Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress  

[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.


DavidS - Apr 07, 2005 8:37:03 am PDT #5757 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

But I've read four of these, and it's a suspense/thriller. Should be marketed as such. It's scary with moments of funny, eerie, watch from the hallway moments. Lots of tension.

That's why they keep making the Silence of the Lambs comparison, I suppose.


aurelia - Apr 07, 2005 8:59:26 am PDT #5758 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

There's a brainstem in a jar of formaldehyde somewhere that Lucas should have hired to write for him.

Fair enough. I seriously wonder why he hasn't had Carrie Fisher reworking all his dialogue. She's good at that shit.


AnthonyDe - Apr 07, 2005 9:17:49 am PDT #5759 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.

I get that. There's a procedural aspect the way that Angel, or Buffy was procedural. Crime to be solved. Scooby Doo was procedural.

Procedural seems to have become a buzzword for a certain type of show, particularly C.I.S. I'd agree any show about law enforcement has to have a procedural aspect. Procedural to me has a scientific inference. You come up with an hypothesis and then follow certain procedures to prove or disprove that hypothesis.

To me it's interesting when they veer off procedure and use their gut instincts, street smarts and hunches. X-Files worked so well because there was a balance. Mulder believed, Scully was the skeptic. He went with feelings, she was procedural.

So if the Inside does not take that sterile scientific approach, I wouldn't even think of using the word procedural in the marketing. When WB first started marketing Buffy they said, "If you like X-Files, you'll love Buffy." That's what got me in. Not completely accurate but it worked. I'm all for comparisions, "If you liked Seven and Silence of the Lambs, you can't miss The Inside." What more do you need to to tell people?


§ ita § - Apr 07, 2005 9:19:13 am PDT #5760 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I love procedurals. CSI used to be one, in my estimation, NSM now. Waking the Dead is kinda one, I feel.


Allyson - Apr 07, 2005 9:29:36 am PDT #5761 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

There's also the Sin City noir aspect of it all.

Gah, I'm sorry for the constant shilling.

I'd love to do character descriptions and such, but I don't think that'd be okay. And I heard FOX was a little weirded out by my set report.

I'm thinking lately that I'm too invested. I explained to Kristen last night that we're usually jumping into promotion and such when the coffin nails are being hammered, and I'd rather gather the masses at the beginning if at all possible.

But you know, I just sound like craxyfen. Or a sycophant.

My head hurts.


msbelle - Apr 07, 2005 9:45:57 am PDT #5762 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

don't apologize for the shilling. I am excited for the show and happy to hear about it even a little bit.


Allyson - Apr 07, 2005 9:47:20 am PDT #5763 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Okay, but let me know if I get eyerolly about it all.


AnthonyDe - Apr 07, 2005 9:50:33 am PDT #5764 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.

But you know, I just sound like craxyfen. Or a sycophant.

That's ok, I don't know what either of those words mean. Stupid three syllable words.

Hmmm, noir. A genre overdue for a comeback. I'd like to see a contemporary noir type deal. That's really peaked my interest. Does that mean there's some narration? "The best view in LA, unless you're dead." More like Dragnet meets Silence of the Lambs.

Ok if it's not that, that would make a cool show. Then again I watched Ed O'Neil's Dragnet.


Vortex - Apr 07, 2005 10:15:01 am PDT #5765 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

allyson, I have a Tivo wishlist for Inside, I'm so excited. keep up the hype.


Kristen - Apr 07, 2005 10:47:57 am PDT #5766 of 10001

So if the Inside does not take that sterile scientific approach

Yeah. It's a lot of things. Sterile, not one of them.