Cool, thanks. I won't ask about how long it is after the series, but, well, I'm anti-hodgeberry-subtext anyway.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
DebetEsse - Jun 01, 2005 10:28:18 am PDT #2748 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 01, 2005 10:31:45 am PDT #2749 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I really didn't read any sexual tension in that scene at first airing. But, as with so many things, the Buffistas corrupted me for subsequent viewings.
amych - Jun 01, 2005 10:36:23 am PDT #2750 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Didn't put "color" in "font color=" the first time.
Did you know about the quick-edit for spoiler font? Put a lower-case "s" at the beginning of a new line and what follows (until you hit enter again) is automatically whitefonted, without the risk of inadvertent spoilage by mistyped tag.
manzo - Jun 01, 2005 10:44:59 am PDT #2751 of 10001
If we're really lucky, they'll do it in that order...
Can I just say that, in my opinion, RotS sucked a big fat one? And I even went into it expecting it to be bad.
Sorry, I only saw it at the weekend, and I still haven't gotten it out of my system.
Christ, is it time for Serenity yet? I am, in no way, getting jealous with all you buggers getting to see the preview. Not at all. ;-)
Gris - Jun 01, 2005 11:12:39 am PDT #2752 of 10001
Hey. New board.
So Simon and River are Luke and Leia?
Now I'm imagining Mal and River having twins with psychic powers.
Pretty babies. But really, really weird.
-t - Jun 01, 2005 11:16:18 am PDT #2753 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Now I'm imagining Mal and River having twins with psychic powers.
Whoa. That's just...no.
DebetEsse - Jun 01, 2005 11:16:38 am PDT #2754 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Thank God for the rest of the crew, because neither Mal nor River would make a very good primary caregiver.
§ ita § - Jun 01, 2005 11:17:52 am PDT #2755 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thank God for the rest of the crew, because neither Mal nor River would make a very good primary caregiver.
Unca Wash, all the way.
Zenkitty - Jun 01, 2005 11:20:57 am PDT #2756 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
manzo, I'll add my voice to the "RotS sucked" refrain. If Ep I and II were worse than that, I can't even imagine the suckage. I've never walked out of a movie before. I even sat all the way through Blade:Trinity, which was a travesty. But my partner fell asleep five times during the first hour of RotS, and I was so bored I was actually talking back to the screen, which I never never never do in theaters. We gave up and left after the first hour. I'm saving my brain cells for Serenity.
aurelia - Jun 01, 2005 11:21:45 am PDT #2757 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My SiL has never seen the original SW trilogy. She plans to see the whole series in numeric order. It'll be interesting to see how she responds. I'm afraid that 4-6 will seem very simple, with the very clear-cut good vs evil adventure story compared to 1-3.
In terms of continuity, the thing that bugged me most was Amidala's death. That so doesn't jive with the "do you remember your mother" conversation between Luke and Leia. I kept expecting to see her leaving for Alderaan with Bail Organa. She could've been weak and sickly... she only needed to live another 3-4 years for the continuity to work.
The droids don't bother me too much. Unnecessary pandering, yes, but at least the end of Ep3 addressed the continuity. I do wish Ep 3 hadn't dealt with wookies at all, much less Chewbacca. This may come from having read a number of SW books, but if Lucas is gonna license the damn things he should at least have someone to tell him how the planets are described .