So then, have you watched Firefly?

[matgb]

So, last week while she was down, we had one of those "what DVDs to watch" discussions on our one (semi-planned) evening in. It turned out that snapesbabe hadn't seen Firefly. At all. Now it appears that tinuvielberen hasn't seen it either (but has now seen the light). This bothered me, y'see, when I first got an LJ, it seemed everyone was a fan, there were Firefly icons everywhere, being a fan seemed like something akin to a cultural norm. Now, of course, I know that's not true, but it sure seemed that way, and for two self-confessed SF fans to have not seen it? Weird. So, poll time:
[Poll #1030452]
Because, y'know, Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, does a proper Sci-Fi series, and Murdoch's Fox network messes him around, but the DVD sales are so good that Universal spring for a mid-budget film anyway? Plus, it's funny. Oh, and one of the opening lines is We're not going to die, y'know why? Because we're so very pretty... Which, y'know, is mostly true. So, via Amazon (UK, don't have the US search installed) the series is £15, the film is only £5.

Oh, and after a bit of pestering, here be a link to my Wish List, which I've started updating again; I used to use it as a handy "to buy" list, but then, y'know, finances collapsed. I guess it makes sense to post it, I'll be 33 in less than five weeks. Ouch.

Comments

[davegodfrey.livejournal.com]

My sister is arguably a bigger Buffy/Angel fan than the IB, so had bought the boxset. And hadn't watched it! until I nabbed it off her and watched the lot in the space of about a day-and-a-half. While its sometimes derivative, (you could tell what would happen to the town of "companions" pretty quickly) there's enough going on, and its a different enough concept from a lot of SF TV that I enjoyed it.

Now if only someone with a big enough budget and a clear enough vision would talk to that nice Mr M. Banks.

[matgb]

I think the concept is part of the appeal; a lot of shows had done 'western in space', but by taking out the western/settler elements (or doing weird things like in BSG:TOS).

This just put them back in as a natural element; the ACW parallels appealed to the history geek in me as well.

Hmm, Culture as a TV series. Um, yeah, so not going to happen. And even if it did, it'd be bad...

[silentgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

Culture as a film however..
I'd love to see Player of Games as a film..