According to Uncle Joss(tm)(c)(r), Mr Universe ISN'T an internet blogger. I've got him on record about that. He said, in fact, he was a plot device for moving the Reaver battleground. I don't know if that explaination is better..

That said, I'd yes it's 99.999999999999999999999% probable Mr. Universe BECAME Internet bloggers etc during marketing.

Never occurred to me. I am trusting, I suppose.

According to Uncle Joss(tm)(c)(r), Mr Universe ISN'T an internet blogger. I've got him on record about that.

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That's hilarious.

Hey, just because that's not what he was thinking, doesn't mean it's not true.

Hell, I wrote a play which was done in readings twice before I figured out it was about my marriage breaking up. Once I saw it, it totally was, but it never entered my mind for a second while I was writing.

Once I saw it, it totally was, but it never entered my mind for a second while I was writing.

It's kind of neat when your mind sneaks up on you like that.

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Didn't see that one coming. Bloggers getting their BVD's in a bunge? Naaaah.

I've been posting about the film in my blog, anyway and so I posted their synopsis in exchage for a free screening.

Fairly simple terms. And for the record, the theatre folks weren't feeling people up for their picture cell phones at my viewing or threatening in any way.

As for the film. That Joss Whedon is a right bastard. *sniff*

When I first saw it, I saw the political analogy first, and wondered how conservatives were going to react to the 'people power' story. (I also think, on that level, it's an example of the ways in which liberals tend to believe that if people only had the facts, they'd make the correct (aka liberal) choice about matters, when in fact what we all want is a compelling narrative to buy into, which is why the liberals keep losing, gah, but I digress.)

Then I thought about it and realized it was also a story about the fall and rise of the Firefly crew, and on a certain level it couldn't NOT be, if we take Joss at his word about how traumatic that cancellation was for him. I think a lot of writers, like Robin, like myself, find looking back on our work that the stories we're drawn to are about the things we're working through for ourselves.

This reading, however, makes Wash's death more annoying to me, since it takes a story that can be read as a valentine to the show's fans and adds a spike to it by killing off a character who plays a secondary enough role in the film that the only people who are going to be really upset by the death are the people who helped get the film made in the first place - i.e., the show fans.

(One of my coworkers has become a huge fan of the DVDs since the time I saw the film. He keeps quoting Wash at me. I really don't want to have to deal with him on Monday.)

I feel almost exactly the same way I did when I saw The Empire Strikes Back.

I think the film is this weird growing up moment for me. The joy of the series is there. And the fun and excitement of the film is still there. But there is a sad kind of realization that it will never be as whole and as perfect in my mind again.

I think it's something that was needed but it leaves me with a teeny empty hole. It's like when I found out Santa doesn't exist, but that I still get presents.