I think you can eventually live down toe nudity.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
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
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.
Tim Minear - Aug 19, 2006 2:30:11 pm PDT #991 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
The commentary makes you cry? Jesus. The commentary on "Billy" makes me cry. What were we thinking?
Aims - Aug 19, 2006 2:44:13 pm PDT #992 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"Suckers"?
It's my favorite ep, too.
SailAweigh - Aug 19, 2006 2:47:33 pm PDT #993 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I don't remember the commentary for OoG, but, yeah, definitely my favorite episode.