ABSYNTHE

my friends and i are involved in the gamer comunity around here and we play larps all the time. (live action role play) we have started up one for firefly and it is a blast. we plan to have a shindig of our own and we just want people to come and have fun. it's going to be all in costume with a story line going through the night. food drink and entertainment will be there and i just can't wait. the only down side i can think of is that i have to make a big dress because my character is just like kaylee. it'll still be a lot of fun and i look foward to it.

ABSYNTHE

my friends and i are involved in the gamer comunity around here and we play larps all the time. (live action role play) we have started up one for firefly and it is a blast. we plan to have a shindig of our own and we just want people to come and have fun. it's going to be all in costume with a story line going through the night. food drink and entertainment will be there and i just can't wait. the only down side i can think of is that i have to make a big dress because my character is just like kaylee. it'll still be a lot of fun and i look foward to it.:biggrin:

GUNRUNNER

Well the 1st time I went was with my dad (a fan from the original TV airings just like me) on opening day. The place was about half filled, but in the parking lot I met a fan who said the movie was great (we agree!) Then my buddy Steve comes up from Pensacola (he’s in the Navy and a Fan) and me, his brother (Fan), John (US Army and Fan), and Don (Saw some of the show before we went and was intrested) all go to see the movie. I walk in with my Jayne hat and a Blue sun shirt on and guess what happens when I go get some popcorn: Concession stand girl: Nice hat! How many times have you see it? Me with a big gorram smile: Thanks. This makes two times. That was just fantastic. Everyone really liked the movie. I hope everyone else has had equally good experiences see the BDM.

MOONSTARRR

So, unlike some, I was unable to get into any of the pre-screenings. But maybe that wasn't totally a bad thing. The BDM was definitely worth waiting for. No spoilers here -- but I will say that part of it felt just like getting punched in the gut. Yeah, so went to the theater right after work so as to get in line and wait for the rest of my family to get there. Line wasn't very long so I was hoping a lot more people would show up. The theater was about half full. Kinda disappointing. Watched movie. Loved movie. Tried to leave theater. Wow! It was like being in Disneyland on New Year's Eve (or any major party holiday). You couldn't move it was so packed. They had theater staff creating one little walkway just so people could get in and out of the theater. That's the kind of crowd we need to keep this thing going! So take a friend (or ten)and go get in line. Let's keep the numbers up!

SMITH

As anyone who knows Joss knows: when you die in the Whedonverse, you evidently get more screen time. Also, whenever someone shows signs of happiness or contentedness, oops, they're dead. So, be sad, but don't despair. We'll see more of our heroes in the not too distant future. (P.S. I know these rules belong to Buffy/Angel, but who's to say it can't fit Firefly too? Here's hoping.)

MALLICE

I am in love, oh yes, deeply in love. I saw the movie last week, took me a while to finally post about it, but even now I am still in aw. I think the movie was just astounding! I think the characters were developed just right for the movie, the story was intriguing and full of suspence, it certainly kept me on the edge of my seat. The tragic loss of two characters was very upsetting, but it also didn't ruin the movie for me either. The only thing I felt was odd, was that it kind of felt like the "Objects in Space" episode. Not that I'm really complaining. I hope they make another movie, or maybe even start the series again, but if they don't do either, I wouldn't exactly be disapointed either, because I feel if they end it here, it ended well, but none the less, I want more!! Hehe. P.S - I read somewhere that Joss's birthday is June 23rd? If it is, that's my birthday too, haha, that's so freaking cool, because my next birthday wish would be to meet him. But now I'm just dreaming...or maybe it's just the allergy/sinus medicine talking? :P

BLUEBOMBER

OK, this is gonna be more than a bit wordy. But these are things on my mind right now that I feel compelled to share. You may care, you may not, but I'm saying them anyway. I'm oddly amused at the "outraged" fans who are "calling Joss out" over the events in the movie. (Yes, I have seen it.) Apparently the fan base has become divided; one over-zealous poster on the OB went so far as to wish cancer (I kid you not) on Joss, his family, and those who supported events in the story. To this fan and those like him/her, I have one thing to say. Get a fucking life. Yes, the "Firefly" universe means a lot to all of us. Otherwise we wouldn't be here talking about it. But in the end, it's just a movie. Say it with me: IT'S JUST A MOVIE. Does that mean I don't have a hard time accepting what happened? No. But it's Joss' world. It's his story. How he tells it is his decision and his alone. And as a writer, I have to respect that. Besides, it's over and done with. So shut up about it already. (Harsh, you say? Yeah. So is wishing cancer on someone. I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy. That poster was a dumbfuck.) Moving on...I have started my fanfic H&S. But, due to personal conflicts (I'm starting to realize the less I say, the less stupid I sound) and so-called "real life" responsibilites, it will be some time before I'm able to finish it. How long? I dunno. Maybe next month, maybe never. I hate to leave a piece unfinished, but it's long past time I re-devoted myself to my own universe. Joss' was fun, the characters very human and dear to me, and I find "Firefly" and "Serenity" inspiring. Now it's time I did my own thing. So, that said, I may not be back around here for a little while. Or maybe even a long while, it's hard to say. Those of you who care, thank you. Your kindess will not soon be forgotten. Keep flyin'. -- DJ

