Aside from being in the EW must see list, Serenity/Firefly also appears on the front page of TV Guide it appears.
Expect to see some serious ramping up in July/August re promo of Serenity.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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.
Kevin - Jun 17, 2005 12:03:04 pm PDT #3154 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Nutty - Jun 17, 2005 12:03:09 pm PDT #3155 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I've seen professional stunt-drivers -- who know their cars very well -- pull that kind of reverse-move dealie with such elan that they can pull into a parking spot while coming off the spin. That sort can change a car's vector in violent fashion without causing damage to the car, but I bet most people can't.
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2005 12:03:10 pm PDT #3156 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've heard it recommended that you practice on a rental car....
Rent a car, try it, then steal a car and try it! Thanks, tommyrot!
And props to Nutty for use of the word élan. That was the name of our high school literary magazine, and the reason I very quickly learned the ASCII code for é.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 17, 2005 12:03:40 pm PDT #3157 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
YOU PEOPLE are to blame for every rental car I've ever driven handling like Jethro's truck from The Beverly Hillbillies!
sumi - Jun 17, 2005 12:05:04 pm PDT #3158 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
So, the bootlegger's reverse is the car version of the Crazy Ivan?
(You know, bringing it all back on-topic.)
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2005 12:07:00 pm PDT #3159 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Only with the emergency brake.
Sweet. I need to talk some crazy hotheaded hot guy into trying it now.
tommyrot - Jun 17, 2005 12:07:39 pm PDT #3160 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.
So, the bootlegger's reverse is the car version of the Crazy Ivan?
Pretty much, yeah.
You all know where the term 'Crazy Ivan' came from, right? Soviet submarines would pull that maneuver when they suspected that an American sub was tailing them. (In a submarine, the prop noise makes it impossible to tell if something's directly behind you.)
tommyrot - Jun 17, 2005 12:08:22 pm PDT #3161 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.
Sweet. I need to talk some crazy hotheaded hot guy into trying it now.
It might be best to practice in a large, empty parking lot.
Gandalfe - Jun 17, 2005 12:09:37 pm PDT #3162 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
So, the bootlegger's reverse is the car version of the Crazy Ivan?
Well, of course, Crazy Ivan is a US Navy term for a Soviet submarine maneuver, characterized by any number of sudden and sharp turns, used by submarine crews to "look behind" them. (This verbiage stolen heavy handedly from The Wiki.) Was that what they called the stunt in Serenity? I could have sworn there was another (similar) name for it.
Emily - Jun 17, 2005 12:10:02 pm PDT #3163 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
What, you think we're some kind of cultural illiterates? I'll have you know I saw The Hunt for Red October several times! I would have liked to have seen Montana.