Browncoat Mal Reynolds on Castle

[mattingly]

Nathan Fillion will be dressed up as Mal Reynolds on the Halloween episode (Oct 26th) of Castle.

http://castletv.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/castle-mal.jpg

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=7&t=40341

[L. Marcus]

Woho!

What is Castle?

[culhwch]

Woho!

What is Castle?


A novelist, Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), teams up with the NYPD as research for his next series of novels...and solve murders along the way. ABC Monday nights.

[Yansuf]

As long as we are only vaguely related to SF here;
does anyone know if he (the actor) wrote "Heat Wave"?

[L. Marcus]

A novelist, Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), teams up with the NYPD as research for his next series of novels...and solve murders along the way. ABC Monday nights.Thanks. That sounds like something one of our cable networks might snatch up! :bounce:

[Clonus]

As long as we are only vaguely related to SF here;
does anyone know if he (the actor) wrote "Heat Wave"?

No, that's just the first episode. The scriptwriter wrote it.

[Yansuf]

No, that's just the first episode. The scriptwriter wrote it.

No, it is not the first episode.
Not even close.

[mattingly]

In "Castle," Fillion plays a mystery writer who works with the cops. In the show, his character, Richard Castle, wrote a new novel, "Heat Wave," starring the cop-by-day-hooker-by-night Noir Femme Fatale Nikki Heat.

[Clonus]

No, it is not the first episode.
Not even close.

Yeah, you're right. There's just so much stuff from the show in it that it feels like it was a half-remembered episode.

[Rapier]

We actually like Castle. It's a little more light hearted cop drama than NYPD Blue or Law and Order which can get a little heavy.

Boyfriend has been a fan of Fillion for a while (well, we both have been actually). He doesn't recall FireFly (well, actually we never saw FireFly, but we liked the movie Serendipity? Or whatever it was called), but that's not too unusual. He loses track of all the sci-fi stuff I watch.

I highly recommend Castle, and am very much looking forward to the Halloween episode.

[Ian Mackinder]

I've quite enjoyed Castle. First season ran here just a couple of months ago. Has both humour and a serious side, but is less "heavy" than most cop shows these days.

Selection of fun characters as well. His mother is a hoot, and I find it refreshing that Castle's teenage daughter is likeable and fairly well-adjusted, instead of being the stereotypical obnoxious brat.

[Greywind]

First Season is already available on DVD

[Steve Long]

Castle is a damn fun show -- it's not going to go down in the history of television as one of the Truly Great TV Series, but it's hellafun light entertainment week after week.

The writers seem how to know to write for Fillion's style of delivery perfectly; Stana Katic is both clever and hot as the female cop foil for him; Susan Sullivan does a great job as his mother; the mysteries are oddball enough to be fun but not so weird that you go, "Oh, c'mon!". Two thumbs up!

[Ian Mackinder]

Boyfriend has been a fan of Fillion for a while (well, we both have been actually). He doesn't recall FireFly (well, actually we never saw FireFly, but we liked the movie Serendipity? Or whatever it was called), but that's not too unusual. He loses track of all the sci-fi stuff I watch.

'SERENITY', which was the name of his ship (a "Firefly" class freighter).

[Steve]

I've been enjoying Castle a lot myself.

On a more sci-fi tangent related to this thread, Morena Baccarin, the actress who played Inara Serra on Firefly and the move Serenity is back with another series, a remake of V coming to ABC. She plays the leader of the Visitors, Anna. The reviews of the pilot by critics have been very favorable.

[Ian Mackinder]

On a more sci-fi tangent related to this thread, Morena Baccarin, the actress who played Inara Serra on Firefly and the move Serenity is back with another series, a remake of V coming to ABC. She plays the leader of the Visitors, Anna. The reviews of the pilot by critics have been very favorable.

Could prove interesting. Morena definitely can do "Evil" - her stint in the 'Stargate SG-1' series (and 'Stargate: Ark Of Truth') proved that.

[mattingly]

"First, there are no cowboys in space.
Second, didn't you already wear that five years ago?"

Gold.

[Hyper-Man]

"First, there are no cowboys in space.
Second, didn't you already wear that five years ago?"

Gold.

I was howling while watching this with my wife last night.

[Nyrath]

Me too. Hysterical!

[sinanju]

"First, there are no cowboys in space.
Second, didn't you already wear that five years ago?"

Gold.

Castle (caught in costume): "I'm...just...trying out my Halloween costume."
Daughter: "What are you supposed to be?"
Castle: "A space cowboy!"
Daughter: "First, there are no cows in space. Second...didn't you wear that, like, five years ago?"
Castle: "So?"
Daughter: "So don't you think it's time you moved on?"
Castle: "I LIKE it."

[Steve Long]

Castle is generally made of win, and that episode particularly so. ;)

[Nolgroth]

I watch Castle and I can only believe that the cast and crew have so much fun that they will never want to end that show. Nathan Fillion himself is incredibly funny. I had the opportunity to see one of the advanced screenings of Serenity and he made a special appearance, talked with the fans and fun was pretty much had by all.

[culhwch]

I was howling while watching this with my wife last night.

I just watched it last night (love my DVR!), and also had a good laugh at that sequence!

[ercarlson1974]

Castle dressing up as Mal, I shamelessly admit, is what drew me in to watch this episode. (As an aside, I do not watch TV except on complete season DVDs and on extremely rare other occasions). I plan to grab the season 1 DVDs when I get the chance.

Don't know if I'll watch Castle regularly, because Monday nights are typically booked for me, but I actually like it a lot. Echoing some other comments on this thread, it is much less drama-heavy than other cop shows I've sampled. I find the characters likable yet real (i.e. each one has his/her limitations), and they play off of each other well.

Hopefully this doesn't count as a spoiler...but one other line I liked from this episode was when they find the murder victim and Castle quips, "Looks like Buffy's come to the Big Apple."

[Hyper-Man]

The two main characters have hints of a chemistry very similar to that of the old Moonlighting show (the launch of Bruce Willis' non-jean commercial career).

[JohnTaber]

My wife and I are also Castle fans. We started watching from the first ep. We watched the Halloween ep last night...it was really fun. Lot of references to Buffy and such too. I was also geeking out on the Frank Miller references being a huge fan of his...cool stuff all around...nice light cop show.

[paladin.oa]

I might have to see this, as I loved Firefly, and was rather angry that it got canceled after only one season, a friend of mine gave me the collection for X-mas and I'm re watching it for the second time.

Another thing that I was disappointed with was that both Buffy and Angel got canceled, I loved those shows as well.

Why is it that all the good shows get canceled, and all the bad ones hang around?

[mattingly]

Someone posted the relevant parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APXjBB_thFM

[Nyrath]

Why is it that all the good shows get canceled, and all the bad ones hang around?
The answer can be found in the movie Idiocracy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/synopsis).