Pop.com
2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 17, 2023 by Ron Howard · across every show →
Everything said about Pop.com, oldest first
Aug 17, 2023 negative
Howard: Pop.com failed due to immature tech and traditional production methods
“The tech really wasn't quite there. It limited some of what we could do in terms of the shooting, made it also more expensive. We really approached it in too traditional of a way. We didn't lean heavily on independently generated content.”
Aug 17, 2023 positive
Howard: Arrested Development's faux-documentary style originated from Pop.com
“I thought, there's an aesthetic here, the kind of faux documentary approach, which of course we'd seen in Spinal Tap and a couple of other films, that would really work for a half-hour comedy. Eventually, Mitch Hurwitz came in and said, I got just the family t…”