Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Why don't you show your friend the Serenity episode instead of the movie (unless that's what you're talking about)? I am continually grateful for having seen the show before the movie as nothing was spoiled for me, and the pilot is done so well (and it's only about half an hour shorter than the movie) that that alone is what got me hooked.
I might. I thought about it but I'm really not sure if he'll ever sit down and watch the rest (a shame) and I'm actually kinda curious as to what someone who knows nothing of the series thinks of the film.
And I agree about Joss. I never cared for anything he did before. And I'll probably never really be into Buffy or Angel. I never heard of Firefly until a few months ago. But he does seem to be a champion of geeks. The Mick Jagger of geeks if you will. He genuinely seems to care about what he does and cares about the people who care about what he does. "I'm never interested in making things that people like... only what they love."
Why don't you show your friend the Serenity episode instead of the movie (unless that's what you're talking about)? I am continually grateful for having seen the show before the movie as nothing was spoiled for me, and the pilot is done so well (and it's only about half an hour shorter than the movie) that that alone is what got me hooked.
I might. I thought about it but I'm really not sure if he'll ever sit down and watch the rest (a shame) and I'm actually kinda curious as to what someone who knows nothing of the series thinks of the film.
And I agree about Joss. I never cared for anything he did before. And I'll probably never really be into Buffy or Angel. I never heard of Firefly until a few months ago. But he does seem to be a champion of geeks. The Mick Jagger of geeks if you will. He genuinely seems to care about what he does and cares about the people who care about what he does. "I'm never interested in making things that people like... only what they love."
I think that's one thing that many creators will never understand- the cheapest film or the silliest TV concept can work IF the creators and stars *believe* in what they're doing and try to have a good time with it. The glory days of the film studios doing contract films but actually having talented people behind them are long dead. There's a few filmmakers who genuinely work their way up the chain and grow their craft but so many 'big' Hollywood flics are made by hired 'it-persons of the month' just to get the opening weekend receipts without any care for the people making them or starring in them. I'd rather pay good money to support the Joss Whedons or the Sam Raimis of the world than lay down anything for whatever music-video-director-du-jour was hired to remake some horror movie or helm the latest comic book movie.
But I digress...
