Video interview with Nathan and Summer

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DANIELFYRE

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:39 AM

This whole convo is exactly what Joss was tryin to spur when he killed off the two in Serenity. He wants us to wonder if someone's gonna die, the death of one of the characters makes us appreciate the others more and keep the uncertainty around. Lets face it life IS uncertainty and I think that's what Joss is tryin to aim for somethin thats as close to real life (in a sense) as possible. Again just my opinion...

-Dan

Ain't that just shiny?

SADLITTLEKING

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 5:16 AM

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Originally posted by DanielFyre:
This whole convo is exactly what Joss was tryin to spur when he killed off the two in Serenity. He wants us to wonder if someone's gonna die, the death of one of the characters makes us appreciate the others more and keep the uncertainty around. Lets face it life IS uncertainty and I think that's what Joss is tryin to aim for somethin thats as close to real life (in a sense) as possible. Again just my opinion...

And what a wonderful opinion it is. I couldn't agree more. Like you said, when you see characters dying, you start wondering who's gonna go next, when, and how. It increases the tension for future incidents. And when things calm down, it makes us feel lucky to have them, that they're still alive and still with us.

EXCITINGNEWCRIME

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 7:29 AM

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Originally posted by Haze:
Summer seems deeply uncomfortable in that interview. Her body language is screaming “I don’t want to be here” Nathan seems to have picked up on it as is diverting attention his way. A tad uncomfortable to watch.

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Who do you suppose is in there?

Yeah, as Matt said...it was probably because of Fiona Phillips. I don't know how much is shown in that clip, because I have it on video, but she was really not very nice about them before they came out.

And the first time she mentioned they were coming up, she called Nathan "Nathan Fullion"!

KELLIANNE

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 10:41 AM

Going back to what you said, shinybrownshorts, I completely agree. I'm from the UK, and even though Sci-Fi films and such aren't alweays that popular over here Serenity went down a storm. You can now actually find Firefly at the shops (Yay!!!) I got the box set for Xmas and managed to watch them all by the next day. They're excellent.

Definately no way would extra characters work, or trying to get other people to play those parts. It's almost like the characters where picked for the actors, not the actors for the parts. They just work so well. And I think that a new series would be better than a new film, eventhough the film was good.

x x x kellianne x x x

ALICETC

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 11:14 AM

I've added a downloadable interview to my first post, which is longer than the one available on the GMTV site

PSYCHICRIVER

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by Whitefall:
I really dont think that Joss would keep killing people in a sequel. He killed Wash n Book for two reasons, two reasons only:

A)The death of a character is always a great arc, so the next movie doesnt have to kill anyone, just cover Zoe handling wash's death..

B)Joss felt he had to, and he was probably right, kill someone unexpectedly in the film in order to drive the point home that no one is safe for the final battle scenes. However, now that he has established that for the movies (he would have done same in the series sometime) he doesn't need to rampantly kill folks.

And he may have needed to cut down the size of his cast a bit. Nine characters is a lot to serve in a movie. And it's hard to make sure they all get sufficient screen time, and stick to a story. I don't think Joss even did that with Serenity. I mean, c'mon two scenes for Shepherd Book!?! So maybe now that Joss only has 7 characters to write for, he'll put away his killing pen.[/Naive optimism]

Causal - Like ExcitingNewCrime said, Fiona Phillips was rather negative about them before they came out, which they obviously heard. And it was just absolutely un-necessary. So what if she doesn't like Sci-fi, thats no reason to be rude to these to two actors, who happen to be lovely people!! I was surprised, I thought Fiona was nice...

Anyhoo, do you know what I'd really like to see if the verse continues...our 9 BDH's all together in one scene, round that dining table.

PsychicRiver

"Two by two, hands of blue."

"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."

CERES

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 1:26 PM

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Originally posted by ExcitingNewCrime:
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Originally posted by Haze:
Summer seems deeply uncomfortable in that interview. Her body language is screaming “I don’t want to be here” Nathan seems to have picked up on it as is diverting attention his way. A tad uncomfortable to watch.

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Who do you suppose is in there?

Yeah, as Matt said...it was probably because of Fiona Phillips. I don't know how much is shown in that clip, because I have it on video, but she was really not very nice about them before they came out.

And the first time she mentioned they were coming up, she called Nathan "Nathan Fullion"!

I saw the interview when it was on TV and as the camera panned round to Nathan and Summer she was leaving her seat and there was a bit of confusion for a few seconds until she came back, so I got the impression she was very, very nervous. She soon relaxed more though didn't she and I thought they were both great.

I think the other presenter (Andrew Castle?)was already a fan. It sounded like it from what he said earlier in the programme, but I agree Fiona Phillips was very uncomplimentary.

J6NGO1977

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 2:00 PM

Fiona Phillips gets on my gorram nerve. She is so dim. How dare she be negative to our Summer

CHRISTHECYNIC

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 3:50 PM

To amyel

Going to change the order here.

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I think Joss gets way too much credit for being a killer.

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Willow and Tara were together almost 3 seasons--and Joss delayed the inevitable for over a year because he didn't want their story to end so fast.

If he gets too much credit why did you call it inevitable?

He gets just the right amount of credit, if something good happens to a person that person will either die, or wish they had. There is no reason for the word "inevitable" there (which you were right to use) other than the fact Joss was involved.

Obviously I have nothing against Joss, he gave us Firefly and two other shows, he fought for Serenity, but his way of dealing with happiness is fairly consistent, and very unrealistic. Even people who have miserable lives and ended up killing themselves have had happiness that lasts for longer than Joss will allow, and their lives were no less dramatic because of it.

There have been people who lived lives, in real life, far more interesting (and indeed tragic) than Willow’s and yet they had loving relationships for most of their lives.

ETHAN

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:08 PM

I think Joss has to absolutely kill more of the crew. Given his being a control freak and having a hard time letting this universe go, killing off most if not everyone will be sort of an enforced closure.

Besides Mal needs to have his emotional arc pushed a little. Sure he got some buttons pushed when Book kicked the bucket, but killing off either Zoe or Inara will spur a major turning point inside him. Also offing Simon is a no-brainer. His part in River's arc is done and no one REALLY wants to see Simon and Kaylee together. It's like with Moonlighting or Luke and Lorali or Bond and Moneypenny. Sure they're all cute when flirting with the possibility of getting together but couldn't be more boring when they do. Simon's death will give Kaylee a little more depth and tragedy. I'd really like to see Jewel Staite show-off some more of her considerable acting chops. And it's time for Mal to become River's surrogate dad.

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