Bad Firefly Review at Amazon!
POSTED BY: rklenseth
UPDATED: Thursday, November 4, 2004 18:33
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And, I might add, the 10-percent bracket has increased. :D I agree the tax system has become too complex. I used to do ours myself, but now calculating dividends and other source of income is too much of a headache. Much better to pay someone to do it.
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The woman is an idiot!!! However there are a few of them out there. I found this while trawling round the web:
by: Mike Sampson
OK, so let me get this straight cause I'm still a little flummoxed by the whole thing. There was this show, "Firefly," on Fox that was cancelled after 11 episodes cause ratings were so low. It was free and people still weren't watching it. So now they've decided to make a movie out of said TV series with the hope that people who wouldn't watch it when it was free will now pay $10 to see it. Hmmm... Yes, "Firefly" will officially be a movie. Universal has greenlit SERENITY, the feature film adaptation of the TV series by Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"). Whedon will direct the film from his own script and all the original cast members from the series will return for the film. Filming is scheduled to begin this June with a 2005 release planned. Whedon had hoped to bring "Firefly" back to TV after it was cancelled and shopped the series to other networks. Unable to reach a deal to return the show to television, he turned his attention to writing a feature and successfully conned, I mean, sold Universal on the idea. Like the X-FILES movie the film will look to satisfy fans (??) of the series while still appealing to the audience who never saw "Firefly." Another of Whedon's TV shows, "Angel," was recently cancelled, which may mean a film could be on the way for that too. Who knows in this topsy-turvy world? Black is white. Up is down.... Up next at Universal pictures is a feature film version of the cancelled TV shows "Emeril," "Cop Rock," and "Suddenly Susan." (Just kidding. I hope.)
It was at - http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=3724
At the bottom of the page you can discuss the article in their forum. As the site claims to have 13872 members it might be worth a few of us going in and setting them straight.
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Originally posted by Arawaen:
I think the greater failing of the American income tax system is with regards to tax incentives (i.e. deductions and the like). These are an attempt to control (usually with good intent) the American populace, to encourage them engage in certain types of activities. I believe that they create an overly complex tax system that makes it impossible to adequately police or regulate. Some people managed to take advantage of the incentives and loopholes to the point where they didn’t have to pay taxes at all (not the intent of incentives as the belief was that all people have a responsibility towards the community), so the politicians tacked on an alternative minimum tax, again adding complexity and creating confusion and loopholes.
I've had to maintain software like that!!!
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:Go to special features. Highlight "Joss sings..", but do not click it. push your directional control to the left and the squiggly pattern on the left side of the screen will highlight. click on it. This will play Adam Baldwin in his Jayne hat singing the "Hero of Canton".
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
BrownCoat,
Is there a website for these little "easter egg" things? I've seen my dvd's 15 times since I recieved it in early March. Still don't know how to look for those pesky little "eggs".
Respectfully,
Dragon Lord Tibbetts
Summer: Jane's a girls name
Jane: Well I ain't no girl! I can prove it!
Simon: I'm trying to picture you more vulgar... but, I can't...
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The latest review at imdb.com is also less than sparkling - please, someone who hasn't already added a review go and add your more sound view on the matter to bump it a little down :-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/usercomments
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Originally posted by Dragonlord:Quote:
Is there a website for these little "easter egg" things?
I use http://movieweb.com
Just type the film name in the 'search the site' box, select dvd eggs from the drop menu next to it and hit find it.
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I've printed off a few pages of that site, thanks Wren.
Now, I've got to go home and play with every stinking one of my 200 DVDs to ensure I've found all the easter eggs.
You'll see Knibblet adding eggs to that site soon.
"Just keep walkin, preacher man."
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You know, I don't even know the definitions of a "right-winger" or a "left-winger". I've never been into politics enough to F'n care. I guess I just depend too much on people's actions instead of their beliefs in order to get a decent ascession on 'em. And I never try to see past the people around me whenever possible.
Why? Isn't that a closed-off view of the world?
Yes. And I'll tell you why...
I only have the ability to change my immediate surroundings. Yeah, yeah. Vote. Send Greenpiece and Sally Struthers a check. Let's start a F'n riot.
Truth is this: I'm a working man trying to save my wife and I. If Sally Struthers wants to help that starving kid out of the mudhole so bad then why doesn't she F'n pick the kid up out of the damn mudhole herself! How do I even know my check gets to that starving kid? Don't get me wrong, if I see someone in pain I do what I can to help. My wife has a terminally ill disease that hasn't gotten a damn bit of help until recently now that the F'n thing has her bed-ridden! Do I blame Bush for that? No. I blame the people who have abused the system for selfish or criminal purposes for so long that it's near impossible for people who actually need help to get it. He's one man in a group of thousands who govern us. To be honest, the President isn't the one with the real power anyway. But I'll vote for him. Thanks to him Saddam is finally out of F'n power. Saddam financed the SOB's who took out the Trade Center, I think he got off easy. Oh yeah, and I'm a little pissed about the Confederacy gettin' such a bad rep', too. That's just another example of history being written by the victors. I know they did bad things, but so did the Union and every other side in every other war ever fought throughout history ( anybody remember the Crusades? ).
OK, I'm sorry for such a rant and I do apologize if I offended anyone. I never talk about this kind of stuff so it must've been some pent up rage or something. But I won't take it back. I think the point I was originally supposed to be making can be summed up in a line from Angel:
"If nothing we do really matters, than the only thing that matters is what we do."
'Nuff said.
Oh yeah, and to the pieces of fei yoo who gave Firefly such a bitterly sarcastic and, heh-heh, ignorant view of a show that has generated such a fan-base, a special edition DVD set, and motion picture in, technically, only 11 episodes ( since the other three weren't seen until the DVD release ), 
And you're retarded.
Let's steer clear of the politics and stick to the Firefly here folks. Otherwise, take me out to the black.
"I'll be in my bunk." 
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Originally posted by ShadowVessel:
Let's steer clear of the politics and stick to the Firefly here folks.
We can steer clear of the politics, but let's not give up on the donuts yet. We can stick to talking about Firefly and donuts.
Man, Boston Creams are awesome.
And coincidentally, so is Firefly!
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Originally posted by Arawaen:
If anything I thought the show had a rather libertarian feel. This notion that you are either (a) or (b) is getting ridiculous. The polarization of the American political system is at the point that the suggestion of a 'third way' is tantamount to treason or something. I guess it is the "If your not with us, your against us" attitude.
Oh, I quite agree. As L. Neil Smith pointed out, any show whose lead characters are smugglers, soldiers of fortune, and prostitutes, can hardly help being Libertarian in nature.
The polarization of american politics is an alternating source of disgust and amusement to me. The worst part is that so few people even realize alternatives are available.
True story: Some years ago, following a move, I picked up a voter registration card at a Republican booth at the county fair; as I walked away, the woman at the booth told me I didn't have to waste postage mailing it; she could take it.
I told her that I wouldn't feel right about that, since I wasn't registering as a Republican.
She replied that was fine, because the democrats had a booth one aisle over.
I told her I wasn't registering democratic either.
She looked confused, then got angry. "Well, you have to be one or the other, you know."*
The worst part is: This is someone who at least cared enough to volunteer.
*Footquote: "You have to vote for one of us. It's a two-party system!" -- Kang (Or possibly Kodos.)
RocketJock
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