Glowing review from, of all places, a National Review reviewer who had never seen any of Joss's work: [link]
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
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.
Ginger - Oct 06, 2005 5:06:56 am PDT #5962 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2005 5:15:27 am PDT #5963 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.
And I never watched Firefly, the UPN cult series that more or less gave birth to Serenity.
I saw the Fox series, but missed the UPN one....
§ ita § - Oct 06, 2005 5:19:09 am PDT #5964 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's the one Tim worked on.
Narrator - Oct 06, 2005 5:31:49 am PDT #5965 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Still waiting on the DVDs for that one.
Calli - Oct 06, 2005 5:34:11 am PDT #5966 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Still waiting on the DVDs for that one.
Damn that lazy UPN. Let's send them apples.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 06, 2005 5:35:38 am PDT #5967 of 10001
What is even happening?
Still waiting on the DVDs for that one.They're included as extras on the DVD for Tim's A Very Special Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode.
Foxhunter - Oct 06, 2005 6:05:04 am PDT #5968 of 10001
When we kill people it makes the policemen flustered and stern.
I liked how the reviewer added the ship itself in the personae dramatic at the end. For someone who has never seen a JW product, much less the Firefly series, to nod at 'the 10th character' in a review suggests that Joss did his job well. I love it when people do their jobs well almost as much as I hate when they do them poorly, thank you Joss.
brenda m - Oct 06, 2005 6:07:06 am PDT #5969 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wow, that's a great article. The Maoist bit is kind of interesting to think about, and it's nice to hear someone who doesn't go "what? why is there chinese, I'm so confuuused..."
Jesse - Oct 06, 2005 6:14:11 am PDT #5970 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gothamist loves Serenity, too...
But wait ... there's more, such as worthwhile holdovers like A History of Violence and Serenity, the latter of which -- with its resounding critical approval and tons of buzz -- surprised us with its poor showing at the box office last week, barely able to crack $10 million and utterly failing at challenging Jodie Foster and a jumbo jet for the top spot. With all these options (and more), what's a poor movie-lover to do?
Sean K - Oct 06, 2005 7:50:45 am PDT #5971 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
the only joke that was actually being enjoyed in a good-natured manner by the characters (as opposed to the audience).
That was something that would have been nice to see, another prank. Yeah, there wasn't any space to cram it in there, but it would have been nice to see the crew pull another prank on someone. Possibly Simon again.
And I never watched Firefly, the UPN cult series that more or less gave birth to Serenity.
Hellooo, fact-checkers at the National Review, hellooo....