This is how it works: comment on this entry and I will give you a letter. Write ten words beginning with that letter, including an explanation of what the word means to you and why.
(I got F'd by two different people. Um, let me rephrase that ...)
1. Firefighting. It's fun (in a sick way) and also dangerous -- much like dating, only not as scary.
2. Firefly. Joss Whedon's western set in space is one of the more original shows to come along in quite awhile.
3. Food. 'Cause it's safer than sex, if not as healthy.
4. Friends. You can't have too many.
5. Father. I am one. It's both fun and terrifying.
6. Fanfiction. Because really good universes should never die.
7. Fiction. Better than fanfiction, because somebody could buy my fiction and then I could quit my day job.
8. Fantasy. Take it any way you want.
9. Flowers. They mean spring is here! And, yeah, they smell good.
10. Fotography. (Give me a break! I was running out of F's that weren't four letter words.)
(I got F'd by two different people. Um, let me rephrase that ...)
1. Firefighting. It's fun (in a sick way) and also dangerous -- much like dating, only not as scary.
2. Firefly. Joss Whedon's western set in space is one of the more original shows to come along in quite awhile.
3. Food. 'Cause it's safer than sex, if not as healthy.
4. Friends. You can't have too many.
5. Father. I am one. It's both fun and terrifying.
6. Fanfiction. Because really good universes should never die.
7. Fiction. Better than fanfiction, because somebody could buy my fiction and then I could quit my day job.
8. Fantasy. Take it any way you want.
9. Flowers. They mean spring is here! And, yeah, they smell good.
10. Fotography. (Give me a break! I was running out of F's that weren't four letter words.)
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Good point on the food poisoning, plus sex is good exercise. And men sleep better right after having sex than during any other point in their lives. But food's easier to get -- or at least cheaper.
The dialouge almost sounded like it was the stuff he couldn't find a home for on Buffy (which is fine for high school kids, but a bunch of people ten years older grates), the sets and ships looked like the thing had been made in the early 80s (Babylon 5 looked better ten years previous, ditto DS9), the characters were pretty stock and the universe and plots were unoriginal (star Wars anyone?).
Of course, the debate is pretty much moot -- there's not much chance either one of us will be seeing it again.
I love John Wayne and James Stewart (my fave actor). But Firefly was more Blake 7 than anything. If you as an American ever saw Blake 7, not sure.
" I didn't see much of Star Wars in it, but both came very much from the same sources (and yes, the characters were stock -- as were the ones in Star Wars)."
Agreed. The difference is, Whedon and his fans have continually stated this show was brilliantly orignal, as early as 1980 Lucas was putting out documentaries stating how he'd borrowed from mythology.
I hate it when people make false claims like that.
Nothing's really original, of course. Star Trek is another show that was evolved from westerns, and westerns themselves borrowed heavily from mythology and Japanese sources. BtVS is just a typical horror show that was turned on its head by having the helpless blonde girl kick ass. All we writers can do is put all the old ideas together in a different order, and hope no one notices.
The two major troubles with Joss, is storyline continuity and consistency (which given Firefly's short run prob wasn't a problem), and dialouge (which given what I saw of Firefly he can only write one way, which works for school kids but not for grown-ups, and it seems he can only write one way).
With Buffy he managed to spin a number of great stock chars into different directions - Angel, Xander, Faith, and Wes. And to an extent Cordy and Giles. But to the end of the series it seemed as if he was repeating himself (Harmony for Cordy, Spike for Angel), and it just wasn't working any more....
Of course, then there's the rather distasteful morals he espoused throughout his show.
I think this may be the first time I've ever heard anyone seriously discuss morals in relation to BtVS. You're absolutely right; a lot of people made some really abysmal decisions on that front. It's perhaps the greatest proof that Joss was Hollywood, born and bred.
I was refering to BtVS' problems in that regard. First three years no problem, after that, the show fell apart, really only having fight scenes and snappy dialouge going for it.
It's far from the first I've heard, a lot of anti-Spike fans hate the way he was pushed as the show's hero while revelling in his past.
Then there's the Scoobies just accepting Anya into their group. Well Willow didn't, but that was more to do with jealousy than Anya's past.
But me, I'm more concerned with Buffy. For me, her actions are akin to a wife or partner keeping quiet about their husband's serial killings or rape because they don't want to lose him. Love isn't an excuse.
I know the feeling.
I didn't think so.... Buffy's behaviour really isn't comparable.
Of course, in real life some people *do* turn a blind eye to their partner's murdering, abusing, etc. It could be argued that in some ways Buffy was one of the more realistic characters on TV. One thing I've learned is that fiction isn't like real life, because real life has to make sense. Buffy often acts in dumb and nonsensical ways -- just like people do in real life.
Which is all a bunch of bunk, because we both know that she, Spike and others in the series often became puppets and were made to do things they wouldn't do. But it was still kind of fun playing devil's advocate. ;->
yeah, but I prefer my heroes to be actual heores. They can make mistakes, but they have to try their hardest. I never got that from Buffy.
I can enjoy a good villian (American Gothic Mayor, Mordred, Richard Davies) but If I don't like the lead of a show, if I couldn't be their friend in real life, I tend not to watch. I kinda wish that Giles and Xander had been killed in Season 4 then I wouldn't have felt obligated to watch.
Still, everyone who knows both me and BtVS swears I'm an uncanny combo of Xander and Giles (Xiles?) -- but not in a bad way -- so if I wished them dead it would be kind of like becoming suicidal. And I get enough of that during winter.
Me, apparently I'm Chandler when I'm goofy. And Giles when I'm serious.
Chandler is the other major character I get compared to a lot, too. Maybe, unlike Xiles, it *is* in a bad way.
Fanfiction, fiction, and flowers - that's a nice trio. (Hmm, maybe fanfiction, food, and flowers is even better.)
By the way, the lilacs are blooming nicely!