The Chronic Rift: Spotlight - Rockne S. O'Bannon

John S. Drew's picture

What did you think of the interview?  Were John and Orenthal too much like fanboys?  What are your favorite O'Bannon projects?  Let us know here and make sure you rate the episode here.

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John
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"What?  Too much?"

Pinkhamster's picture

thanks!

I enjoyed the interview.  As far as the fanboy question goes, the only part that really gave me pause was when Orenthal asked Rockne how it felt to be so awesome, or what amounted to that, and Rockne was flummoxed for a reply.  I was also left curious for further exploration at one point when O'Bannon mentioned that a representative of The Jim Henson Company was involved in the development of new characters for the Farscape comic, and wanted to know if this meant they forsee future Farscape filmed projects and want to make sure new characters can be replicated by their creature shop, or if they are simply flexing their ownership stake in the intellectual property.  A fun interview; thank you for the time and effort involved in creating and sharing it.

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comics and webisodes

Rockne is in the midst of developing a series of Farscape webisodes to be streamed on SciFi.com (or is it Syfy.com now? I lose track....), and the comics will tie into those webisodes. That's what Rock was referring to in the interview....

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Pinkhamster's picture

Thank you for the info, Mr. Rage!

Keep defending Algonquin Valley against flesheaters and meddling cityfolk...

krad's picture

you bet!

Damn cityfolk.........

 

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"Even when you turn your back, you're still facing something."

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You're Welcome

It was our pleasure. Hope you enjoyed it enough to join us for future episode as the Summer of the Rift continues.

My understanding is that these comics were or are supposed to work alongside a web series of Farscape.  So, if Henson is involved in the production, they would be involved in character development.  I completely forgot to ask Rockne what was going on with that.

John
Creator, Producer, All Around God-Like Being
"What?  Too much?"

Pinkhamster's picture

definitely along for the ride...

Though I never saw the TV show, I started listening to the podcast in February or March and have gone back in time with my iTunes TARDIS and listened to most of the ones I missed before that as well.

Nice Job!

Definitely a fanboy interview, but a good job nonetheless.  My favorite projects of the ones you guys mentioned were Farscape and Alien Nation.

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