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It's Flea's birthday so we're trying to get out for dinner tonight and then going to some friends for a party tomorrow night.

Never saw it. Sometimes I think "It's only 11 episodes or so; I should run through it" but... eh. Hasn't happened yet.

It took me a while to get into it, and I was hesitant about the recommendations, but I was quite happy after I did. Unfortunately there's no reason to rush, as it's not as if there will be a proper continuation, but if you should find yourself with nothing to do then it's definitely worth it.

Packing packing packing. I move out next Friday (Jesus, is it really only a week away!?) and I haven't done ANYTHING yet besides get some empty boxes and clean the shower. I'll be packing up everything but my furniture, computer, and a week's worth of clothing, and storing it at my parents' place in Ocala. I still need to figure out how I'm going to transport my bed and futon; hoping to get a friend with a truck to help out.

Then comes the cleaning spree. Oy vey. This weekend is going to SUCK.

Edit: Oh, but that all starts tomorrow. Tonight I'm going to my friend's final show in Gainesville before he moves to DC. Should be a good time; he's a good musician, as are some of the others performing there, and there's a comedy act too. Looking forward to that, although it bites that he's leaving.

Oh, here's one of his videos. A big crowd-pleaser here in Gainesville. Sounds a bit better with some backup, but he's not bad.



Edited, Jul 22nd 2011 11:08am by LockeColeMA

I think it's the Whedon fanboiizm. I was never interested in Buffy or Angel or whatever so the recommendations of people who think everything he does is blessed don't exactly inspire me. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog was amusing as a one-shot, but that's about it.

Do you use a rub, or just barbeque sauce?

Firefly was pretty good. I watched it quite awhile ago but recall thinking a couple of the actors were kinda lame. I think it was hyped up more than necessary.

It's on Netflix streaming so maybe I'll give it a whirl yet.

Thats what I did a few months ago. Just blew through the whole thing on Netflix over a week or so.

I had watched Serenity first. Rented that movie with low expectations (and no knowledge that the series even existed) and found it to be a pleasant surprise. Solid, if unspectacular, sci-fi western stuff. I think it works on an Indiana Jones-y kind of level. The higher production values helped elevate it above the series, which seemed to suffer badly from an insufficient budget.

The series itself I found to be a mixed bag. There are a couple really good episodes (I recall "Out of Gas" being particularly good). The series handles its "sci-fi" better than it incorporates its "western" elements, which are lifted a little too literally. Explanation is given for why some parts of space culture have devolved into a version of the wild west, but I'd have liked to have seen those elements touched up with details that showed how the west mixes with the futuristic aspects. Instead, sometimes the crew will land on a remote planet and things just go "western mode", where everything is a verbatim port of the wild west.

Cowboy Bebop handled the same subject matter, but developed it in a way that made it seem much more natural. Western elements were never so far removed from the futuristic aspects that they felt like they were in another show entirely, as is often the case in Firefly.

What drove me really crazy? Everyone uses western six-shooter revolvers, which inexplicably make laser noises. Sweet jesus I hated that.

Edited, Jul 22nd 2011 11:46am by Eske

Last relaxing weekend for me for a while. Nothing planned aside from raiding Borders tonight.

Early was very good, but I really loved Chiwetel Ejiofor as the assassin in Serenity. Great casting and strong writing helped make that role really pop.

Didn't know Whedon was doing the Avengers movie. Interesting. I wish they'd boot that guy who did Limitless from the Uncharted movie and stick Whedon on it.

Edited, Jul 22nd 2011 12:08pm by Eske

He's too busy on Chuck.

OH YOU WILL NOT LECTURE ME ON WHAT THE GUNS LOOK LIKE.


Seriously though, I'm pretty positive that they do, in fact, make laser sounds. Now, let me adjust that to saying that I only noticed it in one episode: the one where they're delivering livestock, and get attacked. That's one of the larger gunfights, though. I think I even paused and rewound it a few times to confirm that they were magnum revolvers (without any futuristic attachments) that went pew-pew.

Edited, Jul 22nd 2011 3:30pm by Eske