Yeah, that's exactly how I justified my purchase.
Also, I now have a Serenity keychain from my Secret Santa, who is Teppy! I love it!
Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --
'Serenity'
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.
JenP - Dec 23, 2005 10:14:08 am PST #7486 of 10001
bon bon - Dec 24, 2005 11:23:55 am PST #7487 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It was at WalMart for $20 (it's been *years* since I've been inside a WalMart) so now I get the DVD PLUS I get credit for gifting it to Bob first.
CaBil - Dec 25, 2005 4:17:44 pm PST #7488 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Has anyone had problems with the audio mix for Serenity, as if the spoken track is mixed lower than the music tracks?
tommyrot - Dec 25, 2005 4:21:05 pm PST #7489 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.
No.
This is a shot in the dark, but perhaps you're watching in mono or stereo, but the DVD is playing in surround sound? (this should be an option on the DVD itself.)
Beverly - Dec 26, 2005 6:00:32 am PST #7490 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I got both the Serenity and the Firefly soundtrack cds for Christmas. DH and I listened to Firefly on the drives yesterday, and I teared up in a couple of places, and just generally loved hearing it all again. StE stayed over with us again last night, and we introduced him to Firefly on dvd--he'd never seen it. He loves it, and while I'm out visiting today, more episodes may be watched. The Serenity dvd should arrive sometime this week, so StE may be back, heh.
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2005 3:59:44 am PST #7491 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One of the guys I lent FF to floated the idea about reintegrating vets (especially ones called upon to do truly hard core things) into society, and said he thought the Alliance used the Shepherdhood to deprogram people like Book, and it's where they'd have sent a decommissioned Operative if he hadn't bolted instead.
And then he gave me a depressing assed talk about the problems of vets coming home, including a pretty bitter PoV of the guys in charge hoping most vets get killed off, because reintegration was so dangerous for the battlescarred.
Still, I like the idea of a deprogramming facility for stone killers.
beekaytee - Dec 29, 2005 4:36:38 am PST #7492 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I've been organizing a lawyer, specializing in military law for the last several months...fill in more depressing thoughts about how vets get screwed to the wall more often then our flag wavin', patriotic leadership would like you to think...I'm thinking your friend had some very good points.
The deprogramming facility fits perfectly into my notion of Book's past. I loved it as a part of the Earth 2's storyline regarding the "Yale Program". Hardcore soldiers were reprogrammed to be teachers. In this particular case, Yale was also the spiritual center of the crew.
Makes me think about Jayne's line to Kaylee, "Hell, I've seen the edge [of the black] all's I saw was...more space." [sic]
When you've seen the worst inside and outside of yourself, where else is there to go but more deeply inside?
Both Mal and Book took that journey, with differing, if not equally successful results. Depending on one's value for 'success'.
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2005 5:43:27 am PST #7493 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.
Some numbers:
The DVD of Joss Whedon's Serenity debuted in third place in total sales for the week ended Dec. 25, according to preliminary figures reported by Variety.
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Top 10 SF&F DVD Sales:
1 Serenity
2 Firefly complete series
3 Star Wars: Episode III
4 Battlestar Galactica season 2.0
5 Lost season one
6 Sin City
7 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
8 It's a Wonderful Life
9 Toy Story 2
10 Seaquest DSV season one
Source: Amazon.com, top-selling genre DVDs, 12/27/05
Frankenbuddha - Dec 29, 2005 6:33:32 am PST #7494 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Whee, my Serenity just shipped. It was bundled with another item that's not out yet, but that got delayed so they sent Serenity earlier than anticipated without any additional charge.
beekaytee - Dec 29, 2005 6:37:23 am PST #7495 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I just got mine yesterday. All the special features have been watched.
Sigh.