Joss and Firefly

POSTED BY: strokingmypeter
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 4, 2006 10:22
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KANEMAN

Monday, July 3, 2006 11:10 PM

Zoid...I am sick of people telling me, because I love Firefly..I'd also like Buffy or Angel, The humor is the same, yet the theme is different. Hey mechanical, same thought different means...Bio...The machine is a Cyclone

EMBERS

Monday, July 3, 2006 11:53 PM

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Originally posted by zoid:
However, unlike those hereabouts who insist that everybody watch and then fall ga-ga in love with Buffy and Angel, I'm not adamant that anybody see things my way. Quite the contrary, I encourage others to watch Buffy and Angel... And then make up their own minds.

P.P.S.
Kristy Swanson could kick Calista Flockhart, er, Sarah Michelle Gellar's scrawny little butt... If I'm going to get 'hated' by the Buffy fans, I might as well go for the gold, hmm?

mea culpa, Zoid!
I never meant that you HAD to like it ...
but I've seen so many people who decided they didn't like Buffy on the basis of the movie, without ever giving the TV show (Joss' show) a try.

The reason I thought so in your case is because IMO Buffy got pretty dark, and the metaphor was always very interesting...so I would personally not use the word 'farcical'

but each to his own...(Including the Swanson vs Geller debate)

The only episode of Buffy or Angel I would ever insist people see is 'Once More With Feeling', and only because that was such an achievement for Joss: writing lyrics and music, every song forwarding the plot, AND suited to the limited range of each actor's voice....
(well, although I wouldn't insist, I would also encourage seeing 'Hush': Joss' silent episode for which he was nominated for an Emmy)

sorry I sounded dictatorial.

ZOID

Tuesday, July 4, 2006 10:22 AM

embers wrote:

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mea culpa, Zoid!...

I was seriously taken aback by your assertion that I had only ever seen Buffy The Movie, hated it, and never given Buffy The Series a chance.

We're both 'old-timers' here at FFFn, and seem to have agreed on most lines of thought in the past. I honestly admire you 'virtually', and could not fathom how you would come to the conclusion that I would flippantly dismiss any of Joss' work, out of hand. I just don't get excited about TV programs in general, and Buffy and Angel, in specific, don't make me 'tingle'. Firefly, on the other hand, sets my entire being ablaze and is never far from my thoughts. No other entertainment -- TV, movie, music or novel -- has ever moved me so greatly. (Okay, so it only 'edges out' Herbert's novel, "Dune", by a whisker, based on Firefly's continuing captivation of my consciousness.)

...And Swanson outweighs Gellar by a good 30 lbs., has a 3" height advantage, longer reach, thicker wrists and is better 'connected' at the joints in general. No contest.

Respectfully,

zoid
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