alan tudyk-related stories
Posted Nov 18th 2009 10:29AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, V
(S01E03) When you're mounting a resistance against an alien presence that way outclasses you in technology, and even outclasses you in propaganda and being good-looking, you're going to need help, and preferably of the "inside" variety. With
V scheduled to go on a long hiatus after next week's episode, it's important that the resistance come together by then.
While we made good progress this episode, and learned some more good information, I fear they won't get us to a compelling hook before they go into hibernation for the winter. People will forget about this show if we don't get hooked in good next week. Unless ABC wants to promote its relaunch like another new series, they need to grab us by the jowls and sink their teeth in ... or at least unhinge our jaws and cram a guinea pig of awesome down our gullets.
Continue reading Review: V - A Bright New Day
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 18th 2009 6:27PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Web, Reality-Free
Remember when the networks hardly did anything with their TV shows online? Heck, remember when we didn't even have official web sites and fan sites for our favorite shows? If we wanted to talk about, say,
Knot's Landing, we had to open our windows and yell to our neighbors, "Can you believe Val did that last night?!" Either that or send a letter via mail, and that took
days.
But now we have web sites for every show, and fans of ABC's remake of
V have already put up a bunch of sites for that show (which premieres November 3 ):
Continue reading V sites about V
Posted Aug 13th 2009 10:28AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Reality-Free
I don't know how many of you caught the
G.I. Joe movie this past weekend that is based on the cartoon and toy franchise of the 80's. I didn't, but even without seeing it, I think this sketch from
Funny or Die called
The Ballad of G.I.Joe is far better. Even the costumes are more accurate (if a little, but not much, cheesier).
Of course, there are quite a few television and movie celebrities making up the cast: Tony Hale, Olivia Wilde (pictured as the Baroness), Alan Tudyk and Julianne Moore, to name a few. And whatever you do, stick around for the end of the song to see a special guest star that SHOULD have been in the movie.
I remember watching the cartoon while I was a young lad, and it seems obvious that the creators of this cute sketch knew the show, possibly even more than the people who made the movie. Video is after the jump.
Continue reading G.I.Joe as it should have been
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 May 5th 2009 6:00PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free
A lot, surprisingly. Unfortunately, ABC's
V remake won't take place in a universe packed with space cowboys who curse in Chinese, but it will star two
Firefly alums, Alan Tudyk (Wash) and Morena Baccarin (Inara). Plus, the
V pilot
will feature digital effects by Zoic, the effects house that worked on
Firefly.
Like most Whedon fans, I think the best things about
Firefly were the characters, the dialogue, and the inventive stories. But the digital effects were just as amazing, especially for TV. They might not have been blockbuster movie good, but the ships and space chases always looked elegant and really specific to the show's quirky style and themes. That's what good visual effects are all about. Lets hope Zoic can create the same kind of magic for
V, which is awaiting pickup by ABC.
Continue reading What does the V remake have in common with Firefly?
Posted May 1st 2009 11:36PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Dollhouse
(S01E11) So apparently, Echo/Caroline is Briar Rose. The big twist is that Ballard didn't end up being the Prince. Alpha did.
So now we know Alpha's face (and with that knowledge, my Ballard-as-Alpha theory gets blown to Hell in a handbasket), but we're still missing a lot. We don't know his motivation or his connection with Alpha. We do know that while masquerading as Stephen Kepler, he acts a lot like Topher (whom he may have used as inspiration for his facade) and when he reverts to character he acts a lot like Heath Ledger's Joker (Alan Tudyk is a brilliant actor).
Many law firms take on pro bono work to help those that can't afford legal help. I can only conclude that the Dollhouse has a similar service (or perhaps Topher does a little on the side), which is why a care center for abused children can afford a Doll that has been programmed to act like a grown-up, therapist version of their most abused patient.
That ability to actually create fictional personas based on postulations on how people will emotionally mature would be an interesting concept to explore if the show gets future seasons.
Continue reading Dollhouse: Briar Rose
Posted Mar 19th 2009 10:32AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free, Dollhouse
Joss himself has promised that Friday's episode of
Dollhouse is a game-changer. It's a pity that the episode is competing with the series finale of
Battlestar Galactica. What follows is a major spoiler for Friday that I'm leaving until after the jump.
Those of you who do not fear spoilers, click away...
Continue reading Major Dollhouse spoiler ahoy!
Posted May 29th 2008 9:41AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, Video, Casting, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free
Looky there. With just those seven little words The Sarah Connor Chronicles has become the show I'm most looking forward to next season. With music, there's nothing I like more than putting a little Garbage on the turntable. Because of that, over the years I've become just a little bit obsessed with Shirley Manson. And now comes word that the lovely and talented Miss Manson has been signed to the show.
