Jackal... Jesus christ. I loved that. Like, a lot. That made me want to watch The Inside again.
Also, having gained some distance on The Inside, I have to say I loved the character arcs as a whole, and as a character drama (by which I mean the focus on the core characters) thought it worked supremely well. I thought the more stand alone episodes sometimes struggled - example, I think Perfect Couple just really didn't work at all. Also still disagree with Tim and think Loneliest Number hangs together well. Final episode was my overall favourite.
I'm wondering if we'll see the likes of The Inside and Wonderfalls sold online in this new fancy Fox Direct2Drive movie and TV initiative.
Link:
How cool are those fan videos? I love that.
Okay, so for those who care about such things, looks I'm going to be at the Worldcon in Anaheim on these dates for these panels:
Wed 8/23 4:00 PM
Title: WHY DOESN'T SF SEEM TO LAST ON TV?
Sat 8/26 2:30 PM
Title: RUNNING TV SHOWS
Sat 8/26 5:30 PM
Title: CRAFTING THE WHEDON-VERSE
Is the pilot for
Drive
all finished and stuff?
Can I see it?
Ooh, Tim at WorldCon! I just hope that the two of the panels I'll be on-site for don't conflict with other stuff I want to/have to do.
(Plus, Tim and JMS and one of the Who writers at the con. Eep!)
No.
Behave.
Sorry, I'm just anticipatory.
(Plus, Tim and JMS and one of the Who writers at the con. Eep!)
Oh, which one? Not that I really kept track of the
Who
writers beyond Russell T. Davies and wossname who wrote the "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances." Steven Moffat!
The pilot is done-ish (the network delivery version). I'll let ya know when I know anything that's fit for publication.
Cool! The script was a great read. I enjoyed the colorful stage directions. Or...what do you call them in teleplays? Some of them were character notes, but others were describing the camera and the way we, the audience, were seeing (and interpreting) things.
I wonder which version you read, Polter-Cow. Not that it changed that much as we went. Those are called stage directions, screen direction or just plain prose.
The four minutes on the road early in the piece -- one continuous shot which goes from car-to-car -- was about a million dollars. Not that anyone will notice, the Zoic fx are that good.
