Comments on: Alien: Resurrection 1.5/10 http://www.jasbone.com/wp/2004/10/alien-resurrection-1510 Jasbone's Thoughts Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Doc Hogan http://www.jasbone.com/wp/2004/10/alien-resurrection-1510/comment-page-1#comment-4 Doc Hogan Sat, 25 Dec 2004 10:07:57 +0000 http://www.jasbone.com/wp/?p=22#comment-4 Just want to defend Joss Whedon a touch on this...Hollywood really screws him everytime he writes a feature-length script (I only pray that 'Serenity' will be the exception). When he (co-)wrote the original Buffy movie, the studio bastardized it so bad he refused to work on-set. Alien:Ressurrection is also a far cry from the script he wrote. Perhaps in this case that's not saying much, but still... I'd have to say the best thing he ever did was the television series Firefly (in my opinion, it's actually probably one of the best and most intelligent series to ever air; it sits on my shelf next to MASH and the Young Ones ;) ) FOX Television, of course, *absolutely* destroyed it; they sabotaged it from the very start (it's a story-arc series, and FOX played it completely out of order, forced removal of a lot of drama, terrible time-slot, etc). The series only lasted 11 episodes (on-air. The final 3 episodes of the season are included in the DVD boxed set). Thankfully, he's getting a chance to take the series to the big screen, in Serenity: The Movie (Serenity was the name of the ship the lead cast lived/worked on). I can only pray that he gets a *whole* lot more freedom on this movie than on any he's done before. (written *and* directed by... there's hope anyway) Just want to defend Joss Whedon a touch on this…Hollywood really screws him everytime he writes a feature-length script (I only pray that ‘Serenity’ will be the exception).

When he (co-)wrote the original Buffy movie, the studio bastardized it so bad he refused to work on-set.

Alien:Ressurrection is also a far cry from the script he wrote. Perhaps in this case that’s not saying much, but still…

I’d have to say the best thing he ever did was the television series Firefly (in my opinion, it’s actually probably one of the best and most intelligent series to ever air; it sits on my shelf next to MASH and the Young Ones ;) ) FOX Television, of course, *absolutely* destroyed it; they sabotaged it from the very start (it’s a story-arc series, and FOX played it completely out of order, forced removal of a lot of drama, terrible time-slot, etc). The series only lasted 11 episodes (on-air. The final 3 episodes of the season are included in the DVD boxed set).

Thankfully, he’s getting a chance to take the series to the big screen, in Serenity: The Movie (Serenity was the name of the ship the lead cast lived/worked on). I can only pray that he gets a *whole* lot more freedom on this movie than on any he’s done before. (written *and* directed by… there’s hope anyway)

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