The guy I was talking to last night hated it still by the end, and said he liked Joss's version much better, because it was both sparer and rougher.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
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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.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2005 2:40:21 pm PDT #7087 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kristen - Oct 23, 2005 2:44:04 pm PDT #7088 of 10001
that whoever wrote the theme song should be shot.
I got a voicemail the other day from a friend who has recently become a fan of the series. (Said friend refused to watch it when it was on TV.) All the message said was, "Joss should never be allowed to write songs ever again."
Jars - Oct 23, 2005 2:46:22 pm PDT #7089 of 10001
If I just put him in the 'freak' pile, I won't have to fuck with my worldview.
Dammit, why must people insist on being difficult, with their 'opinions' and 'individuality'? Don't the public schools knock that out of them these days?
Polter-Cow - Oct 23, 2005 2:53:35 pm PDT #7090 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
All the message said was, "Joss should never be allowed to write songs ever again."
Has said friend seen OMWF?
Kristen - Oct 23, 2005 2:57:15 pm PDT #7091 of 10001
Yes.
JohnSweden - Oct 23, 2005 3:11:01 pm PDT #7092 of 10001
I can't even.
If I just put him in the 'freak' pile, I won't have to fuck with my worldview.
This. One of the several couples at the Serenity viewing yesterday that wasn't with our Browncoat crowd stayed to the end of the credits and after we sang, and the guy said "Oh thank goodness, I stayed to the end hoping you were going to sing, and I would have been disappointed." So, I guess not everyone is running screaming from the uberdorks.
SailAweigh - Oct 23, 2005 3:20:42 pm PDT #7093 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Hee. I made my dad stay through the credits last Sunday, just so I could sing. We were the only ones left.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2005 4:24:21 pm PDT #7094 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The friend I sat with at the premiere said he was hoping to hear me sing along to something. I reminded him he'd met me before, and he admitted it was a pretty slim hope going in. He still insists my coat was brown, though.
DavidS - Oct 23, 2005 4:50:15 pm PDT #7095 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Everyone I know hated the song at the beginning, but were singing along by the end of the discs. And no one believes me when I tell them it'll grow on them. And then I can say "I told you so." Which is always fun.
Heh. That was my experience. I mocked it when it first aired, and came around on it by the end. I mean, it's no "Hero of Canton" but it means more when you understand how the lyrics reflect Mal's experience.
Strega - Oct 23, 2005 5:17:01 pm PDT #7096 of 10001
Dude, who could fail to see the mirth in the Melon King?Yeah, but it's all the jokes about rape and dead babies that I think might get me in trouble.
You know, he does have a birthday coming up...Can I assume he has a region-free player? I bet my UK source would get him a copy.
...slinking back to Minearverse now...