SMANOFSTEEL76

This was a good episode. I liked the chase scene and the scene with Simon and Kaylee at the beginning. I only have two episodes left to watch and then I am an official browncoat.

REGINAROADIE

Hey all Tonight was the first step in the long and arduous process of writing a film essay. One of the classes that I am taking is one called "Canadian Cinema" in which we watch and analyze the films of my home country. Now I know what some of you are thinking. You're thinking that all Canadian flicks fit into the criteria that Mike Myers once described them as "I suffered, now it's your turn." But I'm here to tell you that it's kind of a yes and no things. Yes, our films are filled with oddball anti-heroes, have next to no budgets and has their share of angst and alienation. But then again, so do a lot of American indie flicks. But for my essay, I'm doing a comparison between American and Canadian cinema cultures by using two films that deal with the end of the world. And if you havn't figured it out by the title, those two flicks are ARMAGEDDON and LAST NIGHT. Tonight, I watched both films back to back, and I found a lot of amazing similarities. Both movies open with a voice over monologue, both have goofy looking horndog supporting characters, both are filled to the brim with familiar faces and big stars, both have similar scenes and stock characters as well (particularily someone whose purpose in the film is to run and deliver the countdown), both have a digital readout to the end of the world, both have a song that ties into the narrative, both have a level of homoeroticism to it (in ARMAGEDDON, it's there, but it's a slight undercurrent like other Bruckheimer flicks), and both end with a kiss. But the differences between the two are like night and day. I can go into detail about the differences, but I'll save it for the essay. But I will put it shortly. In ARMAGEDDON, the people on the planet cower away in useless bomb shelters in denial of their own inevitable deaths. In LAST NIGHT, Canadians treat the apocalypse like New Years Eve. We party. If that isn't a testament to the Canadan spirit, I don't know what is.

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

My fellow Browncoats! I come before thee with a revelation (at least to me :wink: ) that just tickles me to the core of my scarred TV veteran's heart (veteran = avid watcher who has suffered the indiginities of have to live off dreck and effluence cuz the tasty stuff's been taken away)! Imagine....2007....our beloved Lord Whedon has brought us a Wonder Woman for the new millennium. But who dares to take on the mantle of female empowerment under the benevolent gaze of Joss? Why, the answer maybe simpler than we imagine....our ever beloved Companion and source of UST for Capt. Tightpants! While browsing the Whedonverse site Dusk 'till Dawn, I came across a link declaring such a revelation: (

DUFF

So, I just recently downloaded the Serenity theme (the song that plays in the movie, during the first reveal of Serenity) and I had my speakers turned up REALLY loud. At first I quickly turned them down, but then turned them WAY back up. Then I noticed a metallic rattling, at the part where that low rumble starts up. Trying to figure out where it was coming from, I looked down by my subwoofer. There was an empty coke can resting up against a hot air vent and was vibrating against the vent rather... violently. So that gave me an idea. I piled up about 7-8 cans, very haphazardly, and threw in anything else light and metal. I sliped some pennies into the cans and threw some keys into the pile and even a bunch of shell casings from a trip with my friends to a shooting range. Then I played the song again. I turned it up real loud, and there was this horrifying broken-down rattling. Like a beat up Chevy. Like Serenity. It was absolutely surreal. Try it, it's fun.

CAPTBRYAN

Been outta communcation for a day ... looks like its gonna be spotty at best gettin word out to anyone... Seems some wacko bunch of "Rights for Reavers" bombed a capital building on one the inner planets...We cant even find out which one cause most info comin outta there is being Heavely Censored...Now thats just all we need is half crazed people going around killin others on behave of Reavers...Next they'll have a tax put on food so they can keep Reavers in the lifestyle they are accustom to...what is goin on? I dont know when or if this "Rights for Reavers" crap will ever blow over...seems like this kinda stuff hands on for to long a time... Just purchased a few suprises for any unwanted guests that wanna give us problems...Now I gotta find places to put them so they dont show and look naturel form outside...I hope I aint never gotta use these but if I do it aint gonna be pretty... I aint sure this is even gettin through with every thing being screened and all...

COSMICFUGITIVE

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SAFEAT2ND

I think I can safely say now that my fanfic Boros Bound is dead in the water, an ex-fic so to speak. As a novice writer, I made the same mistake as those that have gone before me, I let the fanciful flight of my imagination lead me and in doing so, my story has lost both structure and direction. I am literally lost at sea. I tried using the Sereni-Tree as a testing ground for my ideas but they got tangled. I wanted my fic to be MY words and ideas, but the more I put into the thread, the more I couldn't separate them. This is no knock on the writers on the Sereni-Tree thread, quite the opposite. Their input was too good to leave out. In fact, their input made my ideas better, in most cases. So that’s my dilemma. Don't get me wrong, I don't plan on giving up writing, I'm just putting it on the back burner for a while. I'll continue to hone my skills on the threads and wait for inspiration, or the elusive vein of butterscotch, to reappear.

OKCBROWNCOAT

I have one of the world's most boring jobs, and this seems like a good way to kill time in between times I actually have to work. So what's doing out there in the 'verse?

ZOMBIENINJA

I just sent that gorram FOX tv station an angry email rant. You should do the same. I also plan to boycott FOX tv. Is anybody with me? I think if we really bug the crap outta them, we might have a chance. I made sure to use a ton of big words to really piss them off so they'd have to look em up. teehee. Have a shiny day! Dear FOX, I am higly despondent by your decision to cancel Firefly and The Inside. Both were great shows with enormous potential and you threw them away like a used tissue. I know this email may sound like a desultory harangue, but it is more than that. Your action was so flagrant, so heinous, that I refuse to watch your TV station. I am sure that many other assiduous Firefly fans are doing the same. You hardly gave Firefly or The Inside a chance. Their seasons were so ephemeral that they never had a chance to shine. Your choice to cancel these shows was a cursory act in order to keep up your ratings and earn more money. Do you people even care about your viewers? About the actors and directors who's shows you canceled (you sure seem to hate Time Minear and Joss Whedon)? Now your station is left with nothing but banal excuses for entertainment. No, FOX TV is too bumptious to know when they've stumbled upon a good show. Firefly and The Inside fans will not condone this. The shows are not culpable for not earning high enough ratings, FOX TV is, for not fomenting the success of these shows. I saw hardly any advertisements for either of these shows, and the ones I saw weren't very well put together. They were not given the proper opportunity they needed. I will continue to defame, denounce, disparage, and boycott your TV station until you get rid of the hackneyed, antiquated, and homogenous garbage you call TV and put some good shows like Firefly and The Inside on it. Sincerely, Claire You can't stop the signal.

TYRANNOSAURUS

Does anyone know where I can download the Sci Fi Inside: Serenity show that was shown on the Sci Fi channel?