EBONEZER

Monday, 25 October 2004 01:47

This? From the reputable news organization that brought us bat boy? And broke the news about the Osma bin Laden/Saddamn Husein/Camel love triangle?

I can't beleve it!

Maybe this is how the Compainion's Guild began?

ANONYMOUS

Monday, 25 October 2004 01:59

That's not Serenity. Serenity only has two enjines. Perhaps it really is a secret space craft.

ANONYMOUS

Monday, 25 October 2004 01:59

Hi-larious!

There is no such thing as bad publicity.

IRIVER

Monday, 25 October 2004 02:30

If this is a real pic from a real Weekly World News, then they are even dumber than I thought. Thousands- no millions know what the serenity looks like, so why would they even try to pass something off this incredibly cheesy? Oh well, good work Ackerdackerly in finding this. So were these the extenders that Shepard was talking about? Actually, these engines look pretty cool.
iRiver

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Monday, 25 October 2004 02:38

LMGAO.. oh my... hahahaha Serenity in the tabloids LMAO


What disturbs me is the thought that people read those things - and possibly believe them. Ah well, people believe anything.

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Monday, 25 October 2004 02:39

At first I was wondering what Serenity had to do with breast implants ;)

ANONYMOUS

Monday, 25 October 2004 02:49

iRiver:

Sorry, but someone named "Elden" posted a reference to it on the "alt.tv.firefly" newsgroup. I just scanned what was under the rock and posted it here.

ACKERDACKERLY

Monday, 25 October 2004 02:58

Since iRiver seems a bit skeptical about the picture being in the Weekly World News, pick up a copy at the grocery's checkout stand, turn to the bottom of Page three and there it is! Remember to put the tabloid back in the rack and go wash your hands...

Ack

ANGUALUPIN

Monday, 25 October 2004 04:42

Would a Firefly really be that big compared to our space station? I don't know the exact demensions of the space station but Fireflies are rather small ships.


PS I love WWN. They proclaim the world is going to end in the next 30 days every 30 days. I suppose if they keep doing it long enough one day they'll be right.

NEEDLESEYE

Monday, 25 October 2004 04:47

I want this on a t-shirt, with the flying to pluto blurb! LOL! :P
Love the extra engines they added, looks spiffy... er shiny!
Is this a bizare form of guerilla marketing by a browncoat who works for the WWN?

ANONYMOUS

Monday, 25 October 2004 09:39

I think someone at WWN is a Firefly fan and is abusing their company's policy on abusing other people's photos/artwork.

We should reward them for being dirty low-down deceivin' deceivers.

;)

TCM

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, 25 October 2004 15:48

LOL!!!

This is hi-larious. Guess they figured no one would recognize the pic of our beloved Serenity, regardless of how bad they butchered her.

ANONYMOUS

Monday, 25 October 2004 16:36

Pole dancing in space...hmmm. (Visual). At least it would look more graceful there than on Earth where gravity applies. At least in my case anyway. Go Serenity!

PHOENIXSHIP

Monday, 25 October 2004 17:24

What a crappy job. The stuff that we "amateurs" slap together is way better than this from a "professional" publication.

ACKERDACKERLY

Monday, 25 October 2004 21:20

Updates and Factoids:

AnguaLupin:
These guys are pretty cheezy -- that is a pic of the now-deceased MIR space station overlaying the four-engined "Firefly".

Somebody at alt.tv.firefly has pointed out that the Weekly World News is actually a comedy send-up of the 'Bloids in general. The "Mad Magazine" or "Cracked" of the "National Enquirer" genre.

Me, being in the journalism biz (and apparently very much out of touch with the hi-larious side of the print media, I guess), was not aware of the true nature of WWN. Live and learn, I guess.

ackerdackerly

JAHZARA

Thursday, 28 October 2004 16:01

That's hilarious. I wonder if they can sue. I know it's a joke, but still...

I agree with the anonymous poster that said there is no such thing as bad publicity.

OPTIMUS1998

Thursday, 28 October 2004 17:46

i posted a thread about this this morning, here is what folks need ot know about WWN(which i LOVE, other tabloids try to at least make their stories somewhat believable, NOT WWN).

From inside the front cover:
"Weekly World News articles are drawn from different sources and some are fictitious of satirical. Weekly World News uses invented namesin some stories, except where public figuresare being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. The reader should suspend belief for the sake of enjoyment."

BADGERSHAT

Thursday, 28 October 2004 19:17

Okay, obviously the crew has fallen on hard times, and like we've heard said, you get offered a job, you might not ask too many questions about it...

So, they rented Serenity out for some moonlighting work... gotta keep her in repair, no matter what menial job it requires...