'Fire' Hazard
by Lynette Rice
Joss Whedon reshoots the pilot for ''Firefly.'' Fox asked the ''Buffy'' creator to create a new, faster-paced episode for the
takeoff of his cowboys-in-space series
Joss Whedon's new series ''Firefly'' will take flight this fall on Fox, though the sci-fi drama won't get exactly the start he had in
mind. At the network's behest, the creator of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' made a two-hour, $8.7 million pilot to kick off the
retro-futuristic tale, about renegade space cowboys. What Whedon delivered was a drama heavy on character development and
light on action -- so light, in fact, that Fox asked him to bring in the booster rockets and quicken the show's pace. More
importantly, Whedon was told to shoot a new, one-hour first episode. ''Fox came out of the box saying we're looking for flash,
we're looking for comfort. Though I'm very much in love with what we did, there wasn't a lot of either there,'' admits Whedon.
(Fox promises to air the original, two-hour pilot later in the season.) Despite the early confusion, Whedon insists fans will find
''Firefly'' easy to follow. ''I make every episode early on like a pilot, so everybody who hasn't seen the first one'' won't be
confused, says Whedon. ''The first six episodes are very stand-alone, very expository, and hopefully not boring.'' When it comes
to Whedon, that's never a worry.
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The Usual
The Usual
Coming July 15th!
Random Quotage:We have one more award to give out. Is Buffy Summers here tonight? Did she, um... This is actually a new category. First time ever. I guess there were a lot of write-in ballots, and, um, the prom committee asked me to read this. 'We're not good friends. Most of us never found the time to get to know you, but that doesn't mean we haven't noticed you. We don't talk about it much, but it's no secret that Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here. But, whenever there was a problem or something creepy happened, you seemed to show up and stop it. Most of the people here have been saved by you, or helped by you at one time or another. We're proud to say that the Class of '99 has the lowest mortality rate of any graduating class in Sunnydale history. And we know at least part of that is because of you. So the senior class, offers its thanks, and gives you, uh, this.' It's from all of us, and it has written here, 'Buffy Summers, Class Protector.'
-Jonathan (The Prom)
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