Just that is enough to make me watch, but it gets even better. This isn't a musical guest like someone stopping by to play at P3 or the Montecito. Oh no, Shirley will join the cast in a regular role as Catherine Weaver, CEO of a high-tech company. One could certainly argue that it's stunt casting, or that they could find a more qualified actor to take on such a big role. But any crazy argument like that will fall on deaf ears here pal. It's Shirley Manson. That's all I need to know.
Continue reading Shirley Manson signed to Sarah Connor Chronicles, other casting notes - VIDEO
Posted Apr 17th 2008 6:07PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Firefly, Casting
Let me start this out with a big WAHOO! Alan Tudyk, who played the endearing character of 'Wash' on
Firefly, may be returning to television as early as this fall.
He has been cast in a starring role for an ABC comedy that, as of yet, does not have a title. The show is being created by Max Mutchick and David Kohan, the creative team behind long-running sitcom
Will & Grace. Their new show (
which we've mentioned in the past) is about two writers, one gay and one straight, who are in business together. Tudyk will play the gay writer, named Charlie (according to his
IMDB profile).
Continue reading Firefly's Alan Tudyk coming back to TV
Posted Dec 25th 2007 3:01PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Lost, Scrubs, Festivus, The Office, 30 Rock, TV Squad Lists, Dirty Sexy Money
This is my third Festivus at TV Squad and, in past years, just a few of my wishes have come true. For instance: a Kate and Sawyer hook-up on
Lost, another season of
My Name is Earl, and a little faith in
Scrubs from NBC. All those came true after
my first Festivus,
last year's wish list wasn't really granted. And, CBS has yet to kill off a main character on
CSI. Sara almost died, but didn't. Drat!
This year, all I really want for Festivus is for the writers to get a fair shake and for my favorite shows to return to television. But, since that's kind-of a downer, I made a list that's a little more fun.
Continue reading All Anna wants for Festivus
Posted May 11th 2006 10:48AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Talent, OpEd, Watercooler Talk
My prayers
were answered last week when NBC picked up Aaron Sorkin's new show,
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Now, as we await next week's fall line-up announcements at the 'upfronts', I have my fingers crossed for two other shows. The first one doesn't even have a title yet. It's just called 'Carol Mendelsohn Project' and that works for me. Mendelsohn is a producer on
CSI and, while that show really doesn't float my boat, I do like the casting in her new show. Not only is Joshua Jackson ('Pacey' on
Dawson's Creek) cast as the lead, but Alan Tudyk ('Wash' on
Firefly) is cast in a supporting role in this law drama. Sure, there are too many law dramas on television right now. But, you know what there's not too much of? Alan Tudyk and Joshua Jackson!
Also, I want to see NBC pick up
20 Good Years, starring Jeffrey Tambor and John Lithgow as two guys who have mid-life crises and set out to live better lives. I just think the Tambor-Lithgow combination would rock.
Of course, my wishing and hoping comes from a completely uneducated angle. I have no idea whether these shows are actually any good. I just want to see these fellas back on television.
What would you like to see this fall?
Posted Feb 26th 2006 1:03PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, Talent
I may have just died and gone to heaven. I'm only
speculating here, because
The Hollywood Reporter didn't exactly say for sure, but it's a pretty good bet that
Alan Tudyk and Joshua Jackson have been cast in the same drama that's being created for CBS. Earlier this month,
I reported on Jackson landing the
lead in a Carol Mendelsohn law drama about a young lawyer whose career takes a turn when he takes a death row case.
The Hollywood
Reporter is now saying that Alan Tudyk (aka 'Wash' in
Firefly) has been cast "in CBS' untitled
Carol Mendelsohn drama". It describes the show as being about brilliant legal minds and that Tudyk will play
"a competitive and arrogant Ivy League graduate." That sounds like the same show to me. Now, if only David
Duchovny would join the cast.
Posted Jan 26th 2006 9:35AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows
Do
you ever get the feeling that someone is trying to squeeze every penny out of
Firefly fans? Yeah, me too.
Titan Books, which published a
companion
book to
Serenity, is preparing a companion book to the
Firefly television series. Creator Joss
Whedon wrote the introduction to the
Serenity companion, which features the original script to the movie,
storyboards, production notes and behind-the-scenes stuff. No word on whether Joss will endorse the new book.
Firefly: The Official Companion is scheduled for release this summer.
Posted Jan 10th 2006 10:07PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on the Bigscreen
The news service over at Sci Fi channel has an
interview with Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor
for
Serenity, who reveals how to find the easter egg on the DVD. Here's how:
- In the main menu, highlight 'Play'
- Press left on your remote
- A marker on the right side of the menu will highlight
- Press enter
[Via
Pop Candy]
Continue reading Easter egg on Serenity DVD
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