Fannish Items of Interest

[calliopes_pen]

There’s actually a band called The Browncoats--they sing about Jayne.

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Found via bttf: Over at College Humor, they have a letter that Marty wrote to Doc in 2015.

Over at blognewsarama, they’re suggesting Emmy Rossum be cast as Death if there’s ever a Sandman movie--she's apparently shown an interest in the part. I’ve seen better suggestions. She just doesn’t work, and in the picture they have, she looks too thin.

I don’t watch Dollhouse (it doesn’t interest me) but I wanted to post this for those that do, and haven’t already heard. If I understand this correctly, Fox will not be airing the season finale of Dollhouse. As I understand it, there were originally 13 episodes ordered. Fox scrapped the original pilot episode. The 14th episode was never actually ordered, so they won’t be airing it. If I’ve heard right, that episode will only be available via DVD. There may be spoilers for the episode in at least the Io9 article, so beware of that.

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[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

So let's recap what's happened with the three US-made dramas I actually care about:

Life: season finale aired last night and it sure did look a whole lot like a series finale.
Kings: moved to death timeslot in preparation for axing.
Dollhouse: see above.

And people wonder why I don't care about the fact that my TV isn't digital-ready (we don't have cable) and all the networks are one by one going black. They clearly don't care about people like me watching their networks, why should I go out of my way to keep them?

[calliopes_pen]

And when it's on Fox, it's pretty much doomed from the start. Wonderfalls, Firefly, and a few dozen others are good examples.

[kkglinka.livejournal.com]

Fox doesn't actually know how to keep a show going. I honestly believe they think that being completely spastic in their airing pattern and abruptly stopping is a feasible strategy.