Just re-read my comments on the 2nd of February - looks like my comments proved worthy - the 2nd Screening will be on the 20th March in London!

I going to put my name forward again and just hope I`m not Blacklisted (just because I was foaming at the mouth :) )

Darin (Zol.)

As for where the "Harsh Realm" fans are I am one and proud of it! Was so very sad Fox pulled the show. Brilliant concept beautifully realised but killed at birth by the men-in-suits. Only three episodes were originally shown before Fox pulled it so they never gave even the fallacy of active support. It was the lobbying of the fans that got a concession of sorts and prompted Fox to show the rest of the episodes on their sister channel. From there Channel 5 got the rights to show it and it turned up in a few repeats then vanished. I thought it was a masterstroke changing the original concept casting of D. B. Sweeney to the grim and gritty wisecracking Mike Pinocchio and Scott Baistow as the naive but heroic Thomas Hobbes. And Terry O'Quinn is always a joy to watch whatever role he undertakes. A big part of what gave Fox cold feet so early on was not the quality of the show or the performances but the fact that the writers of the comic series Harsh Realm - Hudnall and Paquette - sued Chris Carter for not acknowledging the series was based on their less than stellar comic. Despite Chris having paid them they wanted the kudos and any monetary gain they could glean from what could have been another success. What they effectively did was kill the series stone dead. Chris had an acknowledgement added to the episode credits but it was too late to halt the damage done by the politics of greed. We did however get the DVD box set out of it and that is something I can't regret - ever.

As for "Firefly" fans coming along because of "Angel" and "Buffy" while that is undoubtedly true for some fans it was not in my case or many of my friends. I liked both of those shows but never watched them religiously. I caught the first episode of "Firefly" and was immediately hooked. Excellent stories, well told with grit and humour, brilliantly choreographed fight scenes which flowed so naturally it was like poetry. Wonderful music, great title song and the shiniest cast in the whole gorram 'verse. My brother has never watched "Buffy" or "Angel" but when I showed him "Firefly" he was hooked.

That is why "Firefly" got to be so popular so quickly. That is why when the box set first came out it was in the top ten of DVD sales at Amazon. That is why I would sell my soul for "Firefly". So keep faith, enjoy the Big Damn Movie and let's push for a trilogy. Keep Flyin' - Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me

* The Real Me controls his jealousy by sheer force of will. *

Have a good time, SimonWho!

* Much weeping ensues. *

Er, It`s November for the Complete Movie in the UK - sorry to wind you up even further.

But hey if Universal were this surprised at a UK audience then perhaps theyshould consider another test screening after this one!

Darin (Zol.)