He's on now - yay!!

cypher | February 07, 00:42 CET

Hehehe "thanks for letting me spew." I didn't hear much spew though, having tuned in too late. I heard the part about the soul-deadening machine that is the process in Hollywood, and a hint that Joss is working on things outside the machine that might come to light soon.

Hint may be too strong a word. Suggestion maybe. It sounded more hopeful than certain.

Sunfire | February 07, 01:00 CET

Could do without their sound effects. I'm reminded why I stopped listening. It's too much like real radio. Argh.

Sunfire | February 07, 01:01 CET

That was odd and also distracting. The echo was a problem!

bubblecat | February 07, 01:13 CET

Thanks for the heads up mikamom, great to hear it live. Joss was on good form as usual.

After the conversation with Joss was finished, the presenters mentioned the fans4writers pizza drop (nice one dreamlogic) and Joss was then spotted at the sci-fi day picket line.

cypher | February 07, 01:19 CET

Joss comes on at roughly the forty minute mark.

IMMORTAL | February 07, 01:32 CET

I loved his stuff about the Oscars - dry and snarky, and spot on.

If that's spewing, he's spewing gold.

By the way, there was much Goners-love in the chat room...

ET: fix typo

[ edited by QuoterGal on 2008-02-06 22:33 ]

QuoterGal | February 07, 01:33 CET

I just missed this interview. I await the podcast...which is downloading now, as a matter of fact. Wheeeeee!

electricspacegirl | February 07, 01:51 CET

I started over at the beginning of the podcast, so I haven't gotten to Joss's portion anew yet. I haven't been tracking strike news so much lately so this is interesting if I ignore the radio shtick. I do agree that Joss's ranting verbage tends to be high quality stuff.

Sunfire | February 07, 01:52 CET

Poo. Missed it.

Last time they were bloody fast putting the podcast up though, fingers crossed they manage it again.

ETA: Wow, crossing fingers actually works. There goes my entire world-view *spirals into existential crisis*.

[ edited by Saje on 2008-02-06 22:56 ]

Saje | February 07, 01:53 CET

If the more militant writers don't like the deal being offered, will there be wildcat strikes?

Simon | February 07, 02:13 CET

I don't suppose there's a link or something else I'm missing to let me hear the 'cast without having to download iTunes is there?

Nolan | February 07, 02:16 CET

I'm really curious about this. I hope whatever he's working on can someday come to fruition. I want more Joss stories. :(

Joss is very astute in this interview, as usual.

[ edited by electricspacegirl on 2008-02-06 23:23 ]

electricspacegirl | February 07, 02:18 CET

Nolan: You can stream it from a widget on the right-hand side of the main United Hollywood page. You can click play there or click "detach" for a new window with the podcast.

Sunfire | February 07, 02:19 CET

Scroll down about a quarter of the page Nolan and you should see a radio like widget on the right with "myliveshow" at the top, double click on the line that says "2/6 (Wed) ...", it should start buffering the show and away you (hopefully ;) go.

ETA: Yep, i'm having a really good run when it comes to ... repeating what others have said. Wish I could say it was a deliberate parody of the "echo" effect on the show but nope ;).

[ edited by Saje on 2008-02-06 23:22 ]

Saje | February 07, 02:21 CET

Never surrender, never give in and never admit how hard it was to find the player.

Pointy | February 07, 02:21 CET

I don't suppose there's a link or something else I'm missing to let me hear the 'cast without having to download iTunes is there?

Nolan, on the UH page click on the Live Show control panel and it should just start playing.

And this sounds like interviewing over a cellphone again which, as I was interviewed on Dec 7th can testify is very awkward, the delay makes everyone sound hesitant and stuttering.

It does sound like the studios are getting desperate, now's the time to stay strong and wait until they get a good deal.

zz9 | February 07, 02:25 CET

ETA: Yep, i'm having a really good run when it comes to ... repeating what others have said.

Scrolling down was sort of an important point I neglected to mention. Together we will triumph, and secure the player. For democracy.

Sunfire | February 07, 02:29 CET

Joss has been dropping references to working on, or moving towards working on, some stuff outside the machine for a few weeks now. While the strike must be a motivator, also remember that he was talking about doing smaller things just to get more stories out to us more often at least as far back as last year's Comic-Con.

theonetruebix | February 07, 02:31 CET

Yeah, he's hinted that he's a bit pissed off spending 18 months on one project that then doesn't go anywhere and that a wider variety of smaller, faster-to-production projects might be the way. And internet stuff would have to be pretty fast i'dve thought.

