I think that pirates and samurai are a twain that never shall meet, but a working ninja would appreciate a good pirate's inventiveness.
Lorne: My little prince. Oh…what did they do to you? Angel: Nina…tried to…eat me. Lorne: Oh, you're--medic! You're gonna make it Angel. Just don't stop fighting. Doctor! Is there a Gepetto in the house?
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Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2005 8:09:58 am PST #113 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nutty - Jan 03, 2005 8:23:02 am PST #114 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Konichiwa-HA, matey!
Gandalfe - Jan 03, 2005 8:26:04 am PST #115 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
That's matey-san to you.
arby - Jan 03, 2005 8:27:16 am PST #116 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
Totally unrelated question: what do people think of "Downbelow Station" by Cherryh? It appears to be related in some way to "Mercantur's Luck" and I was wondering if I should just buy them both at the same time since they are wicked cheap at Half.
ETA: Dang it, Sean beat me to the tagging of the BEST. JOSS. QUOTE. EVAH.
Consuela - Jan 03, 2005 8:32:58 am PST #117 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
arby, Downbelow Station won Cherryh the Hugo award the year it came out. It's very very plotty and more than a bit expositiony, but worth reading, since it's the first novel set in the Alliance/Union universe, and explains a fair amount of the backstory and the politics. It's the Big Political side of the situation that Merchanter's Luck looks at from the perspective of a small trader. So the main characters are the family who run Downbelow Station, some of the Downbelow natives, Signy Mallory the ship captain, and so forth.
reequeen - Jan 03, 2005 9:04:14 am PST #118 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
Frankenbuddha:
Is it better than Shakespeare's Gay Boys in Bondage ?
I don't know how Shakespeare knew, several hundred years before it happened, about the biggest band to come out of Idaho. Perhaps you've heard of their album, "68 Goin' On 69"?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 03, 2005 9:07:40 am PST #119 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't know how Shakespeare knew, several hundred years before it happened, about the biggest band to come out of Idaho. Perhaps you've heard of their album, "68 Goin' On 69"?
"Gay Boys in Bondage" is also an old Monty Python skit (and may be the episode title).
reequeen - Jan 03, 2005 9:08:49 am PST #120 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
"Gay Boys in Bondage" is also an old Monty Python skit (and may be the episode title)
Hmmm. I remember the band. Wanna see my concert tickets? T-shirt? ;-D
arby - Jan 03, 2005 9:12:46 am PST #121 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
a ha - thanks Consuela. So if I read Downbelow Station first, then Merchanter's Luck I might have some more background on what's going on.
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Mr. Broom - Jan 03, 2005 9:47:51 am PST #122 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
There's a whole Pirate/Ninja/Dwarf/Elf Ontology...If the bastard spawn of an elf and a dwarf is a dwelf, than what do we call the lovechild of a ninja and a pirate? And would he prefer the cutlass or the katana?