Whoa mama, this quote from that link has me wondering a lot at what's coming, and PSYCHED!, and I'll white font because even if Tim said it, it is potentially spoilery if you've seen the movie referenced: Producer Tim Minear compares Alex Tully to Viggo Mortensen's character in A History of Violence
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 12, 2007 2:47:28 pm PDT #5137 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Polter-Cow - Apr 12, 2007 2:49:33 pm PDT #5138 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I haven't seen that movie yet, but it puts Nathan's comment at WonderCon ("Let's just say he wasn't always a landscaper...") into perspective.
Zenkitty - Apr 12, 2007 4:08:20 pm PDT #5139 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Suddenly, even more interested. I really liked that movie.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 12, 2007 5:24:37 pm PDT #5140 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I haven't seen that movie yet
Do so. Even if Cronenberg's not your usual cup o'poison, it's a fascinating piece of work, and far less "squishy" than his more extreme stuff.
Strega - Apr 12, 2007 7:27:00 pm PDT #5141 of 10001
We just watched the first ep. It was fun! And not just because of the times I could exclaim, "Ooo, I was there when they filmed this bit!"
And Tim, if you're out there: the guy who plays Richard Patrakas is brilliant.
Polter-Cow - Apr 12, 2007 7:31:18 pm PDT #5142 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Tim is always out there. He's like the truth that way.
Pix - Apr 12, 2007 7:32:24 pm PDT #5143 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Strega, thank you for just posting that. You just reminded me to set my Tivo season pass.
jengod - Apr 12, 2007 9:44:27 pm PDT #5144 of 10001
Wait, what? That wasn't Richard Patrakas was it? I thought that was a race apparatchik who was bailing out Wendy so she could get back on the road, right?
And the good news is that Tim's legendary work on Buffy is given it's due in the USA Today review! (Hee)
And if I can find the letter, I'll totally transcribe it here. But at the moment I have no idea where it is. Kristin's office maybe, or my house maybe, or possibly the circular file. But it is really adorable. Vintage Tim.
Kevin - Apr 12, 2007 10:01:34 pm PDT #5145 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Drivee! Tonight! ish!
Sue - Apr 13, 2007 3:38:53 am PDT #5146 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Alan Sepinwall weighs in on Drive:
It's a mixed review, mostly because he wonders how the show can sustain an extended arc. He also spends quite a bit of time on Tim's bad track record with shows on Fox.
Fox's new drama "Drive," about the contestants in an illegal, high-stakes road race across America, seems to have less long-term potential than all the other serialized rookies, but that doesn't matter, because it's a Tim Minear show and will probably be canceled in four to five weeks.
Minear's a talented writer and producer, don't get me wrong, and he's been a key backstage figure for some good-to-great TV shows over the last few years: the better seasons of the "Buffy" spin-off "Angel"; the cult classic outer space western "Firefly"; the eccentric do-gooder dramedy "Wonderfalls," and the FBI criminal profiling drama "The Inside."
It's just that he kills shows dead -- or, rather, that Fox does.
For the last few years, Minear has been involved in a financially lucrative but sado-masochistic relationship with Fox, producing these shows, then handing them off to the network, where they'll suffer a quick, ignoble death in an out-of-the-way timeslot.