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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.

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P.M. Marc - Feb 13, 2005 7:27:47 am PST #670 of 10001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

My memory is iffy on this... but did they talk about his son's death during WWII due to a defective aircraft part or something, and how that inspired a play that I forgot the name of?

The play would be All My Sons, but Miller was in his 20s for WWII, and his first marriage was in 1940, so he wasn't drawing from his own life for that.

tommyrot - Feb 13, 2005 7:38:01 am PST #671 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.

OK, then the death of the son is what happened in the play, right? The father was a military contractor that sold defective parts during the war IIRC, and his son dies as a result?

eta: anyway, since Miller didn't actually lose a son, that explains why that "fact" was not mentioned....

P.M. Marc - Feb 13, 2005 7:40:15 am PST #672 of 10001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Tommyrot, I think that's the basic premise. It's a Miller I've never read nor seen, though.

tommyrot - Feb 13, 2005 7:42:54 am PST #673 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.

Part of my brain is telling me that play was based on an Ibsen play. The Master Builder, maybe?

DCJensen - Feb 13, 2005 7:57:46 am PST #674 of 10001

All is well that ends in pizza.

At the first college I went to, there was a bronze bust of Ibson on a high pedestal. Somewhere I have a photo of him wearing my hat, wraparound sunglasses, and striped red and blue polo shirt.

Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2005 8:06:34 am PST #675 of 10001

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

The Ibsen play that Miller adapted was Enemy of the People.

tommyrot - Feb 13, 2005 8:08:57 am PST #676 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.

Oh. Now I remember. Sorta.

Enemy of the People was about a guy who tried to expose the dangers of... something or other... and the town got mad at him? The dangers of the town's hot spring water spa, or something?

Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2005 8:36:21 am PST #677 of 10001

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Yeah, Tom that's about all I remember from my college course on Ibsen.

I have a car-wreck fascination watching people's reaction to 9/11. Along with Dennis Miller, James Lileks went through a similar, Al-Capp-like, transformation from witty satirist to bitter reactionary.

Tamara - Feb 13, 2005 1:57:31 pm PST #678 of 10001

You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

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Seems like there is a Comic prequel for Serenity in the works. Details are sketchy.

Kalshane - Feb 13, 2005 2:24:49 pm PST #679 of 10001

GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Whoo! The Chicagoland Browncoats managed a sweep of all the awards we were eligible for this year at Capricon. St. Lucy's Hospital won Best Party, Best Theme Party, Best Alcoholic Drink and Best Non-Alcoholic Drink. [link]

We all had a blast, spread the word about Firefly and Serenity and treated scores of "patients" with the best in Alliance medicines. I'll post pictures when my brain recovers from the long hours in the OR.

(ETA link to vampirefan's picture of the Awards)

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