Doyce Testerman

Joss Interview — I believe it’s spoiler-free, for those living in DVD-time.

THR: What happened to the plans for the animated series?

Whedon: We just couldn’t find a home for (it). We had a great animation director, great visuals, six or seven hilarious scripts from our own staff — and nobody wanted it. I was completely baffled. I felt like I was sitting there with bags of money and nobody would take them from me. It was a question of people either not wanting it or not being able to put up the money because it was not a cheap show.

One thing I was very hard-line about was, I didn’t want people to see it if it looked like crap. I wanted it to be on a level with “Animaniacs” or “Batman: The Animated Series.” And that’s a little pricier. But I just don’t think it’s worth doing unless it’s beautiful to look at as well as fun.

144 episodes. Whew.

From Sci Fi Wire

Meanwhile, Fillion (who played Capt. Mal Reynolds) said that he is completing audio commentaries for the complete DVD set of the Fox series’ 15 produced episodes, including three that never aired. “I just finished commentary with Alan Tudyk [Wash] on ‘War Stories,’ an episode where he and I got tortured… and then, Monday, I go in to do audio commentary with Joss Whedon for ‘Serenity,’ the two-hour pilot.”
The DVD will also include on-camera interviews and maybe even some of Fillion’s own behind-the-scenes home video and photos.

He also mentions stuff about a Firefly movie directed and written by Joss, and some of the stuff that’s on the DVD.
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Related Whedonesque news: Buffy Season 4 DVD is out June 10th.

I’m going to call that seven years well-spent.
Damn. Great ending. Great beginning.
Oh, and a Strongbad reference in the very short spoiler section:

Continue reading “Buffy”

So this weekend marked something of a milestone.
Well, not really, it just felt like it.
[geeky gamer stuff lies ahead]

Continue reading “When worlds collide! impact? moosh together into a sort of weird amorphous goopy ball.”

One beef: the sounds for the fights weren’t as good as the first movie, or the theatre I was in isn’t as good as listening to the DVD on my headphones. Seems like in the first movie you heard each punch; in this one it’s a lot more muted.
Then again, there’s a LOT more punches to put in sound effects for in the sequel — that’s my impression anyway.
Oh, and related, mean-spirited, non-matrix thing:
Gina Torres (married to Lawrence F. in RL) must be a hell of a good cook. Damn.