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Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers  

TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.


Topic!Cindy - Aug 10, 2009 6:46:34 pm PDT #1866 of 5827
What is even happening?

erika, what's this about your ROOKIE TV WRITING EFFORT? I'm so woefully behind, I can only be called "Buffista" because I still remember my password.

That whole TV writing thing? Not as easy as it looks. Making my rookie attempt, I salute the people who do it well, and sadly? It'll even be a little harder to say "Dude, I could do better than that!" in future. Which is too bad; I *loved* doing that. But, you know, omelette, eggs, yada, yada, yada.

Recapping cured me of a lot of that, right quick. I mean, if I can't make it interesting when the story is already there for me, then I should shut the hell up. I don't, but that's because they pay me to be wordy, but in the lands of should, I would.


erikaj - Aug 10, 2009 7:29:42 pm PDT #1867 of 5827
Always Anti-fascist!

If I get my way, I won't have to do that anymore(But when have I ever got my way? The twelfth of never, mostly.) Cindy, I'm writing a spec. But I'm a total newb, so it may never come to anything. But TV-writing? Not easy. But it does work my freakish knack for mimicry.


Kevin - Aug 10, 2009 10:00:36 pm PDT #1868 of 5827
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Oh, I'm not saying I could do better. I judge TV purely on if I'm being entertained; that's what I'm paying people in adverts and DVD to do for me.

Joss wrote a screenplay called Afterlife back in the early 90s, it's about a secret illegal underground (literally) mind wiping and personality transfer operation. Ping me if anybody wants a copy, it's fun comparing early Joss.


Kristen - Aug 11, 2009 10:00:57 am PDT #1869 of 5827

That whole TV writing thing? Not as easy as it looks.

If it makes you feel any better, it does eventually get easier in some ways.


erikaj - Aug 11, 2009 10:05:47 am PDT #1870 of 5827
Always Anti-fascist!

Oh, I'm sure. I'm just at square one, for one.


Jars - Aug 14, 2009 1:27:59 pm PDT #1871 of 5827

We got the extra ep on regular tv over here (not that I knew it was an extra ep until I'd watched it and felt safe to come in here).

That was a damn fine episode. It seems like the start of the season and the end of the season are two completely different shows. And where do they go from there?

I was pretty much ready to stop watching after the first two episodes, and I only really kept with it 'cause I'd already set my tivo and I'm hell of lazy. Glad I did though...


Laga - Aug 19, 2009 10:37:20 am PDT #1872 of 5827
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I saved all four discs from Netflix because D said he might want to watch the whole series after he'd seen the unaired pilot. Well he watched it and said the show was crap. I tried to suck him in with Alan Tudyk but he walked out of the room before the big reveal. I told him what the big reveal was and he still wasn't interested.

So I sent all four discs back and completely forgot to watch the bonus episode. sigh. I think I'm going to go through the rigamarole of adding all the discs back on and deleting the first three just so I can watch that damn episode.


§ ita § - Aug 19, 2009 10:55:01 am PDT #1873 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think I'm going to go through the rigamarole of adding all the discs back on and deleting the first three just so I can watch that damn episode.

Or you could just go to the Dollhouse Season 1 page and add only the last disc.


omnis_audis - Aug 19, 2009 11:32:43 am PDT #1874 of 5827
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Or you could just go to the Dollhouse Season 1 page and add only the last disc
That's what I just did.


Laga - Aug 19, 2009 11:37:27 am PDT #1875 of 5827
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

doh! I will apply this helpful information next time I only want to add one disc of a series.