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.
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
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.
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.
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.
sfmarty - Dec 31, 2005 12:23:36 pm PST #7535 of 10001
Who? moi??
I have been told that the person who, um, errr, preps a male porn star for his "big" scene is called a "fluffer"
IJS.
Cashmere - Dec 31, 2005 2:35:23 pm PST #7536 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
We got our copy of Serenity from Netflix today. Going to watch it again as soon as the boy goes to bed.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 01, 2006 3:07:41 am PST #7537 of 10001
What is even happening?
For what it's worth, Cindy, I'm sorry if I offended you with my flippancy.I think because the flippancy was based on both a mistaken assumption and involved (what seemed to me to be) a gross generalization it surprised me to see it coming from you. There were comments by someone else, but I don't know (or so therefore have any respect) that person, it didn't matter. FWIW, I was trying to be flip back, rather than lecture-y, which is where the "open your mind" thing came in. Thank you Daniel, and I apologize for making you uncomfortable. No hard feelings, and happy new year to you.
(note to self "Now hard feelings" != "No hard feelings")
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.The quoted reviews were included to back up my assertion that it was the NYT saying the movie was "wholesome fluff." I probably should have organized my post better. I started on one track, went off on a side track, and then came back to the first track again.
I saw the piece you linked on Whedonesque a day or two before it showed up here. The Whedonesque posters (I only ever lurk there) jumped to the same conclusion. At the time, I had one of those, "Why do I ever bother leaving b.org" thoughts, and so to see the same thing happen here was just sort of...I don't know how to put it--"discouraging" is more overwrought than what I mean, but there ya go.
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.
It's not worth this. Happy new year.