Comments on: Less “CLICK” more “BOOM”

By: Vaughn

Vaughn — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:10:38 +0000

I’m gagging for more Slingers news! The post-sizzle lull is like those days after Christmas when you still have toys to play with but you’re craving for the New Year’s Eve party when you can get proper messed up.

By: Adam C

Adam C — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:26:15 +0000

I don’t care who has to die, this show must be aired.

By: sizemore

sizemore — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:45:14 +0000

oops sorry Vaughn, should have checked out your url. And good news – it looks like LEVERAGE is coming to Virgin in the UK. If I get too close to the his cast, I can guarantee John will kick my ass. At Con-Con my pass will probably restrict my movements to the carpark. Beth is awesome though.

Sohum – not yet. But there wasn’t a YouTube version or a Facebook page until someone went ahead and made ‘em. We did aim quite high and we have no problem with over delivering

Pumpkin – Trust me, SLINGERS is a way better title than the first one I came up

Chattermouth – There was a worry we were a tad too British, but I hope we’ve found a nice balance. A lot of my favourite shows are American and I think there’s a lot to be done in the framework, but would agree completely it gets old quickly when the ideas are too pedestrian. SLINGERS is in part a response to that. I’m not sure we’ll get Sean fucking Pertwee on the credits, but we’ll try and take that sense of spirit with us. I grew up on the best of British TV so there’s a lot of stuff in the pilot that should raise a smile or too

By: Chattermouth

Chattermouth — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:17 +0000

If an American Network pics you up, don’t let them Americanize you TOO much.
A reason why I can’t wait for this to be made is that it’s really different. I’ve seen alot of poliots from new sci-fi shows from the US, and despite the change of setting, they do have a formula they tend to stick to. British shows are very different.
After all, the thing that really caught my eye was Warren’s words “Sean fucking Pertwee”.

By: Pumpkin

Pumpkin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:40:10 +0000

Love the sizzle! Hustle in space with a futuristic Mad Men aesthetic – presses all my buttons. Only thing I’m not crazy about is the title. Hope you get someone to pick this up!

By: Sohum

Sohum — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:17:48 +0000

(Although… hm. I wonder if there’s a subtitle file for the Sizzle Reel floating around… )

The amount of work you guys have put into this is scary awesome, and I wish you guys the very very very best. Selfishly, because I want to watch it all

Sixty episodes of classy scifi. I can’t wait.

By: Vaughn

Vaughn — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:55:43 +0000

I’m actually a Brit too (so I’m qualified to slag off our TV ) and I’ve had to make do with getting Leverage via the method that shall not be mentioned (why nobody in the UK has aired this series yet is beyond me), but I’ll definitely be getting the DVDs when they finally hit Region 2.

Should Slingers get picked up you should make use of your friendship with Rogers to steal Beth Riesgraf for a guest spot (yup, she’s my favourite).

By: sizemore

sizemore — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:40:40 +0000

Vaughn – We’re still waiting for Leverage to air over here. But I’ve been friends with John Rogers for a while, so managed to see it all in advance as it aired in the States. I’m a fanboy for sure and plan to make the trip to Con-Con in March. Love that show!

And yeah – email is keeping me busy this morning. Gotta head out for my first SLINGERS meeting of the day though. Looking forward to that because a part of it will simply be smiling at each other because of the tremendous online response. Thanks for being part of that

By: Vaughn

Vaughn — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:32:23 +0000

Thanks for the reply, I know you’re under a mountain of correspondence and positive replies right now Good to know this is going the US route, I think the British angle will really help too, as it instantly feels very different to what’s already on in the States. How cool would it be to see it sitting alongside Leverage on TNT? Heist-y goodness!

By: sizemore

sizemore — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:22:55 +0000

Solo – And it’s a hell of a kicker :/ But couldn’t agree with you more on how frustrating non-delivery can be. All I can say is that we’ve worked very hard to make the concept as sturdy as possible. It’s great that so many people latched on to the Ocean’s 11 in space thing and that works well for an elevator pitch. But what we have in mind long term goes far beyond that. We’re not scared of being ambitious. We have an arc plotted over three seasons, and character histories nailed back to birth – before that in some cases We have a scary amount of backstory and detail we want to reveal along the way. And to do all that without fucking up the vibe that everyone is riffing on right now is going to be tricky. But hopefully fun too.

If we can get the pilot away, we’ll do our damnedest to get it to series. And then we’ll always listen to the audience. Hopefully we won’t make too many mistakes, but when we do we’ll try and fix them in a way that doesn’t further fuck up what we’re promising to deliver.

Thanks for the input. Means a lot. Seriously.

ps I’ve also been watching a lot of MAN FROM UNCLE