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Cordelia ,'Showtime'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Jim - Apr 17, 2003 7:36:48 am PDT #3665 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Nutty - Apr 17, 2003 7:45:27 am PDT #3666 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
the inhabitants of the other country get arsey.
Can I mention, this is such a wonderfully Jim-ish thing to say? I completely unedrstand what he means when he says it, and it sums up an entire phase of imperial power, and I can't imagine trying to translate the expression to somebody else without pages and pages of explanation.
meara - Apr 17, 2003 8:32:16 am PDT #3667 of 9843
Skimming a bit, to say:
Moonlit! Be not afraid of the COMM, for 'tis a wondrous thing!
And Julie! Yay for being "in the pot". Er. I hope when you used that phrase it meant what it seemed like. :) Glad you're around.
Caroma - Apr 17, 2003 9:23:14 pm PDT #3668 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
Caroma - Apr 17, 2003 9:24:28 pm PDT #3669 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
Well, what if you don't *want* to take it very seriously? There's a FIAWOL and FIJAGH split starting here that might get tricky. I just don't have the time and inclination to tell a lot about myself here. Do you have to be a psychobabbler to post regularly? I hope not.
BTW, I spent half the day hitting myself on the forehead after realizing that I was saying that I reserved the right to be broad and use hyperbole and then saying that I was upset because people were making broad statements and using hyperbole! D'oh!
Penny B. - Apr 17, 2003 9:45:54 pm PDT #3670 of 9843
Nobody
(delete) Wrong thread. Sorry. I blame the booze. Or society.
Burrell - Apr 17, 2003 9:52:26 pm PDT #3671 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Practicing the art of the random meara:
it's because, all our lives, we've seen the constitution, the bill of rights, all that Enlightenment stuff, as the real moral strength of the USA.
Same goes for many of us Americans as well.
I feel weird posting something serious there sometimes
This sounds odd coming from someone who consistently waves off the criticism of others by claiming she wasn’t being serious.
but towards the end there I was ready to trade BtVS and Angel for more Firefly.
Hey, I’m still there. Firefly was brilliant. Sigh.
Julie - Apr 17, 2003 10:03:29 pm PDT #3672 of 9843
Somehow, Me thinks Penny's not in Lightbulbs anymore :)
Well, what if you don't *want* to take it very seriously? There's a FIAWOL and FIJAGH split starting here that might get tricky. I just don't have the time and inclination to tell a lot about myself here. Do you have to be a psychobabbler to post regularly? I hope not.
The point, for me, Caroma, was that without the context of the other bits of you (erm.. yous, this isn't you you specific.), I find it hard to see the jokes and the wry-bits and the humour or the sarcasm. And sometimes, if I'm erring on the side of caution, I don't immediately have an "aha! hyperbole ahoy" moment.
I find it particularly difficult when someone swings between appearing to be worked up about something they have read or seen and saying the equivalent of "lighten up, it's just a discussion"
Amd since I'm still wearing my newbie sticker (AIFG), can I ask you to please explain both FIAWOL and FIJAGH
I don't understand the proposition that because it started with the Jossverse, everything should be taken lightly or flippantly... A serious conversation is a serious conversation, period.
To which I might add, some of the most serious conversations I've ever had have started with "Excuse me! But what did you just say about Xander!?!?"
But that might just be me :)
Moonlit! Be not afraid of the COMM, for 'tis a wondrous thing!
Meara, I'm afeered of the COMM. I was overCOMMd in my first real delurk and now I find the lack of COMMing o' me strangely unfulfilling. You may have created a monster here people. But at least I'm gnarl enough to admit it.
Caroma - Apr 17, 2003 10:09:23 pm PDT #3673 of 9843
Hello! I must be going.
It's an old Star Trek fandom thing from the Seventies, Julie.
FIAWOL means Fandom Is a Way of Life. FIJAGH means Fandom is Just a Goddamn Hobby.
By the way, I love your posts so far!
There's plenty of me in older Natter threads, but I just don't have the time to Natter anymore.
Ms. Havisham - Apr 17, 2003 10:10:58 pm PDT #3674 of 9843
And we will call it... "This Land."
Leaning out the window as I drive by...
but towards the end there I was ready to trade BtVS and Angel for more Firefly.
Hey, I’m still there. Firefly was brilliant. Sigh.
I'm with Burrell. Firefly was such a breath of fresh air. Not to slam Buffy or Angel, but I would not expect the same team of writers to be able to keep churning out deep, socially analytical manuscripts in the same context for years and years and years. Eventually, you've tackled all the big subjects and it's time to move on to something new.
They've got to get out and stretch their muscles in a different genre. The wonderfullness of Firefly was the result.
Which probably means someone's going to tell me that Firefly was written by a completely different team than Buffy or Angel and my analogy doesn't work. Drat.
Short version (too late): I'd trade Buffy and Angel for Firefly, too. And when the time came, I'd trade Firefly and its fabulous spinoff, (The Early Show? Wash's Excellent Adventures with Dinosaurs? A Tour of Jayne's Bunk?), for Joss's next big idea.
Am I in the wrong thread?