The film.
In this instance, I'm led to understand they're one and the same.
I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!
Willow ,'Showtime'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2007 10:45:59 am PST #3852 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ginger - Feb 01, 2007 10:52:17 am PST #3853 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Considering the oft-repeated criticism of the Firefly promos, I don't think it's necessarily obvious to everyone that Tim and Kristen have anything to do with the promos.
Cass - Feb 01, 2007 10:53:38 am PST #3854 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Frank, the best way I can describe it is that there are threads of Tim's work all through it. I think that Melanie Linski's storyline has this sort of Kaylee-innocence/Wonderfalls adorableness about it.
There's a non-linear Out of Gas element to the series, as well.
And then there are the sort of drama desperate redemption threads running through all of them, with some of the darkness of Angel-smothering-Wesley-with-a-pillow betrayals and an army of Virgil Websters manipulating the teams.
So it seems like this is a culmination of Minearesque elements.This is the best description of the show that I have heard. I would like to see this show.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2007 10:55:28 am PST #3855 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think it's necessarily obvious to everyone that Tim and Kristen have anything to do with the promos.
I agree it's not obvious, and that I even may have been the first person to mention that the show's writers were responsible for the promos, but this post makes it my third time today.
Ginger - Feb 01, 2007 10:57:20 am PST #3856 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It may be obvious now, but I don't think it was when people first started commenting on the promos.
Polter-Cow - Feb 01, 2007 10:58:12 am PST #3857 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Considering the oft-repeated criticism of the Firefly promos, I don't think it's necessarily obvious to everyone that Tim and Kristen have anything to do with the promos.
Yeah, I had no idea they were responsible. I don't think that's common at all, is it? The only other promos I've heard are actually done by the show people are for Supernatural.
This is the best description of the show that I have heard. I would like to see this show.
It does sound especially more awesome now.
bon bon - Feb 01, 2007 11:05:08 am PST #3858 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
but this post makes it my third time today.
I assumed you meant that the dialogue was written by Drive staff, as it would be for scenes in any other promo. Like Polter I'm not familiar with promos being cut by the show in-house.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2007 11:05:37 am PST #3859 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If the promos did a bad job of representing the style of the show, then it's a black mark against the people that wrote said promos, who are the same writers who are writing the show.
Hmmm? I thought the networks did the promos (hence all the comments about the WB's and UPN's promo creators being on the monkey crack back in the day).
eta and I see my question already got answered. Huh. I totally missed when ita said that.
Aims - Feb 01, 2007 11:06:25 am PST #3860 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
In my experience, more often than not, the promos aren't even cut by the networks themselves, but by post-production and promo companies that they hire out of house to do the launch. At least at first.
Vortex - Feb 01, 2007 11:10:33 am PST #3861 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I gotta be honest, I don't like where this is going. I totally understand the potential to take any criticism of the show personally, as some people know the writers, etc. personally. I am worried that people will not feel comfortable expressing their true opinons.