Witch!

When I lived in NYC a cab was the only option for big shopping trips. Walk there and cab back.

Nilly!!! What excellent news!!!

Nilly - that is such great news! Thank you for sharing it with us!

And I get a Firefly toaster - just hooked a co-worker who left a voicemail saying he's hooked hooked hooked, and this is the coolest thing ever with the funny and the style and he's only three episodes in and is going to be so sad when they are all over.

I think I told him about the BDM, but will be sure to reassure him next time I see him.

Yay for Firefly in Israel! I wish I knew someone there so that I could tell them now. Because that feeling of wanting to watch a movie on TV even if I own the DVD? I generally also want to pick up the phone and call whatever friend it was who I first saw it with so I can share the love. My problem is that for quite a while now I've been watching TV and movies that my friends don't quite get. I need new friends. Anyway, Nilly, when you feel like you're babbling to too many people about the wonder of Firefly, tell yourself you're just telling one person for each of us.

I finally watched Muffin Buffalo and Lovesick Ass last night. Just seeing new (to me) Wonderfalls on screen made me grin from the second Muffin Buffalo started playing but Lovesick Ass? Pretty close to perfection. I'm in love all over again. And sad all over again, of course, because it is no more. Also, Jem is playing very, very near me tomorrow night and I can't go. So very sad.

Also, Jem is playing very, very near me tomorrow night and I can't go. So very sad.

Aw, man! Do you have the CD? Isn't it great? "Wish I" is like the happiest song ever.

Did the Israeli subtitler understands that the definition of "Shiny" as used on Firefly was made up?

Oh, he did. And even if he wasn't sure, he had a few people on that site making completly sure that he did.

Why not simply use the equivilent Hebrew word?

Well, there are several words that can be used as a translation to "shiny", and some of them are problematic in the variations of places in the sentence in which the word "shiny" finds itself. If I understood correctly, he'd go with one of those equivalent words, but I'm not sure which. He actually wanted to do it right and paid real attention to what the fans on that site told him, which was very nice of him.

how censorious (if that's a word) is Israeli TV?

Nothing is blipped, if that's what you're asking. No words are being changed from the versions that were shown in movie theaters. They'd put more adult shows on later hours, but if a show has a high ratings, that hour may drop closer to prime-time in order to boost the ratings even more. I think they're a bit less conscious about the language, and are also very much trying to show that they're very updated and current and "cool", so they sometimes go further than the people they're trying to imitate. Some of the commercials are banned from TV, or only allowed from a certain hour (and advertisers use this to create a hype around their commercial, in more than one time).

when you feel like you're babbling to too many people about the wonder of Firefly, tell yourself you're just telling one person for each of us.

Thanks, ellemarie! I will. Also, I'm not sure if I ever posted with you before, so a very belated welcome.

Nilly, you might want to tell the translator that we English-speakers didn't get the Chinese expletives translated. It was funnier that way, when we could imagine pretty closely what was being said.

Beverly, he actually knows that, but according to what he said, the network is demanding that he translates every single word.

That should make for an interesting transcript.