December 2003 Archives
Reputation means a lot to some people.
A (12 page!) interview with Sean Astin on (among other things) directing an episode of Angel.
That's damn near geek inbreeding.
Via Stan, known to the Average-bear world as BoulderDude, Peter Jackson speaking about the Extended DVD version of Return of the King:
"It is different with the DVD version. People watch it at home. They can lay on the couch or spread the experience over two or three nights. That is the amazing thing with DVD. It gives a whole new dynamic and I can assure you that the DVD version of Return of the King will be longer than 4 hours and 50 minutes."
Hitting someone with a closed fist is, on occassion, hilarious (though frowned upon).
(And hey, if you wan, look up some stuff on the The Train Job -- This links to my first tentative attempts at putting together a Firefly Wiki. Please be kind... or better yet, contribute.)The Bible is complex book, full of contraditions, sure, but filled with commentary on a great number of topics:
- It is quite racy when discussing the subject of plows.
- It is quite specific on the subject of killing.
- It's a mite fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
A few comments:
- Morena looks better in jeans than I think she ever did in Inara's dresses.
- Gina Torres is so goddamned cool.
- Adam Baldwin... you can just tell this guy loves the show (note t-shirt). During the production, you could count on a comment from him almost daily on the Firefly bboards.
- Nathan... *ahem*. Nathan might need to hit the gym to earn his Captain Tightpants moniker back. </snarky>
You do the job, then you get paid.
[I'm not even out of the pilot episode yet, people]Nothing from nothing... (uhh... let's see... carry the zero...) leave's nothing.
"Whore" is just another way to say "I love you."
After a long day of work work work, you'll feel better if your spouse tears your clothes off.
Strawberries are damn sexy.
See, the real geeks have favorite Firefly quotes from the commentary tracks as well as the show itself. My current favorite is from Joss Whedon on The Train Job:
... and here we see Kaylee roll out from underneath some piece of ship's equipment covered in grease, which is how we quickly tell everyone what her job is. Rolling out from under something covered in grease is Esperanto for 'mechanic'.
Here's a fun bit: how far do you get in the Firefly pilot episode Serenity before you see something from Blue Sun (a sign, a product, et cetera), and what was the object in question?
Things I've learned from Firefly:
No matter how long they travel together to find a perfect home, a stegosaurus and tyrannosaurus rex can never be friends. Betrayal will be both sudden and inevitable.
Like many children during the Holiday season, you lay awake, despite the best-laid plans.
See, the idea was that you would go to sleep early; very early, in fact -- hoping that if you dozed off, the magick hour would arrive that much sooner.
Anything, anything to make it arrive sooner.
The plan has failed: you lie on your back, staring at the ceiling; waiting, daydreaming of all the wondrous new things just a few hours away. Sleep? You can barely keep from shivering with anticipation.
That jolly old white-bearded man with the gentle smile...
those clever elves and their toys...
Andúril, the Flame of the West, reforged from the shards of Narsil...
Of course I'm talking about the Return of the King's midnight release; what did you think?
[no spoilers ahead]
I highly recommend Last Samurai.
Forget everything you're assuming about it and just go.
We thought you'd like to know that we shipped your items today, and that this completes your order.
Firefly - The Complete Series
Warehouse 23 has Stikfas. Play with them. Pose them in spiffy martial-arts maneuvers so they're balancing on one foot, delivering a kick, or back-flipping. Take the horse and the human and made your own centaur. Buy them. Heck, buy them for me.
"As I sit here," Whedon says today, "I sit next to a computer screen that represents the fact that I have been fighting every single day since we [Firefly] were canceled. If I lose the fight, it will be because the fight was unwinnable and for no other reason."
Also, the Firefly Episode Guide, Part 1.
Also, sci-fi.com's got a good interview with Whedon. I especially like his quote about Fox's decisions with regards to Firefly:
They were so wrong that we may have to create a new word that means wronger. Ultimately, you don't want to come in saying, "Check out my show. It will be incoherent." You want to work with the people who are trying to sell the show. And if there had been any people trying to sell the show, I would have.
