I'm thinking Inara's profession wasn't featured enough in the movie to ping the ultracon's paranoia about sex.
It was a throwaway line, not a serious political condemnation.
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
DCJensen - Dec 31, 2005 7:55:59 am PST #7525 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
§ ita § - Dec 31, 2005 8:05:09 am PST #7526 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was a throwaway line
That doesn't remove the potential for offensiveness, though.
I think Cindy's been reacting to a couple of different occasions of conflation of "conservative Christians" with "wingnuts" and that may be why the correction read more like a lecture than a simple response.
aurelia - Dec 31, 2005 9:04:38 am PST #7527 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
oy. I lost my response. Take two.
I'm asking this sincerely. How so?
Since Daniel wasn't the only one who seemed to attribute the "wholesome fluff" comment to some Christian and/or conservative label your response seemed to be addressed more broadly despite the quote at the start of your post.
And ita's assessment is not wrong. It was the lecture quality (in the middle of a mostly silly conversation) that pinged me. I probably shouldn't have said "imagine my surprise at being lectured about my small world view" because I never felt that the post was pointed at me in particular. Poor phrasing on my part.
the "fluff" comment was the NYT writer
True. I really had no intention of bringing a discussion of religious views or labels into the thread. I just thought the context of the article made the "wholesome fluff" comment funnier.
The article itself is very interesting, but not relevant to this thread.
Kalshane - Dec 31, 2005 9:43:18 am PST #7528 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.
Spent my Best Buy gift card to finally pick up Serenity last night. (That will teach me about putting things I really want on my Christmas list.) It truly is the ugliest DVD case ever. The pictures just don't convey the hideousness of the reflective foil effect they used on the front image.
Beverly - Dec 31, 2005 10:34:56 am PST #7529 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I've got the Firefly and Serenity soundtracks in rotation with BSG (series, not mini), and I have to say Firefly kicks Serenity's ass. Purely subjective, of course. The Serenity soundtrack is good, but there's more of the plaintive, the resonant (or maybe just familiar triggers) with Firefly. I'm about to exchange Serenity for music from Angel.
DCJensen - Dec 31, 2005 11:11:52 am PST #7530 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
For what it's worth, Cindy, I'm sorry if I offended you with my flippancy.
If I should have learned one thing from my work kerfluffle last week, it's that one can offend without intent.
Luckily, at least here I get a chance to apologize.
Narrator - Dec 31, 2005 11:32:02 am PST #7531 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Crooksandliars.com, which references "Buffy" and "Angel" quotes on its blog, has a nice comment about "Serenity":
I just watched the movie "Serenity" on DVD and it's much better than I originally thought. When you look at all the money poured into "The Fantastic Four" and "Star Wars III"-Joss Whedon gets major props for making a low budget, Sc-Fi movie that is significantly better than any of the other major releases.
aurelia - Dec 31, 2005 11:54:40 am PST #7532 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
So, the Browncoats are closing up shop. Did we know this before today?
Tamara - Dec 31, 2005 12:10:22 pm PST #7533 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Tamara "Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains" Dec 29, 2005 2:38:54 pm PST
Aurelia, it was announced earlier in the week. The correct date is the 3rd, I believe.
aurelia - Dec 31, 2005 12:14:00 pm PST #7534 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ah, I missed that. I just got the e-mail today.