One of the list members knows someone who used to work at ME
I never bought that.
there was a rumor that ME was watching the list for a while
Or that.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'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.
Allyson - Oct 12, 2005 6:15:11 am PDT #6350 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
KernelM - Oct 12, 2005 6:41:03 am PDT #6351 of 10001
Ankh-Morpork Watchman, Dreamer, Scooby, Minister of Grace, Still Flyin' in a Zoo2 World
You know everybody who's ever worked at ME and their acquaintances?
tommyrot - Oct 12, 2005 7:07:24 am PDT #6352 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.
LJ thingie on Serentity:
I liked Serenity a lot, but I actually came out quite shocked at--well, how FANFICCY it was. I mean, to my mind, Serenity is clearly an intellectual/ethical rewrite of Star Wars, and I look at Joss Whedon and say to myself, "Self, this is a man very near your age, who, like you, fell tragically victim to the cult of Han Solo," which in my mind is a religion involving a particular kind of masculinity that says, no, and says no and then caves and says, yes. yes. i will. And I think that--and please hear my fervor as a lifetime member of the cult when I say this--that this view of masculinity is in itself a sexual orientation. And I saw Serenity and thought, wow, Joss is as caught up as any of us in the "be him or fuck him" dilemna that haunts fandom. This is the movie that I wanted Star Wars to be. More than that, this is the story that Star Wars kind of WAS for me, as I rewrote it in my mind.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 12, 2005 7:11:11 am PDT #6353 of 10001
What is even happening?
I think trying to decide which fandom is crazier is pretty much a futile pursuit. All fandoms have their crazies. It just depends who's waxing and who's waning.
That's really all I meant by my little list. Inherent in fandom is some sort of devotion to something (the work, the creators, the talent, etc.). Devotion can totally take rationality in a street fight.
Allyson - Oct 12, 2005 7:13:20 am PDT #6354 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
You know everybody who's ever worked at ME
Yes.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 12, 2005 7:13:42 am PDT #6355 of 10001
What is even happening?
Self, this is a man very near your age, who, like you, fell tragically victim to the cult of Han Solo," which in my mind is a religion involving a particular kind of masculinity that says, no, and says no and then caves and says, yes. yes. i will.
Previously known as the cult of Rick Blaine (Casablanca).
tommyrot - Oct 12, 2005 7:17:03 am PDT #6356 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.
Previously known as the cult of Rick Blaine (Casablanca).
Heh.
Someone needs to write some Mal, Han Solo and Rick Blaine fic....
Mr. Broom - Oct 12, 2005 7:37:34 am PDT #6357 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
The hard part would be who shoots first.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 12, 2005 7:40:58 am PDT #6358 of 10001
What is even happening?
Heh.
Seriously. A one-time true believer thinks he is disenchanted such that he will be content to operate as a self-interested mercenary, but his heart knows better.
Calli - Oct 12, 2005 7:43:33 am PDT #6359 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hmmmm. Not a bad theory. Do we know that Han was ever a true believer?