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[spatz]

I got the Firefly DVD for Christmas. Yeah, bet it's a mystery where this post is going.

I HATE FOX. Stupid fucking shitfaced piles of steaming camel dung that rotted in the sun too long and turned into TV execs. Armadillo-humping bastards who deserve to have sulfuric acid poured into their ears and then get turned over to Niska for a good time. Or maybe they should just get their faces ground into a nice pile of glass shards and draincleaner. Ahh, I feel better. Peace.....

Okay, that didn't work. Why did a bunch of stupid, nearsighted, vision-lacking idiots have to be in charge of this show's fate? I know all ya'll on my flist watch Buffy, because it says so in your interests, but none of you seem to have seen Firefly. You really, really *should*. Joss really had something with this show, and if he manages to pull off the movie deal he's working on, I am going to pimp the damn thing to the best of my ability.

In fact, let's start now. *wiggles fingers hypnotically* Go watch Firefly. Joss says it's shiny. You are feeeeeling verrrry fannish. Plus, pretty guys in tight pants (and/or sexy vests) and gun holsters. And kickass women (well, really just Zoe with the warrior woman thing, but Kaylee's the universal little sister, in the best possible way, and River is all kinds of wonderful crazy [Think Drusilla, but not homicidal, less well-dressed, and more sympathetic]). And wacky fun. And the best damn spaceship since the Millennium Falcon. Serenity is a strange girl to love, but she's got a special charm that sneaks up on you. Okay, lost track of the whole hypnosis thing, but go watch it. I know it sounds like a weird idea. I mean, really, why would anyone want to watch a futuristic space western with an ensemble cast set on a rickety ship? That'd be like a fantasy drama starring a teenage girl destined to fight the forces of evil, who stops apocalypses with her best friends and a stuffy English man.

Oh, wait....

Comments

[gabby-silang.livejournal.com]

I do too watch Firefly! And I will never forgive FOX for cancelling it. It'll be Joss' last laugh if there's a movie, though! *crosses fingers*

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

I knew you had taste ;) And I will laugh my ass off (at FOX, you understand) if the movie does well. At least, I will between repeat viewings of said movie. I have an unhealthy love for this crew of saps, loons, and adrenaline junkies. So very much fun.

[jrose.livejournal.com]

Hey, I watch Firefly! (Or did, rather. Since nobody seemed to want to give me the DVD set for Chrsitmas...)

Although I find Drusilla very sympathetic, thank-you-very-much. The psychotic ducklings always are.

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Aw, my poor baby. Have you read the unaired scripts to tide you over? Or are you staying spoiler-free?

*quirks eyebrow* Sympathetic? Fascinating, yes, but she's also a ruthless killer. I felt sorry for the girl that she was before she got all undead, but Dru is a bit too scary for me to get warm and fuzzy about her character.

[jrose.livejournal.com]

Me? Stay spoiler free? It's about as likely as me being declared an angel who shall bring forth the end of the world and blah. (Am reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, so am properly keeping a one-track mind.)

I can feel sympathy towards her. Or pity, rather- but sympathy was mixed in as well, nonetheless.

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

So you have read them. Cool. Oh, and I desperately need to read Good Omens. I just keep hearing wonderful things about Gaiman, and haven't gotten around to checking any of it out. Tis sad.... :(

It's like my feelings for Spike, though. I felt sorry for William, with his broken heart and romantic ideals and pitiful non-talent. But Spike-- Spike never wanted pity, and so I never felt it for him, though I got comfortable with his presence like the Scooby Gang did. When he regained his soul, and during the previous period when he was *acting* like he had one, sympathy was sparked again. Dru reveled in her vampiric unlife and insanity, though. I could admire her as a character in the story, and I could respect her narrative power, but she never gave me a reason to otherwise feel for her.

[jrose.livejournal.com]

Yes, read Good Omens. It's *wonderful.* *eg* And there are rumors of a movie coming out, and of Johnny Depp playing my favorite character... *is horribly pleased* Who doesn't like angels that don't so much fall as "saunter vaguely downwards"?


Perhaps it is like you with Spike. I always felt rather felt for Dru in the show even when she was a vampire, though- little things kept reminding me how even though she was crazy and psychotic, it wasn't her choice in life- at least in the beginning.

