Joss Whedon done with television?

[TinkTanker]

Only one episode of Dollhouse has aired so far, but creator Joss Whedon is already talking about abandoning broadcast television for the Internet - permanently.

In an interview in Rolling Stone that went up a week or so ago, Whedon admits that his experience making Dollhouse has convinced him to ditch the tube for keeps. He says he's got a deal in the pipeline with an unnamed Silicon Valley company to create web content. But he also just signed a deal with a "very, very sort of profitable maverick company" that's starting a "genre portal" and wants a Whedon show for it.

Whedon says he approached these companies with three options. One was Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog, which he knew the companies wouldn't go for, and which he ended up making on his own. But he still plans to make the other two ideas.

Whedon talks about the webseries that blew him away and made him want to do his own, including Felicia Day's The Guild. And he has especially nice words for the Star Trek: The New Voyages/Phase II webseries:

    It was probably the best episode of the original Star Trek I'd ever seen. The only [bad] part of it was that the special effects were a little too good. Apart from that they really aped the camera work, the acting, the story structures and the over-quoting of Shakespeare. And it worked tremendously.

Even though I've been loving Dollhouse, I'm happy at the thought of more quirky experiments like Dr. Horrible, and I welcome the idea of the brain of Joss without any network interference in the way.

On the other hand, it also makes me a little nervous. Whedon has a huge, rabid fanbase, who will mobilize like the National Guard for him. But when Whedon starts creating content for the web, he'll be much more reliant on that fanbase than ever, and have a much harder thyme reaching casual fans. He could find himself having to cater to his die-hard fans, some of whom don't seem to have embraced the dark, challenging Dollhouse. Any thyme an artist starts creating stuff with his/her most ardent fans in mind, it's a possible recipe for creative stagnation. Let's hope Whedon's new business partners have ideas on how to reach a more diverse audience. [Rolling Stone via Axiom's Edge]
http://io9.com/5154694/joss-whedon-done-with-television

[Saxon]

Just an FYI.

Chris Buchanan is now working for/with Amazon...and one of the things Amazon is working on is a sort of 'netflixy-but-not' way of having your own 'video library' that you don't have to keep on your shelf, on your computer or on any other sort of storage device. The subscription based project will allow all kinds of content to be stored by them, for you. UNLIMITED size/space....which you can access from any computer, anywhere.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Just connecting some dots.

[Spooky]

Chris Buchanan is now working for/with Amazon...

I keep hoping I will run into him roaming downtown Seattle one day.

[Saxon]

Chris Buchanan is now working for/with Amazon...

I keep hoping I will run into him roaming downtown Seattle one day.

I told him about the Browncoat cafe...he said he'd try to find it and pop in.

[AdmiralDigby]

Whedon talks about the webseries that blew him away and made him want to do his own, including Felicia Day's The Guild. And he has especially nice words for the Star Trek: The New Voyages/Phase II webseries:


Haven't seen all of The Guild yet ( but it's funny ) but the Star Treks are great .

[Spooky]

Chris Buchanan is now working for/with Amazon...

I keep hoping I will run into him roaming downtown Seattle one day.

I told him about the Browncoat cafe...he said he'd try to find it and pop in.

I've felt sooooo out of place the three times I've been to the Wayward Coffeehouse. First time I went there I ordered a Mocha and asked for 2% milk and was chastised because they only use (turn on the smugness) "Organic Hormone free whole milk" or Rice milk or soy milk or Hemp milk or some other thing that's NOT milk. Fine make it with "Organic Hormone free whole milk".

I'd gone because the local Firefly meetup groups meets there and I wanted to meet some local Browncoats, but quickly found myself feeling like a rabbit hiding in a den of foxes. The extreme lefty rhetoric was a bit overwhelming to me, but I tried going back two more times and couldn't find anyone who wanted to talk Firefly.  I even had someone staring, with grave disappointment, at my shoes??? Anyway, it's located in the Greenwood area of Seattle and I don't think there is a conservative living within 5 miles of that place.

[Saxon]

From some of the articles Chris has put up on his Facebook, it seems he might just fit in there.

Don't tell me you were wearing DEAD ANIMAL shoes? lol.

Like my tee shirt says, "Conservative: The New Rebel".

[Spooky]

Don't tell me you were wearing DEAD ANIMAL shoes? lol.

Is there any other kind???