SanAnn(07/20/04 05:13:54)
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| Все почему-то дружно вспоминают "Миссию: невыполнимую", а я вдруг вспомнила трансформации Вэла Килмера в "Святом". |
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Как ни странно, мне на ум тоже пришел Вэл Килмер. Не самые лучшие были перевоплощения, на мой взгляд.
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Элайзы касательно второго сезона Tru Calling для Sci Fi Wire.
Eliza Dushku, who stars in Fox's supernatural series Tru Calling, told SCI FI Wire that her character will embrace her gift in the upcoming second season and use it to fight her nemesis, played by new regular cast member Jason Priestley. "I'm excited to see this next season go on and especially with Jason coming into the mix, because now Tru has, in a sense, shown her power," Dushku said in an interview during the network's fall press preview in Los Angeles. "I know I'm going to use it to get into this battle. Now it's on, and she owns her power, and I think she's going to find so many more colors and so many more strengths."
In the final episode of the first season, the show took a dark turn when viewers discovered that Tru's father killed her mother and that Priestley's character was a villain. Dushku promised that the upcoming season will include more surprises. "There's going to be a lot of mysterious twists this year," she said. "There's going to be guest stars coming on that I can't talk about now, even though I really want to. But it's going to be a great year."
Dushku said she was anxious to get back to work on July 20, when the season premiere begins filming. "I'm freaking out," she said. "I'm excited, though. I feel like last year. I'm like thrilled and terrified at the same time. But mostly I'm excited. I can't wait to see [co-stars] Zach [Galifianakis] and Shawn [Reaves]. I had such a good time. My cast and crew were so amazing. I can't wait to go interact with everybody again." Tru Calling returns for a second season in November in its regular 9 p.m. ET/PT Thursday timeslot.
И продолжение фоток Элайзы с
2004 Fox Network TCA Summer Party Вторая часть клипа
SlayHim .
Очередной весленький комикс на тему сообщения Энджелу о смерти Баффи.
Экое святотатство! Незабвенные фотки СМГ для кампании
Got Milk?, плюс фотка за кадром.
Еще одни подробности пребывания Сары и Элайзы на Comic Con в
Сан-Диего. На этот раз фанаты недовольны тем, что Сара не будет давать автографы, что заставляет их задуматься об отношении к ним.
Ничего ужасного со стороны Сары в этом не вижу!
Unfortunately Smg will not give any autographs. Fans criticize this since it leads to new speculations of Sarahs sympathy for her fanbase.
Eliza will also attend the Comic Con and explain the changes in Tru Calling`s second season. It is not known if Eliza will sign autographs. But it seems likeley that she will sign some.
Интересная статья, касающаяся наших двух
главных шоу. by Scott Nance
"The broadcast networks have basically all said scifi is of no value whatsoever..."
Forget what you’ve been told. Forget what I’ve told you. There is plenty of scifi out there on TV. It’s just that it’s all reruns.
By canceling so many promising series like FIREFLY, ANGEL, and even CBS’ short-lived futuristic lawyer show CENTURY CITY, the broadcast networks have basically all said scifi is of no value whatsoever. They’re saying scifi series no longer hold the audiences they’re looking for, and--even worse--we scifi fans aren’t even worth attracting.
The cable networks, on the other hand, know better.
They’ve been snapping up rerun rights to scifi series all over the place. Not only that, the cable nets turn around and make these acquisitions centerpieces of their lineups -- like BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER on FX, ANGEL on TNT, and an ever-growing number of STAR TREK series on Spike TV.
Granted, in buying reruns of existing series, cablers avoid the risks the broadcasters face everyday in sinking big bucks in actually producing new series which may or may not succeed.
But in some notable cases, cable nets have shown a willingness to spend mucho dinero to get their hands on scifi. Competition for the cable rights to BUFFY, for instance, was reportedly fierce. USA Network, TNT, MTV, and Lifetime all were said to be interested in the airing old episodes of the Slayer’s exploits. FX ultimately emerged the winner only after reportedly coughing up an extraordinary $650,000 per episode -- or $65 million in all.
Willingness to spend that kind of money shows just how seriously the cable nets take scifi. Interest in BUFFY was so intense precisely because the networks understood just how successfully the show could deliver the young adult demographics TV networks crave.
"A funny thing happens....these shows attract entirely new fans who may have had just a passing exposure to them..."
Having spent so lavishly for it, FX turned around and gave the series prime exposure. FX practically became the “BUFFY network,” running episodes as often as three or four times a day.
Although TNT bought rerun rights to ANGEL for a much more modest $250,000 per episode, the network gave the series a prominent perch on its lineup at 5 p.m. ET, sandwiched between the classy JUDGING AMY and the less-classy CHARMED.
And then there’s Spike TV’s fascination with all things TREK. The network has completed its transformation from country-music-based The Nashville Network, to the more amorphous The National Network, and finally to Spike, the “only network for men.”
Spike had gotten into the TREK business by buying rerun rights to STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION back in its days as The National Network. What’s more interesting, however, is that as the cabler decided to cater to a specifically young, male audience, it deepened its connection to TREK.
Spike TV recently debuted reruns of DEEP SPACE NINE, and has also bought rights to air repeats of STAR TREK: VOYAGER starting in 2006.
Clearly, having decided to pursue the male demographic so specifically, Spike TV execs knew that a lot was riding on which specific programming they purchased. They had to buy the programming that they felt would most appeal to young men. With so much at stake for the re-launch of their network aiming at men, it’s significant that they felt one of the best ways to attract those male viewers would be by acquiring so many incarnations of the TREK universe.
"The show doesn’t have to be new if it’s new to you..."
Once these old series have new life in reruns on cable, a funny thing happens. It’s not just the hard-core fans from the series’ past who come watch. These shows attract entirely new fans who may have had just a passing exposure to them--if even that--in their days on first-run TV.
That’s true of DEEP SPACE NINE, according to Chase Masterson, the actress who played Leeta on the series, which finished its first-run years in 1999.
“ … From everything I’ve heard, the resurgence of DS9 on DVD and on Spike is bringing a new audience to the show, ironically, years after we closed,” she said in a recent interview . “After 7 years, it’s great to see such a worthy piece finding the audience that it deserves.”
It’s been the case for BUFFY, as well. Just ask university worker Lena Davis, who only recently discovered BUFFY:
“My friends had mentioned BUFFY in the past, but I hadn’t watched it. I didn't like TV and only watched one show religiously, BABYLON 5, for its magnificent story,” Davis explains in the “Discovering Buffy” section of Slayage.tv. “Now, with all this time on my hands, I decided to watch the rebroadcast episodes on FX, starting with the very first episode. I immediately connected with Giles, the father figure of the group. And I fell in love with the characters, and the story, and the hipness and reality of the entire endeavor.”
Rick Goodman, a 32-year-old organic chemist, is another fan who credits the heavy rotation BUFFY found itself in on FX.
Goodman told Slayage.tv he only started watching BUFFY at the start of Season Six.
“Fortunately, at that same time FX was showing Seasons 1-5, in order, twice daily, and I was able to catch up very, very quickly,” he said, adding that “reading the other letters submitted here, it seems a LOT of us late fans owe thanks to FX for doing that!!”
If you’ve ever kicked yourself for letting a good scifi series pass you by, don't fret. It’s probably out there on cable, just waiting for you. And remember, the show doesn’t have to be new if it’s new to you.
A news editor and columnist for MediaSharx, Scott Nance also is a member of the USS Chesapeake, an active, independent sci-fi and Star Trek club in the Washington, DC, area.
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