Joss' New Series
POSTED BY: FollowMal
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 07:51
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Fox?!? Is Joss high? Fox? Really?
Ok, so Joss and Tim are giving Fox another shot. Do they honestly think that Fox will get this show or give it enough time to find its audience?
Might as well start our Save This Show campaign now. *shakes head*
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I coulda sworn Joss had vowed never to go back to those F*X asshats?
Did his commitment for seven episodes, half the number filmed of Firefly, include a commitment to air them in the right ruttin' order? No time slot shell-game? No pre-emptions? Well, again, seven eps is a smaller target to hit with the usual F*X shenanigans... Mebbe.
Mebbe that's why he only got seven. Mebbe shoulda only got 2.
More importantly, since Joss has returned to TV(!), did this include a commit from F*X to resurrect the show we REALLY want to see? The one F*X holds the rights to, and, since they're makin' nice with Joss, again, really oughtta be doin' everything in their power to restore?
Sure, the new show will garner fans; I am more than a little annoyed that it is taken for granted that the pre-existing Buffy fanbase (yeah, I know, Eliza Dushku) is going to back this. What about the Browncoats? I guess we don't count? Or, did they kinda mebbe figger that we wouldn't be standin' at the back door, cunnin' hats in our hands, wonderin' about OUR show, OUR BDHs?
In fact, I am really annoyed that a ready-made fanbase is bein' taken for granted, at all. F*X is makin' this, only because it's Joss, and, because they know that all of his fans are gonna just fall all over themselves *SQUEEE!* about this. 'Scuse me, aren't we the same fans F*X has repeatedly robbed of not only Joss' shows, but, many, many others?
A smell a whole lotta "Let's get ourselves an interim fan draw to soften the blow of the impending writers' strike" comin' offa this plan.
Sorry, I cannot get excited about this, another series which will either:
A. Tank and drown after seven eps, to become another cult fave which makes F*X money hand over fist on DVD sales, or,
B. Do so very well that F*X actually supports it (for a while), though they scarcely have the right to share in any of Joss' success, and, a busy Joss' priorities have to shift away from older, already fading projects.
Like Firefly.
Bitter? You bet. Disillusioned with F*X? Check. Happy for Joss? Well... Let's see how this pans out, before I start smilin' about this new show. Not a huge Buffyverse fan, myself (that'd be the missus), the premise doesn't guarantee that I'll be interested in this, either. And, interest in a show, not who makes it, is why I watch TV.
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I'm also thinkin,' mebbe someone oughtta email F*X the link to this thread. Then, mebbe, they'll have some inkling of the antipathy and distrust that even the most die-hard fans of Joss have for their network, after all the crap they've pulled over the years.
Just to be sayin.'
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I want to be excited about this, but my cynical side also thinks the 7 eps thing was an attempt to get some stuff on deck before the writers' strike.
Edited: Nope, not that. They could go out on strike as early as tomorrow (Friday).
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it sounds dreadful, simply dreadful
and im a little tired of Joss "empowering" women, its becoming a one trick pony. Honestly his best female character was Zoe, no special powers, no abilities just a strong soulful woman who had seen a lot in life. I have no interest in this charmed/river/total recall teenfest. And on Fox ? Are words becoming meaningless.
Im gonna take my epsodes of firefly and treasure them but for me this dance is over.
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well i distrust f*x same as all - but hey!!
joss has a new freaking show!:) thanks Eliza!
a green light is a green light - not a locked door.
no show of Joss's has let me down yet.
i hope it does real well and a million offers flood the whedon homestead.
'bout frackin' time!
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Somewhat excited. Only because Joss deserves a spot somewhere at all times. He's that good.
I know I'll give this "Dark Angel/River/Bionic" thing a good look.
*chuckles* Maybe the will be the end of the constant Fox Exec. bashing/jokes/we know, we know, we know, lemme guess u didn't like the cancellation thing. Oh wait. I just read this thread. Hee hee... You really want Fox to come see these threads? I'm sure it is at the top of their agenda.
Makes me wonder if they have already looked at resurrecting FF. They know they have made a killing on DVD sales and know what kind of following Joss has. The cost to make a FF TV series is probably far too high at this point. Maybe those questions will be answered sometime soon. ...or hopefully some fan will bash me with that knowledge.
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Originally posted by BrownBug:
it sounds dreadful, simply dreadful
and im a little tired of Joss "empowering" women, its becoming a one trick pony. Honestly his best female character was Zoe, no special powers, no abilities just a strong soulful woman who had seen a lot in life. I have no interest in this charmed/river/total recall teenfest. And on Fox ? Are words becoming meaningless.
Im gonna take my epsodes of firefly and treasure them but for me this dance is over.
Well said about Zoe and the one-trick thing, but I'm not ready give up, just another bump for Browncoats. Or, maybe this gets him some more traction in medialand - any press is good press.
Yeah, F*X... that's tricky. I'm sure he and Tim have no illusions though, their big boys. Who better to make money off of? It's good to keep working too, so if there's nothing else, why not?
The show... eh, Alias anyone? I'm glad they're excited, sounds a bit lame to me.
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I want to be excited about this, but my cynical side also thinks the 7 eps thing was an attempt to get some stuff on deck before the writers' strike.
Edited: Nope, not that. They could go out on strike as early as tomorrow (Friday).
No, you're right. The strike could start now but that doesn't necessarily mean it will, so the networks are still putting in advanced orders for all the scripts they can so they can still have some things shooting if/when the strike starts.
F*X is showing a good deal of confidence in Joss, but it still has a lot to do with the strike.
Say, you think he would have gone to NBC with something like this since they're on such a big scifi kick right now.
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Dollhouse, yeah it sounds like it could be good
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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
But, didn't Joss say that he'd NEVER work with F*X again? Ya, he did.
They gave him a second kick in the teeth with Buffy Sing-along business, even abused puppy dogs return to their masters
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Originally posted by derangedmilk:
Say, you think he would have gone to NBC with something like this since they're on such a big scifi kick right now.
Heroes is doing great for NBC but some of NBC's sister companies are not doing good, Universal is having trouble beating back competition from new studios like Dreamworks, Lionsgate, Sony while its old rivals like Faux and WB seem to be doing ok. Scifi Channel also owned by NBC has seen some big flops this year, Painkiller Jane, BattlestarGalatcica and FlashGordon and its production of Skiffy B-movies have all seen their ratings plummet.
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