“A casual relationship with reality”
Categories: Movies, Television
You can't trust Fox with a good TV show. I mean, "Arrested Development" is dangerously close to cancellation. Sure, its ratings aren't spectacular, but you really, every once in a while, have to make an exception for exceptional quality. Those bastards.
Before that, though, there was "Firefly", Joss Whedon's funny, smart, exciting and totally original sci-fi western which Fox cancelled after ten episodes, which they showed completely out of order (the two-part pilot was the last episode aired, and that's just the beginning of the wackiness). Joss Whedon, for those of you that don't know (hi, Mom), is the fella behind "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel" and the writer of "Toy Story". He's crazy talented.
But the silver lining is that Joss Whedon got a movie deal out of it to write and direct "Serenity", based on the show. It's coming out in September, but the trailer hit Apple's site today. Watch it here, it's a lot of fun. And if you're looking for some DVDs to watch during summer, check out the box set of the entire first (and only) season of "Firefly".
Fox sucks.
posted by Mark Kawakami at April 26, 2005, 10:04 PM // permalink // (6) Comments