Joss Whedon "Angel" Interview

POSTED BY: BoomerGoodheart
UPDATED: Saturday, February 7, 2004 03:51
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BOOMERGOODHEART

Friday, February 6, 2004 7:19 AM

Hey, fellow Browncoats! Here's the link to an interview that Joss did about Angel's 100th episode. It even has a TEENSY Firefly mention.

Oh, and if you guys aren't reading "Watch with Kristin" every week, you should be!

http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/Archive2004/whedon.html

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, February 6, 2004 5:14 PM

Joss:

Quote:
I felt we needed to pay service to the gravity of what we are dealing with. They are in a nest of vipers and working for terrible people. I had already pitched the very end, but we were trying to figure out how we get to the end without the same old, "Oh, here comes an apocalypse, we better stop it!" We've been there, done that. It's like a crutch. I'm like an addict. I can't go a season on a show without an apocalypse. There probably would have been one on Firefly.

Wow. An apocalypse in Firefly? Wonder what it would have been.

Damn your inevitable betrayal Fox!!!

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

GHOULMAN

Friday, February 6, 2004 5:22 PM

Joss Whedon said:
I can't go a season on a show without an apocalypse. There probably would have been one on Firefly.

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lol! Joss is funny.

KASUO

Friday, February 6, 2004 5:32 PM

Apocalypse on Firefly.. hmm.. maybe:

- Reavers step up their attacks on frontier worlds, being ballsy enough to take over an Alliance ship

- there's an uprising and Serenity is in the thick of it

________
"Let's moon 'em!"

ASTRIANA

Friday, February 6, 2004 5:37 PM

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Originally posted by kasuo:
- there's an uprising and Serenity is in the thick of it

Funny you should say that. My husband and I were just talking about that very thing last night.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

SHINY

Friday, February 6, 2004 6:25 PM

It need not be anything so grandiose (like in some other shows-that-will-remain-nameless where they have to blow up the earth or something to compensate for the lack of human drama...)

Remember, this show is about Serenity and the 9 people on board. The 'world' for Firefly really is this ship, so something like losing the ship would be pretty much apocalyptic for the show.

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

GHOULMAN

Friday, February 6, 2004 8:56 PM

^^^ massively good point.

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, February 6, 2004 9:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
It need not be anything so grandiose (like in some other shows-that-will-remain-nameless where they have to blow up the earth or something to compensate for the lack of human drama...)

Remember, this show is about Serenity and the 9 people on board. The 'world' for Firefly really is this ship, so something like losing the ship would be pretty much apocalyptic for the show.

Very good point indeed. It could be losing Serenity, or the threat of losing her, but somehow, that just does not seem Joss enough, does it?

I am thinking it would have been something more grand, like a Reaver attack on a world Serenity has to put down on to effect some repairs. That sounds more like Joss.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

KNIBBLET

Friday, February 6, 2004 9:20 PM

Ohhh killer reavers facing ... a very protective River.

River vs. Reaver: This time, it's personal.

:)

KESSIE

Friday, February 6, 2004 9:23 PM

yeah losing Serenity sounds like an Apocalypse Joss would do ! But when i think of Apocalypse and Joss i also always think of character death.
I dont like that one bit .. but he likes to kill of his characters *sigh*

Maybe i should be quiet and not giving him ideas ... in case he is lurking again ... waaaaa...

They say it’s the last song
They don’t know us, you see
Its only the last song
If we let it be

http://www.darknessenemyinc.de.vu/

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