I think people have a tendency to just let it go if they hear a phrase they don't recognize, but get the context clues. When it's close to another word/phrase, like "gorram," they feel the need to validate the pronunciation.
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Ailleann - Apr 04, 2007 9:14:08 am PDT #9599 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
libkitty - Apr 04, 2007 9:20:07 am PDT #9600 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
That sounds right Ailleann. I have a friend who goes to town with all sorts of pop culture references, but I tend to sprinkle them lightly, so don't get quite as many raised eyebrows. Not as many knowing laughs either, but that's how it goes.
brenda m - Apr 04, 2007 4:23:30 pm PDT #9601 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I use such a mishmash of buffista, Buffy, and Firefly lingo it's a wonder anyone can understand me.
ION, catching up on BSG tonight. OMG Badger! (Slightly different accent, still totally slimy. Love.)
IAmNotReallyASpring - Apr 07, 2007 4:39:38 pm PDT #9602 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
ION, catching up on BSG tonight. OMG Badger! (Slightly different accent, still totally slimy. Love.)
His accent on BSG was a remarkably authentic Irish accent; it was from north Dublin. Which makes it kind of a shame he used it on BSG.
sumi - Apr 07, 2007 4:41:42 pm PDT #9603 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Was it? He has family in Ireland, doesn't he?
There was a hilarious video blog on Scifi's BSG website - there is something about his voice that makes everything he says sound conspiratorial.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Apr 07, 2007 4:53:44 pm PDT #9604 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Yeah, it's the same accent Colin Farrell and, say, the characters in The Commitments have. My brother and I were really taken with how good it was because it's so... regional.
Allyson - Apr 14, 2007 6:25:30 am PDT #9605 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
Someone wrote an essay about how the fans saved Firefly, and I think I'm the cynical bad guy.
Okay, so I am cynical.
Just a little.
Okay, a lot.
BUT I AM ALSO RIGHT.
shakes fist
GET OFFA MY LAWN.
ColinG - Apr 14, 2007 6:45:52 am PDT #9606 of 10001
I personally think Allyson is just absolutely pragmatic on this point (in a very insightful way). Universal could have given 2 cents over pretty much anything the fans did, except buy DVD's in such large quantities that they saw an opportunity to make some money by making a movie.
Some People also seem to believe that "Star Trek" came back to the big screen because of conventions and fan belief (the write in campaign did help at the time it was on the air, but it was a very different day). It had more to do with the ratings the original show got in syndication, and the fact that "Star Wars" was a box office smash. The companies that make these shows are in it for the money, and there's far more to be made by having my grandma (or other non sci-fi person) sit and watch Star Trek 4 than by making "Fan Favorite" movies. They want them to be popular.
Kevin - Apr 14, 2007 6:48:44 am PDT #9607 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Universal had Serenity in production long before the Firefly DVDs even came out.
Ginger - Apr 14, 2007 6:53:40 am PDT #9608 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What I'm struck by is that Allyson's book is already the subject of an academic paper, even before it's out. I expect dissertations eventually.