'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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'm insanely proud of that Variety ad for Firefly, though. I regretted it for some time, but got over that issue pretty recently.
As you should be.
I know. I'm expecting Joss to post any minute now saying, "I killed Wash, and I'd do it again."
"But maybe next time I'll lose the blogger."
How many swayable potential movie viewers read Variety? That's what I don't get about the ad. You want to reach my next door neighbour and convince them to watch it, not poke at industry people.
How many swayable potential movie viewers read Variety? That's what I don't get about the ad. You want to reach my next door neighbour and convince them to watch it, not poke at industry people.My guess is, they're not even looking at it from that POV. My guess is they're thinking they'll be able to show "industry people" that there's great support for the movie, completely forgetting any support that doesn't filter money through the box office (etc.) and into Universal's pockets is never going to be seen as support by anyone in the industry.
A friend just told me "It's weird when fans name themselves."
"Uh, D, I'm a Buffista."
"I know!" she said. "But that's different somehow!"
"Because we don't have a dress code?"
"That could be it."
Why do I hear NF as ita and GT as the friend?
I don't know. Clearly you're delusional. The part of ita is always played by GT.
Cindy is right. I just read it again swapping the roles and replacing 'D' with 'Sir', works much better that way.
Orson Scott Card calls Serenity the best science fiction movie ever. [link] (The link might be Slashdotted).
This is an interesting aspect of Joss' writing which has been on my mind:
Well, not only is Serenity about something, it's also extremely well written. Joss Whedon has invented a kind of weird future slang that is still perfectly intelligible but is different, with snatches of foreign languages and obsolete English words that make it clear that it's not ordinary English they're speaking.
The effect of this -- at least in Whedon's deft hands -- is to allow himself something of the kind of heroic language that was possible for Shakespeare -- and for Tolkien. It allows him to be eloquent.
And then he turns around and deliberately clanks with some humorously abrupt language that makes us laugh for the sheer startlement of it. Just as Shakespeare did, when he'd drop from blank verse to the funny coarseness of comic prose.
This is one reason why Joss' writing appeals so much to me. He's very sensitive and attentive to language in a way that few TV or Film writers are (maybe Sorkin and Palladino). He's very conscious about creating a particularly rich metaphoric bed for his work, whether it's based in an entirely made up SoCal teenspeak, or a far future amalgam of 19th century tropes / tech speak /Chinese.
It's a taste thing, though. My sister likes Buffy well enough, but can't watch it because of the way they speak. I can't see her ever getting to like Firefly, since it's much more alien.
He's very sensitive and attentive to language in a way that few TV or Film writers are (maybe Sorkin and Palladino).
David Milch (and the other Deadwood writers) has this going on in spades. As do most of the Wire writers. And that's why I can't bring myself to budget out the HBO.
Speaking of Deadwood on-topically--the scientist woman in the signal video thingy was the evil tutor on last season's Deadwood. Creepy!