folks start attacking me for my bombastic behavior, it upsets her.  I need to do a better job distancing her from shit they may blow back on both of us.

As for the Emmys -- as much as I think my cast and crew deserved a slew of them, I was not expecting any nominations this year.  Even for Katey.  I saw her Golden Globe heat wane by April and I knew she was going to be left off the ballot.  So Thursday's dismiss was not a surprise.  It stung and it was disappointing, but not a shock. 

Last month I wrote this blog:

SEASON 4 UPDATE... AND SOME CUNTLESS EMMY THOUGHTS

I had every intention of honoring that.  I really wasn't going to weigh in at all.  I began with a couple innocuous remarks about taking the nominees out to lunch.  I was having fun.  My followers were digging it, so I kept going.  They got darker, more absurd and in my twisted, little mind, funnier.  But apparently, me and my twits were the only ones laughing.  

Fair enough.  I'm not claiming I didn't mean to tweet them or they were a mistake.  I put it out there and I'll take the hit.  I don't apologize or default on anything.  Quite the opposite, the backlash gives me a greater sense of resolve.  Fuck 'em.  In hindsight, I guess the intent of the twitter jag was to shine a light on the absurdity of the awards and the weight people (like me) give them.  The truth: I HATE that I was disappointed.  I hate that I was disappointed, more than I hate the actual rejection.  It's fucked that a bunch of half-attentive couch-sitters who don't watch half the shit they are voting for decide who gets a piece of fake gold -- and that's what it takes for me to feel worthy.  Fuck.  I'm embarrassed to say how much I crave that douchebag trophy.  (There's your headline, cunts).

That obvious confession out of the way, clearly I feel that the Emmy voting is a very flawed process.  I'm not saying that those who are nominated or win are not deserving, I'm just saying not ALL of the nominees or winners deserve the kudos.  It has never been, nor under the current structure, will it ever be an accurate measure of quality.  In my opinion, the only award that is a true measure of excellence in television is the TCA award.  Voted on by educated individuals, inside a controlled, payola-free system.  (Didn't see me going off when we didn't get any of them did you?) 

Anyway.  Below are all my Emmy tweets.  Nothing edited out.  In order, from last to first.  You decide if they are tabloid worthy.  Let me know where you land.  I'll be out in the backyard picking poppies with the warlocks. 

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I can't quit you twitter.

14 Jul

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Since when is an honest opinion a news story in Hollywood?

14 Jul

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TMZ really? That's the picture you use? That was so 20 pounds ago.

14 Jul

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Just went to church. Jesus still loves me. Feel much better. What did I miss?

14 Jul

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wow. i'm exhausted. and... oh, my god. i came. i have to shower and eat some vegan pudding. see ya later, cunts.

14 Jul

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proof that i'm a man of my word. sutterink.blogspot.com/2011/06/season…

14 Jul

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you do know that i'm really okay with no noms right? if i was really upset, i wouldn't be ranting. i'd be plotting. i'm all about the love.

14 Jul

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i'm glad i promised my wife i wouldn't comment on the snub, god knows what i might have said.

14 Jul

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if my mom and dad were alive this emmy snub would kill them. that's not true, they were too old to understand my show. just like the academy

14 Jul

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saw two academy members on the gold course. one asked the other what club to use. then they both died because they were so fucking old.

14 Jul

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broke into an academy member's porn locker. found sticky fully-clothed photos of mariska hargitay, kathy bates...and matt weiner. very odd.

14 Jul

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these two academy member walk into a bar. one orders a beer. then they both die because they're so fucking old.

14 Jul

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FNL gives me hope. maybe S7 of SOA will get nominated -- when the guys have all become doctors and lawyers who sing in a fucking choir.

14 Jul

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it would be difficult to put me on the red carpet. they'd need a 3-day delay.

14 Jul

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@Conroy_John thank you. at least someone sees me for who i really am.

14 Jul

Conroy_John John Conroy

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@sutterink at least you arent bitter, a lot of guys would be firing shots at the academy, not you! Taking it like a man. I applaud you sir

14 Jul

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@PJASchultz i love ryan murphy. he's always very cool with me. love glee too. just tired of all the jizz piling up at its feet.

14 Jul

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@DianaP0 the good wife is actually a very good show. it and JM deserved a nod.

14 Jul

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i envision every academy member having sex with a cheap, light blue poly-cotton sheet between penis and vagina.

14 Jul

joeoneleg joe one-leg

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@sutterink stay gold pony boy, stay gold!

14 Jul

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my next blog post: HOW NETWORKS BUY EMMYS. stay tuned, it's gonna be delicious... and probably get me fired.

14 Jul

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because you know if we were nominated i'd be all humble and blowing smoke up their asses. now i can stay true to myself and just be a dick.

14 Jul

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best part of not getting an emmy nod. now i don't have to pretend i give a shit about the profiteering douchebag academy.

14 Jul

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the worse part of not getting an emmy nod. katey promised me a threesome if she won. now i have to settle for me, her and the shaved bunny.

14 Jul

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or rather ammonia.

14 Jul

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the worse part of not getting any emmy nods is all the wasted blowjobs i gave at the academy picnic. my breath still smells like sour amonia

14 Jul

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most emmy voters still think quinn martin is still a player.

14 Jul

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@DamonLindelof that tweet WAS my emmy. thank you.

14 Jul

DamonLindelof Damon Lindelof

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E! needs to hire @sutterink and put him on the red carpet. Unchecked Id + Abundant Cursing + Brilliant Wit + Not Giving a Shit = Awesome.

14 Jul

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BTW. not saying we deserved any emmys, i just like to be included. and let's face it, the only reason you follow me is to hear the word CUNT

14 Jul

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fuck glee. hate those annoying, "please accept me for who i am", singing brats. there, i said it. are you happy?

14 Jul

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@MediaObsessed oh, yeah. and nailguns.

14 Jul

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me, david simon and frank darabont are meeting at home depot to rent chainsaws and woodchippers.

14 Jul

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i'm taking the cast of "the killing" out for frozen yogurt.

14 Jul

BastardMachine Tim Goodman

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I'm assuming David Simon doesn't even bother checking anymore, but the Emmy oversight continues. Nothing of substance for Treme. Wow.

14 Jul

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sorry @JohnSolbergFX. midnight strikes, i'm burning bridges. you and FX might be standing on one.

14 Jul

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i'm having dinner with kathy bates.

14 Jul

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my very classy, ever grateful and humble wife forbade me from using the word CUNT today. so i'll wait till midnight to address the emmy noms

14 Jul

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i'm having lunch Mariska Hargitay.

14 Jul

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congrats FX on justified and louie. your emmy strategy worked.

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