Australians
POSTED BY: Jumpy
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:42
VIEWED: 39310
PAGE 5 of 11
Ch7 is the hip crowd - Alias, Buffy, Dark Angel...
... I dunno... would you call us the hip crowd or the 'cult crowd'? Because I know few sane people who would stay up as late as we (are forced to) do to get our 'fix' ... :)
But hey, nobody ever said that cult was bad. The way I see it, 'cult' is the word they use for great shows that were (a) perhaps too clever and smart, intelligent and funny for their own good, or (b) good shows that weren't promoted well enough or (c) both of the above.
Firefly starts soon...
'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I bought (Australian) Empire this arvo, and was perusing when I found this...
===== =====
In The Insider's You Heard It Here First column on pg. 18
Buffy creator Joss Whedon is well on the way to turning Firefly, his prematurely (and unjustly) cancelled sci-fi show, into Serenity, a full-length motion picture. Best summed up as "Far East meets old West in outer space", the film picks up six months after the series left off, but aims to be as accessible to newcomers as to seasoned fanboys. "It was the hardest thing I've ever written, to tell the story without repeating or contradicting myself," Whedon confesses to The Insider, reflecting on an arduous 15 months spent penning the script. "I never want to do that again." So, we've got to wonder , why did he do it in the first place? "Because I believe in the story, I believe in the characters and I believe in these actors," he insists. "I truly believe these people are worth, if not seven years of a series, then a big-ass movie."
===== =====
About time the Aussie mags got in on the act! I hope they have some good coverage when the movie comes out next year...
'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Ahh! didnt realise Firefly was going to air in Oz (from Melbourne, btw), otherwise I'd have been up late just because.
did they show the Train Job?
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by minime:
Ahh! didnt realise Firefly was going to air in Oz (from Melbourne, btw), otherwise I'd have been up late just because.
did they show the Train Job?
Yeah, don't think they were game enough to show a 2 hour premier when its just used as a filler.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Greetings & Salutations,
Brisbane Firefly fan here.
According to next week's guide which I pulled from the Thursday paper, apaprently Channel 7 are showing Serenity Part One next Tueday.
Odd. Any chance they listened to some of the complaints?
Regards,
James Finn
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
When I called Ch 7 last week (Monday lunchtime)I was given the impression that they were contractually obligated to follow the screening schedule set out by Fox, BUT the woman I talked to said that they were aware of the situation and that they were trying to contact Fox and figure it out. She said that if it wasn't figured out before Tuesday afternoon then they would screen the Train Job, which they did. However, it looks like they finally figured it all out and will (hopefully!) screen the rest of the series in order.
How does this jibe with other people's interactions with Ch. 7??
'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Episode 2/0.5: Seren-
Wicked! Now they're playing the first half of serenity in pan and scan with sped up titles and I'm pretty sure they've censored a "gorramn". This is all before the first ad break.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Ohh and now they've added extra commercial breaks.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Well this confirms it. When I watched the Region 1 DVD I swore I saw a "6 Years Later" subtitle after the scene of Mal having his soul crushed and we jump forward to the salvage operation.
It's strangely absent from my Region 4 DVD set. I wonder if they simply forgot to include it?
Regards,
James Finn
"I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule."
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Re running order of shows on Aust TV. On 17 November the first part of Serenity was shown.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME