But the fact that they're finally recognizing that you can't just preempt willy-nilly until November and still count those ratings? If they'd done the same thing for FF, I bet you money we'd have gotten more than 11 eps. They're carrying baseball, that's not a surprise. So either start the shows in Nov., like they did with X-Files for a while, or take October off. But tell people, and don't fuck with it the way they did with FF. It's not rocket science.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
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.
brenda m - Sep 29, 2005 7:44:17 pm PDT #5221 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
evil jimi - Sep 29, 2005 8:38:01 pm PDT #5222 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
The Age gives Serenity another good review. Interestingly, the reviewer closes her review with this: "Serenity has some busy action-adventure sequences, and CGI dogfights that have a touch of Star Wars Lite about them. Although they're capably done, they tend to detract from the pleasure of the film: this is a rich, tricky, smart and complex compression of past, present and future worlds, a creative enterprise given a welcome extension of life on the big screen."
Volans - Sep 30, 2005 12:09:01 am PDT #5223 of 10001
move out and draw fire
You. All. Suck.
My movie options are The 40-year-old Virgin and Stygian Water, which, while a cool translation of the title, is still NOT SERENITY.
(unsubscribing, although not flouncing. Enjoy the movie, gang!)
Emily - Sep 30, 2005 3:18:31 am PDT #5224 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Am I right in thinking Serenity's only playing at one DC-area theater?
KernelM - Sep 30, 2005 3:22:06 am PDT #5225 of 10001
Ankh-Morpork Watchman, Dreamer, Scooby, Minister of Grace, Still Flyin' in a Zoo2 World
Seems to be playing at most of the big multiplexes in DC according to Fandango?
askye - Sep 30, 2005 3:43:16 am PDT #5226 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Anyone watch this week's Bones on Fox? At the end of the ep, they announced that the series was going on hiatus until the end of baseball.
I think Fox is putting everything on hiatus. I know House is on hiatus until baseball is over. I guess they are doing a sort of scaled down version of what SCI FI does in the fall.
Emily - Sep 30, 2005 3:57:44 am PDT #5227 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yeah, I checked again. Looks like it was just that they weren't all listing it yet when I checked on Tuesday. Hmm, dilemma!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 30, 2005 4:11:55 am PDT #5228 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Good review, the best I've seen yet -- but then Zacharek is admittedly a Firefly fan.
She had one interesting comment on why, despite how good she thought the movie was, she felt a little unsatisfied because watching SERENITY was akin to seeing a movie adaption of a novel she loved.
askye - Sep 30, 2005 4:15:55 am PDT #5229 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I'm worried that's how I'm going to feel.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 30, 2005 4:16:12 am PDT #5230 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Solid positive review from Ebert: [link]
ETA, as these things probably will be, it's a bit spoilery.