Can someone define "upfronts" for me?
The networks present their season for the following year. You see which pilots get picked up, and which shows are being canceled.
I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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.
DavidS - May 13, 2006 7:25:53 am PDT #41 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Spidra Webster - May 13, 2006 7:32:32 am PDT #42 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Thanks muchly, Hec.
Kristen - May 13, 2006 8:26:43 am PDT #43 of 10001
any news on Gilmore Girls?
I'd read that it was a lock for next season. Then again, I also read that The Wedding Album was DOA at FBC and it got ordered so, who knows?
Polter-Cow - May 13, 2006 8:28:14 am PDT #44 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just read the Gilmore Girls interview, and couldn't actually believe how some of the questions were phrased by Ausiello.. I'd of hung up on 'em.
I also took away, "Wow, Amy Sherman-Palladino is kind of bitchy, eh?"
AnthonyDe - May 13, 2006 12:10:03 pm PDT #45 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.
I was an extra on the last two eps. of Invasion. I had an interesting conversation on the set with another extra. She was saying how the canon (not sure if that's the word I'm looking for) of[ alien spirits merging with humans to form a hybrid race is essentially the same as scientology. ]
So if that's true, the question is did the scientologists have something to do with the creation of the show or the squashing of it?
Kristen - May 13, 2006 12:27:51 pm PDT #46 of 10001
Maybe Shaun was inspired by conversations with Parker Stevenson.
In seriousness, I thought the foundation of Scientology is that we all already have the dead alien living inside our heads. We just need to spend lots of time and money to learn how to make the alien work for us. Which is very different from Invasion's canon of the aliens (which we're not even sure are aliens) killing off the human and replacing it with a hybrid clone.
Topic!Cindy - May 13, 2006 12:51:27 pm PDT #47 of 10001
What is even happening?
Good luck getting a dead alien to work. I've had one for years, and I can't do a thing with it.
AnthonyDe - May 13, 2006 12:54:51 pm PDT #48 of 10001
A One that isn't cold, is scarcely A One at all.
I think according to the scientologists we are the descendants of the hybrids.
I don't watch Invasion but from what they told us I believe the lights [that float down are the souls. Again, I don't watch but if that's the case and the result is a hybrid that would seem to be a pretty significant similarity. I'd imagine they might even pursue it further because their secret is out now and a way to cover their odd behavior and even get a degree of protection would be under the guise of a religion.]
Kristen - May 13, 2006 1:15:25 pm PDT #49 of 10001
Huh. Maybe they're going to reveal that in the next ep because, up until now, I don't think there's been a single reference to the lights being "souls." If so, then Invasion would be a lot like the origin story of Scientology. Then again, The Matrix could be seen as a lot like Scientology, too.
Sadly, with the cancellation, I don't think we'll ever know the answer.
ETA: Cindy, I think you need to spend six figures before the alien starts working for you.
Frankenbuddha - May 13, 2006 1:17:16 pm PDT #50 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
50!
Yeah, that's pretty much all I got.
Is this really going to stay the thread name?