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Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
I've never seen them use "original" to describe Galactica, except as in "original programming," since it is, after all, a remake.
I'd love a link to the press release that caused all the outrage, though, if it's still around. The only one I've found is from April 2002, in which they (questionably) describe the 1970's series as ground-breaking and innovative.
The only one I've found is from April 2002, in which they (questionably) describe the 1970's series as ground-breaking and innovative.
Had any scifi movie or TV show featured a robot dog before?
Found an article that contains it (It's in the gray box):
ETA: On re-read, it still ticks me off. Whether he was developing this before Firefly or not, the fact that he claims "this has never been done before in Sci-Fi" and most of his points are things Firefly was doing/had just done makes him sound like a pompous ass, regardless of whether he decided to do this before Firefly aired or not.
Had any scifi movie or TV show featured a robot dog before?
Doctor Who.
I guess I believed the SFX guys whenthey were interviewed about the effects in Firefly. They were saying Joss was pushing them to be sloppier, and it really helped that he was open to that.
Then the same team did the BSG miniseries sfx and the BSG press mentioned above kind of made me twitch.
Another way to challenge the audience visually will be our extensive use of the multi-split screen format. By combining multiple angles during dogfights, for example, we will be able to present an entirely new take on what has become a tired and familiar sequence that has not changed materially since George Lucas established it in the mid 1970s.
Hey! He totally didn't do that! I want my multi-split screen dogfights, dammit!
I can't make the link work, and it's ticking me off (that I can't link, not that there's anything wrong with it. Just to be clear). Making me twitch, even. I want to see the article. It's working for others?
the fact that he claims "this has never been done before in Sci-Fi" and most of his points are things Firefly was doing/had just done makes him sound like a pompous ass, regardless of whether he decided to do this before Firefly aired or not.
I believe that this was an internal memo, not intended for outside release. It's the memo mentioned in that NYT piece.
eta:
It's working for others?
It works for me.
Worked for me.
::checks::
Still works, using Firefox 1.0.6
Damn. I'm usually the queen of links working for me when they don't for others. Knocked me off my high linking horse. I'll make it work. I swear I will...