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Posted Sep 14th 2009 11:02AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Stargate, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chuck, Reality-Free, Dollhouse, Gone Too Soon, Joss Whedon, V
When I first started exploring this project, there were a few shows that I knew were going to be important to hit. This is the first of those.
Firefly was
Joss Whedon's sci-fi western series. The show mustered disappointing ratings in its short eleven-episode run on FOX.
Since then it's gone on to near mythic cult status. There was such an outcry of support from its loyalists, the Browncoats, over its cancellation that the producers made a feature film sequel. That movie,
Serenity, answered a lot of questions about the future fate of the cast. Unfortunately, like the television series, it couldn't find quite enough people to show up and tune in to warrant a sequel. Nevertheless, the few morsels of
Firefly we did get are enough to prove that this is one of the most innovative and enjoyable series ever to hit the airwaves.
Continue reading Gone Too Soon: Firefly
Posted Aug 27th 2009 6:29PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Casting, Chuck, Reality-Free
It's not a permanent gig, but it seems like he might wish it is. According to Michael Ausiello,
Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) has signed to appear on Chuck as the new leader of Operation Bartowski. This puts him in the role of mentor to Chuck, which is the good news. The bad news is he'll also be a rival for Sarah's affection.
But what does this mean for Casey? Where will he be during all of this? Why do I have to wait until March for the new season of
Chuck, NBC? Hey, make me a deal. If one of your new shows tanks, or if
The Jay Leno Show fails to deliver, bring back
Chuck earlier. How about October. That works for me.
Why intentionally put a show on the shelf for that long, anyway? Especially if that show is still trying to grow its audience. Would it hurt you to put on some
Chuck reruns once in awhile? Don't you get tired of all those
Law & Order repeats all over the schedule? People love lighter fare in the summertime.
Posted May 24th 2009 7:10PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Short-Lived Shows, Reality-Free, Jane After Dark
I'm almost to the end of
Firefly, my
Jane After Dark readers' choice for this week. I really love this series, from the quirky characters to the general theme of a band of renegades burgling their way through the universe.
But even though it's set 500 years in the future,
Firefly isn't your typical sci-fi space series that includes all manner of aliens and weird creatures. They're on a spaceship, and yet they rob trains. How cool is that?! It's like
Alias Smith and Jones meets
Babylon 5.
As with the other Whedon shows I've watched –
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel – the stories are fun and deep and fanciful (yes, I said fanciful), but it's the characters and their interactions that make the shows.
Continue reading Jane After Dark: Firefly
Posted Jul 28th 2008 11:30PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Chuck, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
There are only so many hours of television I can fit in a day, so I'm picky and particular about what I watch.
Chuck is one of those shows that I watched early last season, I liked it, but for reasons I can't think of, it didn't make the cut. Seeing as it was good enough and is clearly popular enough to have a second season, with the first season DVDs out in a couple of months, I may have to do some catching up and find a way to fit it in.
This session was great for fans of the show, as the first five minutes or so were filled with a video montage of scenes from next season. I'll describe some of those scenes in my summary below, but I'll start them off with SPOILER in case you don't want to know.
Continue reading Chuck - VIDEO - Comic-Con Report
Posted Jan 25th 2008 8:04PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck
(S01E13) Breast. Opening. Ever! Okay seriously, I was a little surprised at how blatantly they were just staring, and recording, close-ups of cleavage in the opening. Isn't this American television? The home of the prude boob(less) tube? But leave it to those crafty
Chuck writers to make this seeming incongruous, and gratuitous, scene an integral part of the plot later on.
The NBC promo machine, while not only splicing in cute little ad-libbed (I'm guessing here) bits with the actors, promised more new episodes of
Chuck "Coming Soon." Well, I don't know how they define soon, but considering there are no more episodes written and the writers are still on strike as of this writing, it looks like their soon is my later.
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Marlin
Posted Jan 25th 2008 1:45PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck
(S01E12) "If you want to go through life all emotionally constipated and alone, then suit yourself. I'll let you get back to protecting the greater good, you freaking robot." (Chuck to Casey)
Last night's first of two new
Chucks was about learning that the supporting characters are human, too. Casey than just a cold-as-ice NSA Agent who would probably kill everyone in the room if he was ever the subject of a roast and has mastered the art of communicating with eye winces, grunts and scowls. Ellie and Devon/Captain Awesome actually have a relationship issue, which ... Morgan? ... diagnoses?! And we get nothing on the tired "is it or isn't it?," "does she or doesn't she?" non-romance between Chuck and Sarah (thank god!). In fact, they barely had any screen time together and I think it was, well, awesome!
