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Mar. 9th, 2004 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hildy89Last night's program reminds me why I stay away the hell away from talk radio. I know I have some friends who are libertarian, but I swear this man drove me nuts. He had the same noisy inflection and bluster of Rush Limbaugh. He seemed to see his ideals of freedom and beating the Man in everything from "the Matrix" to "Lord of the Rings" and "Braveheart".
Enough of that aspect. They played the "Firefly" theme, which only seemed to play into their ideas. They mentioned the characters, including the fact the female cast had no blondes, although I was annoyed they forgot Zoe's name. They talked about the fans trying to send Firefly dvds to the US troops. Also mentioned the story recounted by Static, a soldier on FFF.net, encountering other Firefly fans/ soldiers on leave in the US, quoting the "when you can't run anymore you crawl" exchange from "The Message".
The NPR program was far more interesting. The other guest on the "Talk of the Nation" program was Roberta Pearson, editor of Cult Television, from Cardiff University. She talked throughout the show on her ideas on cult television.
Joss Whedon talked about the initial ideas behind "Buffy: the Vampire Slayer", including the surprising influence of "Wiseguy" for a villain arc. He knew he didn't want the same bad guy rising again and again -- "Now I'll really going to get you, Buffy!" type of thing. So he wound up creating a different villain for each season. He was minding his one year old son who was making little noises in the background. He spoke a little about why "Firefly" failed, mostly laying the blame at the feet of Fox and its attitude towards the show. Joss mentioned taking over one of the X-men titles for a year and working on the "Firefly" movie.
Bruce Campbell mentioned that actually part of what appealed to him about all three of his main roles was they were not mainstream shows. He talked about attending the conventions and meeting the fans. He talked a little about Xena and its appeal, though the lead-in did mention Brisco County and Jack of All Trades. He said he wasn't too worried about being remembered as Autolycus for years upon years, because of his varied roles. He was as liable to have someone dressed in a western outfit next to someone in a spiked hair and piercings. So at least he would have some variety in his fans.
Enough of that aspect. They played the "Firefly" theme, which only seemed to play into their ideas. They mentioned the characters, including the fact the female cast had no blondes, although I was annoyed they forgot Zoe's name. They talked about the fans trying to send Firefly dvds to the US troops. Also mentioned the story recounted by Static, a soldier on FFF.net, encountering other Firefly fans/ soldiers on leave in the US, quoting the "when you can't run anymore you crawl" exchange from "The Message".
The NPR program was far more interesting. The other guest on the "Talk of the Nation" program was Roberta Pearson, editor of Cult Television, from Cardiff University. She talked throughout the show on her ideas on cult television.
Joss Whedon talked about the initial ideas behind "Buffy: the Vampire Slayer", including the surprising influence of "Wiseguy" for a villain arc. He knew he didn't want the same bad guy rising again and again -- "Now I'll really going to get you, Buffy!" type of thing. So he wound up creating a different villain for each season. He was minding his one year old son who was making little noises in the background. He spoke a little about why "Firefly" failed, mostly laying the blame at the feet of Fox and its attitude towards the show. Joss mentioned taking over one of the X-men titles for a year and working on the "Firefly" movie.
Bruce Campbell mentioned that actually part of what appealed to him about all three of his main roles was they were not mainstream shows. He talked about attending the conventions and meeting the fans. He talked a little about Xena and its appeal, though the lead-in did mention Brisco County and Jack of All Trades. He said he wasn't too worried about being remembered as Autolycus for years upon years, because of his varied roles. He was as liable to have someone dressed in a western outfit next to someone in a spiked hair and piercings. So at least he would have some variety in his fans.
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Date: 2004-03-09 06:12 pm (UTC)