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eruthrosI was attempting to explain to someone why I was excited about Firefly on DVD, but basically I just bounced and went "oooh oooh" a lot.
So. Why I'm excited about Firefly on DVD:
Kaylee Kaylee Kaylee! Kaylee = adorable! She wears pink ruffles! She talks about ships at fancy parties! Well, party. She can't hold a grudge in the face of neat spare parts!
Mal = fabulous! Bitter! Yet fabulous!
Zoe = kickass! ass-kicking! She's the tough guy! A girl is the tough guy! And she says things like "big damn heroes, sir!" And she mocks Mal!
Wash = funny! he plays with dinosaurs! He loves Zoe! He says "a hoot!"
Inara = Space Whore! With silk and incense and sensual massage! And she kisses Kaylee! Eeeeee!
Simon = shiny-vest-wearing! Or at least that's what most people would say. Er, I mean, he's all soft-seeming and then he plans raids! And he gets all ironical at Mal! And he's all competent doctory!
River = crazy! she shoots people without looking! come on, you've got to admit that's cool!
Book = Mysterious past! He has a mysterious past and he kneecaps people because the Bible doesn't specifically prohibit kneecapping!
Jayne = ... ... ... ... Um. He's very... Jayne-like. Which means. Um. Damn. Well, I'm sure someone else can come up with something good to say.
And, and, and, there are lots of extras! There's commentary on basically every episode! And, and Joss Whedon singing the theme song! And, and, and a gag reel! And, and, and deleted scenes! And, and, and Kaylee and Inara and Mal and Zoe and Wash and Simon and River and Book and I guess Jayne too. The cast! The writing! The funny! The sad!
And right now the Firefly DVD set sales rank on amazon.com is 23. Take that, Fox!
So. Why I'm excited about Firefly on DVD:
Kaylee Kaylee Kaylee! Kaylee = adorable! She wears pink ruffles! She talks about ships at fancy parties! Well, party. She can't hold a grudge in the face of neat spare parts!
Mal = fabulous! Bitter! Yet fabulous!
Zoe = kickass! ass-kicking! She's the tough guy! A girl is the tough guy! And she says things like "big damn heroes, sir!" And she mocks Mal!
Wash = funny! he plays with dinosaurs! He loves Zoe! He says "a hoot!"
Inara = Space Whore! With silk and incense and sensual massage! And she kisses Kaylee! Eeeeee!
Simon = shiny-vest-wearing! Or at least that's what most people would say. Er, I mean, he's all soft-seeming and then he plans raids! And he gets all ironical at Mal! And he's all competent doctory!
River = crazy! she shoots people without looking! come on, you've got to admit that's cool!
Book = Mysterious past! He has a mysterious past and he kneecaps people because the Bible doesn't specifically prohibit kneecapping!
Jayne = ... ... ... ... Um. He's very... Jayne-like. Which means. Um. Damn. Well, I'm sure someone else can come up with something good to say.
And, and, and, there are lots of extras! There's commentary on basically every episode! And, and Joss Whedon singing the theme song! And, and, and a gag reel! And, and, and deleted scenes! And, and, and Kaylee and Inara and Mal and Zoe and Wash and Simon and River and Book and I guess Jayne too. The cast! The writing! The funny! The sad!
And right now the Firefly DVD set sales rank on amazon.com is 23. Take that, Fox!
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Date: 2003-12-09 12:12 pm (UTC)Thanks for the handy reminder. ;) *scoots off*
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Date: 2003-12-09 12:29 pm (UTC)losing my street cred
Date: 2003-12-09 12:52 pm (UTC)Or maybe this all just proves that I have a girlfriend who does not like fictional TV. It's pretty much PBS (and not their kind of boring reality series) or The Daily Show.
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Date: 2003-12-09 01:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-09 02:09 pm (UTC)I'm seriously hoping my discs are on the porch tonight when I get home. As much as I love Buffy S5 and those should be in the same box, I'm so anxious for the three eps we never saw that I'm almost drooling.
One of the few shows where I can say I loved everyone. Even the creepy blue hand bad guys.
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Date: 2003-12-09 02:50 pm (UTC)I loved Firefly. I'm so happy to see that the DVDs are selling well and that there's going to be a movie. Maybe we'll get the show back again!
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Date: 2003-12-09 07:47 pm (UTC)I've been a big Adam Baldwin fan since his first movie, My Bodyguard, so i think I was already predisposed, too. It was hard for me getting used to him being dumb and mean and greedy, but once I saw that there was a little more underneath, after Mal called him out for betraying them to the Alliance, I started to feel better about it. I didn't get my discs today, though, dammit, so I still have to wait!
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Date: 2003-12-09 10:25 pm (UTC)I watched 3 episodes plus the extras today, and I have to say, Jayne is funny. I'd forgotten how much he made me giggle! I wouldn't want to know him personally, but he's a fun character.
I hope you get your discs soon, because the new episodes are a joy.