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Saturday, January 17, 2004 6:25 AM

Today was quite a dreary day...

Okay... Backup a sec... I live in San Francisco, and my day job takes me out to Alcatraz Island daily. And if you think it sounds kinda cool, your kinda right. I get to go to a very notorious place every day, I have full run of the island, and it's a great work environment. Except... It's not. It's a former prison. It's dreary, it's bleak and when you are isolated on an island 8-10 hours a day you start to go a little nuts. (I can only imagine what Capone, The Birdman and the likes felt...)

Anyway...

I did a little re-write on the Firefly: Orpheus pilot again today. Trying to solidify a few relationships and punch up the action.

Say what you will about FOX for canceling a slam bang show, but the truth of the matter is - you need a little action. I'm not saying that Firefly didn;t have enough action, in fact I found the balance of character development, dialogue and action to be near perfect. But I can see why the "suits" thought action was an important selling tool. As I re-read my pilot script I realize more and more how I need to rearrange, punch up the action and balance it out with how I develop the relationships between the characters.

So I leave you with this tidbit. "Firefly: Orpheus" will follow the crew of the Firefly vessel Orpheus. They are led by a con man, hustler and gambler named Jonah Boone.

And as for the name, as I've had a few comments not sure about the sound of "Orpheus", I struggled, worried it would bring Keanu Reeves in leather to mind - but decided that because of the theme of the show "Orpheus" was exactly what I wanted to convey.

First person to post the theme and it's relationship to the name "Orpheus" gets a cookie.

And bonus cookies for those who post the relationship to the Joss' established verse that "Orpheus" has.

More to come...

Now I'm home, I'm tired, I played a little party poker while I wait for a new animation test to finish rendering, but I thought I'd post an image of the new textures on the Orpheus. Once again, props to fireflyfan.net user Biotech for the suberb model.

http://fof-films.com/EasterEggs/fireflyrender

Give me a shout out and let me know what you think of the tease.

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