I loved Silent Running as a child. But when I saw it again a few years ago I found it too... preachy. But still fun.
I felt sorry for the poor robot that got swept away. But the space-hippie annoyed me.
Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.
'The Message'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
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.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2005 8:29:04 pm PDT #1145 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gus - Apr 17, 2005 8:36:53 pm PDT #1146 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Oh, yeah. Silent Running is all about being campy, now.
Kinda like Reefer Madness with a contained atmosphere.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2005 8:49:20 pm PDT #1147 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I loved Silent Running as a child. But when I saw it again a few years ago I found it too... preachy. But still fun.
Gee - lyrics by Rod McKuen, sung by Joan Baez? How could THAT be preachy.
Admitadely, I loved it as a kid too, but I can't even watch it now. I mean, I love Bruce Dern playing murderous and borderline-to-south-of-the-border-psychotic, but not for tree-hugging reasons.
Gus - Apr 17, 2005 8:55:56 pm PDT #1148 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
lyrics by Rod McKuen, sung by Joan Baez? How could THAT be preachy.
Frankenbuddha is going to Irony Hell.
Silent Running is all about weeping for poor doomed Star Wars robot rip-offs blown away on the cosmic winds.
And Bruce Dern.
Always, there must be Bruce Dern.
tommyrot - Apr 17, 2005 9:01:09 pm PDT #1149 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Silent Running is all about weeping for poor doomed Star Wars robot rip-offs blown away on the cosmic winds.
Dude. Silent Running predates Star Wars by five years.
Gus - Apr 17, 2005 9:12:03 pm PDT #1150 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Dude. I knew that. Star Wars did the canister-bot better. Thus, the retroactive ripoff.
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libkitty - Apr 18, 2005 12:09:46 pm PDT #1151 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I haven't seen this many posts in this thread since I went away for two months. Yeah, and hi to Randy and Laura. Way to go on the guerrilla advertising!
Before the movie was a done deal, I sent emails and wrote "Firefly, Keep Flyin'" with a website that I unfortunately do not remember right now on all of my dollar bills. It worked, and I am personally taking the credit. Sure, Joss worked out the deal with Universal, and others actually did web sites and all, but I'm sure that it's my email to Universal and defaced dollar bills in this backwater that put it all over the top.
Liese S. - Apr 18, 2005 12:13:20 pm PDT #1152 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
And for that, we all thank you. Hee.
libkitty - Apr 18, 2005 12:15:17 pm PDT #1153 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Not that I'm full of myself or anything.
reequeen - Apr 18, 2005 2:19:37 pm PDT #1154 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
No, no, just honest. Personally, all I contributed was wishful thinking.