Interview with Terry "Mrs. Ron" Moore mentions Joss in glowing terms.
Apparently she worked on Buffy for half a season as a costume designer.
[ETA there's no such thing as a custumer designer. Apparently.]
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April 30 2008
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TamaraC | April 30, 04:14 CET
And a Carnivale mention, sniff. Now I'm crying. My desire for more Carnivale is right up there with Angel and Firefly. Sigh.
Succatash | April 30, 04:15 CET
She was instrumental in getting BSG fans over & involved at Fans4Writers during the strike, and gave up more of her time than I think she actually could, and in the face of so many other pressures.
I'm so glad that Joss and Ron have bonded in this way, and I'm delighted to hear that neither is a micro-managing employer - though not surprised... I know they get good work from their people, but trusting your folks is usually the best way to do that...
I don't want to think about what Ron's turning down that could make you cry... I've already got the cry bug from the upcoming BSG ending...
I'm going to my happy place, where Joss is shooting Dollhouse in my backyard, and Terry and Ron have dropped by on their way to Ron's Virtuality shoot...
ET: fix my crappy link tag...
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QuoterGal | April 30, 04:43 CET
jcs | April 30, 04:58 CET
I don't wanna think about Galactica ending. Nope nu uh just not gonna happen. It will last forever, because it has too.
theMidnighter | April 30, 06:31 CET
Oh, yeah, that as awful. It was like Spike's new soul made him want to be a Backstreet Boy.
Invisible Green | April 30, 06:35 CET
Exactly how I feel. I hope she and Ron decide to go ahead with the blog forum, although for her own sanity she might need to cut down on her participation. Scalzi's Whateveresque has shown that the blog's owner/moderator doesn't need to be on 24 hours a day for a forum to be a success.
cabri | April 30, 07:41 CET
dreamlogic | April 30, 08:17 CET
Succatash | April 30, 01:15 CET
I am so right there with you, Succatash. What was HBO thinking, that had to be the worst decision they've ever made.
Shey | April 30, 11:58 CET
I always figured the blue shirt had to do with Spike's line about the costume not working, and that they wanted something that was wrong for Spike, therefore that too-small shirt that he couldn't use to hide...
BTW, my friend who is slowly creeping to the end of BtVS and Ats (She does not want it to end.) loves that shirt. I just laughed.
newcj | April 30, 14:42 CET
Not like they could do product placement either, as they did with Tropicana Orange Juice on The Sopranos and in a number of their other shows (man, the ad revenue generated by all the plugging on Entourage seems like it could keep the whole network afloat for years). What can you convincingly incorporate into a 1930s period piece fantasy drama ?
I loved Carnivale's first season and had some issues with the second, despite it having a number of strong episodes and an exciting but frustrating finale. One of the problems with the series (and I think it was glaringly obvious on screen as well, given the differences between the pace of Season 1 and 2) is that there were initially two competing visions for how the series should play out. In Season 1 they had Ronald Moore as showrunner #2 on the show after creator Daniel Knauf. They wanted someone with more experience to help Knauf run the show. Moore saw a 3-season deal for the show, with the slow build of Season 1 acting as a prologue/getting-to-know-characters season and Season 2 being where the two storylines (Ben Hawkins and Brother Justin) would start to weave together. Season 3 was apparently going to be the big blowout. Knauf wanted to stretch the thing into six seasons. Moore left to go to BSG after Season 1, but I imagine that was going to happen anyway. Not sure though.
I favored the 3-season vision, but then I usually want my shows shorter, especially when they're as on-the-bubble as Carnivale was. And as glacially paced too, though that was something I usually appreciated about it. And I like the number 3.
No clue what the status currently is on the possibility of novels or comics maybe finishing the story off. Knauf talked about it after the show ended, but the more time passes, the less likely it becomes. I did want to know the rest of the story, but I wasn't as broken up about not finding out as I have been with other well-written shows. More than the story and mythology, I missed the feel of the series, some of the actors, and the visuals.
Kris | April 30, 18:49 CET
"Buy Fascism ! It's the future !".
3 seasons would've been perfect for 'Carnivale' (i'm also not a "just keep going cos I want more" type of viewer, totally with Ron Moore there) since season 3 could maybe have picked up a few years hence - with Ben still in bad shape - and progressed at a fair pace towards Trinity (and what seemed to be a 'Fray' style end to magic in the world - like entering the atomic age killed some of the wonder in us and ended our innocence). I really wanted to get there though, was most definitely bothered by not doing so.
(course, if they wanted to drag it out and they had the money, seeing Ben involved in WWII might've been interesting, even though we'd technically have lost the actual carnivale from 'Carnivale' ;)
ETA: And nice interview. Not usually a big re-viewer so I haven't listened to many of the BSG podcasts but if she appears on there and always speaks her mind like that i'm tempted to.
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Saje | April 30, 19:02 CET
But I could see Carnivale wrapping up perfectly, with one more season. I think it depends on the story. I wasn't aware that Ron Moore left the show after season 1.
Ah well *sigh*, we'll never know.
Shey | May 01, 16:05 CET
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