PSANDUSKY

I wrote to Amazon the other night (more like the wee hours of the morning, 01272006) asking just why the TPB for Serenity, release date 01252006, was still listed as unreleased on Amazon's website. I'd been keeping an eye on this one for a while, given that Amazon's delivery estimate for this thing was wonky from the get-go(1). I just got a response. Apparently, Amazon has since checked into the release date for the TPB, and the customer service rep claims the following: [quote]However, our latest information indicates that "Serenity" has not yet been released and the expected release date is not known. As soon as a release date has been determined for this item, we will add that information to our web site.[/quote] Now, it's like this. The thing's been on shelves all over the place since the day of release, so clearly it's available somewhere on this planet. How a comic book shop can carry the publication and Amazon says it's off the release date radar is beyond me, [i]especially[/i] considering that it was in the top 500 books sold at Amazon on its release date(2). Clearly, there's some revenue involved somewhere along this line. Rest assured, however -- [quote]I've contacted the concerned person in our company to look into this matter. Please understand that we make a significant effort to keep abreast of prices and availabilities, but our reliance on our suppliers for information about the items they offer means that, occasionally, our database will not reflect all changes. While we are confident that copies will be made available, we cannot provide more precise information about the fulfillment of the order.[/quote] Lemme get this straight. The suppliers are getting the books moving to local businesses all over the place, but somehow, the suppliers aren't bothering to tell the massive retail elephant [i]when the book's going to land[/i]? I just don't get it. I dimly remember something being said about bookstore chains getting their copies later than the comic book shops, but I can't see that as being a hazy thing. There has to be a date documented [i]somewhere[/i]. Besides that, I'm loving the form letter bit here. If there is a "concerned person," I'm wondering how many cards they have up on their latest solitaire conquest. This e-mail just seems so... so... stupid. :bash: They decided to be nice, however, and upgrade my shipping for the book... once it finally comes out. I also got a $5 discount on the next order I place at Amazon... whenever that may be. I'm thinking they'd better get their accounts in order (like, say, this order stuck in the aether) before I go perusing the site again. (1) I'd preordered the TPB in the beginning of November. The shipping/delivery estimate on the order said the thing would be landing, at the latest, by 01202006. Someone's botched their coding somewhere, because that shouldn't be reported for an item due to release 01252006, should it? Dammit, I want a job in database coding now. (2) I think it was somewhere in the 300's. I remember checking to see whether the release information had been updated. Heh. Yeah, right. Sure it was.

VOSHEXETER

I just want to say that not too long ago i found the secret Jayne track on the episode DVD's. I felt very in the know. So far, that's been my biggest accomplishment as a Firefly fan. I still need to purchase the movie though. At the moment I'm a broke college student. Anyway, don't drink and blog - unless lucid only comes in a bottle

FRELLINGBLONDE

A quick summary of how I was feeling last night: :finger::fork::blast::bash::pissed: For anyone who missed all the drama, I posted a new fanfic entitled "Wet" in the Blue Sun Room. Anyone who's read any of my fics can probably guess the pairing and rating, right? Here's the first reponse I recieved, from an anonymous poster: [quote]"umm... thats past NC-17... and uhh, if ur gonna write porno novel, please don't post it here like this. I'm 17 myself and my little brother gets on this site. think aobut the children."[/quote] Mmmmkay. I think I've figured out why this ticked me off. First: Past NC-17? Is there such a thing? As far as I'm concerned, unless otherwise noted, NC-17 denotes that the story contains graphic sexual activity between consenting adults. Which is what my story contained. Second: My fic is hardly the only NC-17 story on this site. Although this troll said it was the first one it had read. Well now, if it's the first it read on the site, it must be the [i]only[/i] one, right? :banghead: Third, the troll went on to say that Simon and Kaylee's love is much purer than what I portray in my fic. All right, anyone who's read my previous fics (there's 12 of them) knows that I have spent this entire series showing the progression of Simon and Kaylee's relationship. Also, just because their love is "pure," they have to be celibate? Uh, :censored: that. Personally, I believe that when two people truly love each other, sex can be one of the purest ways of expressing that love. Furthermore, and I think this is the thing that really annoyed me: Think about the children? No, I will not. Know why? Because they are not [i]my[/i] children. Frankly, if parents allow a young child to be online without discussing what kind of sites the child is allowed to visit, or monitoring their child's online activities in some way, anything that the kid is exposed to, [i]anything[/i] that happens, is completely and totally the fault of the parents. I'm already disgusted by people who use the TV or internet as a babysitter. I really don't need someone telling me that I somehow have an obligation to make it that much easier for them to do so. Bull:censored:. Sorta like when people complain about what their kids see on TV. So sorry Hollywood hasn't done a better job of raising [i]your[/i] kids. And after that, the troll has the nerve to start critcizing my writing style. Yeah, not even going there, except to say that anyone who wants to critque any writer damn well better learn how to spell first. I'll quit bitching and get back to writing, but first, to summarize: If you don't like NC-17 material, don't read my fics. If you don't like my writing style, don't read my fics. If you read one of my fics and don't much like it, I don't much care. And of course, if you are under the minimum age for viewing adult material wherever you live... Oh, let's be honest here. If you're underage and you want to read NC-17 fics, even though you shouldn't, nothing I say is going to stop you, right? Gorram kids these days, no respect for the rules...why in my day we had to walk [i]15 miles[/i] to read smut! Through five feet of snow! Uphill! Both ways! *stomps off, muttering about rap music and baggy clothes*