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

*snickers* God, does that sound like something Johnny could do. That man really choses the best roles. I mean, he's played a crazy pirate, Don Juan, a heroin addict, an opium addict who catches Jack the Ripper, Edward Scissorhands, a boy who gets eaten by his mattress, a gypsy guitarist, a tough-bad-boy parody, and he's up to play Willy Wonka in Tim Burton's remake *g* Such a very interesting man.

Well, I guess it's just a difference in perception, then, and there's not a lot we can do to change that.

[jrose.livejournal.com]

And I recognize all those roles but the heroin addict. Pray tell, what movie is it from? I might need to rent it, since I can't for the life of me recall him playing the role in any of his movies I've seen.

...Ah, so very true.

So what else did you get for Christmas? *feels nosy* Any of the other DVDs on your list?

... And would you like to buy a pair of younger brothers? They've hardly been used!

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I think it was heroin, anyways. I haven't actually seen all of those movies, but they're on my list! ;)

I got The Philadelphia Story (classic, hilarious movie with Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant), The Adventures of Robin Hood (with Errol Flynn), The Two Towers EE, Firefly box set, Finding Nemo, The Princess Bride, and Dark Angel S1. Lindsey got a bunch more, too, which I get to covet and watch, eventually: Alias S1, Pirates of the Caribbean, Bend It Like Beckham, and Chicago. I also got some jewelry, the usual shower gel, etc. that makes you go, "Do I smell?", Boggle, Holes (the book), a cedar box from Lindsey that matches a painting I've had since I was little (chance find at a city-wide garage sale we went to), a voice recorder, a cloth purse, a pen, and candy. My uncle and aunt gave me a pair of red and silver earrings and an alpaca wool shawl they bought in Oaxaca.

What about you?

Nope, sorry ;) My twin is plenty, though she is fortunately female.

[jrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks. I don't think I've seen that one yet. Need to rent it.

*laughs* Lucky you, I've been dying for The Philadelphia Story on DVD. (If it has Katharine Hepburn I'll watch it. 'Tis one of my rules for life.) And blegh, you got Dark Angel? I asked for it, but didn't get it. *sniffles* Sounds like you got a lot of good presents!

Let's see, I got... Alias S2 on DVD, Angel S1, Lion King on DVD, an Amy Brown calender 'cause it's pretty, clothes, and books! Good Omens and Edgar Eager books and a book on pirates and how the general perception is so vastly different from the real thing and several books on the Tudor women. *g* More too, but those are the important bits.

Are you sure? *bats eyes* I'll pay you to take them.

[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm....

No.

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Karen! Have you even *tried* it? I listened to you about Farscape *pouts* Must I pull out the big guns, and display my astounding ability to nag and sqee simultaneously? You can't *still* be bitter about DA. That was FOX's fault, and I think I've already established my feelings about them.

[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

You also listened to me about whutchamacallit. SG:1.

It's less bitter about DA than I'm afraid of it. *sigh* I'll end up liking it, and I already have one show with a Malcolm in it. That one is called by his last name most of the time and isn't paid much heed by me. So I can squick by. However, this one has a Malcolm as a main character.

No thank you, my father figure is fine without that.

Sides. I can't afford the DVDs. So THERE!

(Guess what Marta got? TWW DVDS!)

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

No, I watched SG-1 a few times on rebroadcast to the main networks, but since I didn't have Showtime, I didn't go for it regularly until it switched to SciFi.

But...but no one calls him "Malcolm"! Just "Mal". That's not *really* the same... And of course you'll like it! That's the whole point of watching it! Besides, what are you going to do to get a Joss fix when Angel goes off the air? Reruns only go so far.

I could try and burn you some copies. Or I could lend them to you if you promise not to hurt them in any way, shape or form.

Hee! Cool. Now she has good tools to hook me on it ;)

[thedorkygirl.livejournal.com]

awwwww, fine.

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Muahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

Sympathies

[sobsister.livejournal.com]

Space in Canada has picked up Firefly, and shows it Mondays before Buffy and Angel. My neighbour gets Space, and let me watch Firefly yesterday for the first time in ages. And it was good. And psychotic. And may I please join you on the Face meets Glass shards and Draincleaner expedition?

Re: Sympathies

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Yay! Which episode did you see? And psychotic (and addictive) are Joss Whedon trademarks. I heard this really great quote of his once, which I love: "I'm not an adult! I don't want to create responsible shows with lawyers in them. I want to invade people's dreams." *loves*

Yep! The more the merrier, right? We'll need ninja masks for Operation: Draincleaner. We're far too pretty to be properly terrifying ;)