02.14.07
Posted in "The Invisible Man", Fans at 9:21 pm by Amanda Rogers
It’s always fun to see what other fans have done to show their love for The Invisible Man. Fan art is just one of the means that fans use to express themselves and I’m mentioning it now because, recently, a whole page of fan art was brought to my attention by Holly. She and a few other fans have created and posted some pretty cool artwork and graphics on this page.
As an example, here’s a darling Chibi Darien drawn by Rain, a fan from Australia, who was kind enough to let me post it here. Isn’t he adorable?
To view more artwork by these talented I-Man fans go to Deviant Art.
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02.01.07
Posted in "The Invisible Man", I-Man Cast Film Update at 9:43 pm by Amanda Rogers
Five years ago today the Sci Fi Channel aired the last new episode of The Invisible Man, thus bringing to a close a show that ended all too quickly and deserved a much, much longer run. By the time the last episode, entitled The New Stuff, aired, we all knew that the show had been cancelled and yet many of us were hoping that by some miracle someone in authority would see fit to continue it and give the show the chance it deserved.
With anticipation we watched Darien getting closer to permanent madness as the Counteragent was losing its effectiveness. How would he be saved? Would the Keeper find a way to safely remove the gland? Knowing that Craig Silverstein wrote the last two episodes as closure to one chapter of Darien’s life and the beginning of a new chapter, that scenario didn’t seem likely.
Would a new counteragent be developed? Perhaps giving Darien more time between shots? That was a possibility. But, instead, a cure was found for the madness, courtesy of his nemesis, Arnaud de Fehrn.
In the end, Darien chose to stay with the Agency, which meant that the series could go forward with the same characters we had grown to love. Not knowing whether the series would continue or not, Craig had set up a sort of closure for Darien and the series, and yet left the door wide open for many more new stories.
I miss this show.
Each of us who call ourselves fans can describe how this show has touched us and why, after five years, we are still here, still hoping. We’ve come to care, not for just the show and its characters, but also for the actors who portrayed the characters. Over the years we’ve been able to interact with them online via bulletin boards, chat rooms, and blogs; and some of us have been able to meet them in person. We’ve had a relationship with them that very few, if any, fandoms ever develop with their cast. They have generously given us that unique opportunity. They all love the show and would be willing to come back to it, and they all enjoyed working with each other and would love to do so again.
It’s for that reason that I’ve taken on this project. It’s not the project I originally set out to do. Believe me, I would love to be producing an I-Man movie; and if it weren’t for that little issue of rights, I’d be doing exactly that right now. But if I can’t do an I-Man movie, bringing together a cast that I care deeply about is the next best thing. This is a project that I’m thrilled to be a part of. It is my wish that this will be a movie that will thrill you too.
Call me crazy, but I’m not totally giving up on I-Man. There is a chance, albeit a slim one, that this movie could possibly trigger interest in I-Man. But this movie would need to be a hit and be profitable. Like it or not, money talks in Hollywood. On the production side of things, I’m going to do everything I can to make that happen, but I can only do so much. In the end, it’s the audience that decides whether to watch or not.
No matter what happens, seeing our cast together again on the screen is so worth all this work. I can’t wait for that day!
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01.28.07
Posted in "The Invisible Man" at 8:32 am by Amanda Rogers
Do you remember the great little board forum that The Invisible Man had at SciFi.com? Remember how we grumbled and complained when Sci Fi deleted it? Well, the I-Man forum has a chance to come back to the Sci Fi board, but it needs your vote!
Sci Fi is holding a poll right now to give fans a chance to vote if they want their favorite shows’ forums restored to the bulletin board. As of this posting, Invisible Man has 11 votes, and according to Sci Fi, all a show needs is 10 votes, so technically we should see our old forum restored to the site in the near future. Yay!
So why am I asking you to go vote? Well, because I’d love to send a message to Sci Fi that the I-Man audience is still here and still supporting their show. I, for one, would love to see I-Man reruns back on TV and this could be a way to send Sci Fi executives that message (not to mention that reruns would help the movie project). I think we can do a heck of a lot better than 11 votes.
The poll is open until January 31, 2007, so there is very little time. Please vote and spread the word to everyone you know and get them to vote.
To vote go to the SciFi.com forums and scroll down and click on the General Discussion section. Then click on the New forums for old favorites topic near the top of the list to vote for The Invisible Man. You must be signed in to vote.
Thank you for your help.
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12.05.06
Posted in "The Invisible Man", I-Man DVDs, Trailers at 9:22 pm by Amanda Rogers
Credit for this topic goes to Laura, who made the suggestion that I talk about I-Man DVDs. Thanks, Laura!
The subject of I-Man DVDs has been a source of frustration to I-Man fans for a long time, especially if you live in the U.S. or Canada, because, as you most likely already know, as of this date, no DVDs have been made for Region 1 (U.S. and Canada). And since it isn’t currently airing in the U.S. or Canada that makes it tough for people who have never seen the show to get familiar with it. Just the other day I had a meeting with a local director at a coffee shop. He knows what project I’m working on, was curious about The Invisible Man, and wanted to check the show out. I had to explain to him, just as I explain to everyone else who asks, that not only is the show not currently airing, but, also, no DVDs exist for it in this country. You can bet that I would have loved to tell him that he could run down to the local Suncoast or Wal-Mart and pick up season one and two of this cool little show, but, alas, I couldn’t. Frustrating indeed.
Will we ever get I-Man DVDs here in the U.S. and Canada? Well, that’s anybody’s guess. As of this date, I haven’t heard any news that suggests that we will see them any time in the near future.
Back when Ian Atkins was working on the U.K. DVDs, the foreign video distribution rights were owned by a South American company called America Video Films. While I haven’t looked into it, it’s possible that the company still owns those rights. The fact that they advertise I-Man on their site leads me to think that is a strong possibility. If you go to their website (http://americavideofilms.com/) and do a search for “invisible man” by title, you’ll find a blurb written about the show as well as a trailer that you can watch. The trailer emphasizes the drama and angst, but leaves out the humor, giving viewers a rather lopsided impression of the tone of the show, but it’s still fun to watch.
I gotta tell you that if I wasn’t tied up with this movie project right now, I’d love to take on trying to get I-Man DVDs produced in this country. But maybe some other enterprising fan will take on the project the way Ian Atkins did in the U.K.
There is so much more to cover on this subject, but I’m going to save that for future posts. Stay tuned because I’ll be talking about which countries have DVDs and where they can be ordered, after all, this site is visited by readers from around the world. I’ll, also, explain regions for those of you not familiar with them, and identify some region-free DVD players.
If anybody has any info on I-Man DVDs that they want to share with everyone else, please drop me a line so that I can include it in future posts.
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11.21.06
Posted in "The Invisible Man", Interviews, Reviews, Vincent Ventresca at 8:14 pm by Amanda Rogers
I recently came across an old interview that Vincent Ventresca did for SCI FI Weekly, which is a section of scifi.com. The interview is called “Now You See Vincent Ventresca, Now You Don’t.” In it, Vince talks about his new (at the time) role on The Invisible Man.
In addition, included in the interview is a link to a review of The Invisible Man by Patrick Lee of SCI FI Weekly.
It was fun to read these articles again. Many websites and online articles for The Invisible Man have disappeared over the years, so it’s great to see that some material is still around for us to enjoy.
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