I loved "Out of Gas." Brilliant.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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Burrell - Dec 04, 2002 10:28:58 pm PST #711 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Jim - Dec 05, 2002 2:16:41 am PST #712 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Fiona - More tapes coming. In the post tomorrow...
Fiona - Dec 05, 2002 2:38:31 am PST #713 of 9843
Jim, thanks. If I was looking forward to them before, now I'm REALLY looking forward to them.
Plus I think I might be able to persuade SO to watch Firefly with me. I have utterly failed to turn him on to B & A, but as he's a SciFi fan, F might just work. I hope so, it'd be nice to watch some Jossverse with him.
Jim - Dec 05, 2002 2:58:45 am PST #714 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
FF starts slow but I'm utterly hooked. It nails (and Joss has explicitly said he wanted to nail) my problem with most SF - the fact that the characters aren't Big Heroes Out To Change The Universe, they're just ordinary people getting by. Makes for more interesting drama.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 05, 2002 3:00:53 am PST #715 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Stop! I want to watch this show! That's my problem with SF exactly, and if Joss has nailed it, I want to see this show!
t /bratty
Jon B. - Dec 05, 2002 6:13:12 am PST #716 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Plus - No. Sound. In. Space.
I love that they do that right.
Nilly - Dec 05, 2002 6:19:04 am PST #717 of 9843
Swouncing
the fact that the characters aren't Big Heroes Out To Change The Universe, they're just ordinary people getting by.
Plus - No. Sound. In. Space.
I obviously haven't watched Firefly yet (but thanks to Jon and Jim and Fiona and John I now have a chance), but just from the reading of it those two things seemed connected somehow - like there's no need for a big dramatic sound effect when a spaceship moves through space because it's not a Big Moment thing that requires the 'big' score/sound, just people getting by. You won't have anything special for somebody getting into a car, and so - in that reality - the movement of a spaceship doesn't require it either. But only by realizing it's not a Big Heroes show can you allow yourself to remember the scientific fact that there's no sound in space.
Sorry, it all made some perfect sense in my mind a minute ago, and then I had to think about it in order to write it, and now it's not.
Jon B. - Dec 05, 2002 9:44:29 am PST #718 of 9843
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
it's not a Big Moment thing that requires the 'big' score/sound
Good thought, but they do often use music in place of a swoosh, roar, or whatever.
Hayden - Dec 05, 2002 2:19:49 pm PST #719 of 9843
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hayden! We're good. B. is going through a very cute phase again. The only problem is that his sleep patterns are a bit random at the moment. Mostly he's waking up early (way too early, if you ask me - between 5 and 6am). Then yesterday he slept through until 8:30. Go figure. Anyway, I'm a wee bit tired these days.
Glad to hear Benno's good! Hope his sleep patterns regularize themselves out soon.
Trudy Booth - Dec 05, 2002 3:16:46 pm PST #720 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Nilly, it's nice to see a science-head with a really poetic soul.