From: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org (stillpt-digest) To: stillpt-digest@smoe.org Subject: stillpt-digest V4 #82 Reply-To: stillpt@smoe.org Sender: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-stillpt-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk stillpt-digest Wednesday, May 29 2002 Volume 04 : Number 082 Today's Subjects: ----------------- b/emmy lobbying [Todd Huff ] Re: b/emmy lobbying [Joseph Zitt ] Re: b/emmy lobbying ["David S. Bratman" ] Re: b/emmy lobbying ["Marta Grabien" ] b/anybody got an xbox? [meredith ] Re: b/emmy lobbying [Todd Huff ] Re: b/emmy lobbying [Joseph Zitt ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:25:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Huff Subject: b/emmy lobbying It sure can't hurt. LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Subscribers to Variety got a little more in their papers Tuesday (May 28) than the usual stories about boffo box office and studio executives "ankling" for another job. They also received a DVD copy of "Once More, with Feeling," the musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" that aired last November. The disc was more than just a gift from UPN and the show's producer, 20th Century Fox Television -- it was also the start of an Emmy campaign. Ballots for the prime-time Emmy Awards go out to members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences next week. That means academy members and readers of the Hollywood trade papers -- Variety and The Hollywood Reporter -- will be inundated with "for your consideration" ads in the coming weeks as shows try to position themselves in the race. Nominations will be announced July 18, with the awards broadcast scheduled for Sept. 22 on NBC. In addition to the "Buffy" ad, the trades also ran ads Showtime, TNT and the History Channel in their Tuesday editions. The inclusion of the DVD may be a first, however. Members of the academy are sent dozens of videotapes and DVDs each year to review as they make their nominations. But representatives for both 20th and UPN say they can't recall a disc being part of a "for your consideration" ad in the trade papers. Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 17:41:40 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: b/emmy lobbying Yow! I wonder if/how these might available to mere mortals. I have a hunch they'll almost immediately be drawing $100s on eBay. On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 02:25:44PM -0700, Todd Huff wrote: > LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Subscribers to Variety got > a little more in their papers Tuesday (May 28) than > the usual stories about boffo box office and studio > executives "ankling" for another job. > > They also received a DVD copy of "Once More, with > Feeling," the musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire > Slayer" that aired last November. The disc was more > than just a gift from UPN and the show's producer, > 20th Century Fox Television -- it was also the start > of an Emmy campaign. - -- | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.josephzitt.com/ | | http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt/ http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt/ | | == New book: Surprise Me with Beauty: the Music of Human Systems == | | Comma / Gray Code Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 15:06:37 -0700 From: "David S. Bratman" Subject: Re: b/emmy lobbying >They also received a DVD copy of "Once More, with >Feeling," the musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire >Slayer" that aired last November. I wonder if it's the complete version, or the abridged one. I wonder how much sense it will make to people who don't already watch BTVS. But as Todd says, it can't hurt. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 18:38:07 -0700 From: "Marta Grabien" Subject: Re: b/emmy lobbying > I wonder how much sense it will make to people who don't already watch BTVS. One of the people where I work said that was the only episode of Buffy she ever saw. Loved it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 22:04:54 -0400 From: meredith Subject: b/anybody got an xbox? Hi, From scifiwire ... I'd actually consider buying an XBox for this! Updated 11:48am ET on 28-May-2002 9:00am ET, 28-May-02 Buffy Game Rises At Last The producers of the long-awaited Buffy the Vampire Slayer video game told SCI FI Wire that the title is about two weeks away from completion and is slated for a July release. "Buffy is ... an actual lost episode from [the show's] season three," assistant producer Harish Rao said in an interview at the Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last week. "It's actually about two episodes rolled into one. It's certainly not a rehashing of an existing episode. It's actually brand new and exists in the [Buffy] universe." Rao added, "[The main villain] is kind of a secret, but it is somebody from Buffy's past that everyone is going to be able to recognize." The game will feature Buffy's allies from the show--Willow, Xander, Giles and Spike--as well as Angel and his evil alter ego, Angelus. Joss Whedon, creator of UPN's Buffy series, and fellow producers had a say in the game's storyline, Rao added. "Initially, we were going back and forth with them," he said. "We wanted their creative input, and then they signed off on our script. They liked the design and the direction of the game, so we kind of just went with it." The Collective developed and Electronic Arts will publish Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the Xbox gaming platform, with a suggested retail price of $49.95. ============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth ============================================== Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://www.smoe.org/meth/muzak.html ============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 19:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Huff Subject: Re: b/emmy lobbying - --- Joseph Zitt wrote: > Yow! I wonder if/how these might available to mere > mortals. I have a > hunch they'll almost immediately be drawing $100s on > eBay. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2107936287 This is for the VHS version, which is still quite nice. Look quick, because I think it's illegal to sell Emmy copies until after the awards show is aired. Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 22:48:01 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: b/emmy lobbying On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 07:27:21PM -0700, Todd Huff wrote: > --- Joseph Zitt wrote: > > Yow! I wonder if/how these might available to mere > > mortals. I have a > > hunch they'll almost immediately be drawing $100s on > > eBay. > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2107936287 > > This is for the VHS version, which is still quite > nice. Look quick, because I think it's illegal to sell > Emmy copies until after the awards show is aired. > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com Actually, on a whim, I just did a "Buy it now" of a VCD version from there, since I'm curious about whether and how well my DVD player plays VCDs. I should also check if my Linux boxen can play VCDs from their CD players. I *think* they can, but I'll have to wander through Freshmeat to investigate. - -- | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.josephzitt.com/ | | http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt/ http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt/ | | == New book: Surprise Me with Beauty: the Music of Human Systems == | | Comma / Gray Code Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ End of stillpt-digest V4 #82 ****************************