Blogging for Serenity

[Eric James Stone]

I left my computer at work running an orbital simulation with a sun, eight habitable planets from 1.0 to 2.4 million km out, and Jupiter.  After simulating 86,772 years, 179 days, I think I can safely say the orbits are fairly stable.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

some sci-fi writer who I cant remember the name of did a story around a blue giant at Vega with a habitable zone with 26 habitable worlds... so not impossible.

[Entsuropi]

That has to be the single most inept recommendation i've ever heard Jeffe

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

yourself

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

We have movie... er... REVIEW sign!

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

And I'd like to drop in the first paragraph from the New York Times


Scruffy Space Cowboys Fighting Their Failings -

It probably isn't fair to Joss Whedon's "Serenity" to say that this unassuming science-fiction adventure is superior in almost every respect to George Lucas's aggressively more ambitious "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith." But who cares about fair when there is fun to be had? Scene for scene, "Serenity" is more engaging and certainly better written and acted than any of Mr. Lucas's recent screen entertainments. Mr. Whedon isn't aiming to conquer the pop-culture universe with a branded mythology; he just wants us to hitch a ride to a galaxy far, far away and have a good time. The journey is the message, not him.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

My few Serenity complaints...Less Chinese cursing.... less cast interaction (Fillian and Glau steal the show) no revealing information about Shepherd Book, and of course the tragic event that happens near the end....

HOW COULD HE!!!

Oh yeah its Joss.

Still overall it was a very strong piece of science fiction.

[The Jade Knight]

this is the kind of performance Harrison Ford would be giving if he were alive today [Because he's... wait.... ~SE] And Glau

There's no period in, before, or after the editorial comment.  Unless there's a grammatical rule at work here that I'm not familiar with...

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

80% rating on RT, and the Critics seem to really like it.

And there is a VERY interview in time with both Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon about nerds, fanbases movies and books. Gaimon also has a movie coming out today, Mirrorwalk.

that interview is here.
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1109313-1,00.html

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Just got back from seeing Serenity.

Holy Schnickeys it is a well-put-together film. It so good it's...it's...shiney.

It does remind me a lot of Cowboy Beebop, but live-action and with better dialogue.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Im glad you liked it. The dialog is what clinched the series for me, witty and fun without being too hokey...

[Patrick_Gibbs]

My few Serenity complaints...Less Chinese cursing.... less cast interaction (Fillian and Glau steal the show) no revealing information about Shepherd Book, and of course the tragic event that happens near the end....

HOW COULD HE!!!

Oh yeah its Joss.

Still overall it was a very strong piece of science fiction.

Um, Joss was relying on the audience to pay attention and figure Book out for themselves.

SPOILER ALERT:
Before becoming a Shepherd, Book was an Alliance Operative. See the movie again, They never say it outright, but it's obvious.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

oh I know, and at the same time I dont....

I mean he never actually says it.

He could be a retired member of parliment (oh the irony) or an Alliance general...

heck nobody knows.....

I wanted that plot fleshed out more.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I just realized that I really meant to say was that I saw less in the movie and not that I wanted less...

[Patrick_Gibbs]

this is the kind of performance Harrison Ford would be giving if he were alive today [Because he's... wait.... ~SE] And Glau

There's no period in, before, or after the editorial comment.  Unless there's a grammatical rule at work here that I'm not familiar with...

You're right that there should be a period there. I don't know if that's our fault or whether it got messed up because of the gorram editorial comment, which I don't think was needed at all, but I bow to the discretion of our editor, who is kind enough to post our reviews.  
I think it was pretty obvious that we were being sarcastic about Harrison Ford being dead. But if you saw "Hollywood Homicide," it's much much less painful to think of him that way.