TV series 'Archer' drops iconic ISIS name in light of recent events - Polidicks

[img]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110421211523/archer/images/f/fd/ISIS_Logo.jpg[/img] [quote][B]‘Archer’ Drops ISIS: The FX Series Dumps the Spy Org’s Name in Light of Recent Events[/B] Archer creator Adam Reed and executive producer Matt Thompson explain why they decided to erase ‘ISIS’ from the show, whose sixth season returns in January. It seems, on the surface, like a throwaway shot. During the premiere episode of the sixth season of Archer, FX’s outrageously funny animated spy series, spy matriarch Malory Archer (Jessica Walter) is seen speaking on the phone with her juvenile, coddled son. In the background, you can see two movers rolling out a large, circular blue ISIS sign. You see, for the past five seasons, ISIS (International Secret Intelligence Service) has been the name for the underground, non-government approved, New York City-based spy organization at the heart of the show. In light of recent events, however, the creative team behind the Emmy nominated series—creator Adam Reed along with executive producers Matt Thompson and Casey Willis—made a decision to quietly eliminate the acronym from their show. “We quietly did,” Reed told The Daily Beast. “We were waiting for it to go away—at least I was. Back in Season 5, FX said, ‘This might be a thing,’ and I thought, ‘Maybe it won’t be? Maybe it’ll be the mole that I’m gonna ignore and nothing will happen.’ We got sort of lucky and could organically make a merger with the CIA, so we went back and retroactively painted out the ISIS logos in parts of the show, and we just don’t talk about it in dialogue.” “It’s just the most awful thing, and we didn’t want to have anything to do with it.” A different version of the premiere episode aired in July at San Diego Comic-Con, but the Archer creative team went back and added the scene of the movers rolling out the sign, and re-recorded dialogue of Malory explaining to her agent-son, Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin), that the CIA are now their overlords. [B]“We won’t say ISIS anymore, and the only visual representation of it will be that sign rolling off the show,” said exec producer Thompson. “It’s just the most awful thing, and we didn’t want to have anything to do with it. There were people online saying that we should address it and say, ‘Oh, I can’t believe these guys have co-opted our name.’ That’s the way South Park would do it, coming after them and saying, ‘These assholes stole our name,’ but that’s not the way the Archer universe works, where it’s all our own creations. In our universe, they don’t exist.”[/B] While the Archer team erased the ISIS name from the Season 6 premiere, they didn’t retroactively remove it from all other seasons of the show, so the signage and name will still appear in Seasons 1-5. Also, FX created a bunch of ISIS merchandise that they now need to figure out what to do with. “I’m one of the few people that has the white ISIS cup and it’s mixed in with all my other cups,” Walter said. “The other day, I was looking at it and thought, ‘Should I throw it out? But it reminds me of Archer.’” “I gave my Dad one of the ISIS hats and he said, ‘You know son, I’m not going to be able to wear the hat anymore,’” said Reed is his genial southern accent. “I’m gettin’ looks at the hardware store.’” He adds, “I was at a meeting with the FX execs and I said, ‘You know, with all this extra ISIS merchandise, you should just make the bad guys buy it.’ Dead silence. And then they said, ‘We have a lot of ISIS merchandise.’ So I guess that’s all going to a landfill somewhere.”[/quote] [Source: [url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/10/archer-drops-isis-the-fx-series-dumps-the-spy-org-s-name-in-light-of-recent-events.html]TheDailyBeast[/url]]

Shame, there was potential for a really good episode/joke about it. But I guess they don't go to the south park tier of low.

The dog on Downton Abbey is still called ISIS.

Its funny because just yesterday my brother was talking about how he wondered how this was going to be addressed if the new season dropped the whole "Vice" theme from the previous season.

In other news, Ancient Egyptian mythology set to retroactively rename the Goddess [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis]Isis[/url] to disassociate from the Islamic State.

ISIS is a cool acronym :( [editline]11th October 2014[/editline] Feels weird knowing that I almost bought an ISIS shirt some time ago before IS was a thing.

[sp]but ISIS isnt even in the show anymore[/sp]

I guess they wanted to get out of the..... danger zone.

i almost thought that this was going to be about archer getting cancelled or something

[t]http://media.247sports.com/Uploads/Boards/441/4441/334942.jpg[/t] Pornstar Isis Taylor didn't change her name

It just sucks that people can't wear their ISIS shirts anymore.

[QUOTE=Scot;46205963][sp]but ISIS isnt even in the show anymore[/sp][/QUOTE] And the fifth season sucks compared to the old ones anyway (so far at least).

To be fair they have a good opportunity, seeing how the last season ended. They won't really have to ruin anything, it won't put a dent in the lore.

I started (and finished) watching Archer a few weeks ago when ISIS was already in the news every day. It was weird :v:

[QUOTE=Impact1986;46205993][t]http://media.247sports.com/Uploads/Boards/441/4441/334942.jpg[/t] Pornstar Isis Taylor didn't change her name[/QUOTE] oh god that pose hurts to look at, how does she do that?

[QUOTE=Xain777;46206030]oh god that pose hurts to look at, how does she do that?[/QUOTE] Magnets.

Is there another source though?

I hope they directly reference it in the show somehow, or make it obvious why they're changing. I feel like there's a joke or two in that :v:

[QUOTE=geogzm;46206059]I hope they directly reference it in the show somehow, or make it obvious why they're changing. I feel like there's a joke or two in that :v:[/QUOTE] If you read the OP they explicitly said they're not going to

Isn't it ISIL now?

fucking hell more PC rubbish getting in the way of a good joke

[QUOTE=ToumaniSquirrel;46206104]Isn't it ISIL now?[/QUOTE] I'm guessing people don't realize that something like the Levant is a thing.

[QUOTE=ToumaniSquirrel;46206104]Isn't it ISIL now?[/QUOTE] ISIS - Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIL - Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

[QUOTE=Ylsid;46206112]fucking hell more PC rubbish getting in the way of a good joke[/QUOTE] It's not about being politically correct, it's about being tasteful, they could absolutely make the joke, they just chose not to

[QUOTE=Scot;46205963][sp]but ISIS isnt even in the show anymore[/sp][/QUOTE] Why did you put that in spoiler tags, it even tells you in the article.

[QUOTE=markg06;46206137]Why did you put that in spoiler tags, it even tells you in the article.[/QUOTE] people dont read the articles

I think its silly if you feel like you have to change existing things that are called ISIS just because a terrorist group is now called ISIS.

[QUOTE=Jessey;46206154]I think its silly if you feel like you have to change existing things that are called ISIS just because a terrorist group is now called ISIS.[/QUOTE] If you don't this happens [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8NqKpo8.jpg[/IMG]

Fuck You ISIS you ruined Archer. [editline]11th October 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Uzbekistan;46206160]If you don't this happens [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8NqKpo8.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] oh my god lol pffffffffft but I guess I see you're point.

[QUOTE]He adds, “I was at a meeting with the FX execs and I said, ‘You know, with all this extra ISIS merchandise, you should just make the bad guys buy it.’ Dead silence. And then they said, ‘We have a lot of ISIS merchandise.’ So I guess that’s all going to a landfill somewhere.”[/QUOTE] Hahaha. I want some ISIS swag now. Luckily this is a convenient time in the show for this to work.