NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE

POSTED BY: embers
UPDATED: Sunday, January 16, 2005 21:52
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FIFINELLA

Friday, January 7, 2005 10:18 PM

Just for everyone's personal store of knowledge--I remember this forward floating around after the last presidential election--when we really did fail to elect a leader. Someone just added some more clauses and sent it around again--more appropriate last time, but still funny.

OLDENGLANDDRY

Saturday, January 8, 2005 9:14 PM

OBSESSED, I could'nt agree more. It seems to have become a sad and disturbing trend on this site that almost every thread leads to a slanging-match of some kind. When I was a lurker I used to come here everyday for FIREFLY info, RPG ideas or just a good snigger. Now it just makes me angry. And the temptation to bad-mouth the people that bad-mouth first is getting to much. Think I had better call it a day.

WEASY

Sunday, January 9, 2005 5:08 PM

I only found this site yesterday... I'm not entirely sure if I'll stick around.
But a big yay for John Cleese and being able to laugh at yourself!
I went to the globe (the reconstruction of shakespeare's original theatre) a while ago and loads of people paid to have sponsored paving slabs in the courtyard there (to raise money) including John Cleese and another of the Monty Python guys, anyway the other dude paid double to have them spell John Cleese's name wrong!
This is what laughing at yourself is.
Everyone. Please learn how.

EMBERS

Sunday, January 9, 2005 5:34 PM

Weasy, don't be in a hurry to run away...
Have you been in the Blue Sun Room to see the pretty WPs and the fanfic?
This is a fun and friendly site....

most of the time

WEASY

Sunday, January 9, 2005 6:15 PM

Okay. I'll go look.
I was actually looking for firefly messgae boards though because I haven't seen it yet but am being lent the DVDs in a couple of weeks. I wanted to know how the fans saw it, because I've mostly been hearing about it from the very divided Buffy fans. (they're divided because some of them blame Firefly on Joss spreading himself too thin and Buffy getting a bit crap for a while - but some of them think it's amazing so... I'm open-minded, but the fans tended to be the people who really know what's good and what's not - not reviewers so: lurking I came.)

EMBERS

Sunday, January 9, 2005 6:49 PM

well Weasly, I have bought eleven sets of Firefly DVDs and have given them out to friends and family because I love the show that much...

and I have had 99% success, as far as I can tell, only those who are dead set against any kind of sci-fi end up disliking it.
Everyone else I know has loved it as much as me.

I was a huge Buffy & Angel fan first of course, but I can't blame Joss for having new ideas for a new show, and then falling in love with the wonderful cast he put together (I can't blame him because I love them too).

I don't think Buffy would have ended any differently, or the WB would have refrained from cancelling Angel, if Joss had not made Firefly.
So personally I think that that question is moot.

If you love Joss' writing, then I think you are going to find a great deal to love in Firefly!
JMPO

MONTANAGIRL

Sunday, January 9, 2005 8:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Weasy:
...the other dude paid double to have them spell John Cleese's name wrong!

Just because I love the Pythons, I have to know which one did that.

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

SIGMANUNKI

Monday, January 10, 2005 12:49 AM

Weasy:
The people here in the FF threads are friendly and I've come to feel at home here (pretty much right away actually ). It's a good bunch of people here So, I'd recommend sticking around. It's fun here for the most part.

But the political threads can get somewhat heated, which is why I try to participate in only one or two at a time (they tend to be time consuming and I typically have more important things to deal with).

As for Buffy being crap for a good chunk of the last season. I think that this was unavoidable. I mean, what do you do with characters that have said and done all they can say and do? What happens when ideas start running thin? It was good prior to season 6 but then started to have problems. Season 6 is where the problems started, even though there are some gems in there. It was just its time to go.

As for angle, it's the DVD's that killed it. The company decided it would be a "good idea" to start selling the DVD's while the show was still on the air. Problem is, that they get there money from comercials, especially on re-runs. So, how many people will watch a re-run when they have the DVD without them blasted commericals to interupt the fun? Effectively none. Basically, stupid business decision results in cancellation of show.

----
"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

WEASY

Monday, January 10, 2005 11:39 AM

Thanks for wanting me to stay!
And actually that's an interesting point about the cancellation of Angel I didn't really think about how DVD sales would affect things but still, they did have increasing ratings on teh last season so it was still pretty pointless to cancel it.
In some ways I think if Joss had been around there would have been less pontless B/S sex in season six and that's what put a lot of people off Buffy - but I find myself forgiving him because everyone tells me firefly is so great...
Sorry this is all completely off topic for this board!

WEASY

Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by montanagirl:
Quote:
Originally posted by Weasy:
...the other dude paid double to have them spell John Cleese's name wrong!

Just because I love the Pythons, I have to know which one did that.

Packer fans welcome.
All others tolerated.

Sorry - Packer? I think I missed that one...
anyway, took me a while to get back to you because I couldn't remember and it turns out I got it the wrong way round -
John Cleese paid double to have Michael Palin's name spelt Michael Pallin.

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