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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
You boys are gonna have to tell me this joke.
~shrugs~ ;~D
I was impressed at how well the characters came through in two hours. I almost felt like I'd seen the show, they were that well drawn.
Ronald Reagan used to tell it. I can't remember it exactly.
But one Christmas morning a little boy woke up and all he saw was a hugh pile of manure. He got a shovel and started digging.
His father asked him why.
"With all this manure, there's got to be a pony in here somewhere."
I rarely try to watch anything that requires concentration.
Oh, yeah, Mal's easy on the eyes, all right.
I just love the dialogue, and the way they deliver it is just great. It occurred to me that the ensemble did so well in the movie precisely because they had that year together to hone all those relationships. They are just characters you love, and you hate to see anything bad happen to them. And there was some seriesly cool flying, too!
And that battle scene was awesome!
'nite folks.
I think when my face is about tuh hit thuh keyboard, it's time to log off.
Yes, it had a real "retro" feel, almost "steampunk" in nature.
For anyone wondering, "steampunk" is a sub-genre of science fiction, featuring relative high-tech set in Victorian or Old West times. Steam-powered robots and the like.
"I am a leaf on the wind" ;o)
*bursts into tears*
Kinda like "The Wild, Wild, West"? ;o)
wow homely... respectable effort today...
me?...
- drove 120 miles round trip fer a friend to pick up a Tux...
- was the best man at a wedding, and helped clean up after the reception...
-beat one of the pups fer killin' and eatin' a chicken...
tryin' tuh figger out what to do with her now... she's got a taste fer chicken now... may have tuh start from cratch with a new pup... and/or build an enclosed coop... I dunno...
gettin' ready fer werk...
Whoa, deja vu... I think I've explained this before on the thread.
Yeah, Whedon went all Orson Scott Card on us. Not sure if I like that yet.
I don't think he would have been so bold so soon. He had so many backstories and history to give us. He'd let us get reeeeeeeeally attached to the characters before being so brash.
I liked it. Of course, I was more upset about the ship getting trashed, I didn't think they'd get it repaired. And I didn't really know who the character was... not really, he seemed nice but that's all.
Steampunk is good. I hadn't thought of it as steampunk but there are some similarities...
I was already kinda attached.
My brother actually watched the series...he was pretty ticked off, though he thought the movie was wonderful.
The worst of it is, if this is a big success and they go back and make more episodes or movies...well, it's not like they can bring people back.
*snif*
I liked that piece with Simon and River at the beginning. Since we never saw them before they appeared on the ship, it was interesting to see how Simon used his money and connections to free his sister. I also liked how the movie was largely about her. We never saw enough of substance about her in the series.
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