Intervention 2
It’s not often I get to work a Firefly joke into the comics.
For those who still haven’t seen it: You have no excuse. It’s on Netflix, and you can get the DVD collection used for like $10. Firefly was an unexpected hit that we got into about a year after the show was cancelled, thanks to Mel’s parents sending us the DVD collection. I still maintain that it is the best sci-fi show ever, and aside from Breaking Bad, THE best TV show ever envisioned. That Fox cancelled it so early is a fucking travesty. The episodes that ARE available stand alone as amazing.
And yeah, Joss Whedon did his usual magic of making you like all the characters – but Jayne is my personal favorite. Guns, Brawn, Babes, and Booze – that’s Jayne, who I quoted here. If you watch the series, you’ll love most of them – but Jayne is still my personal fave.
Everything you say about Firefly is absolutely true.
We, like you, were latecomers to the game, and, like you, are pissed at Fox for cancelling a show that should still be in production.
Also MUST see Serenity; the Firefly movie.
(For those who play EVE Online, included in Serenity is a perfect example of a “Hot Drop.”)
“Also MUST see Serenity; the Firefly movie.”
Not..necessarily. 🙁
It could have been a wonderful denouement, a tribute to the series, a thanks to all the fans for support in garnering an enthusiastic audience before the movie was even released.
But it was really none of those things. :/
When I read that I started reading it in Jayne Cobb’s voice.
Oddly, I tended to associate more with the doc, and a bit of Wash. Socially awkward, bumbling at times, BUUUUT I know my stuff…
“When do we get to go to crappy town where ‘I’m’ the hero?
>> It’s not often I get to work a Firefly joke into the comics.
Think about “I was aiming for his head.” Incidentally, or maybe not, also a Jayne quote.
>> You have no excuse. It’s on Netflix
Alas, not in Europe. On DVD, yeah … (… till death us part …)
>> the best sci-fi show ever, and aside from Breaking Bad, THE best TV show ever
In full agreement, here …
@MaskMan Sorry, do not follow. The movie isn’t bad by any standard, but a “MUST see”? Not compared to the TV show, IMHO. See above, and consider: Could anybody claim that it’s the “best sci-fi movie” and “the second best movie”, ever? To be sure, it has great scenes and wonderful lines, fully comparable to the show, but I find the storytelling constrained by the format. Also, you have a cool guy with a sword, and a really badass guy with a gun, and instead of pulling an Indiana Jones, you go directly into action movie fatigue? Come on … And no, this is not dissing Joss. Actually, I think that claiming he is as good a movie director as a TV show creator would be an insult. It would be comparing the divine with the – admittedly great – mere human … Like complimenting a great opera singer on her excellent acting …
Actually watching Serenity is a must AFTER you watch the series. It’s essentially the second season summed up in one extra long episode.
Correct. And it *is* a must see – It wraps and ties together a lot of loose ends, and it demonstratewhy Joss Whedon is a god.
And no, I won’t put spoilers into it, but Joss does something that no one expected.
Also, the action movie trope is subverted – Every time the guy with the sword – who is *supposed* to be the ultimate bad-ass – comes accross the guy with the gun, he ends up losing… But never in a way you expect. Doing an “Indiana” on him would be both derivitive and anti-climactic, as well as failing to drive the story.
Rumour has it – and common sense supports it – that Joss wanted to do about 5-7 seven seasons. Which means, technically speaking, that the movie does not wrap up what would have been the _second_ season, since the River / Reavers Reveal would have happend much later. But I know what you mean.
Even if you think that the movie is excellent, instead of just pretty good, you will probably agree that it is an inadequate compensation for the couple of seasons missing. So we really got “the shortest end of the stick ever been offered” to enthusiastic fans. So, rooting for the movie like you do – well, I guess that’s something.
I have to give you that.
Actually according to Joss, the movie was season 2. He intended the Reavers and River reveal in the second season. He intended the Blue Sun to be an ongoing thing. I’ll root for the movie, in hopes they make more. And quietly wish they would bring back the series.
Actually, “Ah wuz aimin fer hith hedd” was lifted right from Blake’s 7. Adam Baldwin’s delivery really killed it, though.
“My turn.”
Best. Line. In. The. Verse.
Immediately started cracking up as soon as he started talking about short end of the stick. laughed EVEN MORE when i realized you were actually referencing firefly, two seconds later.
