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HitFix Interviews Michael Taylor At Virtuality Theatrical Screening
25/June/2009 01:54 AM Filed in: Articles
--- HitFix: My reaction to what's airing on Friday is that as a pilot, it's fantastic, but as a movie...
Michael Taylor: It ain't a movie. There's the short answer. It is not a f***ing movie. OK? It was not designed to be a movie. It's a pilot for a series. I think it's still a marvelously entertaining pilot and if it were somebody else's pilot, I'd watch it, because I dig science fiction. And I'd say, "Hey, it's that's what it takes to get a show on the air is to watch the show, that's not a lot of work." It's work I'm glad to do. So I'd say invest in it. It's a fun ride. It's a fun two-hour pilot. No. It does not answer your questions, all your questions. It raises questions. That's what a pilot does. And yet, in a way, that's what science fiction series does in general. If it's always answering your questions, then what kind of show is that? How would you understand that as speculative fiction, which is what science fiction is. So this pilot, which is a pilot, speculates a lot. And questions are raised and they will be answered, but you're gotta show up first. You've gotta show up for the beginning and then maybe there'll be an end.
HitFix: So how do you feel about it being put out there as a movie special?
MT: That's programming. That's network programming. They're gonna put it out there and dangle the hook and put a little bait on it and then let it dangle there in the middle of the summer, beginning of the summer, on a Friday night. If people bite? If people come? Anything can happen. ---
Full Article:
http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-6-25-hitfix-interview-michael-taylor-on-the-fate-of-fox-s-virtuality
Michael Taylor: It ain't a movie. There's the short answer. It is not a f***ing movie. OK? It was not designed to be a movie. It's a pilot for a series. I think it's still a marvelously entertaining pilot and if it were somebody else's pilot, I'd watch it, because I dig science fiction. And I'd say, "Hey, it's that's what it takes to get a show on the air is to watch the show, that's not a lot of work." It's work I'm glad to do. So I'd say invest in it. It's a fun ride. It's a fun two-hour pilot. No. It does not answer your questions, all your questions. It raises questions. That's what a pilot does. And yet, in a way, that's what science fiction series does in general. If it's always answering your questions, then what kind of show is that? How would you understand that as speculative fiction, which is what science fiction is. So this pilot, which is a pilot, speculates a lot. And questions are raised and they will be answered, but you're gotta show up first. You've gotta show up for the beginning and then maybe there'll be an end.
HitFix: So how do you feel about it being put out there as a movie special?
MT: That's programming. That's network programming. They're gonna put it out there and dangle the hook and put a little bait on it and then let it dangle there in the middle of the summer, beginning of the summer, on a Friday night. If people bite? If people come? Anything can happen. ---
Full Article:
http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-6-25-hitfix-interview-michael-taylor-on-the-fate-of-fox-s-virtuality
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