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SFX Posts Exclusive Interview With Michael Taylor on Virtuality
22/June/2009 05:25 PM Filed in: Articles
--- Michael Taylor talks exclusively to SFX about the TV movie, and its chances of becoming an ongoing series.
SFX: How is the reality TV angle incorporated?
MT: "I think we just had the idea about what if this mission was privately funded? And what if the consortium – as we call it – wants to make its money back? Want to see this as a profit-making venture? What would they naturally do?
MT: “Already today NASA astronauts will communicate from the international space station, from the shuttle; they'll do publicity; they'll speak to school kids; they'll do various specials. And we were expanding that to the something very contemporary: the ultimate reality show. 12 people on a mission to another star, where they hope to find life on another world - what could be a more exciting hook than that? It adds another layer, a sort of Big Brother-ish vibe to the whole thing. Our crew are astronauts but they're also forced to sing for their supper. Some of them really chafe at it; others don't care, almost showing off for the camera. It just seemed like another cool layer for the show that also tied in with some of the themes that we are exploring: what is real? What is not real? How participating in a show about ourselves affects our lives”
SFX: Is there any audience voting involved?
MT: “Audience voting? Well, that's interesting. Down the road, if there's a road to go down, there certainly could be something like that. The problem is that if we vote someone off the ship they don't really have anywhere to go. Maybe ‘The Universe’s Got Talent’ is an episode down the road.”
SFX: So, will there be a series?
MT: “There isn't any definitive word on a series yet. To be honest, this looks like it could well be a one shot deal. Fox is airing it on a night that is not one of the great television nights of the year. I think it is challenging material. It's not a typical network show. It's not typical of an atypical network show. It’s got a lot of characters. It plays, I feel, a little bit more like an indie movie. We think it's fabulous. We think it could have been better. There's more work that would have loved to have done on it. But given the budget, given the constraints we were under, this is the show that we came up with and we think it’s really cool. But, uh, I cannot hold out a lot of hope that it's going to continue. I mean, if by a miracle, a lot of people decide they want to watch it, on this particular Friday night on a week before 4 July, who knows what might happen?” ---
Full Article:
http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=exclusive_interview_michael_taylor_on
SFX: How is the reality TV angle incorporated?
MT: "I think we just had the idea about what if this mission was privately funded? And what if the consortium – as we call it – wants to make its money back? Want to see this as a profit-making venture? What would they naturally do?
MT: “Already today NASA astronauts will communicate from the international space station, from the shuttle; they'll do publicity; they'll speak to school kids; they'll do various specials. And we were expanding that to the something very contemporary: the ultimate reality show. 12 people on a mission to another star, where they hope to find life on another world - what could be a more exciting hook than that? It adds another layer, a sort of Big Brother-ish vibe to the whole thing. Our crew are astronauts but they're also forced to sing for their supper. Some of them really chafe at it; others don't care, almost showing off for the camera. It just seemed like another cool layer for the show that also tied in with some of the themes that we are exploring: what is real? What is not real? How participating in a show about ourselves affects our lives”
SFX: Is there any audience voting involved?
MT: “Audience voting? Well, that's interesting. Down the road, if there's a road to go down, there certainly could be something like that. The problem is that if we vote someone off the ship they don't really have anywhere to go. Maybe ‘The Universe’s Got Talent’ is an episode down the road.”
SFX: So, will there be a series?
MT: “There isn't any definitive word on a series yet. To be honest, this looks like it could well be a one shot deal. Fox is airing it on a night that is not one of the great television nights of the year. I think it is challenging material. It's not a typical network show. It's not typical of an atypical network show. It’s got a lot of characters. It plays, I feel, a little bit more like an indie movie. We think it's fabulous. We think it could have been better. There's more work that would have loved to have done on it. But given the budget, given the constraints we were under, this is the show that we came up with and we think it’s really cool. But, uh, I cannot hold out a lot of hope that it's going to continue. I mean, if by a miracle, a lot of people decide they want to watch it, on this particular Friday night on a week before 4 July, who knows what might happen?” ---
Full Article:
http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=exclusive_interview_michael_taylor_on
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