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The only reason to watch was to see Jessica Alba.
Mmm... Jessica Alba.

I wish she were playing Elektra in the new Daredevil movie – instead of Jennifer Garner.
The only reason to watch was to see Jessica Alba.
Both are beautiful women with one exception: Garner has proven she can act and pull of an action scene. Alba was decent as an actress but she didn't have much material to work with in Dark Angel. Garner has much better scripts to work with on Alias.Whodat said:
Mmm... Jessica Alba.
I wish she were playing Elektra in the new Daredevil movie – instead of Jennifer Garner.
Mistwell said:
He means they are organizing a direct-to-DVD subscription model. Not a DVD of old episodes, but DVDs of new ones, to be released on on DVD (not shown on TV).
Henry said:
Thanks for the link, Wisdomlikesilence!
Well, the Max character makes her out as a super-soldier trainee turned escapee turned thief. Not exactly a spy in the making, compared to what the Sydney Bristow character has to do.John Crichton said:
Both are beautiful women with one exception: Garner has proven she can act and pull of an action scene. Alba was decent as an actress but she didn't have much material to work with in Dark Angel. Garner has much better scripts to work with on Alias.
Sorry, but if Birds of Prey with three lovely ladies can't maintain that show, I doubt Firefly could pull it off by marketing the ladies of this one. Besides, I didn't just watch the show because of the ladies, at least that is not my main reason.On a similar topic: Firefly had four beautiful women on that show that could act. Unbelievable. Fox should have marketed it on that alone and then kept the viewers watching with the outstanding stories it told.
I was just saying that the writing on Alias is better than the writing on Dark Angel. But I agree that the characters weren't all that similar.Ranger REG said:Well, the Max character makes her out as a super-soldier trainee turned escapee turned thief. Not exactly a spy in the making, compared to what the Sydney Bristow character has to do.
Oh, I agree completely. I watched it for the stories it told, not for the women. I'm not saying they should have, but they could have marketed it using the women as "bait." We all know Fox isn't beyond that kind of thing.Ranger REG said:Sorry, but if Birds of Prey with three lovely ladies can't maintain that show, I doubt Firefly could pull it off by marketing the ladies of this one. Besides, I didn't just watch the show because of the ladies, at least that is not my main reason.
I watch it because of one special lady: Serenity.![]()
I'm not surprised it hasn't been picked up either. I was hoping it would, but this is just another show in the history of shows that was cut down either in its prime or before it could grow.Ranger REG said:* Sighs * More bad news. It seem all of the major network have turned down on Firefly, including UPN and that crappy SCI-FI. While this is painful, it is not surprising.
As I have said all along, they should have gone syndicated. But I do know that by going syndicated, they have to work with a smaller budget (less than $2MIL an episode).
Umbran said:You know what this all teaches us, boys and girls? It teaches us what we could have if we had maximally funded public television. Imagine, if you will, a TV channel with money, but not addicted to profit. One with the same mindset that kept Dr. Who on the air for decades...