Man, its been too long. I’m going to have to go watch Firefly again soon.
“if we don’t get that fixed, the landing could be interesting”
“define interesting”
“oh god, oh god we’re going to die”
“everybody strap in”
Be sure to swing by the CA Browncoats booth at Comic-Con! I’m the official crowd wrangler when the crew comes by for signing and stuff… you never know who you might bump into over there!
We’re in Booth #1230, mere aisles from y’all. A fair amount of our con profits go into your pockets. I ran into the guy who played Badger there two years ago – really cool fellow.
Seems like he got a good gig on Supernatural. Fillion got Castle, Torres got Fishburne, Baldwin got Chuck, Summer got The 4400 (kinda), Tudyk is in more films you can stick a shake at, and even Jewel got on Stargate. I just haven’t seen Mr. Tam or the good Shepherd in very much since then.
Doc’s been in an episode of Warehouse 13, with Jewel Staite no less. 🙂
Ron Glass (aka Shepherd Book) has had a couple of scenes in Agents of Shield.
Badger?!?! As in Norbert Sykes?!?! Really cool!
Mark Sheppard, the guy who played Badger on Firefly.
He wasn’t even there as a guest, he and his wife were walking around with attendee badges. He was pretty cool about taking a pic, too.
Nice. I loved him in BG and notice when he shows up in other shows ever since. About fell out of my chair when he showed up in Warehouse 13. 🙂
But where’s his very fine hat?
The video missed my favorite quote/ exchange from the Train Job:
MAL
Now this is all the money Niska gave us in advance.
You bring it back to him, tell him the job didn’t
work out.
(Crow spits)
We’re not thieves–but we are thieves. Point is
we’re not takin’ what’s his. Now we’ll stay out of
his way the best we can from here on in. You
explain that that’s best for everyone, okay?
CROW stands.
CROW
Keep the money. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn’t
matter where you go, or how far you fly. I will
hunt you down, and the last thing you see will
be my blade.
MAL
Darn.
MAL kicks CROW into the engine intakes. Horrible crunching sounds
happen. A second one of Niska’s henchmen is brought bound before him.
MAL
Now this is all the money Niska gave us in advance…
HENCHMAN
Oh, I’m good. I speak for everyone. I’m right
there with you.
You’ll note that Second Hench doesn’t put in an appearance during War Stories. What are the odds that Niska pulled a You Have Outlived Your Usefulness on him?
That scene? That’s what immediately catapulted the series into my favorite SF series ever … and that’s from someone who normally doesn’t do ‘favorites’ of anything. It was also the point in the show where my sweetie had to pause the DVD because I couldn’t breathe due to laughing so hard and rolling on the floor.
That IS a favorite.
But we have so many.. 😀
You can also see Mark Sheppard, the guy who played Badger on Firefly at Phoenix Comicon
http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/
Bruce Campbell and Eliza Dushku are also scheduled to appear.
I am shocked that no one has mentioned http://mosquitoverse.com/
It’s a must see for Firefly fans.
Hmm, for my taste, they are laying it on quite thick.
But it made my day when they put parody-Wash on A Bridge Too Far. Love that title. Also, the idea of combining the dino scene and the “earth-that-was puffed out an atmosphere when she couldn’t bear the excitement any longer” scene is awesome. Lets face it: YoSaffBridge is a velociraptor.
Here’s another quote:
“NEEEEEERDS!!!” 😀
Yo Grant, are you taking Valentine’s Day off or is the auto-uploader just being a fucker again?
I think that, by now, we can assume that a lack of update is because of the auto-update failing.
FIREFLY FOREVARRRRR!
Wash was my favorite. I love me a sarcastic man.
But I have to admit, Jayne became a very close second.
When I was in the process of converting–er, introducing–a friend-couple to the series, they at first were all
“Jayne?? Ugh! *puzzled, wary looks* How can you stand him?”
“Just wait. He grows on you.” I answered.
An hour or so later, they had to agree. 🙂
I shall never forgive Joss Whedon for Serenity, yet I love him forever for Firefly.
My favorite Firefly moment:
“This is something the captain has to do for himself.”
“No, no it’s not!”
“Oh!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tGJHfREY2I&feature=em-subs_digest
Firefly’s cancellation will have…consequences. 🙂