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover
Posted Oct 8th 2007 9:58PM by Varun Lella
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Chuck
(S01E03) "Now that's what I call moving some merchandise." - John CaseyIf you've already seen the episode, which I assume you have, you'll know the quote above comes at a very tense point in the show. The writers had two ways to go: have Casey say something very serious or have him say something so ridiculous it counters the "bad-ass"-ness of the previous scene (i.e. a microwave straight to a thug's head).
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Tango
Posted Jul 27th 2007 7:34PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Chuck
I know the picture's a little blurry folks, but isn't it worth it to know how far the cast of NBC's new pilot
Chuck is willing to go to get you to love them? Stars Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez were not, in fact, reenacting the finer points of the Kama Sutra on stage. They were recreating their comic ninja fight from the pilot. Now that's we've cleared that up, more on
Chuck after the jump.
Continue reading Comic-Con: Chuck Panel Report
Posted Dec 22nd 2006 9:03AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Programming, Web, Day Break
A lot of people have been asking what is to become of
Day Break now that ABC has pulled it from the air. The word was that the remaining episodes were to be shown on the network's
video site. If you were wondering why ABC hasn't made good on putting the new
Day Break episodes up yet,
TV Guide has an answer. But be warned, it's a pretty stupid one. According to an ABC rep, there are "unforeseen music clearance issues."
As John McEnroe would say, "You cannot be serious." I could understand the holdup with something like the
WKRP DVD set because of music clearance issues. When Johnny and Venus were spinning records, nobody had dreamed of what the home video market would become. But given the fact that ABC has been putting a whole mess of their shows, including
Day Break, online, how were these issues unforeseen? That's like your car breaking down because of unforeseen cars burn gas issues.
I have no idea what ABC is doing at this point. If the best they have to offer instead of
Day Break is repeats of
According to Jim and
George Lopez, what's the point? The slight gain in ratings still landed them in fourth place, and isn't worth the ill will they are garnering from viewers.
Posted Dec 8th 2006 10:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Firefly, Cancellations
I'm sure that those of you that consider yourself part of the Whedonverse already know about all the shenanigans surrounding the big Flanvention this weekend. But for those of you that don't follow all things Whedon, it's an interesting tale. These are strange days in the Whedonverse. I've only been following it through random posts around the internet, so feel free to add/correct details in the comments, but here is the quick and dirty version of the story.
This weekend there was supposed to be a huge
Firefly event in Burbank. There was a banquet, panels, booths to sell wares, photo ops and autographs from cast members, all the usual convention stuff. It was to be a somewhat limited affair, so the tickets were not cheap. With the various events , autographs, hotels, airfare, etc. many of those attending had spent their way into four figures for this opportunity. Then last week things started to get really weird.
Continue reading Adam Baldwin kicks ass!
Posted Aug 5th 2006 4:37PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Web, Celebrities, Firefly
There probably isn't a Browncoat in the 'verse who doesn't already know this, but Adam Baldwin, who played Jayne on
Firefly, is auctioning off autographed copies of all 14
Firefly shooting scripts. The auction is
on eBay and it closes in six hours (sorry!). Right now, bids for the two-hour pilot (
Serenity) are up to $2,075. It is signed by Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Tim Minear, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk and Joss Whedon (oh, if only I had a trust fund!!). The money will benefit the
Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation and the auction is being run by the
California Browncoats.
If that's a little too rich for your blood, there's a lot of other
Firefly stuff up for sale on eBay.
[Via
Whedonesque]
Posted Jul 19th 2006 11:26AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Programming, OpEd, Early Looks, Day Break
Just as Anna, Joel and I wrapped up our
previews for most of ABC's new shows for this Fall, a latecomer arrives at the TV Squad offices:
Day Break. And while the same rules apply, where we're not really supposed to "review" the episode we were given (hence the "NOT FOR REVIEW" notice with the DVD), there's really nothing stopping us from giving you the preview lowdown.
Continue reading Day Break -- An early look
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