I’ve come across some useful links that I wanted to share:
– Joss Whedon gives up on Firefly: “‘In the end, it was what it was: a tough sell,’ says Whedon, adding that it appears the Firefly saga has reached its conclusion.”
(See comments for why this is incorrect. Thanks cyohtee!)
– Speaking of franchises being reborn due to popularity on DVD, Matt Groening thinks the prospects for more Futurama are good.
– And while we’re on the topic of animation, Venture Brothers co-creator Jason Publick has a LiveJournal with notes and stills from the upcoming season (no word on the exact date for the premiere, just “Spring, 2006”).
– I’m not a fan of Saturday Night Live and haven’t been since the early 80’s or so. Nevertheless, the “Lazy Sunday” segment from last weekend’s show (aka “The Chronicles of Narnia Rap”) is drop-dead hilarious. You can watch it here and read the lyrics here.
– Please excuse me if I occasionally mutter the phrase “breathtaking inanity” and giggle to myself all day today.
And Joss Whedon on EW…
http://whedonesque.com/comments/9027
Basically…
“All right, now I have to jump in and set the record straight. EW is a
fine rag, but they do take things out of context. Obviously when I said
I had ‘closure’, what I meant was “I hate Serenity, I hated Firefly, I
think my fans are stupid and Nathan Fillion smells like turnips.” But
EW’s always got to put some weird negative spin on it. But so we’re
clear once and for all: If you read a quote saying “I’d love to do more
in this ‘verse with these actors in any medium” all I’m saying is that
Nathan has a turnipy odor. It’s not his fault, he doesn’t eat a lot of
them but everyone else in the cast noticed it and tht’s not really
something I’m prepared to deal with any more. And Jewel said outright
she wouldn’t do scenes with him except stuff like the SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER funeral scene which was outside in a high SPOILER wind. So if I
do manage to find another incarnation for my beloved creation, it will
have been totally against my will.
I hope that clears everything up. Oh, and when I say I want to do a
Spike movie, it means I have a bunion on my toe.
-joss (by which I mean Tim)
(no, actually me.)”
🙂
For those thusly concerned:
I’m guessing that Narnia thing is popular?
It’s a free download in the iTunes store now.