Blog Entries For APRIL 26, 2004

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Here & Gone, and Back Again... Soon.
Monday, 26 April 2004 12:33:45

As some of you may remember, I had once posted a fic entitled “Second Chances”. Well, as some of you may have noticed, that story has been gone for some time. I was never truly happy with what I had written. I know some of you had read it, and it did receive two or three positive comments. Unfortunately when I began to write the sequel, that I had left a huge opening for, it became clear to me that I did not like one bit where it was heading. I became so blocked in my attempts to write the sequel that I knew I was never going to get it finished. So I removed “Second Chances” from the Blue Sun Room. I didn’t want those few people who had enjoyed my fic to be waiting for a sequel that was clearly never going to get posted. Here’s the good news… I hope… With the encouragement and help of Bags, Artships, and some other good friends, I have been working on “Second Chances; The Director’s Cut”. There is now a shiny new & original ship for my crew in the works, a new prologue written, and the story itself has gone through some major re-writes. Soon, a week or so at least, I will begin to post my story once again. Here’s hoping I’ll be able to entertain my fellow Browncoats, in a good way, with my old & improved story. :biggrin:

Reasons You Should Fear "Serenity"
Monday, 26 April 2004 13:13:08

We're all very optimistic and excited about "Serenity," coming not-soon-enough to a Theater Near Us. But I'd like to be the lone voice of cynicism and point of the Top 5 Things that could ROYALLY screw up this movie, and hope the appropriate people see this before shooting begins. 5) If the movie opens within 8 weeks of Star Wars, in either direction. Don't do it. I know, I know, the Star Wars Prequels have been losing steam, particularly because they suck, but EIII is a DIRECT prequel to "A New Hope," it's the last one Lucas will ever make, the SW DVD Box Set comes out around the same time, and we ALL will go just on the off chance Jar Jar will die a horrible, screaming death. Plus, we don't want the public to confuse two Space Movies. 4) If Sarah Michelle Gellar is in this. We all love her, but thanks to The WB, "Buffy" is forever lumped in the same group with crap like "Charmed" and "I Know What Dawson's 7th Scream Was About Last Summer." Not by me, but by people we'll be recommending the movie to between now and '05. 3) Product Tie-Ins. Yeah, the show is in the future, but the Evil of the Studio is subtle. Maybe it's a catch-phrase, maybe it's a two-bit hack actor who will be on a sitcom the next fall. Remember when Jennifer Garner was in "Catch Me if You Can" for no reason? That's what I'm talkin' bout... no matter how hot she is. 2) The soundtrack. Slightly-under-the-radar bands on "Buffy" was cool, but I swear to god, if any member of Nickelback appears within 50 feet of this movie, I will murder people. Let Joss handle it, keep Studio out of it. 1) The Marketing Campaign. This has been done before, and badly: If you never watched X-Files or Star Trek, did those posters and TV spots make you want to see the movie? Of COURSE they didn't. Joss can break some new ground, if he doesn't get sucked down the "Alien: Resurrection" hole again. We love you Joss, and like any loved one, we fear for your safety. Be cool. :smokin: \ o / ------------(Qs)

flop gets the chop
Monday, 26 April 2004 13:19:43

the huge fan fiction flop that was "Cargo" and its sequels has now been deleted from the blue sun room.i've got plenty of fan fiction ideas but not the writing style to pull them off.