Defending Joss Whedon
POSTED BY: Funnylinguist
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 21:24
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Originally posted by Funnylinguist:
Can't help but notice there seems to be a fair amount of whining out there about the demise of certain beloved characters in the movie Serenity.
One long thread but only about 4 or 5 people, so not so much.
And yes, revealing anything about an upcoming movie - especially the death of 2 important characters - is a spoiler, seems crazy I know but that’s how it is!
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Originally posted by Funnylinguist:
I'd never seen an episode of the Firefly TV show, was unfamiliar with the characters and the Universe they inhabit and to be honest having read in the Festival programme that the movie was a TV spin-off I was fearing the worst.
Kind of early in your post to subvert your own authority inn't? You hadn't seen the show before seeing the movie so you want to "correct" the opinions of those that had?
Quote:Nothing to say to that, I just like that quote.
Originally posted by Funnylinguist:
I knew I was experiencing something special when I realized that the audience, made up mostly of jaded hacks and critics like myself ...
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But if you're still bitching about the film killing off characters that Joss created himself....don't worry. I'm sure you'll still be able to dress up as them at sci-fi conventions and that your limited social life will hardly be affected.
I actually thought your post was pretty nice what with the enthusiasm you showed, until I read that last part. That's just such a cheap insult to go out on. I don't think you were being too critical when you called yourself a jaded hack.
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Well thank you very much Funny linguist. And that was sarcastic by the way.
A spoiler is any information at all about something upcoming, whether or not it is public knowledge (we don't all spend all day trawling the net and magazines for spoilers you know). I did not know that
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one or more characters in the film died
. Now I do and when I am finally able to see the film all I will be able to think about is
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who's going to die? Is this when it happens?
. I won't even be able to experience the pleasure of
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denying that someone has died, thinking that any minute they'll wake up and say it was all a joke.
Again, thank you very much. And again, that was sarcastic.
I am so angry with you right now.
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You DO spoil things - your first line reveals that characters die in the movie. I've seen it, but otherwise I'd be extremely pissed if I read this by mistake.
PUT A SPOILER WARNING IN THE SUBJECT LINE
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -Kerr Avon
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The "Mod edit" is NOT working! The title as it shows up on the recent posts queue says nothing about spoilers, and this is a MAJOR spoiler thread. Mods, please either fix or delete this thread completely.
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I don't know what your problem is, but I bet it's hard to pronounce.
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