Canadian Eh?

POSTED BY: hippydog
UPDATED: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:54
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HIPPYDOG

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:16 AM

Are there any fellow Canadians here?

GINOBIFFARONI

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:21 AM

Hell Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!

" If wishes were Horses, then we'd all be eatting Steak "

SWITCHY

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:46 AM

more than a few.

SOLETA

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:22 AM

Oooooooohhh yaaaaahhh!

Now, are there any other Maritimers here? :)

And yay for Space for airing Firefly, including the unaired eps!!!

PHYSICSCHICK

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:34 AM

Yep! I haven't been around either here or the OB much over the summer (was busy getting stuff ready for my wedding!) but now I'm around a lot more often.

MAKEROFPATHS

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:37 AM

Yes, indeedy. Maritimer, too, tho I haven't lived there in many a year.
And kudos to Space, whose Firefly broadcasts are a model of video and audio clarity. These eps are way better than my SVCD copies.

be seein' you

IAC

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:00 AM

And lets not forget a couple of other Space pluses:

Episodes aired in the correct order

Shown in Wide Screen format

SHEWHOFACESTHESUN

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:11 AM

Are we sure Space is gonna air all the eps letterboxed? Sure "Serenity" and "The Train Job" were shown as such, but they were aired that way on Fox , too.

The real test comes next week with "Bushwhacked".

IAC

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:47 AM

I suppose you're right.

Maybe my mind is fuzzy, but I think I remember a few months back seeing a link to Space's announcement about picking up the series. I thought it said that they were going to play them widescreen.

Time will tell.

TRASIE

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:20 PM

I'm here in Calgary, Alberta, where (for reasons unknown) it is snowing.

It's still September, right?

Trasie

HANNA3333

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:10 PM

Yup. Also Canadian.

ZAPHODB

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:17 PM

Also in Calgary. The snow will leave soon. The weather out here is whacked.

SAINTOFCHEESE

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:47 PM

i've been pretending to be a canadian jokingly so i can go to international students events.. but no.. unfortunately, i was born like an hour too far south. hmph.

~*Saint of Cheese*~

HANNA3333

Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:04 AM

They will show all the episodes for sure...it was in the commercial, and it was also in this blurb the Globe and Mail (or maybe it was the Toronto Star) did on Firefly.

CANADIANJON

Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:33 AM

(walks in alf-drunk)

yep

(leaves the thread)

GINOBIFFARONI

Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:34 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ZaphodB:
Also in Calgary. The snow will leave soon. The weather out here is whacked.

Damn, looks like we could have the numbers for a U-day, quiet drink kind of Shindig here in Calgary

" If wishes were Horses, then we'd all be eatting Steak "

JABBERWOCKY

Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:39 AM

Well I'm in Edmonton, Alberta. I have to say that I'm enjoying the episodes on SPACE more than on FOX, but I think that is because they are showing the episodes in order.

LUXLUCRE

Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:12 AM

Proud to be a BC West Coaster!

http://www.luxlucre.com/firefly/

IAC

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:45 AM

I guess it turns out you were right and I was wrong. Bushwacked was aired full screen not wide screen. Guess I'll have to wait for the DVD's to see what I'm missing on the edges of the frame.

BTW travelers, yet another Calgarian here.

HIPPYDOG

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:20 PM

Forgot to mention when I started the thread I'm from Edmonton, Alberta... oh ok.. actually I'm from Leduc, but i'm so close its easier to say Edmonton..

P.S. some of us are planning to have a Shindig when the DVD's come out.. sometime in January (i think)

Just my 2 Cents.

SWITCHY

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:12 PM

Mondays are great on Space. I have to say Bushwacked seems an oft overlooked episode. I myself didn't think that much of it until last night. Some really good stuff. One funny observation though. When the feds are searching the ship for River and Simon, the shot of all of them from where R & S are hiding outside the ship looks quite funny. They're all milling around the galley for a good minute looking under the placemats and under the table. Not too smart these feds.

HANS

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:20 PM

You're right about Monday night's on Space. Firefly, followed by Buffy, followed by Angel...it really is the Joss power hour(s). Only Thursday night comes in second (New Angel, Buffy, Angel).

I was going to records Firefly on mondays, but I think I'll wait until it comes out on DVD.

And yup, I'm Canadian, and yup, a maritimer.

Hans

LENNIER

Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by switchy:
Mondays are great on Space. I have to say Bushwacked seems an oft overlooked episode.

I always thought that Bushwacked was by far the most intelligent and carefully executed episode in the series, and came the closest to expressing the fundamental concept of the show (all the stuff about the nature of society vs. the darkness vs. the wilderness etc., and the way they incorporated classic western cliches with much deeper meaning--eg. the idea of the savage, etc.).
The camerawork etc. is also pretty much the most meaningful in the series (eg. the way that openning scene is divided into three metaphorical spaces, and each one of those spaces is shot in a different hand-held visual style, to capture what they're about--the chaos below, civilization above, and River standing across in her own space, fascinated by the chaos while Simon and Inarra stand above it. words can't begin to capture how brilliant that scene is, and how well it sets up what the episode is about).
I could go on forever about this perfect episode, but the real issue is...

Does anyone know WHY Space is not airing the episodes in widescreen?
Should we all be sending in complaints?
I was so disapointed when I saw the openning in
fullscreen, especially for this beautifully shot episode.

ZAPHODB

Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:32 PM

SPACE is showing the eps that are available for broadcast. This means the same ones both Fox and Global aired. Only Serenity and The Train Job were in widescreen. The rest of the eps, including the three aired ones, are full screen. Joss wanted all the eps to air wide, but Fox nixed that idea. The DVD's will be here soon enough.

IAC

Friday, September 26, 2003 10:54 AM

I think Space has a choice. Tapes exist in both Wide Screen and Full Screen mode. I just checked my downloaded "unaird" episodes. They were encoded by people in Britain when shown there. At least those three are wide screen, and I think I recall mention that they saw them all in wide screen.

In fact, the copy of trash has a leader in front of it with show information (series name, 1AGE12, etc.). It lists the tape as being in the High Definition 1080p format.