JaneEspenson-related stories
Posted Aug 20th 2009 12:02PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reality-Free
Caprica producer and former
Buffy the Vampire Slayer scribe Jane Espenson is one of the minds behind the latest arc on Joss Whedon's
Buffy comic that sees vampires coming out of the coffin. After the very
True Blood-esque outing, vacuous vamp Harmony goes on
The Colbert Report to, of course, promote her new reality TV show in the latest issue of
Dark Horse Presents.
The
Buffy comic is a direct continuation of Joss Whedon's TV series, and the medium has allowed the
Buffy story to go to places it never could have gone on TV. Fans itching for a
Buffy fix should pick up an issue or head over to MySpace to follow
Harmony's adventures with Clem, the hilarious "loose-skinned demon" who first befriended Buffy and crew on the TV series.
Colbert is becoming a regular in the comic book world, with appearances in S
pider-Man and his own comic book series,
Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen. Maybe Buffy should show up on
The Daily Show to give Jon Stewart some comic book love in next month's issue.
[Via:
Comics Alliance]
Posted Jul 7th 2009 1:03PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, Early Looks, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
I really wanted to love
Warehouse 13. It's a fun show with two compelling leads, an adventurous spirit, and just enough subversive stuff seemingly bubbling beneath its surface. But the two-hour pilot, airing tonight on SyFy, only hints at the greatness we've seen from its creator's previous work. The premiere, scripted by Jane Espenson (
Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and original writer Rockne S. O'Bannon (
Farscape), begins with a strong quirky heartbeat, but a stale mystery plot quickly slows the pulse.
Continue reading Warehouse 13 -- An early look
Posted Jun 22nd 2009 1:13PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Video, Reality-Free
"Let's get this genocide started!"
That Cavil is one evil bucket of bolts.
Sci Fi's new trailer for
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan is making the rounds and drumming up anticipation for the TV movie, which premieres this fall.
The Plan will portray the events of the Cylon attack on the twelve colonies through the perspective of the Cylons. It's directed by Admiral Adama himself, Edward James Olmos, and written by
BSG and
Warehouse 13 scribe Jane Espenson, who also helped craft the
BSG Web series the
Face of the Enemy.
Continue reading New trailer for Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Posted Dec 12th 2008 5:27PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Reality-Free, Webisodes
Pity Felix Gaeta. First, he was almost shot out of an airlock. Then he lost a leg. Now, it looks like he's in for one long, terrible day in "The Face of the Enemy," the 10-part
Battlestar Galactia webisode series that premiered today on
SciFi.com.
Click through for more,
somewhat spoilery, info about the first chapter of "Enemy," written by Jane Espenson and
Seamus Kevin Fahey. You'll also find the full webisode schedule and a larger version of the new Season 4.5 poster featuring Starbuck's, er, chest after the jump.
Continue reading New Battlestar Galactica webisode, poster now online
Posted Aug 7th 2008 10:02AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, Battlestar Galactica, Reality-Free
Good news everyone. It seems that this whole movie thing is working out quite nicely for the folks over at Sci Fi. Executive VP of original programming for Sci Fi, Mark Stern, now also counts himself as co-head of the newly formed Universal Cable Productions. Why should we care? Because at the end of the day that means a little more Battlestar Galactica.
The success of Razor is a big part of this. Stern describes it as doing "phenomenally well in the international and DVD market." It's led to a whole new way of financing and creating entertainment for the network. The new Battlestar project will air after the series completes its run next year. Edward James Olmos is on board to direct, and he'll have a script by Jane Espenson to work with. Both nice choices. Casting is still up in the air at the moment. So far, Michael Trucco (Anders), Aaron Douglas (Tyrol), and Dean Stockwell (Cavil) are confirmed.
The story is prequel-esque. It goes back to just after the Cylon destruction of human home worlds. We'll follow the Cylons as they deal with human survivors, aboard ships as well as on planets. There is also a hint that the movie will focus specifically on two of the Cylon agents.
Posted Jun 29th 2008 10:19AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Reality-Free
Now that the show is over (for the time being), Ronald D. Moore got back with releasing podcasts this week. However, he seems to have skipped a couple in the middle.
As I've done in the past, I'll just summarize some of what I thought were the more interesting parts of the podcasts. If you're interested in learning more about Moore's insights and details about each episode, you really should take the time to
listen to the podcasts yourself. Now if only someone could sync up these podcasts with the Hulu videos, that would be awesome.
Here are the highlights ...
Continue reading BSG podcast recap: Episodes 408, 411 & 412 commentary
Posted Jun 26th 2008 9:20AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Retro Squad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reality-Free
Every fan of
Buffy has his or her own favorite main character (or characters). But what of the merely recurring characters? You've got Halfrek, the Vengeance Demon (sorry ... "Justice Demon"), Amy the witch/rat and Mr. Trick, to name a few. But there's one character who's always fascinated me, a character with a long, dark and mysterious past filled with magic, mayhem and chaos. I speak, of course, about Rupert "Ripper" Giles' mate from the old days, Ethan Rayne.
