Saturday, July 23, 2005

I was watching Firefly on disc. Is it just me, or do the acts sometimes just go flying off in an entirely new direction from the previous act?

I've watched maybe half the episodes, and I have no idea what the template is. No idea what a "typical" Firefly episode is. No idea what the flavors of the acts are.

That's good and I also see why that made it harder to get an audience. It's good because you really don't know what's coming. Even on Buffy you could figure out where the episode had to go. There were surprises (he killed Jenny Calendar!!!!) but the act structure was fairly normal.

That means the story is more involving. You can't complete the story in your head. You really have to pay attention.

(Oh, yeah, and the dialog and editing are awesomely great.)

It also means that the audience has no idea what they're going to get. Very hard to get an audience that way. They know when they tune into Law and Order that in the first two acts the cops are going to catch someone, and then in the second two acts the DA's are going to put them away. They can just let the legalese wash over them like a warm bath. With the Joss, you don't have a clue what's coming.

I'm glad he's got a movie coming up. I wonder if he'll get a show after that? It's a much more ambitious show than Angel or Buffy, I think. Experimental and challenging. Can't wait for September.

9:59 PM

3 Comments:

its actually going to be a trilogy (yay!)


And all the swearing is in Chinese!

By  Jason Sanders, at 3:27 AM  

Jason's right. The actors are signed to a three picture deal. (They'll make more if the first does well.) After/during that, Whedon has the Wonder Woman movie to do. He's writing that now.

No telling when he makes it back to TV. My understanding is that he still owes 20th Century Fox one more show, as part of a three show deal with them (of which Angel and Firefly were the first two). I think he had that deal frozen so he could spend some time making movies.

It would be nice to get more TV from him, but I wouldn't expect to see anything until after Wonder Woman. (Unless the Fox Network suddenly goes "Firefly! What a great idea. Let's make more!")

By  Erik, at 1:18 PM  

I hope they (FoX) don't try to force a crappy show out of Mutant Enemy, that would really suck...



I believe Universal owns the Firefly rights now, since their making their movie. Anyone have any info on this?

By  Jason Sanders, at 2:34 PM  

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