SOUPCATCHER

* ramblings and musings and evidence that I probably see sub-texts that don’t exist… * So we went to see the BDM again during the week. Man, I love this movie. There are new things I’m picking up each time I see it. For instance, when they’re repairing the ship, Zoe is welding on the front of the bridge. Presumably she’s repairing the hole that a certain spear left as it passed through the front of Serenity on its way to terminating in the chest of her husband and ripping out all of our hearts in the process. My thought was, “Damn. Couldn’t someone else have repaired that particular section? Did it have to be Zoe?” But I digress. In addition to the action on the screen there was a drama playing out in the seats in front of us. There were two young men, seated with the customary empty seat between them so they could see the movie together but not be too together. Kind of the same logic, I guess, that leads us men to always move towards a urinal with an empty on either side. One young man had clearly seen the movie before. The other young man had not. This was readily apparent because the veteran was laughing heartily at all the jokes right from the get go while the novice took a while to get into the flow of things. It’s a dynamic I’ve noticed in the few showings I’ve been to where the majority of the people in the audience have not seen the movie before. It takes about a half hour before people start laughing at the funny lines. My speculation is that it takes about that long for someone to get acclimated to the dialogue, the patois. By the end of the movie they’re clearly engaged but it takes a certain amount of time for them to come up to speed. I have yet to see Serenity in a theater that is silent throughout the entire movie. The movie just seems to suck people in, no matter their prior experience with this ‘verse. The product sells itself. It’s that good. All you have to do is get a person in the theater. Nothing more. Well, the veteran didn’t get that memo. His laughter was just a bit too loud and on a couple of occasions he reached over, tapped a shoulder and pointed at the screen to make sure his friend got the joke (damn my peripheral vision). There was almost an element of desperation as if to say, “It’s really, really, really funny. Don’t you see?” Fortunately, it didn’t take long before the phenomenon I mentioned earlier took hold and his friend was laughing and gasping along with everyone else. It was something I noticed peripherally and didn’t really think about because of how much I was enjoying the movie. But as we were walking to the truck I remembered that little drama and I had a kind of epiphany. It seemed to me like the veteran did not have any faith in Serenity. That he felt the product didn’t sell itself well enough and needed his help. Put him in a loud sports coat and he could’ve been indistinguishable from a used car salesman. We’re all a little bit nervous about the possibility of a sequel. And we know what the deal is, that Serenity has to do better at the box office. But what may be overlooked in our desire to get enough money to green light a sequel is that the movie itself is damn fine entertainment. It’s a thrilling ride. Where we can help is by getting people in the door. But once their butts are in that seat our job should be done. Let the product sell itself. Quality wins out. Don’t be that guy.

FALLENANGEL

Ok, this is my first blog ever since I join this very shiny website which it was a very long time ago it seems but I need to vent out my worrisome mind over the sequel of Serenity. I love the movie. It was great and awesome etc except for[SPOILER] Wash getting impaled by a rutting reaver's pole!!![/SPOILER]and plan on seeing it again and again and again and again and again...and again. I'm up to the point where I'm gonna do everything in my power to see it be made into a sequel. Even if I have to be used as a human incubator for cloned internal organs on the black market to make some money and give it to Joss and say "Here. Here's some money. Go on. Take it. Go make the sequel. Us Browncoats are waiting. Don't ask how I got this. You don't wanna know." I'm that determined. whew! There. I'm done. I vented. [QUOTE]May have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.[/QUOTE]

ANGELICANGEL

Ok! I'm new to this fan fic thing and I know you have to write a disclaimer. My fics are going to take place after Serenity so what should my Disclaimer say, something like this. I want to do it right. All Characters are property of Joss and Universal. No Copyright Infringement is intended. Or All Characters are property of Joss, Fox and Universal. No Copyright Infringement is intended. or should I just put. All Characters are property of Joss Whedon. No Copyright Infringement is intended.

