I think some of the ensemble detail is out on the interweb already, Fay - I'll dig.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
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.
Kevin - Nov 01, 2007 8:07:48 am PDT #7252 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Simon - Nov 01, 2007 8:10:10 am PDT #7253 of 10001
Tim answers three questions from TimMinear.net -- a.k.a., me.
Smashing. Something new to link to.
Jessica - Nov 01, 2007 8:11:38 am PDT #7254 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Here is a post that explains my trepidation with this premise:
Either Joss Whedon has discovered a hitherto entirely un-evidenced capacity for self-examination, and this is the most meta show ever conceived, or it's exactly what it looks like. It's everything that was ever wrong with Firefly and Angel and even Buffy all rolled into one horrible package. It's like--like--if he was thinking to himself, Self, isn't it a terrible shame that River's child-like confusion and horrific abuse history and Buffy's control by the Watchers and Inara's space-whore-ness had to be divided up among three characters? Wouldn't it be great if we could roll that all into one big ball of my issues with women? And put it on Fox?
Stephanie - Nov 01, 2007 8:14:16 am PDT #7255 of 10001
Trust my rage
What I'm wondering is how the audience is supposed to engage and give a damn about Eliza's character, since it sounds like the premise is that she doesn't have a character. That's going to be fun for Eliza as an actor, but it's going to be damn tricky to engage the audience's affections if your gateway character is returned to blank slate every episode and has her personality reset.
But part of it is that she's starting to gain awareness, correct? I think the other blank slate characters could be very boring, but Echo is supposed to be unique because she's starting to remember stuff. TO me, it reminds me most of La Femme Nikita, but with only a certain percentage of ass-kicking.
shrift - Nov 01, 2007 8:14:29 am PDT #7256 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I don't have enough information to be scared of anything yet.
I have enough things turning me into a seething ball of feminist rage right now without borrowing trouble before anything even hits my TV screen, therefore I am cautiously optimistic.
Kristen - Nov 01, 2007 8:17:12 am PDT #7257 of 10001
shrift is me. I think I'd like to, you know, see something before I make a judgment call on this premise.
lisah - Nov 01, 2007 8:21:45 am PDT #7258 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I think I'd like to, you know, see something before I make a judgment call on this premise.
Seriously.
Jesse - Nov 01, 2007 8:24:32 am PDT #7259 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think you can judge the premise without pre-judging the product, really.
Dana - Nov 01, 2007 8:24:35 am PDT #7260 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm not making a judgment call. I'm just having thoughts. I don't think anyone has said "this show will suck" or "I will not watch this show."
P.M. Marc - Nov 01, 2007 8:25:40 am PDT #7261 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think I'd like to, you know, see something before I make a judgment call on this premise.
Eh, I just like to have a starting baseline going in, y'know? That way, I'm not blindsided by Feminist Rage Issues like I was with Heroes. I can set my expectations to low, and be pleased whenever it exceeds them.