Das gesamte Dollhouse-Panel der Comicon
wiesengrund - 29. Juli, 23:46
Dienstag, 29. Juli 2008
Dr. Horrible wieder online
Gratis? Scheint so. Mit Joss' Segen:
Point being, HULU hosted Dr. Horrible for free for a week, which we, the mushortio-makers, are forever grateful for, and now you can stream it for free on their site. How awesome is that? I know, you're humbled. Stop groveling. Just remember: the more you watch it, the more you will understand about life and the universe and hydroponics. You'll laugh, you'll cry.... and you just might learn long division. With songs! PLEASE watch it. We're so lonely...
Etwas Werbung, aber jo mei. Dafür auch in 480p watchable, fein fein, und embedabble, sehr fein fein:
Point being, HULU hosted Dr. Horrible for free for a week, which we, the mushortio-makers, are forever grateful for, and now you can stream it for free on their site. How awesome is that? I know, you're humbled. Stop groveling. Just remember: the more you watch it, the more you will understand about life and the universe and hydroponics. You'll laugh, you'll cry.... and you just might learn long division. With songs! PLEASE watch it. We're so lonely...
Etwas Werbung, aber jo mei. Dafür auch in 480p watchable, fein fein, und embedabble, sehr fein fein:
wiesengrund - 29. Juli, 23:35
Das Set
Von all den Set-Besuchen der letzten Zeit ist der hier der spannendste:
Usually sets are built on the floor level, but this set — which is the office of Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams), the manager of the "Dollhouse" — is elevated so that they can shoot a floor-to-ceiling skyline through the windows. The dollhouse itself, which is a sort of dormitory/office complex for the "actives" — including Eliza Dushku's Echo — is all underground, and Adelle's office is the only part of it that is above the ground.
Zu Adelles Office:
Interestingly, Adelle's desk is facing away from the door and toward the windows, so that her back is to the door. "I didn't want to do the standard, come-before-me- and-my-desk thing," Joss said. "I found it interesting that she would be the kind of person who wanted to look at the world rather than into her own space. Also, it means that if you enter the room, she doesn't have to look at you, which is a power play."
But though you can see Adelle's computer screen when you enter her office, you cannot see the widescreen monitor in a niche to the left of her desk, on which she can observe everyone in the dollhouse. "Adelle is — she's not ruthless; she's ruth-deficient," Whedon quipped about the character. "She could use a little more ruth. She's pretty tough, but luckily she's British, so … somehow everything she says is nice."
Robots? Zombie-Slaves? Oh yeah.
Next, we visited the coed showers that all the actives use, prompting Eliza Dushku to do an impromptu stroll through so that we could see just how much of her we could see through the shower walls (answer: not much).
Although Whedon and the reporters joked about the titillation factor, the showers do have a metaphorical raison d'etre. "The whole point about this environment is that it's completely innocent, as somebody said, 'a garden of Eden,'" Whedon said.
He continued: "Actually, amazingly enough, we were just going to build them for the pilot, and they keep turning up in episode after episode. Those wacky writers! Sometimes for a very good reason, because as innocence starts to fall away, other things start to become noticeable. The more they interact on that very childlike level, the more we can then corrupt them." He added jokingly, "And America!"
We visited the actives' dormitory next. It's a circular room with five sleeping pods sunken into a slate ground, and the Zen-like decor softens the creepiness of the coffin-like sleeping arrangements. Each one slides shut with a plexiglass cover so that when the actives are asleep, they're basically put away — like dolls, of course.
Whedon said that he wanted to create "something that was a little womb-like, a little coffin-like, and a little bit like no matter how free they feel coming and going into the dollhouse, in essence they are completely trapped."
Usually sets are built on the floor level, but this set — which is the office of Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams), the manager of the "Dollhouse" — is elevated so that they can shoot a floor-to-ceiling skyline through the windows. The dollhouse itself, which is a sort of dormitory/office complex for the "actives" — including Eliza Dushku's Echo — is all underground, and Adelle's office is the only part of it that is above the ground.
Zu Adelles Office:
Interestingly, Adelle's desk is facing away from the door and toward the windows, so that her back is to the door. "I didn't want to do the standard, come-before-me- and-my-desk thing," Joss said. "I found it interesting that she would be the kind of person who wanted to look at the world rather than into her own space. Also, it means that if you enter the room, she doesn't have to look at you, which is a power play."
But though you can see Adelle's computer screen when you enter her office, you cannot see the widescreen monitor in a niche to the left of her desk, on which she can observe everyone in the dollhouse. "Adelle is — she's not ruthless; she's ruth-deficient," Whedon quipped about the character. "She could use a little more ruth. She's pretty tough, but luckily she's British, so … somehow everything she says is nice."
Robots? Zombie-Slaves? Oh yeah.