CANTONHEROINE

I've had lots and lots of requests (sometimes even demands :smile:) for a Mal sketch since I posted my first image of Jayne ages ago. I finally got around to getting one finished and posted in the Blue Sun Room. Go and check it out.

CAPELLA

I already have a weblog, but the readers there don't seem to appreciate Firefly too much, so I will just put my Firefly related stuff here (lots of Firefly in my life right now, I just bought the DVD set a week ago and am absolutely and totally hooked to the show, the 'verse and everything). I contacted Steven aka Misteruniverse who does this fabulous Browncoat radio station on live365 and send him some German music files. It is cool to be able to contribute something. I finished my second Firefly fanvid "Carrie", featuring the love between Mal and Inara. Unfortunately my webspace is full, but Bill has volunteered to host it on his server, so it might be available soon. I plan on doing another vid next, this one focusing on Wash. Isn't he such a cutey? I have not decided on a song yet, probalby I will use "Rebel Rouser" by Duane Eddy. Last night I finally watched the Serenity movie. Woah! Much more serious and darker than the series. I can't believe they actually killed Wash. Really got under my skin, this one. I loved the story. All this stuff about hushing up secrets and control of information. What in the 'verse might have inspired Joss here :evil: Okay, enough for today, have to keep flyin', Capella

MPHILLIPS

I noticed while ploting the next week of the strip I'm doing how hard it is to get nine interacting charecters to mesh into a decent story esp. in a comic strip format..The way I see it about the only way is to just concentrate on a few charecters at a time this makes for a longer story and more periods where nothing much happens..not very good for a action comic strip..thoughts, anyone?

BOOKADDICT

Here's wishing everyone on fireflyfans.net Happy Chinese New Year! Good fortune and good luck for the coming year.

TENTHCREWMEMBER

Hi folk, TCM here, just checking in to give you all an update or two on the status of my labors of love...CafePress and my FREE games all based on Firefly/Serenity. First off, as a reminder, I post new designs every week on my Cafe Press Store at

VISAGEEZA

Just finished watching the series on DVD today. Watched the final three episodes, "The Message", "Heart of Gold" and "Objects in Space". What can I say, fantastic. I'm not much of a reviewer, but I do plan to rewatch these soon, after I get Serenity on DVD. Maybe I'll post some coments then.

