Schism time!
POSTED BY: VisitingMyIntentions
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 20:50
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Okay, on this post I'm the troll.
I have to say a lot of things in opposition here.
First, schisms and geekisms are bad for the show. What a show needs to pay for its existance is mainstream groupies, preferably ones which have no impact on the content.
1. Joss in not a prophet, or maybe he is, but he's not divine. He is a damn good writer. Spielberg is a good writer, you may like his stuff or hate it, but he can write. Joss is a gorram rutting good writer. Therefor whatever he wants to do with the story is fine with me. If he chooses to make it a long endless series of ass jokes, he can. He'll lose me as a fan if he does, but he probably doesn't care about that.
2. Everything that made it on to the screen is part of the story. I think this includes the deleted scenes because they were on the screen for all of us who got the DVD set. I don't actually own a TV.
3. Shooting scripts aren't canon if they aren't on the screen. Once something is filmed, a filmmaker must accept them because they've been seen by the audience. Anything that hasn't been seen by the audience can be changed if he wants, ergo it is not canon.
4. Comics have Joss' name on them and they've been read by much of the audience.
5. Fox is responsible for the production of virtually everything Joss have ever done. They've spend millions of dollars on him. My thanks to Rupert Murdoch for bringing me so much Joss. They should just be lobbied to change there mind.
Please no partisan jabs on this point. Fox is a republican, but so is NBC, the rival for firefly's future.
Serenity BTW is on the screen and therefore is canon.
Everyone who has not seen the deleted scenes, they're a must see. Particular that one between River and Simon in OMR is my favorite scene in the entire series.
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Hmmm...I don't think some people are seeing your post in the tongue-and-cheek spirit in which it was meant - maybe it's too soon after the release??
Anyway, I took your tone to be more mischeivious and playful than very serious or devisive, which I for one applaud...too many serious people out there! And you referenced a great movie line, (hint President Merkin Muffley), so I'll listen to ya!
Now about the purple hat with the 2 stuffed cows... I think I'm going to have to actually see that first...
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Quote:Well, I got it, VMI... which is why I responded as I did -- I hoped it was the humorous equivalent of the hand-wringing responses I thought others might make.
Originally posted by VisitingMyIntentions:
Honestly, though, I was just writing humorously in response to everybody arguing whenever responses to the movie came up. I thought taking it to the ridiculous stage of declaring sects would let us acknowledge we were ridiculous to blame others having simply another fundamental set of criteria, and stop people taking it too serious and leaving snide comments about who was the brownest browncoat of them all.
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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