A little bit of hope-Joss posts at Whendonesque

POSTED BY: ncbrowncoat
UPDATED: Monday, September 11, 2006 04:14
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NBZ

Monday, August 28, 2006 10:53 PM

'If it moves, shoot it.'

'Unless it's the captain'

That's the scene just before the Big Damn Rescue in 'War Stories?'

Interesting.

Now all we need to do is define interesting ;)

WTE

Monday, August 28, 2006 11:41 PM

Quote:
"If they move, kill 'em"

I saw that and immediately wanted to reply "Unless it's the captain!"

Then I remembered that I don't have an account at Whedonesque.

Then I scrolled down and within the first ten comments not one but two people had already said exactly that.

I love Browncoats!

I was so frustrated. I got there before anyone but Joss had posted, and I knew what I had to do, but then... I also remembered I don't have an account. Man! Oh well, at least someone(s) got there.

HONKS

SAB39

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:06 AM

Anyone else notice that "If They Move, Kill 'Em" is the only bit in that last paragraph that's capitalized?

It occurs to me to wonder... how well does Joss actually remember his own dialog? Is it possible that he thought that was a direct quote?

11THHOUR

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by sab39:
Anyone else notice that "If They Move, Kill 'Em" is the only bit in that last paragraph that's capitalized?

It occurs to me to wonder... how well does Joss actually remember his own dialog? Is it possible that he thought that was a direct quote?

Actually, "If They Move, Kill 'Em" is a famous line from the movie The Wild Bunch. But that film is a classic Western... so there's the connection to Firefly/Serenity right there.

Joss is a gifted writer, he chooses his words for a reason... and he also knows his audience. Tossing that last cryptic paragraph to his update was the equivalent to dropping fresh chum in the water.

Feeding frenzy!!!

To adapt Simon's line from Safe:

"He's trying to tell us something. I think there's a code."

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WINDSTRUCK

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:10 AM

I hope he posts again.
Maybe I am asking too much.
But it would be fun.

Joss does remember his lines well.

I wish he'd get wondy done and goners over with.
And get to hammer those little irons.

TERRI

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:06 PM

Is anyone else (a Browncoat that's a fan of the H star R) always reading Whedonesque as Whedon-skew? I know somebody is. Don't deny it. You loves the Strong Bad!

Okay, this is something that I learned from South Park, so bear with me:

"Some other little irons in the fire, when they're hot I'll pull 'em out and brand you."

All right, so iron. Iron's a vitamin, but if you take it in small amounts it can kill you.
What else can kill you? Jumping off a building could kill you. What happens in buildings?
People do office work and talk about things around the water cooler. Water! It's the giver
of life. Give life, but almost take it away. To go away, and to come back, like Arnold in
Terminator 2. A sequel. The Terminator came from the year 2029. But that's ridiculous. Hmm,
take 2 from 9 and and what do you get? 7! So that means that a BDS will be premiering
in 2007. Um, aaaand, season 2 will be out not long after that. Yay! I cracked the code!
This, ladies and gentleman, is the power of positive thinking. And several antidepressants
I could name.

DIZ

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:17 PM

Okay... Joss is a writer. But he also tends to spiral off into odd tangents to that seem to amuse him. Don't make me dig up his "Nathan smells like turnips" quote on Whedonesque! :) He likes to play with words (being a writer), and I'm sure he enjoys making us laugh with his sometimes-bizarre humor. But I really doubt he puts a lot of thought into his posts at Whedonesque. By that, I don't mean he's just posting randomly and without care; rather, that he is giving his fans updates while being witty. He doesn't proof his messages, which are filled with spelling and grammatical errors--so I really doubt these messages are anything more then one-offs to his fans.

Now, as to his final lines sounding "Fireflyish", to that, I say, "he created Firefly." He has expressed a passion for the language he used for Firefly, so it doesn't surprise me when he posts in that vernacular. So it's in his brain. And it might leak out sometimes. And remember, when talking about killing ‘em if they move, he was talking about toads. He could have been more clever if he was hinting at something; instead, I'm sure he was just referencing his previous lines about toads.

It's true that if there was something on the horizon, he would probably be so excited he would give us hints. But remember, too, that he came out and told us about the Spike movie, Ripper, and the Buffy cartoon... and look how well those productions turned out. Even if he talks about something explicitly, it doesn't mean it's moving into production. And in the case of the Buffy cartoon, even if it moves into production, it doesn't mean it will see the light of day.

Man. Now I'm bummed. I hate being realistic. I remain hopeful we'll see the 'verse again, but I really doubt this post is the word we're hoping for.

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Welcome to Serenity - Joss Whedon

TERRI

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:22 AM

Stop squashing my hopes and dreams! This probably isn't the word we've been looking for, but it's in my nature to put too much stock in things. Anyway, when something else comes along all we'll say is "Oh no, that last one didn't mean anything, THIS is the one." Sometimes all you have to survive on is that little scrap of pie. And you eat that pie, gorramit, even if it is a little stale.

DAVESHAYNE

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Terri:
Is anyone else (a Browncoat that's a fan of the H star R) always reading Whedonesque as Whedon-skew? I know somebody is. Don't deny it. You loves the Strong Bad!

Sounds Whedonous.

No, sounds Whedonesque.

David

"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de

MSCKAREN

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:35 PM

I won't give up hope until I'm dead or JW is and maybe even after, since he's famed for bringing back the dead...

I DO love the way we go through his e-mails like it's a Da Vinci Code puzzle. Anyone, want to steal a van and race to the hidden vault(s) in LA?!

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