This is tense? Man, you're like jamicas. Yeah, mon.
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kevin - Jul 27, 2005 12:21:16 pm PDT #1833 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Kristen - Jul 27, 2005 12:21:37 pm PDT #1834 of 10001
I feel the need to share that I am now officially ON VACATION.
No work for the next 7.5 days. My office has been informed that I am off the map and they will have to figure out how to make copies at Kinkos on their own.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 27, 2005 12:22:46 pm PDT #1835 of 10001
What is even happening?
Oh, Kristen. Enjoy. Your parents are coming soon, right?
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 12:23:11 pm PDT #1836 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, you're like jamicas. Yeah, mon.
Jamicas? I gotta ask.
Kristen - Jul 27, 2005 12:25:09 pm PDT #1837 of 10001
They arrive tomorrow night, Cindy. And we will partake in five days of the official activities of our clan: Eating good food and looking at real estate.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 27, 2005 12:25:59 pm PDT #1838 of 10001
What is even happening?
I like your clan traditions. Has your weather cooled any, since the weekend?
Kalshane - Jul 27, 2005 12:27:35 pm PDT #1839 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.
Yeah, AICN Talkback is a primary example of assholes unleashed. A good number of the posters diss things simply because they believe disliking something someone else likes somehow makes them kewl.
Not to say I haven't met people like that IRL. I know one couple who are friends of a friend, where the guy hates a particular webcomic artist for no reason other than he's popular and his girlfriend hates Joss for the exact same reason. (They claim there is more to it than that, but it's basically what their arguement boils down to.)
So the last time I hung out with my friend and he said they were coming along, I made a point to wear a shirt from said comic and my Firefly buttons on my coat. Neither of them spoke to me the whole evening.
Kristen - Jul 27, 2005 12:32:41 pm PDT #1840 of 10001
It's much cooler! Which is why I am now off to clean and finish making dinner reservations for while they're here.
lilserf - Jul 27, 2005 12:33:51 pm PDT #1841 of 10001
Friends don't let friends dismiss Veronica Mars unjustly.
I don't *think* anybody has made this point, but I think the primary reason Universal is doing so much fan-related publicity is because it makes for cheap, cheap advertising.
The word-of-mouth in the first place is good, of course, but every time another local paper has a "movie wouldn't have been made without plucky fan effort" story (regardless of its veracity) Universal gets a free movie plug. So it's in the best interest of Uni to foster this impression that a massive fan campaign saved the otherwise cancelled show.
I, on the other hand, tend to believe that Uni greenlit the movie on the DVD sales figures, relative budget price, and (presumably) the script Joss wrote. Hell, it's possible you could throw all of Firefly's "baggage" away and in an alternate universe, Josh Whedone makes a brand-new crazy sci-fi western movie with Universal just on the basis of a script pitch.
joe boucher - Jul 27, 2005 12:41:33 pm PDT #1842 of 10001
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I don't know if Tim has even heard of Richard Thompson, but I would have been delighted if he had responded to iFMAGAZINE's question, "How does it feel to have your ass kicked by ABC’s dancing show?," by breaking into "Tear Stained Letter": "[They] danced on my head like Arthur Murray/The scars ain't never gonna mend in a hurry."