Objects in Space

[deathpixie]

I'm rewatching Firefly, and going through the special feature stuff. The interviews, regarding the end of the show, bring tears to my eyes. The crew, the cast... everyone loved this show so very much, and Fox were completely short-sighted bastards and cancelled it because it was different to the usual fodder.

There's a story, I think [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and/or [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], or both told it to me. In "Out of Gas", Wash sets up a panic button, so that Mal can call the rest of the crew back if he manages to fix the engine. "If your miracle gets here, you pound on this, and we'll come running", he says. During the last days of shooting, the red button was 'acquired' by someone. Later, after the show has been cancelled and everything's over, Joss Whedon gets an evelope on his desk. Inside is the red panic button, with a note: "When your miracle gets here, you pound on this and we'll come running."

That story sums up the whole Firefly thing for me.

It's strange, how you get attached to things.

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And speaking of things, a meme, gaked from [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], a new face on my friendslist from X-Project, the other thing I've gotten attached to lately.

Pick an interest from my interest list that you either 1) don't know anything about or 2) can't understand why I would dig it. Then you get to listen to me babble on about it in my usual long-winded fashion. To make it up to you, I'll let you babble at me about one of your interests, if you feel like it.

I even updated my interests so you actually have some choice. *grins*

Comments

[myniamh.livejournal.com]

I know you got your copy of Firefly on region 1, do you know if they are ever bringing it out for reg. 4?
*whines*

[ion-duck.livejournal.com]

I watched on or two episodes the show was okay.

Now, my understanding of Fox's reasons for cancelling it were 1) The cost of making an episode was higher than they were making off ad space sales 2) It was a Whedon show, and they expected Buffy or at least Angel level ratings. Of course it is impossible to get ratings that high on a Friday night where they placed it. 3) For the past four or five years Fox Network TV has had a series of power struggles resulting in a new head of programming every few months. Everytime that happens, the new person comes in, yanks any program he didn't approve unless it is a big money maker for the network (IE: The Simpsons, X-Files up until the last year, American Idol etc). Most of the time this helps the network. It killed some real awful shows like Wanda at Large or Andy Richter Controls the Universe. The downside is we loose the occasional gem like Family Guy. I guess what I'm trying to say is, watch good TV while you can... some idiot in programming is bound to take it away sooner or later.

I cant waittt for the movie!

[illmantrim.livejournal.com]

yeeeehawssss!

[ex-thissuga.livejournal.com]

me and bryant are both insanely fond of that Alan Tudyk story. ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Since I've never actually had a chance to read it, what's Rising Stars all about?

[deathpixie]

A comet crashes near a town in America. All the children that were in utero at the time (can't remember the exact number, 130, I think) all develop super powers. As a result they're raised separately, prevented from leaving town, taking certain jobs - they're like mutants, only there's a specific number of them and it's all to do with this one incident, which frightens people. The first book opens as a murder mystery - someone is killing Specials (as they're known) and the most powerful of their number tries to find out why.

I have the first two trades, if/when you have time to read them. *grins*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

It sounds good and I've actually got the time to read them now. *g* Thanks.