Where is/was the crazy??? I need to get a blackberry... stat!
Can't you ever get your mind out of the hellmouth?
Buffy ,'Touched'
Firefly 5: That's my girl... That's my good girl.
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe.
BigDuluth - Mar 27, 2008 6:52:18 pm PDT #2155 of 5292
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
omnis_audis - Mar 27, 2008 11:30:09 pm PDT #2156 of 5292
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Ha! Seems Woot.com might be a Firefly fan. In tonights Woot-off, they have a 2006 Mac Mini, and the start of the description is as follows:
If there is one thing which will turn a casual internet conversation into an oily black sludge faster than the sentence “Firefly was cancelled for a reason”, it’s the question “Which is better, Mac or PC”? On the one hand, the PC has so many games, freeware applications, hardware options and ways to emulate other platforms. On the other hand, the answer is Mac. That’s why we’ve got these Apple Mac Minis from late 2006.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2008 2:50:25 am PDT #2157 of 5292
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
“Firefly was cancelled for a reason”
I'm not quite sure I get it. Is the argument supposed to be over the specific reason or that there is a reason? Is there conspiracy mongering about WHY Firefly was cancelled? And do I really want to know the answer to that question?
WindSparrow - Mar 28, 2008 3:41:35 am PDT #2158 of 5292
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
And do I really want to know the answer to that question?I take that to mean, some chucklehead with no imagination who didn't like the show implying it was such crap that it deserved to be cancelled.
Them's fightin' words.
Kevin - Mar 28, 2008 3:46:33 am PDT #2159 of 5292
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Oh, there's a rather large topic on Fireflyfans.net which claims Firefly was cancelled by the Bush administration via Rupert Murdoch via FOX, because they felt it would lead to an uprising. Because it tells the truth about governments. Or something.
Sadly, I'm not joking.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2008 3:51:31 am PDT #2160 of 5292
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wow. The internet craxy is infinite, isn't it? Also, @@4EVAH!
Granted, I should have known that after all that yesterday about the woman who's on to Joss' raping ways.
eta And let me guess - Fox greenlit the series so no other network would get it, where it would have been an inevitable smash hit.
DCJensen - Mar 28, 2008 4:56:51 am PDT #2161 of 5292
All is well that ends in pizza.
The general consensus on the side of the even halfway sane seems to be bungling and interference by Fox network. It was a group effort between the network and their advertising.
I guess some people can't stand believing such a good thing can be taken down by mundane reasons.
Or Mundanes. Or Muggles.
Vortex - Mar 28, 2008 5:06:35 am PDT #2162 of 5292
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity or laziness.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2008 5:13:22 am PDT #2163 of 5292
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity or laziness.
Oh, I think there was some malice, in that the network didn't like the show, but I think it was for mundane reasons like "we don't think this will do well". I believe there was a bit of making sure the prophecy was self-fulfilling on the part of Fox, but that's a CYA thing, not any sort of political chicanery.
Plus, I seriously doubt Smirky the Wonder Chimp has even heard of Firefly, let alone holds an opinion of it.
Laga - Mar 28, 2008 8:44:41 am PDT #2164 of 5292
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I took it to mean that suggesting Firefly was cancelled for a reason is as crazy as saying a PC might be better than a Mac.