NUCLEARDAY

More redundant gushing, but here goes anyway. Mostly I need a couple minutes to take some time off a couple of my projects. Haven't really been drawing or writing in QUITE some time, now that it's starting to come back, I have to tell myself to step away once in awhile... ... anyways. The casting in this gorramn show. Just excellent. Really. I'm noticing this while I'm trying to sketch some of the characters. Everyone's a little... off. Really, I mean that in a good way. Each character sort of almost reminds me of their stereotypes, but each also has a pretty unique look that I hadn't really noticed before. Like Mal. Jason Fillion I at first thought was a dead ringer for Jason Bateman. (Huge fan of Arrested Development as well... I tend to fall for doomed shows I guess.) They both have that sort of wit in their respective shows that makes for a good lead character. Mal is really alot harder to draw because of that, to me at least. He's got that nose... I keep subconsciously wanting to go for a sleeker... I don't know... pretty-boy? look? He's got that lead-role look to him, but there's that hard edge that I have trouble getting down on paper. Not to mention I keep ending up with Jason Bateman. (Sidenote, I don't swing that way, but if I did... that man has an ass heaven-sent by winged angels. Truly, it answers to a higher power...) Wash. I used to watch Andromeda back when I didn't have cable and UPN was the only channel that would come in clear. Fun show. Kevin Sorbo, and all. Wash at first glance I figured for a copy of the pilot dude from that show. ie, the silly blonde guy that cracks jokes. Wash, though has that inner strength thing going on. I loved in the train job episode at the end with the shootout. Wash is a man of action, but maybe not such a gun guy, right? So he lends a hand using the skills he has, running the bad guys down with the mule. Just little touches like that I really dug. Anyways, I draw to sketch Wash, I keep thinking in my mind that I'm going for that kid from Andromeda, but all grown-up. Not quite the same result. :P Gina Torres is easier for me. I used to watch Cleopatra 2525 when that was on. (UPN again... :) So I'm a little more used to seeing her I guess. Can't really say much more there. Zoe's been good practice while I work the rust out of my drawing hand. Then there's Kaylee. She's driving me absolutely crazy. She's the first I'm trying for a full-scale drawing, and I really should have done some more roughs first. Trying for her face from a screencap or with DVD on pause makes me remember why my art teachers always said not to do that. One of those people who have a lot of disparate features that somehow come together to create a rather pleasing whole. Per the original topic as to the casting: I keep thinking on occasion what this show would be like if they'd taken the easy way or the more well-travelled road. I keep envisioning the casting call for Kaylee, and seeing all these young actresses with more conventional looks. But it just wouldn't have been Kaylee, now would it? Not sure how to put it, really, so I'll shut up about it. Still, driving me nuts... River, River, River... Summer's too good an actress to make it easy for me sketch her. I've got my shots picked out. She's actually fun to draw once I got some practice at it. But she's got too many complex emotions going on in that face... just a terror trying to capture it the way I want to. I see it in some of the other fan art, too. The good ones are good, but the ones that really capture the... Riverness of River, just... blow my mind. The two that really come to mind is mphillips' ones, and the recent couple by Krispee. It's all in the eyes. Let's see... I'm working on Book right now, but that might be awhile getting done. He's the one I come to when I need a break. Actually, another fun one. Ironically, I think it's because he's such a good actor. He's just really giving me all the material I need to go on. Most of my troubles with Book is lack of practice. I guess that leaves Simon, Jayne, and Ina

NYKEGYRL

Ok...I admit it, I have a problem!! I am so totally off my mind obsessed with firefly!! I spent way too much money this weekend on ebay on firefly stuff. I even paid 25 bucks for a copy of a signed script!! Can you say psycho!! Anywho, I think some of my friends think I need an intervention, but I can't help it!! I think that there are subliminal messages in that show or something because it isn't normal to be this obsessed is it?!? I'm so glad that I have this website to visit to prove to myself that there are people that are just as screwed up as I am!!:biggrin:

BLUEISHBROWNCOAT

Hey there. So Ive begun to watch Farscape and BSG. I'm not very far along mind you. Farscape, about 6 eps into season one and BSG, the miniseries and 1st 4 episodes. Its a slow process between school and work but I'm really enjoying them both so far. I have some minor inssues with Farscape but I have been assured these will be resolved :) But... Neither has been quite as satifying as Firefly has been. I know they are all different types of shows but they all fall into the Sci-fi catagory and many who are FF fans are also fans of these show, No? I think I have just been spoiled by firefly. I think its mainly the characters. Those in FS and BSG dont draw me in as Mal and his crew. Its other things as well, (ie the uniquenes of Joss' 'verse, the writting) plus I cant watch BSG and the cinematography and not think Firefly. They are both very similar. Its just weird and had to post about it cause my roomate and friend look at me like I'm a little crazy. :tongue: We all know this is the case, but no need to tell them. P.S. [i]perhaps it would help in Nathan was in BSG...[/i] oh wait, did I say that out loud? :tongue: