Everyone with the 40 beans at hand should grab the Firefly dvd set. It really is excellent stuff, great stories, typical Whedon/Minear snappy dialogue, amusing commentaries. Good stuff all around. I hope that the movie gets made and that helps a relaunch of the series. It really didn't get a fair chance on the small screen the first time around (Friday night death slot, preempted for baseball playoffs during half the run and episode order scrambled by short-sighted FOX execs, including airing the pilot *last*). It deserved much better. GJR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johne Cook" <bio_phy at hotmail.com> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Firefly > Ok, agreed. > > All I really meant by that is the "Western" way of speakin'. Having Western > themes is one thing, having western speech patterns is a tad over-the-top. > Still, despite that, this is the best Sci-Fi thing I've seen on television > since, well, ever. > > > johne (phy) cook > wisconsin, usa > > aerie blog: http://aeriepress.blogspot.com/ > > "Well, God bless your crooked little heart..." > Tom Waits, Mule Variations > > > > >On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Johne Cook wrote: > > > >@> Talk about your instant guilty pleasures. > > > >Calling it a guilty pleasure assumes there's something wrong with liking > >it. Firefly is more like a self-righteous pleasure. A pleasure that you > >should share with every other person in the world, even that one guy on > >the bus. A guilty pleasure would be something like "Las Vegas,"[0] where > >you feel ashamed and dirty every time you watch it. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find high-speed 'net deals - comparison-shop your local providers here. > https://broadband.msn.com >