the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2004 Zoe (80%) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2004 Greatest, custom member title, ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anya 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2004 I like just got around to buying the DVD and seeing the show. Jayne is the best part so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnonymousBroccoli 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2004 What's a good site for firefly caps? Wanna get one of Wash with his plastic dinosaurs from Serenity Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha ha! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! http://www.geocities.com/anonymous_broccoli/washdinos.html Anything I cap from a DVD that's not all bright, warm and fuzzy (ie, Family Guy) looks really dark for me on this computer. It's alright on my sister's spiffy new laptop, so it should be fine for anyone who bought their computer when Y2K compliancy was pretty much a given. I didn't mess with the picture at all, because I suck with colours and shading and whatnot. That's the file the program spit out, so you can play with it however you like on your own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2004 HIOAESFJKL:AH:GSKLJVADHZSL HHIKLLHK:AJFL:KJA: HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!! BEST SIGNATURE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sakura, what episode ya on?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anya 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2004 Shindig was the last I saw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackFlagg 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2004 What's a good site for firefly caps? Wanna get one of Wash with his plastic dinosaurs from Serenity Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha ha! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! http://www.geocities.com/anonymous_broccoli/washdinos.html Anything I cap from a DVD that's not all bright, warm and fuzzy (ie, Family Guy) looks really dark for me on this computer. It's alright on my sister's spiffy new laptop, so it should be fine for anyone who bought their computer when Y2K compliancy was pretty much a given. I didn't mess with the picture at all, because I suck with colours and shading and whatnot. That's the file the program spit out, so you can play with it however you like on your own. Thanks much and blast, was gonna use it as a sig but it would pale in comparison to the genius you made it into, curses...guess I'll just use it on a different board Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2004 Sakura, what episode ya on now? Ok, I've written the opening for a Firefly script - I plan on working on it alot when I transferring all the files on my laptop to disc. So here ya go... ------------------------------------- It's late at night, possibly early morning. There is a soft rain coming down; it's faint, but you can see it in the lights as Serenity lands. An overhead shot, which looks to be on the left wing of the ship, shows the crew rushing out carrying a large container. A flash of lightning shows their position - they are outside a large house. A half shot of Mal as he talks into a walkie talkie. "Wash, can you give me some gorram light, we can hardly see out here!" (Wash over the intercom) "Uh... okay... just a... second...you might want to cover your eyes..." The lights turn in a bright flash which blinds Mal as he puts the joint/inner elbow of his arm over his forehead. "Wash?" "Yes My Captain." "Remind me to have a word with you after we get this deal done." "Well, you better hurry, because the weather is starting to get really bad and we might have to stay here on Serosa for a while - and you know how much I love your words..." Zoe walks by "Are you threatening my Husband again Sir?" "No mam, just wantin to have word, that's all" "Captain, I know your words. They're not words at all, actually. More like grunts..." "Grunts are words, ain't that right Jayne" Jayne walks by and goes back into Serenity. "Guh" "See?" An interior shot of the cargo bay with Jayne walking in shaking his wet cap off - some of which hits Simon "So... it's raining outside... how will that effect the... what are you doing, anyways? I think I heard something about a Haunted House..." "Meetin with a doctor; supplyin whatsevers in that big ole container... Haunted House?? Don't know about that... just old, that's all." "I also heard that this is one of the first terriformed planets, a big disaster, actually... I never learned that in school" "Well, I never went to school... and you've been hearin a lot of things.. who's been tellin you this?" River walks in "I have" "Well, there ain't no such things as Ghosts; don't have to go to school to know that". River walks to the cargo bay door, barefooted, and looks out into the rain and the house, another lightning and thunder clap. Mal knocks on a big oak door with Zoe at his side, they wait a moment. "You think he's home?" "I don't know sir, there's not a lot of places to go or people to see on Serosa, population of about 100 spread out, most of em for research purposes... " "Well, he ain't comin and I don't want to wait for this storm to keep us on this planet. We'll come back when it clears up, so lets get Jayne and haul this thing out. (zoe calls Jayne) This place is very, very, creepifying... infact, it defines the word... infact, the word doesn't even do it justice, the less I see of this place the better, I'll tell ya th-" The door opens before Mal can finish his sentence. A lurch-like figure opens the door as Jayne walks up to Mal and Zoe. Jayne takes one look at the doorman, a flash of lighting and a boom of thunder, a creek in the door, and some shadow play occur at that moment and Jayne takes a big gulp and lets out a dejected grunt. Quick Black. "Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand..." Now inside the house, Mal, Zoe, and Jayne stand by a couch. The room is decorated in a gothic style with a few modern devices. High ceilings and doors, with grim paintings on the walls, dirty oak furnishings with velvet linings - Your typical haunted house. Mal and Zoe keep focused while Jayne looks around and begins to walk around the room. He picks up box and shakes it up to his ear and is about to put it in his pocket when the a balding black man in a white jacket and grey-coloured, almost translucent, contact-lensed eyes enters the room. "Mr. Reynolds, I'm so glad you could make it. I'd appologize about the weather, but unfortunately, this is one of our better days. The terriform project designers didn't think all that far ahead, so after about 75 years the planet started to deteriorate. Now the only thing we can do is see the effects long term degregation does and hope to prevent it on other planets. Oh, how forgetful of me, my name is Dr. Ki, I am a geologist here on Serosa. I thank you for bringing me my equipment; please sit down, can I get you anything to eat or drink?" "No thanks Doc, I think we'll just take our payment and be on our way, thanks." "Oh, I'm very sorry, but that cannot happen." "You can't pay?" "No, you can't leave." "I'm pretty sure we can." "No, you can't leave because the weather is too bad, too much lightning, your ship would explode once you get into the stratusphere. But, you can stay here if you wish, there's certainly enough room." "I think we'll be fine on our ship" Another knock is on the door, Kaylees voice speaks through the walkie talkie "Uh captain? There's been a bit of a problem..." "Problem?" "Uh yeah... it's the ship... it stinks." "Stinks? What do you mean sticks." Inara grabs the Walkie talkie "It smells bad Mal, really, really bad, let us in." (To be continued) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2004 CSI, coming close to being my second favourite show ever (Firefly, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Buffy/Angel, CSI), just has another reason to be fucking godly: the use of Firefly characters. Badger played a photographer. The Whore in Heart of Gold played another Whore. The Whore who ratted out the whores in HoG played a Vampire-lite. This cannot be a coincidence; there MUST be a connection~! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 Buffy.nu news - http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=4341 Morena Baccarin said that the Firefly movie would start filming in June and that you would get more back story on Inara and Book. She also said that as far as she knows everyone is back for the movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2004 There is a theory that the vail Inara was looking at in Serenity was a Youth Serum - there is a lot of evidence to suggest that it was, including The Whore in HoG saying "you look the same as I last saw you, how do you stay so young?" (or something similar). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank Kingsley 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2004 dkjf;lksdra;lkerjcxkj;klsj I scooped this off of whedonesque, who scooped it off of some sci-fi site. Conventions seemed rife this weekend that C-Grade actresses must've been in short supply for talkshows. The "Starfury: Fusion" convention in Blackpool had one insider there named 'Pixel' who got a couple of minutes chat with Nathan Fillion, best known for the lead role in "Firefly" and a guest stint as an evil Preacher at the end of "Buffy". Fillion spoke a bit about the "Firefly" film spin-off "Serenity" which Universal is currently developing: "When the set was struck, at the end of the show, nothing was kept except one door, so everything had to be built from scratch. The characters of Badger and Saffron will not be in the film, however ALL nine main cast members will appear. Filming starts early June for ten weeks for a projected release "early next year". The budget, previously listed as $35m, is actually about $50m. The deal they have with Universal precludes another TV show - so a revival ain't gonna happen. The plan is, if the film does well enough, to have a trilogy of films". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2004 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~! That's swanktastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 http://www.versaphile.com/download/firefly.html WHOOOO HOOO!!! You know how on the DVD they had a 3 minute gag reel; which was cut down from a much longer one? Well... here is the much longer one! The scene from "The Message" had me crying. Nathan Fillion is god. You can DL full episodes as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anakin Flair 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2004 Oh, my GOD- I haven't laughed that hard in a while. It was worth the whole freaking day it took to download. I DARE anybody to name what movie the music in the fought part was from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anya 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2004 Starting out slow and building slow is fine and well, but Serenity is just TOO slow. If it wasn't a Joss show I doubt I would have kept watching. It wouldn't be so bad if the trainjob wasn't weak. I got really into it halfway through when they start getting into the wilder monster of the week misadventures. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2004 You're insane. And Crazy. And not my kind of Crazy. Serenity wasn't fucking slow, you insane crazy lady. It simmered nicely, heating up character development and savoury dialogue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anya 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2004 Buffy and Angel introduced the characters without being really slow. I guess in the long run it was worth it though. In the middle when I really got into it I felt like I really knew the cast. I can see where Fox was coming from about changing the pilot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2004 I agree with RRR on this one. This Serenity-is-too-slow talk is akin to blasphemy!! ;p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tawren 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2004 I hate you Rudo. So much. I want you dead. I want your family dead. I want your cat and dog and fish dead. I hate you. I read this thread, and I hate you now. Your love of this show has forced me to buy the DVD set. I just watched Serenity (both parts) and I have a new obsession, one that undoubtedly is going to eat me up as I cannot get enough of this show now. I finished Serenity about 20 minutes ago and I still can't get how awesome it was out of my head. Buffy? Who cares? Angel? Not quite. WRESTLING? Nope. Firefly? BAD ASS-EST THING EVER. Rudo, I hate you so much. So very, very much. "Yes, this is a fertile land. And we shall rule over it and call it...umm, this land." "10 percent of nothing is...let me do the math. Nothing, and nothing, carry the nothing..." Almost everything said is stuck in my mind. I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it SO MUCH. I love it. Off to the Trainjob... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2004 Your hate, warms my heart. ADAM BALDWIN's~! most recent posts on the firefly board... >>> "Can't wait to see the BDM!" <<< Joss' script is one of the best I've ever read (and I've read thousands)... We have our first full read-thru with the whole cast (HOORAY!!!) on monday! Of course I'll still check in from time to time. (huh... deja vu) A.B. (flyin' again!!!) This subject has already been fully vetted here several times. It will be instructive, however, to see how Mitch interprets (er... spins) this one. ;- ) Rehearsals are a rockin'!!! We roll film next week! Hoo-Rah! :- ) :- ) :- ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2004 LEARN WHO ELSE IS IN THE FIREFLY MOVIE!! The terribly impressive Chiwetel Ejiofor, of “Amistad” and “Dirty Pretty Things” fame, will interact with Mal, Zoe, Book, Kaylee, Jayne, Inara, River, Simon and/or Wash, according to those terribly familiar with the Universal motion picture “Serenity.” “He's very, very cool and plays an unexpected role in things,” notes someone! Note please there are still several other significant roles to be cast for this big-screen sequel to the woefully short-lived TV series "Firefly." Chiwetel Ejiofor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tawren 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2004 I just finished the Trainjob - Niska is one of the coolest guys ever. Not quite as good an episode as Serenity but still some damn mighty fine TV. My favorite quote is from Jayne AKA Mr. Fucking Awesome: "Do you know the chain of command? It's the chain I beat you with to show you who is in command." I'm going to watch Bushwacked soon and post about it here. Reading though this thread, though, I am sad I didn't buy the DVD when I first heard you pimp it RRR (I even posted on page 1). I missed out on some damn fine discussion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2004 I still love talking about Firefly and am thinking about writing a nice-and-tidy review on it for some site somewhere whereever. Hell, if we have enough people here, we could each pick and choose and episode to review Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted May 31, 2004 Same with my buddy who I forced to watch it. I can't name any shows on Fox right now that are on Friday nights - where, unfortunately, Firefly was saddled (no pun intended). I'll explain the premise as best I can. "It's a Western in Space" = Short Version. To expand on that: "Five hundred years in the future there's a whole new frontier, and the crew of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity is eager to stake a claim on the action. They'll take any job, legal or illegal, to keep fuel in the tanks and food on the table. But things get a bit more complicated after they take on a passenger wanted by the new totalitarian Alliance regime. Now they find themselves on the run, desperate to steer clear of the Alliance ships and the flesh-eating Reavers who live on the fringes of space." - Back of the Box What I really like about the show is that Joss has a knack of giving you the impression of one thing - but goes in a totally different direction. For example: They pick up a crate off an abandoned ship - inside it looks like bars of something, you think it's gold. In the end they turn out to be foodbars. I love the universe he has created. This is no star trek, nothing comes easy, there are no replicators and there sure-as-shit ain't no Federation Values. The two villains, the Alliance and the Reavers, represent two of the more seedy side of humanity. The Alliance being the cold, corporate, government, let's-buy-a-$150-typewriter-and-give-nothing-to-the-homeless type. They are what humanity becomes when thinking about the bottom line rather than truth. For example: The character "Book" - a preacher - is dying, and they take him to the Alliance ship for help... well, they don't. That is until they find out that he's important and worth caring for. The Reavers, well, they fucking scare me. In the first episode they are established as a huge threat - but it doesn't really sink in until "Bushwhacked" where You see a survivor of a Reaver attack - someone whom they made watch as they brutally attacked and kill the rest of the crew... or as Zoe puts it "First they'll rape us to death, then they'll eat us, and take our skin and put it on their clothing.. hopefully, in that order."