Good interview. Joss is clearly very angry but it's the good, focus giving anger. We see a lot of the jocular, witty, geeky Joss but it's kinda cool to see a little bit more of the engine that drives him (without having to sit in trees outside his house ;). And it doesn't hurt that he's absolutely right too (IMO).

Together we will triumph, and secure the player. For democracy.

And the children, somebody has to think of them after all. Wish I could believe that we secured the player Sunfire but sadly I think the axis of evil widgets may have other ideas.

Saje | February 07, 02:58 CET

Speaking of which, I'm SO EGOTISTICAL I'm having a stab at bringing attention to Goners (again) at Universal. If anybody feels like getting involved, give me a tinkle on my emailski.

gossi | February 07, 03:01 CET

A webcam and a YouTube account and Joss could bring us "Joss Whedon performs... Newsies!"

theonetruebix | February 07, 03:35 CET

I'd buy that for a dollar!

gossi | February 07, 03:38 CET

Actually, Joss was in a little (non-musical) strike film shoot at the SciFi Channel rally this afternoon that will hopefully be on YouTube/United Hollywood in the next few days. And a few of us Whedonesquers were extras!

Lady Brick | February 07, 03:57 CET

Point of order: For the sake of my sanity, could people refrain from asking for other people to give them a "tinkle"? Okaythanksbye.

theonetruebix | February 07, 03:59 CET

I was wondering why Gossi wanted someone to pee on his email.

jcs | February 07, 04:25 CET

Joss could gather an online viewer/subscriber base to pay a buck or so for whatever 'Joss of the day' show. The actual 'show' will be real short, something that can be made on the fly, like Joss in a restaurant sending back his not-up-to-snuff lunch pizza and berating the server ("You call THIS gorgonzola?!"), or perhaps an edgy, insightful and wrenching reading of selections from the Yellow Pages... hmmmm... how about every now and then an evening show, to watch just before you go to sleep, where Joss shares some of the most disturbing, nightmarish thoughts he used to have as a kid when he tried to go to sleep... nighty-night! heh... heh...

Point being, lots, and LOTS, of folks would pay cashy money for a few minutes of a Joss show (featuring him, or sometimes footage of something unexpected that Joss thinks is interesting) and the folks would pay with glee, knowing that it was building toward Joss funding some cool story he has in his noggin.

Then just keep building up those little subscription revenues to fund the first Joss created online movie... wooo and hooo! No more soul sucking traditional Hollywood process any more. The era can be a new kind of Renaissance for Joss, and other brilliant storytellers too, to bypass the traditional studio system that deadens the creative process, and just get the work out there to the audience. The technology just keeps getting better and better, and independent production of high quality movies is attainable. It's gonna happen.

11thHour | February 07, 04:30 CET

Man, I was making a cheap joke (best kind) from robocop. I wouldn't actually pay a dollar to watch joss do stuff. (sorry joss) Although a live action version of robocop with joss FTW.

gossi | February 07, 06:10 CET

I know the Oscar line was just a snarky quip but do what you have to do, Joss. I haven't watched any of 'em except the SAG Awards (and I'm glad I did because of Daniel-Day Lewis' beautiful speech about regeneration from fellow actors and particularly, Heath Ledger) nor do I care if they all vanish this year. The writers getting what's fair is the only thing of import that matters right now.

Tonya J | February 07, 06:10 CET

Joss.

theonetruebix | February 07, 07:07 CET

I do not want a Joss show about Joss. I want a show Joss wants to make. Which means Dollhouse. When the strike is over though.

Sunfire | February 07, 07:16 CET

Who took that picture of Joss? And what attacked his jacket??

I started listening to the podcast at work but got interrupted by people actually expecting me to do my job. So... I never got to hear him.

gossi, is it ok if I just send you a regular email?

NYPinTA | February 07, 08:23 CET

Now, what do you do when your hands in a thresher? I think it involves multiple bread loaves.

Man loves his metaphors.

Pointy | February 07, 09:20 CET

I do not want a Joss show about Joss.

Come on, 'Everybody Loves Joss' would kill. Or maybe 'I Love Jossy'



I'd definitely pay a dollar to see 'The Joss Show'. I mean, what is that at the moment, about 10 pence ?

Saje | February 07, 13:55 CET

Anybody got an rss link to this? (Don't feel like installing the bloat that is itunes :)

Pumps | February 07, 19:10 CET