It was inspired by an actual event, when Admiral Halsey (edit: I think it was him) sailed his carrier task force directly into a hurricane or typhoon or something - several destroyers (which are small ships when compared to a carrier) sank as a result of the storm.
Lindsey: Why--why did you... Lorne: One last job. You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never will be. Lindsey: You kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just...Angel...kills me. You...Angel... Lorne: Good night, folks.
'Not Fade Away'
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.
tommyrot - Feb 14, 2005 5:44:57 am PST #692 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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 14, 2005 5:46:52 am PST #693 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 put off reading that damn thing until the day before my 11th grade History test on it. 617 pages in the printing I had!
Nilly - Feb 14, 2005 5:51:13 am PST #694 of 10001
Swouncing
But first, it was a novel by Herman Wouk.
I can totally tie this back to "Firefly". Here's how: a married couple, both friends of mine, can never agree on "good" books, each of them enjoys completely different books. The favorite of the husband? The "Cain Mutiny" mentioned above. The favorite of the wife? "Ender's Game", written by Orson Scott Card, who apparently really likes "Firefly".
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Topic!Cindy - Feb 14, 2005 5:57:14 am PST #695 of 10001
What is even happening?
Queeg. The Caine was the boat, I believe.Okay. I thought so, but I don't like to correct Nutty, because 99 times out of 100, she's going to be correct, and I'm going to be wrong. Plus, I get a little dizzy(ier) trying to keep straight The Caine Mutiny, Citizen Kane, and Mutiny on the Bounty.
Whenever I try to sort them out in my teeny brain, I wake up on my old sled, watching Casablanca.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 14, 2005 5:58:37 am PST #696 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plus, I get a little dizzy(ier) trying to keep straight The Caine Mutiny, Citizen Kane, and Mutiny on the Bounty.
And, strangeley enough, none of them star Michael Caine.
Nutty - Feb 14, 2005 6:08:25 am PST #697 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
That's all right; "Michael Caine" is not his real name. (IIRC, he took it from the movie.) Frank is right, and Caine is the name of the boat, not the character.
(There are possibly dumber ways to come up with a pseud. Charles Bronson took a street name, after all. For which the parents of Bronson Arroyo thank him, because "Buchinsky Arroyo" is not exactly a winning moniker.)
Frankenbuddha - Feb 14, 2005 6:24:04 am PST #698 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
(There are possibly dumber ways to come up with a pseud. Charles Bronson took a street name, after all. For which the parents of Bronson Arroyo thank him, because "Buchinsky Arroyo" is not exactly a winning moniker.)
Bwahahahaha!!! For some reason, this makes me laugh and laugh.
Cary Grant really being Archibald Leach is one of my favorites in the psued sweepstakes. And where John Cleese got the name for his character in A FISH CALLED WANDA.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2005 7:47:45 am PST #699 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cary Grant really being Archibald Leach is one of my favorites in the psued sweepstakes.
You have to admire Traci Lords (porn star) taking her name from Katherine Hepburn's character in The Philadelphia Story.
I also love that John Wayne's real name was Marion.
DXMachina - Feb 14, 2005 8:30:55 am PST #700 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It was inspired by an actual event, when Admiral Halsey (edit: I think it was him) sailed his carrier task force directly into a hurricane or typhoon or something - several destroyers (which are small ships when compared to a carrier) sank as a result of the storm.
I once read an account of this incident written by the captain of one of the surviving destroyers who described how at one point his ship heeled over so far that he and his XO were hanging parallel to the deck of the bridge from what was normally a vertical pipe before the ship finally righted itself.
WildDemon Cornelius - Feb 14, 2005 8:53:33 am PST #701 of 10001
Take your fingers off it, don't you dare touch it, you know it don't belong to you, to you...
Enemy of the People is what Jaws is basically a version of, but with a shark. Speilberg's attempt to make The Doll's House with a giant alligator was, however, doomed to failure.
You owe me a keyboard, this one's all coffee-clogged now.
Let's not even get into Hedda Gabler with dinosaurs, or The Wild Duck with killer flying piranhas.