What will they call the sequels?

POSTED BY: InevitableBetrayal
UPDATED: Saturday, May 28, 2005 05:59
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INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Friday, May 27, 2005 3:59 AM

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Originally posted by sgtgump:

Serenity III: Return to TV

This would be the ultimate dream for many of us, myself included...

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

ZOID

Friday, May 27, 2005 6:34 AM

InevitableBetrayal wrote:

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...But also as a former military man, I know the difference between v/r and r.

Well, taking an alternate assignation for 'v/r' and 'r' (specifically, 'virtual reality' and 'reality'), I can categorically state you've never worked at the Pentagon, else you'd have never made such a reckless and irresponsible claim.

A definition of the Pentagon, a.k.a. "The Puzzle Palace": 583 acres surrounded by Reality.

Seriously though, I never ran across an instance of 'r' being used as a closing. Were you being serious? I seldom used the full, 'Very Respectfully', unless I'd been a very bad boy, indeed, because it sounds (more than) a little obsequious. So, it was generally 'Respectfully' in letters, or 'v/r' in notes.

But, I wish I could have signed my military correspondence a bit more inventively, as I frequently do here at FFFn...

Reminiscently,

zoid

P.S.
...Like that.
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

ZOID

Friday, May 27, 2005 6:48 AM

cozen:

Good one. Dovetails into my predilection for Profile Page details, too. I like it.

And it's pronounced just like 'cousin'. That explains why I never trusted those bastards...

Consanguineously,

zoid
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

INEVITABLEBETRAYAL

Friday, May 27, 2005 12:46 PM

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Originally posted by zoid:
Seriously though, I never ran across an instance of 'r' being used as a closing. Were you being serious?

Bet yer bippy. Respectfully (R) goes laterally and down the chain of command. Very Respectfully (V/R) goes up the chain of command. So for instance, if I were writing to the Department Head I'd sign it V/R, but if I were writing to one of my peons, I'd sign it R.

Viva le difference! (Or something)

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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.

ZOID

Friday, May 27, 2005 3:21 PM

InevitableBetrayal wrote:

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Bet yer bippy. Respectfully (R) goes laterally and down the chain of command. Very Respectfully (V/R) goes up the chain of command. So for instance, if I were writing to the Department Head I'd sign it V/R, but if I were writing to one of my peons, I'd sign it R...

Yet another reason to be thankful for being ATC, and more or less completely outside the food chain. If any young people are considering an enlisted career in the military, but who value their individuality, I highly recommend ATC as a means of achieving both goals.

I've seen bumper stickers, et cetera, stating, "Air traffic controllers tell pilots where to go." While I disagree with the sentiment on principle, there is nonetheless a kernel of truth to it. When you are a fully-rated controller and signed on to a position (especially Local Control and/or Watch Supervisor), there is very little the outside world can do to countermand your control instructions.

I have seen a Colonel removed from a tower cab under armed escort (weapons holstered, but he was steaming) because he attempted to direct traffic flow while acting as Supervisor of Flying. My Watch Sup, a Staff Sergeant -- after a protracted and increasingly heated war of words -- told the Colonel, "Fine, you've got it!" (meaning control of the work environment) and left the building. Unfortunately, this left me (an A1C at the time) in the tower, singlehanded, working a recovery of A-10's while the Colonel made raving phone calls from his perch in the back of the tower. About 10 minutes later, the SPs came, collected the Colonel, and my Supervisor returned, took a briefing and we finished the shift without further incident. (NB: I was scared sh!tless by the power struggle. I never saw anything like it for the remainder of my USAF career.)

The Colonel was shipped home to the US before the ink was dry on the paperwork.

Point is, aspiring controllers, when you are in a position of responsibility for the lives of your aviating customers, you are the sole designer, evaluator and executor of The Plan. That's a great feeling, if you're well-suited to that kind of responsibility. And because of rest requirements and having one's concentrative state protected from the normal 'mind-games' of the USAF, you can pretty much go through your military service untouched by the chain of command. Y'all know what that is, right?

All it takes is some four-dimensional forecasting (horizontal, vertical, lateral and time separations), a variable speech rate, good enunciation and a good memory for details. If you are blind, you can still work in a radar facility.

One need not be a genius.

If you stay in for a single hitch -- maybe two -- you can get out prior to the FAA's 31-year old age limitation and go to work making in excess of $70K to start, full bennies and retirement. If you make a career of the USAF, USA, or USN/MC as an ATC, you can get your retirement and then go to work in the Federal Contract Tower program, earning about $50K per annum.

It's a great career that provides better-than-average rewards for those who can hack it. You can now go to some colleges and take a degree in ATC. This program is ~5 years old, sponsored by the FAA, and appears to be the wave of the future. But, I'm still an old-school, 'serve your country' kind of guy, so I say get some real experience pumping jets at Holloman, Eglin, Luke, Nellis, etc. before kicking off your shoes for a long nap in the FAA.

There ain't nothing more fun in a Class C or D airspace than 26 turbojet fighters screaming around a 5 mile radius at 250 knots. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be a pilot under those circumstances, knowing there's some NCO with a God-complex calling all the shots, heh-heh...

Respectfully,

zoid

P.S.
I know this is probably as boring as church for a lot of folks; but here's one more quick, fond memory: Standing on the catwalk at Holloman AFB, Fridays around noon with the Class D closed to all other traffic,

METR0MAN

Friday, May 27, 2005 10:38 PM

Serenity: Kaylee has sex?

No seriously though, I think they should simply call it:

Serenity: Keep Flyin'.

Simple, invokes Serenity (the first film), and the KEEP part implies this isn't some new movie but a continuation/sequel, ie they're still flying.

"A man of honor... in a den of thieves!"

RETRO

Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:42 AM

I had a good idea. What if they just had Serenity as the title, but changed the logo for each movie?
For example, the next movie could deal more with the Blue Handed Men, and the logo, instead of being predominantly gold, could be blue. Then for the next film, the logo could be predominantly red. I haven't seen the BDM yet, so maybe it wouldn't work in the plot, but you could just have the color represent something within the film. And then people could refer to it as Serenity Gold, Serenity Blue, and Serenity Red.

...or something.

"Just because I choose to wander, it doesn't mean that I am lost..."

BLINKER

Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:53 AM

Serenity II: Electric Bookaloo

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MALINARA4EVER

Saturday, May 28, 2005 5:59 AM

Serenity: Revenge of the Alliance
Serenity: Revenge of the Browncoats

Serenity: Revenge of the Mudders (Incase it wasnt allready mentioned)

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