Mal ,'Shindig'
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Oh. Gosh.
The most inteersting thing about this series is that, while it shows ordinary citizens who are persuaded to participate in an illegal cross-country race for a $32 million prize, all the actors' in-car scenes will be shot in front of green screens.
I'm not saying that the technical stuff isn't neat, but.... is that really the most interesting thing about the show? If so, maybe the promo spots should just be about the greenscreening.
Strega, I thought the same thing. Technically interesting, but the most interesting thing? Huh.
Oh, that Cynthia wasn't me. That's funny, because it's something I've done in the past.
People wrote Dickens' hundreds of letters asking him to spare Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop. Crowds greeted each ship to America bringing new installments, often asking if Little Nell still lived. People sobbed openly about her death. So Tim is a lot like Dickens. Also, neither of them ever worked on Buffy.
But Tim's name never ended up half starred out on the Buffy board. Oh, for the days, of Charles ****ens, Alfred Hitch****, and my personal favorite, **** Cheney.
Jackal spotted this in Variety:
"Following "Prison Break's" finale in February, action drama "Drive" takes over in Monday's opening hour. Skein, about a cross-country road race, is slotted well here opposite female fare on the other nets and looks to be the net's best shot at a scripted entry from this season to carry over to next fall."
Clearly they forgot to mention the show's best selling point is green screen, though.
Have people never filmed scenes in cars before now?
Sure, usually when they're being towed on a trailer. Easy to do at slower speeds, but I imagine since this is a race it would be very hard to tow at the speeds required to have the scenery zipping by in real time.
I never got into Prison Break. Is that typically the hour before 24? I mean, I think it must be, but my head can scarce handle it.
Yes, it is, Cindy. Or, for me, the hour before Heroes.
Have people never filmed scenes in cars before now?
Not since Police Squad.
I may never forgive him for changing the end of Great Expectations, but then again, that experience seems awfully similar to the way writers now often have to bend to pressure from their higher-ups.
At least most editions of GE include both endings. TV writers usually don't have the luxury of getting their original unfettered-by-higher-ups-interference script filmed. Although when they do (and here's another parallel) it ends up as an extra on the DVD.