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May. 17th, 2003 04:28 pmTen Questions with Joss at the NY Times (sign-in, of course). Mostly Buffy (no finale spoilers, unless you know absolutely nothing. At all. Then one pic might be.), but #8 is the one I'm most interested in, because ( it's about Firefly. )
Speaking of Firefly, it gets a mention in this LA Times article about Fox and UPN's next season line-ups (which sound awful, naturally). The relevant bit: Canceled Fox shows include "John Doe," "Fastlane," "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and "Firefly." Berman said that the futuristic "Firefly" combined too many genres for it to connect with audiences, but that creator Joss Whedon was developing a feature based on the series.
I think it's cool that Firefly is the only one that gets any sort of discussion, even if it's only a single sentence. But I don't get Gail Berman's explanation. It combined too many genres? Westerns, scifi... two? Two is too many? You could say the way in which those genres were combined was problematic. I've certainly seen that listed among the reasons why the show didn't find an audience. But to say that two genres is too many to combine seems... odd.
The BBC did a poll on Britain's 100 best-loved books, and the results are a nice mix of classics and more "popular" works. Maybe a third would make my own list, but only one would be in my top 5 (Good Omens, natch). Still, it's nice to see that other people love the books I love- it's fun to be a loner but I'd rather share such good books.
Oh, and apparently Trinity is zooming up the "popular baby names" lists. Seems like a mean thing to do to your kid.
Hey, if this is all links, does that make it a blog disguised as a LJ?
Speaking of Firefly, it gets a mention in this LA Times article about Fox and UPN's next season line-ups (which sound awful, naturally). The relevant bit: Canceled Fox shows include "John Doe," "Fastlane," "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and "Firefly." Berman said that the futuristic "Firefly" combined too many genres for it to connect with audiences, but that creator Joss Whedon was developing a feature based on the series.
I think it's cool that Firefly is the only one that gets any sort of discussion, even if it's only a single sentence. But I don't get Gail Berman's explanation. It combined too many genres? Westerns, scifi... two? Two is too many? You could say the way in which those genres were combined was problematic. I've certainly seen that listed among the reasons why the show didn't find an audience. But to say that two genres is too many to combine seems... odd.
The BBC did a poll on Britain's 100 best-loved books, and the results are a nice mix of classics and more "popular" works. Maybe a third would make my own list, but only one would be in my top 5 (Good Omens, natch). Still, it's nice to see that other people love the books I love- it's fun to be a loner but I'd rather share such good books.
Oh, and apparently Trinity is zooming up the "popular baby names" lists. Seems like a mean thing to do to your kid.
Hey, if this is all links, does that make it a blog disguised as a LJ?
