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rogueslayer452++ Céline Dion has a new song, "Ashes", which is a promotion for Deadpool 2 and the music video itself is absolutely delightful. It is both beautiful (with Celine herself singing) and hilarious (Deadpool dancing around dramatically, plus that ending), and I love how it's kind of a parody of the music videos commonly done for movies back in the 90s and early 00s. Very appropriately done for the sequel for Deadpool, because obviously, why not? lol
++ The official trailer for the second season of Luke Cage looks super dope, I'm here for it.
++ Richard Armitage has given us another short look into him voicing Logan in the Wolverine: The Long Night podcast serial. It's just another little bit of him discussing the character, but I love the footage accompanied with it too since it shows how interactive the recording process was which will no doubt provide much to the performances by the actors, which with every small snippet of these interviews we see bits and pieces of just what the recording sessions were like. Just a reminder that the podcast is available now only exclusively on Stitcher Preminum, and it will be released for a wider release on multiple platforms later this year in November.
++ Bryan Fuller has left The Vampire Chronicles television adaptation.
Honestly, I'm not entirely surprised. While I have no doubt that his vision would've been interesting to see, him being partnered with Anne Rice was rather strange to begin with considering they are total polar opposites of each other when it comes to their views of fandom, fanwork, and transformative works as a whole. Anyone who is aware of Rice's notoriously extensive history will understand how much of a controversial figure she is among fandom in general. So even in a professional work environment it's just not something that I can see working out well in the long run, imho. So I can't really say I'm disappointed that he's no longer attached to this. And I know that some are going to immediately scoff about go, "there he goes again abandoning projects" (which I personally think is a bit unfair since he's only left, like, a few things for different reasons, however since some of it happened very recently in a short amount of time it's unfortunately what he's now known for in some circles), but I definitely think there is more to the story than we know, and a lot probably had to do with the clashing of their personalities and conflict surrounding creative differences over adapting TVC for modern audiences.
I know that Bryan has been attempting to continue with finding a way of getting a fourth season for Hannibal and it's been reported multiple times that he's up for a Pushing Daisies reunion (in the world of constant revivals and reboots these days, it's not entirely improbable for either of these to work given the right opportunity). Although I selfishly still want him to go back to American Gods, like if anything that is something that I'm very bitter and disappointed he's no longer involved with.
++ The official trailer for the second season of Luke Cage looks super dope, I'm here for it.
++ Richard Armitage has given us another short look into him voicing Logan in the Wolverine: The Long Night podcast serial. It's just another little bit of him discussing the character, but I love the footage accompanied with it too since it shows how interactive the recording process was which will no doubt provide much to the performances by the actors, which with every small snippet of these interviews we see bits and pieces of just what the recording sessions were like. Just a reminder that the podcast is available now only exclusively on Stitcher Preminum, and it will be released for a wider release on multiple platforms later this year in November.
++ Bryan Fuller has left The Vampire Chronicles television adaptation.
Honestly, I'm not entirely surprised. While I have no doubt that his vision would've been interesting to see, him being partnered with Anne Rice was rather strange to begin with considering they are total polar opposites of each other when it comes to their views of fandom, fanwork, and transformative works as a whole. Anyone who is aware of Rice's notoriously extensive history will understand how much of a controversial figure she is among fandom in general. So even in a professional work environment it's just not something that I can see working out well in the long run, imho. So I can't really say I'm disappointed that he's no longer attached to this. And I know that some are going to immediately scoff about go, "there he goes again abandoning projects" (which I personally think is a bit unfair since he's only left, like, a few things for different reasons, however since some of it happened very recently in a short amount of time it's unfortunately what he's now known for in some circles), but I definitely think there is more to the story than we know, and a lot probably had to do with the clashing of their personalities and conflict surrounding creative differences over adapting TVC for modern audiences.
I know that Bryan has been attempting to continue with finding a way of getting a fourth season for Hannibal and it's been reported multiple times that he's up for a Pushing Daisies reunion (in the world of constant revivals and reboots these days, it's not entirely improbable for either of these to work given the right opportunity). Although I selfishly still want him to go back to American Gods, like if anything that is something that I'm very bitter and disappointed he's no longer involved with.
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Date: 2018-05-10 06:15 pm (UTC)Like you I was very surprised about the development of a TV show. Especially if Anne Rice is going to be involved herself and this is not going to be like 'Shadowhunters' or 'The Magicians' where the whole thing is basically just based on the novels of Clare and Grossman respectively but apart from the characters and some story lines is greatly deviating from it. That's why I had such a hard time picturing Bryan Fuller being attached to this project as I couldn't imagine him letting Anne Rice micro-manage the whole thing, which for some reason I think she would do, despite -- and I could be wrong of course -- not knowing that writing a 45-60min episode TV script is really different from writing a novel.
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Date: 2018-05-10 09:31 pm (UTC)Exactly. Unfortunately, there are many authors (and other creators) out there who get defensive whenever someone critiques their work or doesn't give them automatic praise. And while it's fine to feel disappointed and hurt because hey, we're all human, you still have to act professional and understand that not everyone is going to like what you put out there. And in the industry, if you don't have thicker skin to deal with that, then perhaps this isn't the kind of career for you.
It just reminds me of the authors who get super offended by negative reviews that they will literally track down and stalk the reviewer to confront them. Like, who in their right mind thinks that's okay?
That's why I had such a hard time picturing Bryan Fuller being attached to this project as I couldn't imagine him letting Anne Rice micro-manage the whole thing, which for some reason I think she would do
I think that might've been part of the reason. I'm purely speculating here since we have nothing else to go on, but Fuller was announced to have been involved in January, and reports are saying that he departed from the project in February. So something must've happened in between that short time for him to change his mind on being attached to the show (which is only in the script stage, they have no cast or anything yet). Based on her antics, both past and present, it wouldn't surprise me if they did indeed clash on how to write a script fitted for television, which is an entirely different beast from writing books, and wanting to micromanage everything, which is not really a good environment to be in. So if that was indeed the case, Bryan getting out early was a good move.