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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.

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Tamara - Jan 24, 2008 9:14:27 am PST #9674 of 10001

You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

le nubian, I'll have to take your word for it. I didn't make it past the second episode.

Kevin, we know the cost per ep on Dollhouse? Really? Isn't any estimates on that premature?

I would like to think that Fox learned its lesson about Firefly, but I guess I could be wrong.

§ ita § - Jan 24, 2008 9:19:22 am PST #9675 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I really like how Daybreak worked around the obvious pitfalls of doing the same day over and over again. I stopped watching Prison Break because I didn't see how they were going to keep up. Well, and also because Wenty wasn't as naked as I'd have liked.

aurelia - Jan 24, 2008 9:33:59 am PST #9676 of 10001

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Wenty wasn't as naked as I'd have liked

Poor guy has to either live with long sleeves in a hot climate or spend hours in makeup getting tattoos applied. They should've run to Canada.

Kevin - Jan 24, 2008 9:40:18 am PST #9677 of 10001

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Tamara, the proposed license fee for Dollhouse was in the Variety announcement. I think. One of them, anyway.

ETA: That said I like to think FOX won't touch it inappropriately.

Tamara - Jan 24, 2008 10:03:36 am PST #9678 of 10001

You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

You don't have a link to that somewhere do you, Kevin? I can't find it on their site. I find the announcement and many mentions but not a license fee.

Nevermind. I found it. It was EW not Variety.

Is that really higher than Firefly?

Kevin - Jan 24, 2008 10:09:06 am PST #9679 of 10001

Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Firefly was circa $1.3m I believe. I *think* EW have lifted that figure from an interview with JW elsewhere and got it wrong. Unless I'm wrong.

Tamara - Jan 24, 2008 10:10:53 am PST #9680 of 10001

You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

I just found a Variety mention of that same $1.3M for Firefly and yet another mention of Dollhouse being $1.5M to $2.0M at THR.

So higher, but not twice as high. Seems about right five plus years later.

Strega - Jan 24, 2008 12:12:27 pm PST #9681 of 10001

I believe that's actually on the low side for a 1 hour drama.

brenda m - Jan 24, 2008 12:16:52 pm PST #9682 of 10001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Poor guy has to either live with long sleeves in a hot climate or spend hours in makeup getting tattoos applied. They should've run to Canada.

Or just get the freaking tattoos and have done with it.

Tamara - Jan 24, 2008 12:42:18 pm PST #9683 of 10001

You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

It looks like JJ Abrams' Fringe, also bought by Fox, has a $2M per ep license fee as well. I wonder if the sky is falling for that fandom as well?

Wasn't Buffy well over $2M an episode when it went to UPN?

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