Next, we visited the coed showers that all the actives use, prompting Eliza Dushku to do an impromptu stroll through so that we could see just how much of her we could see through the shower walls (answer: not much).
Although Whedon and the reporters joked about the titillation factor, the showers do have a metaphorical raison d'etre. "The whole point about this environment is that it's completely innocent, as somebody said, 'a garden of Eden,'" Whedon said.
He continued: "Actually, amazingly enough, we were just going to build them for the pilot, and they keep turning up in episode after episode. Those wacky writers! Sometimes for a very good reason, because as innocence starts to fall away, other things start to become noticeable. The more they interact on that very childlike level, the more we can then corrupt them." He added jokingly, "And America!"
We visited the actives' dormitory next. It's a circular room with five sleeping pods sunken into a slate ground, and the Zen-like decor softens the creepiness of the coffin-like sleeping arrangements. Each one slides shut with a plexiglass cover so that when the actives are asleep, they're basically put away — like dolls, of course.
Whedon said that he wanted to create "something that was a little womb-like, a little coffin-like, and a little bit like no matter how free they feel coming and going into the dollhouse, in essence they are completely trapped."
wiesengrund - 29. Juli, 23:27
Joss über seine derzeitigen Comics
Unter anderem über das dritte Firefly-Comic A Shepherd's Tale:
I've done a breakdown of the story. I think Jim Krueger is going to write the actual script. The biggest mystery of what we never got to tell is Shepherd's backstory. Everybody knew there was something more than just being Shepherd in there. And poor Ron [Glass] came to me during the strike and said, "I'm going to another convention. You've got to give me something." It's been a number of years and they always ask [about Shepherd]. I said, "You know what, it has been long enough and this isn't something I'm going to save for the sequel that may never happen, so we'll make a comic book out of it."
Because it's an interesting story, really. It's the single most-asked question: "What's up with Book?" And now we're going to answer that.
I've done a breakdown of the story. I think Jim Krueger is going to write the actual script. The biggest mystery of what we never got to tell is Shepherd's backstory. Everybody knew there was something more than just being Shepherd in there. And poor Ron [Glass] came to me during the strike and said, "I'm going to another convention. You've got to give me something." It's been a number of years and they always ask [about Shepherd]. I said, "You know what, it has been long enough and this isn't something I'm going to save for the sequel that may never happen, so we'll make a comic book out of it."
Because it's an interesting story, really. It's the single most-asked question: "What's up with Book?" And now we're going to answer that.
wiesengrund - 29. Juli, 14:20
Julie Benz würde gerne mitspielen
Eine mehr in der ewigen Liste an SchauspielerInnen, die gerne Dollhouse bereichern würden:
6:05PM: Ex-BUFFY/ANGEL star Julie Benz would love to work on Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE. Shocker! Julie asks us to start an internet rumor. Which on a totally unrelated note reminds me…. anyone else hearing that Julie Benz has been offered a guest spot on Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE?
Derzeit und noch hoffentlich lange soll sie aber bei Dexter bleiben, bitte. Dort ist sie einfach zu wichtig.
6:05PM: Ex-BUFFY/ANGEL star Julie Benz would love to work on Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE. Shocker! Julie asks us to start an internet rumor. Which on a totally unrelated note reminds me…. anyone else hearing that Julie Benz has been offered a guest spot on Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE?
Derzeit und noch hoffentlich lange soll sie aber bei Dexter bleiben, bitte. Dort ist sie einfach zu wichtig.
wiesengrund - 29. Juli, 14:18
Wonderfalls-Pushing Daisies Crossover?
Tim Minear hat ja beim wunderbaren Wonderfalls mitgewerkt, und der ständig unterschätzte Bryan Fuller, Erschaffer von Wonderfalls und dem gerade ABC unsicher machenden Pushing Daisies (für das er auch Doug Petrie für die zweite Staffel an Bord geholt hat), hätte gerne einen Crossover:
Mary Ann Marie Beetle, a character from the “Muffin Buffalo” episode of “Wonderfalls,” will turn up in a season-two episode of ABC’s “Pushing Daisies,” series mastermind Bryan Fuller told the ComicCon crowd Saturday.
Fuller, who created both "Daisies" and "Wonderfalls," said he’d love to have “Wonderfalls” central character Jaye Tyler turn up on “Daisies” as well.
Mary Ann Marie Beetle, a character from the “Muffin Buffalo” episode of “Wonderfalls,” will turn up in a season-two episode of ABC’s “Pushing Daisies,” series mastermind Bryan Fuller told the ComicCon crowd Saturday.
Fuller, who created both "Daisies" and "Wonderfalls," said he’d love to have “Wonderfalls” central character Jaye Tyler turn up on “Daisies” as well.
wiesengrund - 29. Juli, 14:14
