Pop Cultural Moment: Firefly Movie!

[anotheranon]

Via Slashdot - Fox didn't give the series a chance, but Universal bought the movie rights and Whedon is going to try and make a <http://hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1969026">big screen version. It really was such an excellent little show, and got cancelled just as they were started to develop their first substantial story arc.

I just hope that Firefly: The Movie is not as crap as Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Movie. The latter put me off the series for years - I didn't discover it until D. became addicted and foisted it upon me!

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[tyldak.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I don't remember Buffy very well, actually. I remember Donald Sutherland's character being cool.

- Greg

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Just to give it another chance, I watched it again over the weekend. 'Fraid it was as lackluster as I remember - the potential for "so-bad-it's-good" is there, but it doesn't dare be as truly awful as it could have been :P

Re: in the same neck of the woods (can't find your original comment) - indeed we are! You ever compete against the Chevy Chase folks?

[tyldak.livejournal.com]

Glad you gave it a second chance, and sorry it still disappointed. For what it's worth, I did try to watch a Buffy re-run on FX over the weekend, but only got as far as the first commercial break.

Yes, I fence epee (see icon) mostly, on a rare occasion foil and even rarer sabre. I sort-of know Mark H., Theodore P., Jasmine C. -- the epee fencers mostly. I sort of know a couple of the foil fencers, but only peripherally.

When are you going to start doing tournaments? I'll have to look for you when you do.

- Greg

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Yep - I know Mark H.; he used to fence at Potomac but switched to epee. I still see him occasionally at CCFC. Small world!

Re: "when" am I going to start competing? :P Funny everyone says it like that, when I only started fencing to improve my speed/balance/coordination!

Seriously - I don't know. My coach and some of my fencing buddies have asked the same question, and while I don't think I'm that good I don't completely rule out the idea of tournaments. At some point I might like to participate in a formal competition just to see how well I do against my peers. For now it's on indefinite standby due to economic constraints.

[tyldak.livejournal.com]

As a teacher of adult beginners, I can appreciate your wanting to just take it slow and just develop your speed/balance/coordination first, then maybe compete later. Competition isn't for everyone, but I think it can be a fun, positive, social thing for most people, most of the time. I think that's why fencers push other fencers to compete - they want their friends to feel the same rush they feel. Yes, the cost of all the required equipment, plus the USFA membership, plus the tournament fee, can be daunting. I am feeling the pinch this season with foil. I would like to fence foil, but all of my equipment had rotted from overuse ages ago and then disuse over the past few years. I'm looking at the cost of a new lame, 3 electrical foils, and 2 foil body cords and I'm thinking... Eh, maybe not!

- Greg