Any Firefly Fans Become Angel/Buffy Fans?
POSTED BY: dietcoke
UPDATED: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:51
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Quote:Chalk me up as another 40's fanboy!
Originally posted by dietcoke:
Hey, I just turned fan girl in my 40s too!
What's Profit about, anyway?
Too lazy to punch up TV.com Chrisisall
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It's David Greenwalt's short lived TV show on Fox.
Netflix this show and you can thank me later. It has so many surprises, don't read about it, just watch it.
What I can say is that it got A+ reviews! But don't spoil yourself just see it.
Several Browncoats online told me about it, and well they were sooooooooooooo right.
NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc
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I was a huge buffy/angel fan i belived they had good action, some good amount of laughs and a good charaters eg: Angle and Spike.
But then i descoverd firefly which for me has beat'n buffy and Angle in every way better action scenes, more laughs, even better charaters such as Mal and Jayne and has outstanding story lines. I am now a Browncoat for life.
FF has also alowed me to see Joss Whedon for what he is, the undesputed god of si-fi TV shows.
"never fear Bazza's here"
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No, not at all. Love Firefly! No interest in Buffy or Angel.
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CANTTAKESKY & DietCoke:
Thanks for the tip on "Profit". Based on both of your recommendations, I picked it up yesterday. Just finished watching the whole thing, and have only three words: Oh.... My... Gawd!
I'm a bit shocked that ANY of it ever got broadcast on network television. I could see it being on HBO or Showtime, but even for a "cutting edge" network like Fox, that was some out-there material. I loved every second of it!
It gave me a greater insight into a lot of the stuff that must have been behind Wolfram & Hart on "Angel". The evil corporate environment and the intricately plotted deviousness behind them definitely felt like they came straight out of Greenwalt's experience on Profit.
Funny... those of us of a certain age *used* to think J.R. Ewing was an evil bastard. Jim Profit makes JR look like a boy scout.
Again, thanks for the tip. I bought "Wonderfalls" as well. :)
Mike
Grrrrr. Arrrgghh.
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saturday i took a joss whedon fan to serenity. she loved it and mentioned afterwards that she could name the episode and seasons for each of the bdh's appearances on the show. 
she had the decency to blush.
i gave her the first disc of firefly and she lent me the first season of buffy. i am now 2 discs in and have come to several important conclusions.
a.) this is not firefly. it will never be as hot as a shirtless simon.
b.) this is good television. not great. but interesting enough to be better than all the other stuff out there now with few exceptions
c.) xander is on a abc family movie i once saw ( don't tell anyone!)
d.) preying mantisis will eat you alive after laying eggs. (soo stupid. it it wasn't for the patented joss dialouge it wouldn't be worth it.)
rant. i'm enjoying it.
shakespeare: more words than God.
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Yeah, after I saw Firefly on DVD I was curious about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Haven't seen Angel yet but I hope to.
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Quote:
Originally posted by reallykaylee:
b.) this is good television. not great. but interesting enough to be better than all the other stuff out there now with few exceptions
Season 1 is probably the weakest overall, so if you can get through it, better things are ahead. The show--writers, cast, and crew--really began to find their stride during S2...
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Quote:Isn't that show sumpthin'? Joss doesn't work with slackers!
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Oh.... My... Gawd!...
Quote:You're not wrong. Check out this article.
It gave me a greater insight into a lot of the stuff that must have been behind Wolfram & Hart on "Angel". The evil corporate environment and the intricately plotted deviousness behind them definitely felt like they came straight out of Greenwalt's experience on Profit.
Quote:Ah, I woulda loved to see Profit as a guest star on Angel.
In the meantime, Greenwalt continues his efforts to fulfill a long-held wish and have Adrian Pasdar, who starred as ruthless corporate shark Jim Profit on Greenwalt's short-lived 1996 series "Profit," reprise his character on "Angel."
Chief among Angel's enemies as he fights evil and helps the helpless in Los Angeles is the supernaturally evil law firm of Wolfram & Hart. According to Greenwalt, that firm is based in large part on Profit's unscrupulous employer.
"Wolfram & Hart is so much Gracen & Gracen from 'Profit,' I can't believe it," says Greenwalt. "It's exactly that. I've got all those people playing it like that." http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C71339%7C1%7C10,
00.html
Can't Take My Gorram Sky
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CANTTAKESKY: So it wasn't just my imagination then - W&H really *were* influenced by G&G (or was it Johnson & Johnson? :) ). And yeah, it definitely would've been something to see Jim Profit turn up on Angel. That might've been one helluva fight.
REALLYKAYLEE: Congrats on starting in on Buffy. When I found it, it was about midway through Season 3 (this was on FX, just a few months ago; I missed the entire run of Buffy when it was on Fox originally). Once I got hooked, I had to see where it all started, so I bought Season 1 to introduce me to Whedon's "Buffyverse".
Like others have said above, don't let your impressions from Season 1 of BtVS deter you from seeing later episodes or seasons. It definitely got better as the team (both on-screen and off-screen "teams") found their stride. I look at Season 1 as Joss trying to undo the wreck they made of his movie and set the tone for a darker (but still witty and funny) series that was more like what he originally intended the film to be. Besides, there was still some good wit in S1 of Buffy. (Just hearing The Master say "By the way, I like your dress," - and the way and circumstance in which he says it - made it worthwhile for me!) Some of the episodes felt like "filler", but they were still just trying out for the network, and needed to get picked up for a full season before they could tackle bigger story arcs and tie things together with tighter writing and pacing.
I don't know what will become of Firefly (or Serenity) now; I don't know what the future holds for Buffy, Angel, Joss, or Greenwalt... but I'll give anything they're associated with a chance. I missed out on their magic once. I don't intend to miss out again.
Mike
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