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AFter the last post, I promptly went to Best Buy, harassed a clerk there for the box set (which wasn't on the shelf, but was in stock), and came home to watch the first disc before I went to bed. Getting up, I played World of Warcraft today. (I enjoy it again. I'm being engaged more by my guildmates, and I feel like I have something to contribute, as well as receive, now.)
After I'd played till about 200pm, I put in disc two, and watched all of it, plus the first two episodes of disc 3. The only reason why I stopped was because![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
andric told me that we have to have SOMETHING to watch when I visit tomorrow. :)
I just have to ask: is there an answer to what exactly the Fox executives were smoking when they cancelled this series? This series is one of the most intelligent series I've seen in the past ten years or so (not that I'm really much of an authority, since I don't really watch television). The characters are alive, the plots are plausible, the effects are great, and the actors seem to love their jobs. This is like Star Trek: The Next Generation, without all the shiny (!), with a healthy dose of realistic human interaction, and with a better cast. Yes, I think it's just that great.
Favorite characters? I like each of 'em for different reasons. Naturally, I tend to put myself into the "mind" of the main character, and Mal fits this role, so far. Zoe is a strong, attractive warrior woman, who has a very human side. Wash is just cool, since I knew him first as The Dread Pirate Steve (from Dodgeball), but he has a laid-back attitude about things that belies his true sense of responsibility. Jayne is my buddy, Rick, with perhaps a shade less ethics, and a little more charm. (BTW: For you D&D role-players, Jayne is the personification of Neutral Evil.)
I think that Kaylee is just adorable. As Simon stated in "Jaynetown", she's most attractive when she has engine grease on her face. For me, she's like another type of woman that Zoe is: a strong, independent woman, who has an unhealthy love of all things mechanical. Imara is possibly the one character that I like the least (though that doesn't mean I don't like her). I like the budding romance between her and Mal, but I haven't really picked up anything about who she is yet. I reserve the right to be completely thick, though. :)
Finally, we come to what are possibly my three favorite characters: Simon, River, and Shepherd Book. One of the major reasons I like Simon so much is because he tends to call his little sister "mei-mei." I know someone who I call "mei-mei," so it makes me smile to hear someone saying it. River is an enigma, but I find myself wanting to hold her, and help her out. I normally am not that attracted to waifish types, but she's got an energy to her that bleeds through the screen. (Oh, and that one scene near the end of the movie -- yeah, THAT one -- was just too damn cool.)
Shepherd Book brings an interesting conflict into things. He is firm in his faith, and a good man. I look at him almost as a father, in a way, and think that the crew really benefits from his presence, even if the captain has some hardnose opinions about God. (I also find it comforting that the show doesn't back down from faith, but rather presents it in a logical way. How many sci-fi shows do you know of that actually address religion, even as a background element?)
I think that I'm going to see about picking up the Serenity RPG tomorrow, possibly (and hopefully) from Barnes & Noble. I am in full-on fangirl mode right now (yes, I said that), and I want to get as much information about this much-too-short-lived series and its companion movie. (For those who care, I have a theory about why they named the movie Serenity instead of Firefly: The Movie. Simply, to call it Firefly would almost imply a motion picture adaptation of the series, not a continuation of the story. Thus, Serenity. I don't read much pop culture stuff, so if this was the case, I promise that I hadn't heard it prior.
Oh yeah.. I'm gonna see Serenity again tomorrow, if the Lord allows. I hope to finish the series first, though.
Well, after dinner withnyminal at TGI Friday's, I'm beat. Good night, folks.
After I'd played till about 200pm, I put in disc two, and watched all of it, plus the first two episodes of disc 3. The only reason why I stopped was because
andric told me that we have to have SOMETHING to watch when I visit tomorrow. :)I just have to ask: is there an answer to what exactly the Fox executives were smoking when they cancelled this series? This series is one of the most intelligent series I've seen in the past ten years or so (not that I'm really much of an authority, since I don't really watch television). The characters are alive, the plots are plausible, the effects are great, and the actors seem to love their jobs. This is like Star Trek: The Next Generation, without all the shiny (!), with a healthy dose of realistic human interaction, and with a better cast. Yes, I think it's just that great.
Favorite characters? I like each of 'em for different reasons. Naturally, I tend to put myself into the "mind" of the main character, and Mal fits this role, so far. Zoe is a strong, attractive warrior woman, who has a very human side. Wash is just cool, since I knew him first as The Dread Pirate Steve (from Dodgeball), but he has a laid-back attitude about things that belies his true sense of responsibility. Jayne is my buddy, Rick, with perhaps a shade less ethics, and a little more charm. (BTW: For you D&D role-players, Jayne is the personification of Neutral Evil.)
I think that Kaylee is just adorable. As Simon stated in "Jaynetown", she's most attractive when she has engine grease on her face. For me, she's like another type of woman that Zoe is: a strong, independent woman, who has an unhealthy love of all things mechanical. Imara is possibly the one character that I like the least (though that doesn't mean I don't like her). I like the budding romance between her and Mal, but I haven't really picked up anything about who she is yet. I reserve the right to be completely thick, though. :)
Finally, we come to what are possibly my three favorite characters: Simon, River, and Shepherd Book. One of the major reasons I like Simon so much is because he tends to call his little sister "mei-mei." I know someone who I call "mei-mei," so it makes me smile to hear someone saying it. River is an enigma, but I find myself wanting to hold her, and help her out. I normally am not that attracted to waifish types, but she's got an energy to her that bleeds through the screen. (Oh, and that one scene near the end of the movie -- yeah, THAT one -- was just too damn cool.)
Shepherd Book brings an interesting conflict into things. He is firm in his faith, and a good man. I look at him almost as a father, in a way, and think that the crew really benefits from his presence, even if the captain has some hardnose opinions about God. (I also find it comforting that the show doesn't back down from faith, but rather presents it in a logical way. How many sci-fi shows do you know of that actually address religion, even as a background element?)
I think that I'm going to see about picking up the Serenity RPG tomorrow, possibly (and hopefully) from Barnes & Noble. I am in full-on fangirl mode right now (yes, I said that), and I want to get as much information about this much-too-short-lived series and its companion movie. (For those who care, I have a theory about why they named the movie Serenity instead of Firefly: The Movie. Simply, to call it Firefly would almost imply a motion picture adaptation of the series, not a continuation of the story. Thus, Serenity. I don't read much pop culture stuff, so if this was the case, I promise that I hadn't heard it prior.
Oh yeah.. I'm gonna see Serenity again tomorrow, if the Lord allows. I hope to finish the series first, though.
Well, after dinner with
nyminal at TGI Friday's, I'm beat. Good night, folks.
