I use such a mishmash of buffista, Buffy, and Firefly lingo it's a wonder anyone can understand me.
ION, catching up on BSG tonight. OMG Badger! (Slightly different accent, still totally slimy. Love.)
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 use such a mishmash of buffista, Buffy, and Firefly lingo it's a wonder anyone can understand me.
ION, catching up on BSG tonight. OMG Badger! (Slightly different accent, still totally slimy. Love.)
ION, catching up on BSG tonight. OMG Badger! (Slightly different accent, still totally slimy. Love.)
His accent on BSG was a remarkably authentic Irish accent; it was from north Dublin. Which makes it kind of a shame he used it on BSG.
Was it? He has family in Ireland, doesn't he?
There was a hilarious video blog on Scifi's BSG website - there is something about his voice that makes everything he says sound conspiratorial.
Yeah, it's the same accent Colin Farrell and, say, the characters in The Commitments have. My brother and I were really taken with how good it was because it's so... regional.
Someone wrote an essay about how the fans saved Firefly, and I think I'm the cynical bad guy.
Okay, so I am cynical.
Just a little.
Okay, a lot.
BUT I AM ALSO RIGHT.
shakes fist
GET OFFA MY LAWN.
I personally think Allyson is just absolutely pragmatic on this point (in a very insightful way). Universal could have given 2 cents over pretty much anything the fans did, except buy DVD's in such large quantities that they saw an opportunity to make some money by making a movie.
Some People also seem to believe that "Star Trek" came back to the big screen because of conventions and fan belief (the write in campaign did help at the time it was on the air, but it was a very different day). It had more to do with the ratings the original show got in syndication, and the fact that "Star Wars" was a box office smash. The companies that make these shows are in it for the money, and there's far more to be made by having my grandma (or other non sci-fi person) sit and watch Star Trek 4 than by making "Fan Favorite" movies. They want them to be popular.
Universal had Serenity in production long before the Firefly DVDs even came out.
What I'm struck by is that Allyson's book is already the subject of an academic paper, even before it's out. I expect dissertations eventually.
Hee. To be clear, I think the quotes they use from you are fine in that article, Allyson, because you are, in my opinion at least, right.
It took me several attempts to watch "Done The Impossible" all the way through, and it still makes me a little crazy that a movie studio's marketing department have actually written history. Everybody thinks a fan marketing campaign lead to Serenity. In reality, I don't remember fans even asking for a movie.
That Allyson. She's so greedy. Wanting money when the Done The Impossible folks are contributing to charity.