First major news memory is the Berlin wall coming down. I knew it was important, but I was very fuzzy on the details.
Right. Sir. Honey.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
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.
Jars - Jul 29, 2006 1:51:58 am PDT #8733 of 10001
Volans - Jul 29, 2006 8:32:12 am PDT #8734 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Hmm...images of Vietnam are my earliest news memory. I kind of got the Nixon thing by osmosis, I guess; I don't remember seeing it on the news. Ford is the first president I remember knowing was president.
A guy we know in the Foreign Service was one of the Iran hostages and the first person to arrive at the scene of the Jonestown massacre. When we were talking story with the intern and mentioned that, we discovered she'd never heard of either happening.
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2006 8:40:00 am PDT #8735 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Not to be on-topic or anything, but this Lost/Firefly crossover vid is very clever and amusing. It does include spoilers up to the S2 finale of Lost, though.
ChiKat - Jul 29, 2006 9:52:00 am PDT #8736 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I have vague memories of Watergate. I didn't understand what was going on. I just knew that the President had been Bad and was in Trouble. I remember seeing that now-famous footage of him leaving the White House and I remember Ford getting sworn in.
libkitty - Jul 29, 2006 3:49:21 pm PDT #8737 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
It strikes me that it makes more sense for my "election" memory to actually have been a Vietnam war memory, with the white and black balls being casualties. I liked my fake memory better.
Allyson - Jul 30, 2006 9:18:53 am PDT #8738 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Call for papers for a collection of Firefly/Serenity essays
Thought maybe Nilly or Gus would be interested.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 31, 2006 2:10:42 am PDT #8739 of 10001
What is even happening?
I *think* I remember either RFK's or MLK jr.'s funeral. I would have been one year old, but I remember knowing someone important died and it being on TV. I have vague memories of Vietnam on the news, but usually my mother couldn't bear watching Vietnam coverage.
I specifically remember the Watergate story and hearings, and next the Patricia Hearst kidnapping, and when she went on trial. I think from this and Watergate, I got a warped view of the news (and maybe the world). Okay, maybe not so warped. Maybe I ended up jaded/realistic, early.
The first and only Republican my (maternal) grandmother ever voted for was RR. She was an FDR Democrat in the extreme, and had voted for Carter in '76.
Zenkitty - Aug 03, 2006 4:54:07 am PDT #8740 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
One of the authors I'm currently working with is named Simon Tam. It's making me happy.
Jesse - Aug 03, 2006 5:01:47 am PDT #8741 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, Firefly is featured on Brilliant But Cancelled: [link]
Una - Aug 03, 2006 9:56:33 am PDT #8742 of 10001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Anyone know where I can find a copy (preferably .mp3) of the acoustic Firefly theme that played at the very end of the Serenity credits? Such a tragedy that it wasn't included on the score CD.