Reanimator is on TV tonight here. Wasn't Tim an AD on it or some such?
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
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 - Aug 19, 2006 4:58:59 am PDT #981 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Jackal - Aug 19, 2006 5:25:03 am PDT #982 of 10001
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
I thought that looked familiar when I saw it in the TV guide. Consider it Sky +'d.
Tim Minear - Aug 19, 2006 7:33:48 am PDT #983 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
I was a production assistant. Actually, a non-paid intern. I was 19 or 20. When Jeff Combs first breaks into the morgue and looks at toe-tags, I'm "malpractice." I was young, so toe nudity happened.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2006 7:41:25 am PDT #984 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think you can eventually live down toe nudity.
Strega - Aug 19, 2006 11:03:13 am PDT #985 of 10001
I went to the comic shop and got the latest Casanova, among other things. This is a little bit of the backmatter -- Matt Fraction talking about how he wrote the script:
And I'd gank what I could from my favorite episode of the late, lamented show FIREFLY by Joss Whedon and Tim Minear.
There's an episode called OUT OF GAS. In it, a thing on the titular spaceship our intrepid heroes travel on breaks, leaving them more or less OUT OF GAS.
And it opens with our main intrepid hero bleeding to death in a de-powered, dark, and otherwise abandoned ship. Then the credits come up.
BEST! OPEN! EVER!
What follows is a story that's fractured into three timelines, each one feeding into and informing the next. It's a bit of narrative bravura, a piece of writing that's pure art for art's sake and I know that, as a novice, I learned a hell of a lot from studying it some. So we interwove between Cass' three faces in some kind of... retardedly obscure tribute to OUT OF GAS.
In interviews, he's also talked about looking at Buffy & Angel for inspiration in balancing episodic stories with arcs.
Tim Minear - Aug 19, 2006 12:19:37 pm PDT #986 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
Wow, that's kinda cool.
From toe-nudity to retarded tributes. Life is just a windy adventure.
Okay. Strega, I read that six times. It's actually wicked cool.
Strega - Aug 19, 2006 12:51:21 pm PDT #987 of 10001
I thought so, too! If I'd known, I'd have gotten another copy.
Cashmere - Aug 19, 2006 1:28:57 pm PDT #988 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I can't watch Out of Gas with the commentary any more. It makes me cry.
Cashmere - Aug 19, 2006 1:29:03 pm PDT #989 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
msbelle - Aug 19, 2006 1:51:30 pm PDT #990 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
favorite episode ever.