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Joss speaks

POSTED BY: ncbrowncoat
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 03:28
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NCBROWNCOAT

Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:48 PM

Joss posted on Whedonesque about Doll House.

You might want to have a cup of coffee to clear your head of the sleepiness (or hangover or whatever) before you read it.

http://whedonesque.com/comments/17945

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NCBROWNCOAT

Sunday, October 26, 2008 3:29 PM

Come on folks, it's Joss.

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FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:03 PM

why is he always forced to deal with stupid people that mess things up? @_@ still love the tone in which he wrote the blog though XD can't wait for dollhouse.

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:18 PM

It's very difficult to read his posts. He spends 50 words to say one. I wish he would provide a abstract at the beginning to summarize, or in this case, actually say what was on mind. Even now I'm not sure what the point is. Not everyone has a sense of humor or a personality - some of us need structure and grammar.

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DAVESHAYNE

Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
It's very difficult to read his posts.

I think you misspelled entertaining in that sentence.

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TUJIAOZUO

Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:37 PM

Ah Joss.

I just reread Sugarshock the other day (Winner of the 2007or2008 Eisner for Best Digital Comic, the correct year escapes me) that just reminded me of it and all of of it's glorious randomness. Granted his post wasn't completely random, it was just utterly Joss.

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OPTIMUS1998

Monday, October 27, 2008 12:34 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
It's very difficult to read his posts. He spends 50 words to say one. I wish he would provide a abstract at the beginning to summarize, or in this case, actually say what was on mind. Even now I'm not sure what the point is. Not everyone has a sense of humor or a personality - some of us need structure and grammar.

I'm sorry you have trouble reading his posts, but I for one find it pretty natural, cuz i un/fortunately tend to think the way posts...
(very, random train of thought, what i like to call OLSS or, Oh, Look! Something Shiny! syndrome)

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OUT2THEBLACK

Monday, October 27, 2008 1:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Joss posted on Whedonesque about Doll House.

You might want to have a cup of coffee to clear your head of the sleepiness (or hangover or whatever) before you read it.

http://whedonesque.com/comments/17945

Sadly, this is not a naughty post. It's just Joss nattering on again.

I thought it was time to check in with you once again, gentle viewers. Or readers. Or pictures-looker-ats (that might be viewers). Also listeners, sniffers, haberdashers, Olympic hopefuls, the elderly, the youngerdly, and the mighty state of Oregon (go Oregon-based sports franchise!) Welcome all. Welcome... to me.

What's me up to? I'm glad me asked. Me've (I'm not doing that any more) been working on a little show called Dollhouse. Yes, perhaps you've read about how it's blazing an untrammeled path to surefire success, with nary a hitch or a hiccup, just pure blazing blazery, comet-like and meteoresque. What's that, you say? You've read other things? Dark, Yog-Sothothy rumors about shutdowns and delays? Poppycock! They’re true. But I never pass up a chance to say "poppycock". ("Balderdash" is so '07. Let it go.) I know there's been a lot of concern, various fabulous hues of panic alert readiness. So here's the skinny. Some of the names have been changed.

The show was ruined by Flim Flinear. Okay, that's another lie, and you're probably close to giving up on this blog, so here we go. Yes, we've had to make adjustments. Yes, it's been hard and I've been depressing to be around for awhile. Basically, the Network and I had different ideas about what the tone of the show would be. They bought something somewhat different than what I was selling them, which is not that uncommon in this business. Their desires were not surprising: up the stakes, make the episodes more stand-alone, stop talking about relationships and cut to the chase. Oh, and add a chase. That you can cut to. Nothing I hadn't heard before on my other shows (apparently my learning curve has no bendy part) but frustrating as hell given our circumstances - a pilot shot, scripts written, everybody marching together/gainfully employed... and then a shutdown. Glad I was for the breathing room, but it's hardly auspicious. So back into the writer cave I went, wondering why I put up with this when I can make literally dozens of dollars making internet movies. Why I do put up with this is divided into three parts.

One: They're not wrong. Oh, we don't see eye-to-eye on everything, but wanting the first episodes to be exciting and accessible is not exactly Satanic. Being Satan is, but that's in their free time and hey, there's no judging in the Dollhouse. This kind of back and forth has happened on every show I've done, so if you liked those, chances are that was a part of why. And the need to focus on the essentials of what makes this universe tick - and which wire to cut to make it stop - really does bring up our game. So we as a staff have gone from blinking like unhoused moles to delving in with the same relish we had when we started. The show is really coming together now, in a way that I believe excites us and satisfies the Network. Of course, I have no idea if anybody else will like it, but I have the same faith in the staff, the crew and the remarkable cast that I always did. More, in fact. And what's more crucial:

Two: Nothing essential has changed about the universe. The ideas and relationships that intrigued me from the start are all there (though some have shifted, more on that), and the progression of the first thirteen eps has me massively excited. The episode we're shooting now I wrote as fast as anything I have before, not because I had to (although, funny side-note: I had to) but because I couldn't stop the words from coming. Because I can feel the show talking to me; delighting, scaring and occasionally even offending me. It's alive. Alive! Which is a far cry from how I felt a month ago. It's been hilarious trying to keep up with what's in, what's out, who's met whom and when - we've shot all of the first seven epi

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SIGMANUNKI

Monday, October 27, 2008 3:14 AM

I mostly agree with Finn. It's just, I got what he was saying. Which was, here's some actual information. Not that there was much amongst the meaningless nonsense. But, there was some there.

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CANTTAKESKY

Monday, October 27, 2008 3:52 AM

Joss doesn't write to impart information. He writes to entertain. One reads his posts to get information as much as one watches SNL for the news. It's a style one can't take too seriously; you get it, or you roll your eyes.

I have to say though, of all his posts, this one sounds really like he wrote it at 2 in the morning. But hey, he's allowed to write a semi-coherent post on the internet at 2 am. Who here hasn't?

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