PYREFX

god i feel like such a dork. i can't help it. i love this show so much. i'm talking obsessticatin' here. i haven't been this hung up on something since i discovered sex. so i discovered this site at work. i have no access at home so i'm typing this junk here up at work. what really sucks about this obsession is how broke i am. baby on the way (it's a girl. my wife tried to convince me to name her Vera based on Pink Floyd some time back, now i think i'm gonna try and talk her back into it)... moving into a new apartment, catching up on bills and trying to kill debt... but now i want all this damn stuff! i found this dude on here who has replicas of some of the weapons from the show. now, i'm a collector of, well, collectables. I've got a nice collection of knives and rep-guns. i've got a Key to Hell and a Sandman statue that kicks all ass. So those guns, I want very very badly; at the very least Mal's. Maybe I'll get it as a Christmas present for myself, hoping he has some left. We'll see. Well, I suppose this is enough for my first bLog ever. I don't have any others but this is kinda fun... liberatin' like. I'll try to keep it up.

CHOSEN1

I went to see the BDM. Loved it. Laughed, cried, kissed 8 bucks goodbye. I was so proud of myself that I actually got Mal's reference to an Albatross. I knew high school Lit class would come in handy. Thank you Mrs. Elser. For those of you weren't in my class or had a teacher not so into poetry, the poem is by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Its called "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Anyway, I ended up not dressing up. I did wear my "no power in the 'verse can stop me" shirt, though. I also wore a brown coat. Well it was khaki, but it was the best I could do. I hope the movie does well. I was a little dissappointed at the turnout for Manassas. It was a wonderfully funny, action-packed and touching movie. I'd love to see a sequel. I thought it was funny how you could tell the true browcoats in the audience from people who had never seen Firefly. There were parts of the movie that the newbies were like "Oh, huh, that sucks", while I actually yelled out "NOOO!" I would have added "MY GOD WHY!?", but I didn't want to be too obnoxious. I was thinking it, though. And for fans of Aquateen Hunger Force: I was flipping those reavers the bird as hard as I possibly could.

CHOSEN1

I went to see the BDM. Loved it. Laughed, cried, kissed 8 bucks goodbye. I was so proud of myself that I actually got Mal's reference to an Albatross. I knew high school Lit class would come in handy. Thank you Mrs. Elser. For those of you weren't in my class or had a teacher not so into poetry, the poem is by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Its called "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Anyway, I ended up not dressing up. I did wear my "no power in the 'verse can stop me" shirt, though. I also wore a brown coat. Well it was khaki, but it was the best I could do. I hope the movie does well. I was a little dissappointed at the turnout for Manassas. It was a wonderfully funny, action-packed and touching movie. I'd love to see a sequel. I thought it was funny how you could tell the true browcoats in the audience from people who had never seen Firefly. There were parts of the movie that the newbies were like "Oh, huh, that sucks", while I actually yelled out "NOOO!" I would have added "MY GOD WHY!?", but I didn't want to be too obnoxious. I was thinking it, though. And for fans of Aquateen Hunger Force: I was flipping those reavers the bird as hard as I possibly could. Truly, I think I sprained something. The bastards.

SIGMANUNKI

For background, see previous blogs. So, I had politics used against me; I used politics against them :evil: Basically, what I did was force a situation in which they couldn't say no. What I did was talk to the U that I'm a visiting student at and see if someone there would be willing to supervise me. Someone was and all became arranged. Now, when asking for a letter of permission to do it at my current U, my home U has two implications if they say no. 1) No, that U is not good enough for us. Well chair, what do you want me to tell them when I go back since all is arranged? 2) No, you have to do it here and we won't let you. Why? I have already gotten my two required supervisors. Are you saying that I can't do it just because it's me? In either case, can we say political fallout? So, I see the chair and explain that the courses are equivalent. Show him my current U's calender and explain what I've arranged. He said that he'd have to talk to the honours committee before he could render a decision. Why? I say. All a letter of permission is is to see if the courses are indeed equivalent. As I have explained they are. The honours committee has nothing to do with it anymore. Pause. Let me photo-copy that page from the calender. It took some time for that photo-copy to be made. I gather that he did more than just photo-copy that page. When he came back in, he just said, sure that'll be fine, I'll sign it. He also stated that he liked (can't think of the exact word he used) my motivation/perseverance in getting the honours project. That it would serve me well in grad studies should I end up there. Then we talked a little bit which of course quickly ended up being about the failings of the current structure of the honours project. I mentioned some alternatives that they might think about implementing that I found at my current U. He photo-copied those pages as well and off I went. One thing struck me though. While we were talking he mentioned a few things that hinted that he didn't want to deny me a project in the first place. That the decision was indeed a political one and not based on my merits as a student. I imagine that he felt, as figure head of the department, that he had to defend the committees decision regardless of how he felt on the matter. I think I've made an enemy in that department. At any rate, I got my honours project, and a topic. Now comes the work... lots and lots of work. Happy happy :biggrin: :biggrin: