Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
[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.
I saw a reference in a review today to "French-Canadian ingenue Dhavernas" and it took me aback, because I really know her only from WF, which, not so much with the ingenue.
Oh that reminds me that I wanted to email the B'more Sun film critic and recommend Wonderfalls to him because he was very taken with CD's performance in Breach. He called her something like a "find".
Is reckon not a common word, or something? Certainly, in my world, I hear it every day.
Deaths in Serenity - that all comes down to the original story structure of the movie. I have the earlier, 400 odd page version of the script kicking around, and in it Wash and Book never die. In fact, they make a joke about it near the end. Of course, the last 100 pages is just noise in it, I agree with Joss on that. Personally, I though Book's death worked, but Wash's death -- whilst it gave them some focus for 10 minutes, in terms of Zoe's character it just didn't work. They didn't have time in the format to examine emotions of characters like they did in TV. It was an attempt to make an action movie from a concept that wasn't entirely about action.
It was still one of my favourite films of 2005, but I can see where people can have issues with it -- I'm glad they didn't call it Firefly, because it wasn't.
I think that "reckon" is used more in the UK and Ireland than it is over here. (Unless you're being folksy.)
I believe that in the extras they talk about how in S2, Dr. Ron would write a book about Jaye, and I think that leads into a cult forming around her. As a result of that she's committed at the start of S3, and runs into the "Lovesick Ass" kid. Oh, and Sharon's pregnancy forces her to stop smoking.
I have great affection for Wonderfalls, and love showing it to people and watching them be charmed by it, but... I don't really wish it had continued. Apart from having qualms about some of the stuff they were planning... it's such a perfect little music box of a story as it is. I'm strongly in favor of endings. And I always prefer missing something to getting sick of it.
I can't really put my finger on why Firefly got stale/sour to me over time....I bet I could give you a hint.
...I bet I could give you a hint.
Do tell, Ms. Cryptic.
Well, I like to believe it's the same reason I didn't like it.
Wash's death didn't feel clichéd to me,
Me either. I shrieked "Tim!"
Wash's death certainly worked for me.
it's such a perfect little music box of a story as it is
Yes! I miss Jaye, and I really miss Aaron, but I kinda don't want what we had to be messed with.
I'm strongly in favor of endings. And I always prefer missing something to getting sick of it.
Oh yeah. Which is why I'm perfectly happy with the 13 episodes of it, as well. They worked.
I'd love another season in a world where such would be possible, but as it it's like having Buffy Season 1 as a complete and perfect thing without ever having to descend into the crap that bubbled up in the final seasons.