More Firefly Shout-Outs on Big Bang Theory

POSTED BY: Kwicko
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 13:58
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KWICKO

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:20 AM

Someone at The Big Bang Theory must really love Firefly. Or they just know us geeks. Tonight's episode had a great exchange between Sheldon and Leonard. It was a flashback episode, showing how they became roommates, and Sheldon had Leonard signing an extensive "roommate agreement". Anyway, one scene had Sheldon telling Leonard, "So, we're agreed that Friday nights are reserved for Joss Whedon's brilliant new science-fiction show, Firefly." Sheldon agrees, but says he doesn't see why it has to be written down, to which Sheldon says that they might as well have it in writing, since it's obviously going to be on for years.

It was funny, but made me a little bit sad, too. It *should* have been on for years.

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

EVILDINOSAUR

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:22 AM

yes, that was awesome

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

BIGRICHARD

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:06 PM

YES! I had the same response!
Burst out laughing only to go "he's right though, how depressing..."

CLJOHNSTON108

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:52 PM

Just watching the episode now, and had to pause it and come here as soon as I heard that!! Squeeeee!!

EDIT: Okay, finished the episode now... What's with the Babylon 5 hate?! Sure, the dialogue wasn't the greatest, but the epic story was!

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KWICKO

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:30 PM

Oh, come on, CLJ - He's Sheldon; he probably thinks the science in B5 is too weak! (And he's right about the dialog)

CLJOHNSTON108

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:30 PM

Well, the physics were better than any other SF show before it...

KWICKO

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:33 PM

Well, except for that whole "sound in space" part...

TRAVELER

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:41 PM

I think the sound in space will come and go. Some directors like it while there are those who follow reality. I was a big "Babylon 5" fan.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
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KWICKO

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:49 PM

I've tried to get into B5, and I *want* to like it, but I haven't been able to yet. Don't know why; it just isn't there for me.

The sound in space thing definitely DOES tend to add to the drama - think how boring Star Wars would be if you didn't have those bad-ass sounding evil TIE fighter sounds! But it's not good science, still. Only movie I can think of where they really went for the pure science in the science parts was 2001, though, and some people found it just insanely boring...

TRAVELER

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:59 PM

With so many films having sound it just seems natural. I guess it goes back before anyone in Hollywood even realised there was no sound in space. No Nasa to ask, "Hey what's it like up there?" I still get a kick out of the Buster Crabbe "Flash Gordon" series and how poor their science was.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
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