As reported by Julia at SfAD: The Firefly Gag Reel.
(via ***Dave-mail)Very interesting article
Regards the swatting of Firefly.
Some of you may think this is only in my imagination; and to be sure, I do not imagine that Joss Whedon has sat down and thought about the rule of honor as I have, or would even support or espouse it, as I do, other than as a fictional device for the development of one of his characters. And yet there it is; consciously or not, it is in there, and it underlies every single thing that Reynolds does. Honor is his roadmap in life, his way of finding his way through the wilderness. It says to him at every turn: This thing I can do and live with myself; this thing I can’t.
I don’t know that I agree with everything the guy writes, but he’s got some excellent points about the show, the American Television machine, and even about how history is being rewritten as an ongoing exercise.
Speak of the Devil…
I’m almost sure I mentioned one of these a few days ago.
(via Stan)Firefly goodness
The scripts for the last three unaired (but filmed and post-produced) Firefly episodes sold on Ebay for eight hundred bucks.
The cool part? The guy who bought them has turned around and posted the first one on the internet.
Great stuff. Enjoy.
Dusted
CNN.com – Put a stake in it: Gellar leaving ‘Buffy’.
Bears-cave.com – Eh. I never really though Gellar was the best part of that show… in a number of ways she was something I had to deal with in order to enjoy something else, so I wouldn’t be adverse to a spin-off.
That said, it’s been a great run (certainly one that will keep even minor recurring characters in pizza and beer for the rest of their lives even if they never work again, thanks to syndication) with some fantastic moments, and I’m looking forward to the next thing from both the cast and Whedon.
In other news, Firefly is still cancelled while Birds of Prey airs it’s 2-hour season (not series) finale this week.
Translation, there is no justice (or taste) in the television industry.
Random DVD Movie Bits
Road to Perdition and The Ring available for preorder or coming out RSN. Cool.
Also, someone mentioned (Stan?) that the BBC’s Neverwhere miniseries was going to be out on DVD soonish, but damned if I can find anything on it.
Animated you are, yes…
Picking up where Episode II left off, the saga of the Clone Wars will continue through animated shorts premiering this year from the Cartoon Network and Lucasfilm Ltd. Star Wars: Clone Wars will be a series of 20 animated shorts that will air on the Cartoon Network in 2003-2004 between other programming.
Helming this new series is Genndy Tartakovsky, the acclaimed creator of “Samurai Jack” and “Dexter’s Laboratory.” The episodic shorts will be two- to three-minutes in length and will air exclusively on Cartoon Network at regularly scheduled times beginning this fall.
Sadly, I’m considerably more interested in this than I am about Episode III, and I don’t even get cartoon network right now.
Nooooo….
BBspot – Man Hopes Episode III Doesn’t Ruin His Childhood
(Via Stan)Gloria Wilkens from Lucasfilms said, “Mr. Lucas realizes how important the films are to millions of fans around the globe and appreciates their concerns. That is why he’s taken even more control of Episode III than any of the other films.”