Firefly Episode Guide: An Unofficial, Independent Guide to Joss Whedon's Firefly
SpoilerTV (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Will the November 19 Vampire Diaries cliffhanger “keep fans a little bit crazy in the head during” the show’s winter break? That’s what coexecutive producer Julie Plec tells TV Guide Magazine she hopes for the shocking ep that featured Elena (Nina Dobrev) finding Katherine’s photo after spending the night with Stefan (Paul Wesley). She takes off, crashes her car and is...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
One of the cannier decisions by V 's producers was to cast not one, but two refugees from Joss Whedon's beloved, departed sci-fi series Firefly . You've got Morena Baccarin as V High Commander Anna, rocking the best short brunette haircut since Janine Turner on Northern Exposure . And you have — or, at least, had — Alan Tudyk as Dale, the FBI agent revealed to be a V sleeper agent. Firefly...
Confessions of a Would-Be Writer (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
I'm a big fan of Joss Whedon's Firefly series, although I didn't discover it until after it had been taken off the air, so I'm forever sorry I wasn't part of the effort to save it. Nathan Fillion 's Capt. Malcolm Reynolds falls solidly on my Favorite Top 10 Heroes Ever list. And the particular phrasing and word patterns Whedon used for all of the show's dialogue is nothing short of genius. If you've...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
I must admit, I only watched this trailer because it features Alan Tudyk of Firefly / Serenity fame, but it's actually a really good idea for a horror comedy, so simple that it's probably been done before. The movie is called Tucker and Dale vs. Evil , and Tudyk plays Tucker, one of two rednecks mistakenly thought to be horrible backwoods serial killers. The reasons are understandable: Backwoods serial...
CR Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A new installation challenges our preconceptions concerning heroism, not least because of its location on the walls of The Guards Chapel, spiritual home of the Household Division of the British Army With British servicemen losing their lives daily in Afghanistan and yesterday's Remembrance Day celebrations, the word 'hero' has been prominent in press and public debate of late. But what does it mean...
Happy Catholic (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Got a chance last night to catch up on four glorious hours of television I'd missed. Among them was the Halloween episode of Castle, starring Nathan Fillion, who also was Captain Mal Reynolds in Firefly as fellow browncoat fans know (yes, it's a tiny little edge of a cult thing I've got going on ...) Which was what made this hilarious from the very get-go.
Riding With The Top Down (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Book Release Panic Has anyone been watching the TV show Castle? It's the best show, not only because of Nathan Fillion (I miss Firefly!) but because whoever's writing it is a writer. Not too long ago there was a show that took place during Richard Castle's book release day and they got it SO right. He's trying not to think of the book, but everyone's talking about the book. His mother keeps going to...
Dan's Media Digest (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A valorous, vivifying visitation... or a vicarious, voracious violation? [SPOILERS] The alien invasion subgenre is always getting reinvented for a new generation, but it's disappointing that so many are pure remakes with snazzier effects and new characters (see: Spielberg's War Of The Worlds.) Based on Kenneth Johnson's 1983 mini-series that spawned a television series, V once again finds enormous...
Televisionary (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
They have arrived. You read my advance review of the pilot episode of ABC's sci-fi series V but now that the series has launched, I'm curious to see what all of you thought of the first episode. (You can also read my post-air thoughts on the first episode of V over at the Los Angeles Times/Show Tracker site.) Did you love the arrival scene where the Visitors descended on Earth and then broadcast their...
The Comic Book Catacombs (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Last night the ABC network began airing its troubled reimagining of the classic 1983 television mini-series " V ", with a mere four episode run during the crucial November sweeps period. Reports that the planned 13 episode initial order had been dramatically scaled back may have fueled the mindset that this effort was doomed from the outset. Paired against hit shows "NCIS" and "The...
PopCultureShock (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Did you somehow miss out on Joss Whedon’s Firefly series? And are subsequently wondering why everyone seems to have huge mancrushes on that dude on that Castle show? Well now you too can fall in love with Nathan Fillion and the rest of the Firefly crew (including Sarah Connor’s Summer Glau and V’s Morena Baccarin): [...]
The Writing Playground (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
My current crush comes from a television show on Monday nights: Castle. I was late jumping on the bandwagon, because I’d gotten out of the habit of watching television on a regular basis. I would mostly just tune in to something vaguely interesting while I did something else, like write or read (weird, I know). I’d stopped watching most of the shows I was addicted to, because they had changed...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby take this opportunity to present my belief that Alan Tudyk is one of the most under-used actors of his generation. I'm not sure where I first saw him but it was Joss Whedon's Firefly that really sold me on Tudyk and his skills, that show alone placing incredible demands on him to run the gamut from serious drama to comedy to action and Tudyk handled it all flawlessly....
memoirs on a rainy day (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I’ve been a Nathan Fillion fan for quite a while. Ever since Firefly, I was really impressed by his acting. Since he is starring in a new series which premiered last Monday, I took it upon myself to watch it weekly. Anyway, what do I like about Castle? Well it stars an obnoxious, womanizing novelist. Detective [...]
memoirs on a rainy day (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I’ve been a Nathan Fillion fan for quite a while. Ever since Firefly, I was really impressed by his acting. Since he is starring in a new series which premiered last Monday, I took it upon myself to watch it weekly. Anyway, what do I like about Castle? Well it stars an obnoxious, womanizing novelist. Detective [...]
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