Whedon & Minear Interview at CFQ
POSTED BY: Sarahetc
UPDATED: Saturday, December 6, 2003 22:53
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Originally posted by Succatash:
Anyway, can we get the topic back on track - How new is this article?
Uhhh...allow me to repeat my initial post. Minear makes reference to the Reagan telefilm that was dumped (in the last two or three weeks) from the CBS schedule and then picked up by Showcase. This article couldn't be more than 3 weeks old at the most.
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What the heck does Firefly have to do with Dark Angel's cancellation? It's not like Joss wanted Dark Angel's time slot...
To make a long story short, I don’t think this was ever in dispute. Dark Angel was axed to budget Firefly. Dark Angel, started it's second season in the Friday 9:00pm slot, later dropped to the 8:00pm slot. Dark Angel, was the last show cut from programming and Firefly was the last one added for the next season.
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Originally posted by Succatash:
Illness, were you boycotting Fox or Firefly? Don't you see, the enemy is Reality TV.
Anyway, can we get the topic back on track - How new is this article?
Fox is not on my program guide! :-]
I would never say I hated, Firefly, I never seen a single episode. For me as a Dark Angel fan, it’s just the “bad apples.”
My point to posting to this topic was the fans that made sure they avoided Firefly. I like all kinds of sci-fi, myself. But, really bitter sentiment toward Fox may have lead to an attitude of, “why start another that will probably be canceled.” Fox canceled a lot of stuff the season before Firefly.
Two million years of human evolution and this is what we get...
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What the heck does Firefly have to do with Dark Angel's cancellation? It's not like Joss wanted Dark Angel's time slot...
Its widely believed that Dark Angel was cancelled and more or less sacrificed in order to put Firefly on the air. I'm not sure what happened as I wasn't following the story at the time. It does sound like the kind of thing Fox would do however.
SergeantX
"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith
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Originally posted by Succatash:
Illness, were you boycotting Fox or Firefly? Don't you see, the enemy is Reality TV.
Anyway, can we get the topic back on track - How new is this article?
Tim Minear mentions the 'A' rating from Entertainment Weekly. How old is that review?
SergeantX
"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith
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I'm glad to see so many of you are enjoying the Firefly piece that we're running on the CFQ site right now. To answer the question that many people seem to have, I wanted to let you all know that the interview with Joss was done in late October, while the interview with Tim did not happen until this past Saturday, November 29th.
By the way, there is a full-page story on Firefly in the new CFQ, and you can also find that story on our site. Also, I read the comments about Dark Angel here and would say it's ridiculous to blame Firefly in the slightest bit for Dark Angel's cancellation. Say what you will about DA, that show barely lasted a second season, and between it's extremely-high production costs and extremely-low ratings, it was dead in the water long before Firefly was added to the network's schedule. Maybe there is some behind-the-scenes stuff I'm not privy to, but at the very least, your problems shouldn't be with Joss or the show, but rather the Fox network. Don't take this as a slam on DA, as that show was a guilty pleasure of mine, but I loved Firefly for its brief run and am sure you'll all love the DVD collection due out next week as much as I do...
Sean Jordan
CFQ Sr. Editor
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Luv the bit ur running on your site Zentertainment!
Gorramit! I need to hear we got that green light though.
And I agree with a previous posting that "harder" questions need be asked of Joss. Specifically, some background on shepherd Book.
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Sean Jordan,
WOW. Thanks so much for taking the time to answer the queries raised in this thread... answers straight from the source!
Also appreciate your clear-headed words regarding the misplaced "Dark Angel rage" toward Firefly. An unfortunate
aftermath that prejudiced many potential Firefly fans.
Many thanks to CFQ for making the interview with Joss and Tim available online. I'm a long time fan of Cinefantastique - still have all my issues saved, right back to high school.
Yes! We are all SO LOOKING FORWARD to the Firefly DVD set. And, Tim Minear's comment about the 3 unaired episodes as being like crack to the Firefly fans? Pretty much right on the mark!
11thHour
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Some of the best reading I've done in a while.
You think I look good now, wait till you see me in my new "Browncoat T-shirt" 
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It still isn't clear to me whether the movie's been green-lighted or not. Wouldn't CFQ have added an editorial aside to mention that Joss's comment was out of date, if it were untrue?
Sean? Do you know?
I loved Tim's love for the Bushwhacked pull-back shot from Simon and River clinging to the ship. That scene was amazing on any number of levels.
shambleau
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...I loved Tim's love for the Bushwhacked pull-back shot from Simon and River clinging to the ship. That scene was amazing on any number of levels.
Oh yeah! That's been my favorite scene, as far as cinematography goes, since it aired. I especially like the contrast of their reactions to the vast unknown of the Black. River's delight compared to Simon's horror.
SergeantX
"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith
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