Firefly, ala Shakespeare.....

POSTED BY: JRC
UPDATED: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:51
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JRC

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:48 AM

I just saw this on whedonesque.com, and apologies if it was posted before.

http://evilrooster.livejournal.com/1042.html

Really quite lovely.

Everyone dies alone.

LEOPARDFLAN

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:54 AM

Ow..... you're hurting my brain...

Sorry, I'm sure it's very lovely, but I'm sick of Shakespeare already (have to do him in class, you know how it is)

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YINYANG

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:57 AM

That is so awesome!

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FREEBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:18 AM

Excellent rewriting. Kept our BDH in character while doing his soliloquy (sp). Now where was it I heard Captain tightpants rue the death of his friend, Yorick?
Methinks Yosafbridg did the veritable touch.

"I didn't kill you."

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:36 AM

wait, i'm confused...what does this have to do with shakespeare? (yes i read the link)

ALLIETHORN7

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:49 AM

Classic.
Ly.
Done, that is. Made me giggle and such. I liked it.

-Danny

Late night, Brakes lock,
Hear the tires squeal,
Red light, can't stop, so I spin the wheel,
My world goes Black before I
Feel an Angel lift me up,
And I open Bloodshot eyes,
Into fluorescent White,
Flip the Siren, Hit the Lights,
Close the doors and I am Gone
The Band of the week is... Thrice

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YINYANG

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
wait, i'm confused...what does this have to do with shakespeare? (yes i read the link)

If you follow the link trail back, it ends up at a journal entry that advertises this - http://pulpbard.wikispaces.com. So, basically, the poster of the Firefly prose was imitating a guy who was imitating Shakespeare, and imagining if Shakespeare had written something like Pulp Fiction.

Plus, Shakespeare is most commonly associated with iambic pentameter.

Did I just type too much? Here, have an emote.

Edit: Oh, and apparently Shakespeare wrote in a particular style, which the Firefly prose mimicked. At least according to the people at Whedonesque, who probably know what they're talking about.

http://whedonesque.com/comments/16126

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AGATSU

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by LeopardFlan:
Ow..... you're hurting my brain...

Sorry, I'm sure it's very lovely, but I'm sick of Shakespeare already (have to do him in class, you know how it is)

Aw, come on, Shakespeare's great! WILL POWEEEEER!

That short take at Mal's Speech and the Serenity end dialogue is awesome... that guy's really got talent - and that's from a guy who loveth Shakespeare's work.

Admittedly, depending on what you have to read in school, it can be kind of tiresome at times. Especially the "have to" part. I hope you'll change your mind and grow to love olde William's works. I also recommend Kenneth Brannagh's Shakespeare movies - very entertaining. Well, if you dig Shakespeare, that is. (Psssst... or if you don't want to READ Shakespeare...)

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LEOPARDFLAN

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:39 AM

We're having to read Romeo&Juliet, and it is boring, and stupid. Everyone has plots within plots and nobody knows what anyone's doing, and there are about a million different ways they could have tried to get their goal.

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LYSANDER

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:49 PM

You have obviously missed he whole point of what you are reading. It is not so much about the million ways they could have been together, it's about the time and the struggles that took place. All of Shakespeare's works have elements of truth in them. This sort of thing was more common than people think. And it's really too bad that you think it is so "stupid" but I guess everybody is entitiled to their own opinions.

Simon: What if he(Mal) tells you to kill me?
Zoe: (without hesitation) I kill you.

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