'Serenity'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
I thought the movie was fascinating, but I had no idea what was going on. I thought I would re-watch after reading the book, but it's never made it to the top of the list of things to do.
I read 3 of the books and decided I really didn't need to continue. Third cousin (once-removed) of Dune just doesn't have the same punch as the original.
I thought the movie was fascinating, but I had no idea what was going on. I thought I would re-watch after reading the book, but it's never made it to the top of the list of things to do.
Half the problem with the movie is that a lot of characters have about two scenes - their introductory scene, and their death or final scene. So you have all these semi-familiar (or in the case of Patrick Stewart, later very familiar) faces who are gone before you can figure out why they were there: Jurgen Prochnow, Max Von Sydow, Brad Dourif, Freddy Jones, Dean Stockwell, Virginia Madsen, etc.
It can be fun to play Attach the Dune Actor to Later Part in Sci-Fi or Cult TV Series.
That might be just me, and it's probably similar to my joy in Spotting the Canadian Bit Players across shows...
ETA: When, exactly, did I turn into a glass half full person?
Could it have anything to do with not having to put up with all the mess of organizing a Caritas party for a while now? 'Cause seriously, the stuff you (and Allyson) had to put up with between that and the auction a couple of years ago would have had me leaving a trail of bodies all across the country.
I read 3 of the books and decided I really didn't need to continue. Third cousin (once-removed) of Dune just doesn't have the same punch as the original.
I think I made it through three or four. I've noticed this with other series as well. I only made it through about half of Mercedes Lackey's books, and ditto for Piers Anthony. I absolutely adored them, and waited anxiously for new ones to come out, but after a while they became the same book over again. For as much as I love Mercedes Lackey, I really think nothing of hers surpassed The Last Herald-Mage trilogy.
Oh, yeah. The topic. Hmmm. Yeah beagles!
Awwww.
Awwww.
It's so sad.
Damn, that's cute.
Beagle puppies are so cute . . . there ought to be a law against the massive cuteness.
