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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Joe Torre on “Castle”

Joe Torre appeared on the ABC “Goofy Guy, Hot Lady Cop” show Castle last night. If you want to watch the entire episode (involving the mysterious death of a defected Cuban ballplayer), hit the top link. If you just want to see Joe Torre on the same screen as Nathan “Firefly” Fillion, the isolated Hulu video that just has Joe Torre’s appearance is below.

Gamingboy Posted: February 09, 2010 at 10:50 PM | 19 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. Guapo Posted: February 09, 2010 at 11:37 PM (#3457305)
Would have been more compelling if they were investigating the death of Scott Proctor's right arm.
   2. Alex_Lewis Posted: February 09, 2010 at 11:45 PM (#3457314)
Your nerd colors are showing.
   3. Alex_Lewis Posted: February 09, 2010 at 11:48 PM (#3457320)
Jose Molina! Sweet. Now *my* nerd colors are showing.
   4. Jimenez > Soriano Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:17 AM (#3457342)
opining on the ioc container?
   5. Tuque Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:19 AM (#3457346)
I love Nathan Fillion entirely too much. I don't watch a lot of TV nowadays (which is ironic given my major) but I'll watch that sometimes just because Nathan Fillion is fun.

I miss Firefly. And when's the next Dr. Horrible, huh?...
   6. Repoz Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:23 AM (#3457352)
I'm surprised Torre made it over the moat...
   7. Gamingboy Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:31 AM (#3457360)


I miss Firefly.


During a Halloween episode Nathan Fillion was able to once again don the "Captain Mal" get-up. It was one of the greatest "Fourth-Wall Break" moments in history.
   8. Alex_Lewis Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:40 AM (#3457368)
During a Halloween episode Nathan Fillion was able to once again don the "Captain Mal" get-up. It was one of the greatest "Fourth-Wall Break" moments in history.


It both pleased me and made me sad.
   9. PreservedFish Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:55 AM (#3457377)
I don't watch a lot of TV nowadays (which is ironic given my major)


Are you majoring in Contemporary Television?
   10. UCCF Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:57 AM (#3457381)
I prefer to think of him as Nathan "Johnny Donnelly" Buchanan.
   11. Benji Gil Gamesh is not being paid to be that guy Posted: February 10, 2010 at 01:36 AM (#3457404)
There's no good reason not to resurrect Firefly. And yet it won't happen.

I'd take another Serenity movie though.
   12. Tuque Posted: February 10, 2010 at 02:09 AM (#3457418)
Are you majoring in Contemporary Television?

Yes. Television writing, to be more precise.
   13. An Athletic in Powderhorn Posted: February 10, 2010 at 02:11 AM (#3457420)
And when's the next Dr. Horrible, huh?..."


I don't see how that could possibly work. I love Dr. Horrible, but its ending really leaves any future story no place to go. It has three main characters and they all get definitive conclusions, with no ambiguity or loose ends. I get the impression that Mutant Enemy wants a sequel just to cash in on the original's popularity, not because they see more story to be told. (The rationale behind 90% of all sequels.) There's been talk of bringing you-know-who back from the dead, and if that's representative of their ideas for the sequel, I hope it's never made.

There's no good reason not to resurrect Firefly. And yet it won't happen."


Because the cast and crew may have moved on in the past 5 years? Because while those who love the show really love the show, the fanbase is still small enough that Serenity barely broke even? And speaking as both a stat geek and Buffy geek, it's better to lose a show a year too soon than a year too late.
   14. i'm not STEAGLES and you shouldn't be either Posted: February 10, 2010 at 02:24 AM (#3457424)
i picked up firefly on hulu after this last thread, and i can see where some people are coming from. but, to this point (episode 5), it pales in comparison to what jericho was, though, admittedly, i've seen the entirety of jericho, as opposed to just the beginning of firefly.
   15. Tuque Posted: February 10, 2010 at 02:24 AM (#3457425)
I don't see how that could possibly work.

That's actually what I thought, but I swear I heard a rumor that they would anyway. I might've been wrong.

I've at least heard that Whedon wants to continue working in that format.
   16. deb Posted: February 10, 2010 at 02:39 AM (#3457436)
Is it me or did Torre seem a bit stiff not as loose as he is in those State Farm commercials.
   17. Benji Gil Gamesh is not being paid to be that guy Posted: February 10, 2010 at 04:14 AM (#3457489)
Because the cast and crew may have moved on in the past 5 years? Because while those who love the show really love the show, the fanbase is still small enough that Serenity barely broke even?


Don't go confusing the issue with logic.

(That said, both the show and the movie were marketed miserably.)

And speaking as both a stat geek and Buffy geek, it's better to lose a show a year too soon than a year too late.


Well, easy to say when you got multiple good seasons from Buffy. If Firefly had gone three and out, I'd deal with it better. But one freaking partial season?? Just when it was getting really good? Dammit, where's Lassus when I need him?
   18. An Athletic in Powderhorn Posted: February 10, 2010 at 04:46 AM (#3457511)
That's actually what I thought, but I swear I heard a rumor that they would anyway. I might've been wrong."


I've heard rumors like that too. It wouldn't shock me if a sequel got made. (And now that Dollhouse's over, the Mutant Enemy people have plenty of time on their hands.) I'm just skeptical that it would be all that good.

Well, easy to say when you got multiple good seasons from Buffy. If Firefly had gone three and out, I'd deal with it better."


You have a point. But there is a bright side. I don't know how familiar you are with Whedon shows, but he hates the viewers. He wants us to suffer. He and his actors create fun, likable characters, then systematically abuse, break, and destroy them. So having just 13 episodes of Firefly meant you were spared the inevitable developments of Inara finally hooking up with Mal only to be killed 30 seconds later, Zoe blaming Mal for Wash's death and leaving to join the Alliance, River being triggered and killing Kaylee and Simon, and Mal finally going insane from it all.[/half serious]
   19. Tuque Posted: February 10, 2010 at 05:34 AM (#3457528)
he hates the viewers. He wants us to suffer

I see what you did there

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