Well, it's that time of year again, when the fall season ends and the networks go into reruns. Well, they used to--now they do summer programming. Not much of it looks really interesting to me at the moment, though, so I'll likely be drifting off network TV for the summer.
What do we have to look forward to in the next few months?
Torchwood arrives on BBC America this summer, as does the third season of Dr. Who. I'm totally there for both of these. Eureka should be back around August-ish, I believe. Plus I've got a lot of stuff to catch up on, namely Rome, The Tudors, and whatever else I can think of.
Right now I'm watching Season One of Gilmore Girls and being terribly amused at Jared Padalecki's baby-face and how he's still taller than, well, everybody. This is quite a fun show. I'd watched some of it back when Gilmore Girls: Beginnings was on on Sunday nights, but I hadn't come back to it. I'm really enjoying it so far. Although I still think Stars Hollow should have an apostrophe in it somewhere...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
TV Tie-Ins
I've been attempting, only partially successfully, to veg a bit this weekend. So I thought I'd pass along some of the things I've found to relax with.
John Barrowman (Dr. Who
, Torchwood, DeLovely) performs at the Kennedy Center in 2002. This is a full hour of music from Mr. Barrowman, who has a completely luscious, sweet voice and a charming manner with his audience. He also looks damn good in jeans. At the Kennedy Center website.
The Angel Scriptbook Compilation, Volume One. These scriptbooks were originally released by IDW as single title comic books, but they've been rereleased in trade paperback form, and word has it all fugure scriptbooks will be these compilations, rather than the single books. Volume I features five complete shooting scripts: "City of..." (Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt, series pilot), "A Hole in the World" (Joss Whedon, Season Five), "Spin the Bottle" (Joss Whedon, Season Four), "Waiting in the Wings" (Joss Whedon, Season Three) and "Five by Five" (Jim Kouf, Season One). Volume Two is also available and features five more scripts, including the Season Five classic "Smile Time" (Ben Edlund) and the series finale, "Not Fade Away" (Jeffrey Bell and Joss Whedon). These are fun to read not just because it's a nice way of revisiting the show. They're also original shooting scripts, so there are scenes here that were changed or removed before the final cut. It's an entertaining and educational look into the raw material from which a brilliant show came to be.
John Barrowman (Dr. Who
, Torchwood, DeLovely) performs at the Kennedy Center in 2002. This is a full hour of music from Mr. Barrowman, who has a completely luscious, sweet voice and a charming manner with his audience. He also looks damn good in jeans. At the Kennedy Center website.The Angel Scriptbook Compilation, Volume One
. These scriptbooks were originally released by IDW as single title comic books, but they've been rereleased in trade paperback form, and word has it all fugure scriptbooks will be these compilations, rather than the single books. Volume I features five complete shooting scripts: "City of..." (Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt, series pilot), "A Hole in the World" (Joss Whedon, Season Five), "Spin the Bottle" (Joss Whedon, Season Four), "Waiting in the Wings" (Joss Whedon, Season Three) and "Five by Five" (Jim Kouf, Season One). Volume Two is also available and features five more scripts, including the Season Five classic "Smile Time" (Ben Edlund) and the series finale, "Not Fade Away" (Jeffrey Bell and Joss Whedon). These are fun to read not just because it's a nice way of revisiting the show. They're also original shooting scripts, so there are scenes here that were changed or removed before the final cut. It's an entertaining and educational look into the raw material from which a brilliant show came to be.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
BBC+Azureus=Whee!!
According to this article from BBC News, the BBC is planning to make shows available for download/online viewing outside the UK through a partnership with Azureus, a popular file sharing program that uses BitTorrent technology. Hopefully this means US viewers will get to see shows like Torchwood and Dr. Who shortly after their airing in the UK, rather than having to wait a year to see a hacked-up and censored version on BBC America or the Sci Fi Channel. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing but good here.
More and more movies and TV shows are being made available legally online, via iTunes, MySpace, and various individual network sites, and production companies have made distribution deals now with BitTorrent, Kazaa, and now Azureus. While I will always prefer downloadable files to streaming video, the move toward dispensing content over the Internet is a good move, and I'm glad to see these industries moving in that direction. The music industry could learn something. What's the best way to manage rampant electronic distribution of product? Brutally smash those people doing it, driving them farther underground, while adding protection to your product that can crash people's computers and basically piss off everyone? Or find out what people are doing and figure out how to make money off it by providing a good quality product, easily accessed, for a reasonable amount of money so people will buy rather than download? The answer to that one seems to me to be a no-brainer.
The next step is for production companies to jump onto Internet-only productions targeted to niche audiences. How many people would pay a monthly subscription fee for a show like Firefly or Wonderfalls? Quite probably enough to finance it. Somebody needs to jump right on that bandwagon.
More and more movies and TV shows are being made available legally online, via iTunes, MySpace, and various individual network sites, and production companies have made distribution deals now with BitTorrent, Kazaa, and now Azureus. While I will always prefer downloadable files to streaming video, the move toward dispensing content over the Internet is a good move, and I'm glad to see these industries moving in that direction. The music industry could learn something. What's the best way to manage rampant electronic distribution of product? Brutally smash those people doing it, driving them farther underground, while adding protection to your product that can crash people's computers and basically piss off everyone? Or find out what people are doing and figure out how to make money off it by providing a good quality product, easily accessed, for a reasonable amount of money so people will buy rather than download? The answer to that one seems to me to be a no-brainer.
The next step is for production companies to jump onto Internet-only productions targeted to niche audiences. How many people would pay a monthly subscription fee for a show like Firefly or Wonderfalls? Quite probably enough to finance it. Somebody needs to jump right on that bandwagon.
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