Continue reading Ethan Rayne: A tribute - VIDEO
Posted Jun 20th 2008 12:57PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
Get ready for many,
many Friday nights of having to find something better to do than sit in front of television to watch
Battlestar Galactica. You could always dig into your past-season DVDs to reminisce on what's happened before ("and will happen again?") or simply
watch BSG online. There's also the unimaginable: spending time with friends and loved ones, stepping out of the house or, gods forbid, getting some extra sleep.
While we all think of what to do with that extra hour we have every week, let's go over a few things going on since last week's
mid-season finale.
Continue reading It's Friday and there's no Galactica. What will we do?!
Posted Jun 16th 2008 9:21AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Interviews, Reality-Free
(Warning! If you haven't watched the latest episode of BSG yet, thar be spoilers ahead!)After
last Friday's episode, a lot of us had questions about what we saw. Was that Earth? Are humans and cylons really bonded together, after all this time? Who is the final cylon? I finally took the time to throw a slew of questions toward writer and co-executive producer
Jane Espenson about this episode, and she had a few things to say (though nothing quite as revealing as I had hoped).
Rather than get into what I had to say, I'll let her letter back to me speak on its own. As you'll quickly see, she's not a woman of few words when it comes to this show. I'm hoping she'll have just as much to spill when I ask her questions for our
Buffy Retro Squad week next week.
Continue reading Jane Espenson on Battlestar Galactica's mid-season finale
Posted May 6th 2008 11:40AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Early last month I posted a
casting call sheet for the upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel show, Caprica. In that list was a call for Amanda Graystone, a "surgeon with a volatile streak to her" who is "something of a double agent." Well, you can scratch that one off the list of openings, as
Paula Malcomson (Trixie of
Deadwood and Jerri of
John From Cincinnati) has been cast in the role.
My interest in
Caprica hinges on how
Battlestar Galactica concludes; will I really want to know more about how it all began? I could see them putting us in a place that has us craving for more, though it's likely
Caprica is meant to stand on its own and without having to follow too many rules set by the
BSG events. Hopefully I'm wrong.
Continue reading Some Caprica and Warehouse 13 casting news
Posted Feb 25th 2007 11:24PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E16) I have to be honest, I have no experience at all with unions, how they work or what it's like being involved in one. Even so, it wasn't difficult to feel something for workers who'd have to endure what the Tylium crew had to deal with for so long.
Usually an episode like this would leave me well disappointed, as there wasn't anything significantly advancing the story. I realize now, with the help of several commenters, that it's episodes like this that are working to help us get a deeper understanding of what's going on with the humans on these ships and especially with the main players.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Dirty Hands
Posted Dec 23rd 2006 10:17AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Game Show
To me,
Jeopardy! is the quintessential game show. At the end of a game, I walk away with a sense of awe that those three people could truly have the brains to retain such an amazing amount of information, then be put in front of millions of people to blurt pieces of it out on demand and faster than two other people -- in the form of a question, to boot. I'd often wonder how one could possibly prepare to be faced with that kind of pressure and what kind of unfathomable studying one would have to do to qualify for that show, never mind actually win. Several times.
Jane Espenson, who as some of you know has been extremely courteous enough to give
her insights into her recent writings for
Battlestar Galactica, sent me a copy of a book that opened my mind to the world of one very successful contestant on the greatest game show in the world,
Bob Harris. That book is
Prisoner of Trebekistan.
Continue reading Prisoner of Trebekistan: The TV Squad review
Posted Dec 11th 2006 11:02AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Interviews, Sci Fi
Had enough of
my talking to Jane Espenson yet? Well then you're in luck (and for the rest of you, too bad!) After
Friday's episode of
Battlestar Galactica, I sent off a few of my own questions Jane's way, and she sent me answers faster than an FTL jump. And speaking of jumping, you can check out my questions and Jane's answers after the jump below. I have a feeling may die-hard BSG fans will be analyzing Jane's answer to my question on new Cylons pretty closely.
Continue reading Jane Espenson on post-The Passage questions
Posted Dec 9th 2006 12:25AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E10) I have to ask -- why isn't anyone getting on Apollo for the short rations? It wasn't that long ago that he was a fat tub, and it's not like he was feasting on New Caprican grub. Can you imagine the thrashing he'd be taking if he was still fat? Alright, so it's a nitpicky point to bring up, but I know there are others of you who were a bit bothered that Apollo so easily lost all those stones of weight so quickly.
(By the way, check out writer Jane Espenson's answers to your questions regarding her experience writing this episode. I'll be asking a few more questions myself after tonight.)Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: The Passage
Posted Dec 6th 2006 10:27AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Interviews, Celebrities, Sci Fi
I can't begin to thank Jane enough for taking time out to answer some of your questions regarding the
Battlestar Galactica episode she wrote for this Friday: 'The Passage'. It's likely I'll have more questions to ask once we've all been able to watch it, and if you've got any of your own then, be sure to ask them in the comments of my episode review Friday night/Saturday morning.
Read on after the jump for your questions and Jane's responses!
Continue reading Jane Espenson answers your Battlestar questions
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