Top Ten Things I Learned From Watching Serenity (SPOILERS)

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LIMINALOSITY

Saturday, October 22, 2005 4:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mark:
Pharoh and the Sergeant, Recessional, Ballad of the Clampherdown, The Bolivar, Sons of Martha and The Young British Soldier are all Kipling poems I'd associate with Firefly.

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Twelve spheres of unendurable brightness spalled the velvety blackness of space.
The silence on Lester Tourville's flag bridge was absolute
And then the spell was broken as Shannon Foraker looked up from her console from where she had just sent a seemingly innocent command to the main computers of State Security's finest Superdreadnoughts.
"Oops." She said.

I'm much more familiar with Kippling's prose than his poetry. I will check these out at my local.

Omniverous voracious reader. What is this other business -"Oops." She said?

DRAGONWINE

Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:08 PM

1. Firefly DVD set....$40.00
2. Tight pants......$30.00
3. Brown coat.......$500.00
4. Serenity visaul companion...$20.00
5. Movie ticket to the BDM.....$8.00
6. Popcorn......$4.00
7. Pretzel......$4.00
8. Soda.........$4.00
9. Goobers.... $4.00
10. Sitting with friends watching the impossible get done on the BIG screen while serving a big dish of redemption and saying up yours fox.......PRICELESS!

It's a nothing part til you don't got one, then you have to go to ebay.....aaaaagh!

ALAND

Saturday, October 22, 2005 9:22 PM

Okay, now I'm just milking it (although I really like #25 and #21)

30 Jayne only has two arms.
29 It's not safe.
28 Wind blows northerly, go north.
27 If you tell your prey that they're not a reaver, it might give them a crazy idea.
26 Don't turn around.
25 Girls damage my calm.
24 Lovebots *are* good for other things.
23 Keep your backup units safe.
22 Quality LCD monitors will work even after the feds try to destroy them.
21 Even though you know it's love, it's still nice to hear it.

CHARLIETHEBLOODY

Saturday, October 22, 2005 11:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by dragonwine:
1. Firefly DVD set....$40.00
2. Tight pants......$30.00
3. Brown coat.......$500.00
4. Serenity visaul companion...$20.00
5. Movie ticket to the BDM.....$8.00
6. Popcorn......$4.00
7. Pretzel......$4.00
8. Soda.........$4.00
9. Goobers.... $4.00
10. Sitting with friends watching the impossible get done on the BIG screen while serving a big dish of redemption and saying up yours fox.......PRICELESS!

It's a nothing part til you don't got one, then you have to go to ebay.....aaaaagh!

brilliant, love it, ahh, credit card companies DO have souls...

thank you for making me chuckle.
although, visual companion for $20? they're nearly double that in the shops here (england), ebay it is then...

I don't think I'll make a list cos anything I could come up with has prolly been covered but thanks to everyone who's contributed, hours of fun...

CALLYGAL

Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:29 AM

1. Your sister may be crazy, but she probably isn't crazy enough to think she's Miranda.

2. She may, however, be crazy enough to kick you in the throat. Or just doesn't want to go back to sleep. Either way, it's best to back away from doors.

3. That you are, in fact, one of the people who giggles at a safe-word mention.

4. If your big tough mercenary comes downstairs yelling your name, it's probably a good time to move.

5. Every good team is sealed with a drink made by a potentially evil company.

6. Don't tell someone that they may as well shoot you now unless you're really certain that they won't.

7. When people stop fighting they stop everything else.

8. No matter how 'big' your BDM gets, there's always room for fairy lights, painted signs, three switches and plastic dinos.

9. Death, like betrayal, is sudden but inevitable, and still breaks your heart every time.

10. No matter how bad the storm looks, we'll get through it soon enough.

I'm not nice. I'm just highly susceptible to guilt

MARK

Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by liminalosity:

I'm much more familiar with Kippling's prose than his poetry. I will check these out at my local.

Omniverous voracious reader. What is this other business -"Oops." She said?

There are free ebook copies of his 'Departmental ditties and barrack-room ballads' on the web and they are well worth downloading. I keep on permanently on my PDA.

As for Shannon Foraker and her 'Ooops' comment... David Weber is the greatest writer of Mil-Sci-Fi in the verse. His spaceship battles are the stuff of legend. He created a character called 'Honor Harrington' and set a series around her.

There are currently more than a dozen Honorverse books and in book 9 I think - Ashes of Victory - there is a page I have paraphrased for my sig. It's hillarious and you have to read it to understand.

Can I just say that if Mal had read book 5 - Flag in Exile - then he wouldn't have had any trouble dealing with Atherton Wing.

If you're interested. The first book in the Honor Harrington series is available free from the Baen free library at www.baen.com, and in fact a lot of new Baen hardbacks include CDs that feature huge collections of ebooks including the Honor Harrington ones. If you like, let me know and I'll email them to you or something.

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Twelve spheres of unendurable brightness spalled the velvety blackness of space.
The silence on Lester Tourville's flag bridge was absolute
And then the spell was broken as Shannon Foraker looked up from her console from where she had just sent a seemingly innocent command to the main computers of State Security's finest Superdreadnoughts.
"Oops." She said.

MER

Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:09 PM

1. Always have a baton to use if you need a quick getaway.
2. Always keep a psychic on you at all times.
3. Always have you or someone you know with a gernade.
4. NEVER trust Fruity Oaty Bars-they do nothing but cause trouble...or give your psychic the crazies.
5. Can't Stop the Signal.
6. Be wary and know your flase bombs.
7. Never let Jayne babysit.
8. Wash and River are brillant pilots.
9. Don't trust PAX
10. 1st rule of flying, love your ship to keep her afloat.

AUROTER

Sunday, October 23, 2005 5:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by N0Skillz:

3)Mal shot first.

Oh yes! LOL We need a shirt...

also, in a gunfight, you might want to bring a gun that shoots bullets, not tazer darts.

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you can't take the sky from me

WAXWING6

Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:00 PM

"...has anyone else made a point of reading "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" besides me?"

Before or after seeing the movie? I liked the albatross reference. It's so American to get things completely backward.

LIMINALOSITY

Monday, October 24, 2005 6:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mark:
There are free ebook copies of his 'Departmental ditties and barrack-room ballads' on the web and they are well worth downloading. I keep on permanently on my PDA.

As for Shannon Foraker and her 'Ooops' comment... David Weber is the greatest writer of Mil-Sci-Fi in the verse.

If you like, let me know and I'll email them to you or something.

Hey, thanks Mark, for all of this.
Reading on the puter makes my eyes go swirly, but I enjoyed the Weber & will find a hard copy.
I'm busted for dragging a thread far OT as usual. I apologize to all and sundry.
I'll go looking for the Kippling poetry. His insights into how the juxtaposition of these two cultures at this moment in history created particular tensions and frictions are razor edged. His voice in prose...well, I like his rhythms, and word choices, but beyond that, he conveys so clearly why the Empire was wrong using an ethic that's pretty close to my own. Anyway thanks a bunch.

One Ghandi-kissing socialist

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