Friday, July 22, Firefly is returning to TV (well, cable actually). They haven't produced any more episodes but the Sci-Fi Channel is doing it Joss's way this time. It's kind of like the Director's Cut. Sci-Fi plans to show all of the episodes (includes the 3 that the Fox TV network didn't get around to airing) and even in the right order. First, they'll start with the 2-hour original pilot. Then, they'll show the "second pilot" (which Fox showed first). And so on in the order that the writers intended. In case you haven't guessed, I think it's a great plan! (This was first officially announced with a Sci-Fi wire entry in June. I actually heard about it before then, but I was afraid it was too good to be true. It should be a terrific way to promote the Serenity movie that extends the story of the Firefly universe).
In other TV news, it's all new episodes of Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica tomorrow. It's been a while since there were new episodes. I hope I remember who all of the characters are. ;)
Also, apparently Fox has pretty much cancelled another cool show before it had a chance to shine. I wasn't so sure about The Inside after the first couple episodes, but I thought it was pretty interesting to begin with and it just keeps getting better. The episode yesterday was pretty awesome. It's not that I care about the gory stuff in the show for myself (e.g., I can continue eating dinner while they show an autopsy scene), but it might cause some people to tune out. So I wonder if the sure might have a little better chance to succeed if they had dialed down the grossness factor.
Oh, well, I guess they'll air some more of the episodes and then release The Inside Complete Series on DVD that'd include some un-aired episodes, too. I guess I'll look for it at the store. If it's a good price, it might buy it. I've already missed one of the episodes (I forgot it was on). Maybe they'll even re-run that episode. Anything could even happen (but it'd be very unlikely that Fox renews the show).
Thursday, July 14, 2005
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