... and the only way he can compensate is by "becoming" like one of them, so he mutilates himself, speaks irrationally, and goes around killing folk - some pretty fucked up stuff. Really makes the Reavers seem threatening. They're a bunch of Hannibal Lectors, only more psychotic. They are the opposite of The Alliance - they are the primal side. In this universe, various planets and moons are terriformed and colonized - they are not like Star Trek where resources are unlimited; they have to start over, which is why you have the wild west motif. Makes sense, says I. It takes the original Star Trek premise further and does it in a way that doesn't talk down to you in technobabble. Which is another quirk I really like - the culture here isn't all American; there's an influx of Chinese culture. You'll hear various Chinese phrases (usually when they are mad and cursing) as well as Chinese lettering. Cultures have merged and formed a new one. I also like how they talk about the destruction of earth as an afterthought and not made it a big deal. You hear it as an off-hand comment rather than a history lesson. The names aren't "normal" but that's cool cause I actually remember them... which is actually quite amazing considering that I suck at remembering names. You have Mal, Zoe, Wash, Jayne (male), Kaylee, Book, Simon, Inara, and River. The Dickery. I love people being bastards. Mal has a guy down after a bloody sword fight and has his blade pointing. "Great men give Mercy" *Pokes guy in Gut* "I guess I'm just a good guy" *Pokes again* "I'm ok" The Women are Hot. Small point, but Inara is so very fuckable. Which is another fun thing about this universe - Whores (or "companions") are actually looked up to and is a respectable position (for the most part). The Camera work is really, really, um, not usual. It gets arty sometimes, and they take a lot of risks with a lot of their shots. It's not conventional and it really enhances the universe created. I really like the characters. Mal is like, fucking awesome. Nathan Fillion does an excellent job here. There's so much depth to his character, that I won't go into it. The scene were he tells Jayne to get up and go from the table was just fucking sweet. Joss said in the commentary that that was were he said "This guy is a star" (or something to that regard) and I totally agree. Wash is hilarious, the scene with the dinosaurs had me on the floor. I can't wait to see more of him and listen to his commentary. Jayne is the typical tough dumb guy, but he fucking owns that role so it's not so typical. "Remember, I just want you to scare him" "What? Pain is Scary" He is not the bastard with the heart of gold like Mal is; he's just a bastard. Book, River, and Inara have their gimmicks, and Book and River plays theirs really well, but Inara kinda sleeps through it... but that doesn't really matter cause she's has the aforementioned fuckability. Zoe and Kaylee are good, Kaylee has me between fucking annoying at times and that's such a sweet girl at other times. Zoe does the best she can with what she gat; and she does it well. Simon is particularly excellent. I love how RRR keeps saying "this ain't Star trek" like that's some kind of indicator of it's quality. What I saw of this show (the first 3 episodes, basically) was nowhere NEAR as good as the really good episodes from the 60's show, not to mention TNG or DS9. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2004 Yeah, cause I think if I get maybe 7 people, that's like 2 per episode. I think there are 7 people in here that could do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2004 Cause I think it would be really interesting to get different perspectives on characters and themes as well as comments on writing, direction, etc. It's much like what Joss says about the concept of Firefly: "You have 9 people looking out into the darkness as seeing something different." Different people get different things out of the show and I would love to have that reflected in an indepth review. I haven't, in my time, seen anything like that on-line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2004 Ah fuck it, this comment was too stupid to ignore. I love how RRR keeps saying "this ain't Star trek" like that's some kind of indicator of it's quality. For starters, it wasn't an indicator of it's quality, it was an "indicator" of the universe created. In Star Trek -which is the most popular sci-fi show in history and just so happens to be in the future with spaceships and ray guns-, everything on board the ship runs smoothly. In the Federation, there is no hunger, there is no poor, there is no conflict. This is the ideal future. Joss Whedons future is not ideal and IMO is a little more realistic. There is no Prime Directive or socialist paradise; the primary concern of these characters are to (1)Get Money --so they can-- (2)Keep Flying. And they each have their own reason to be up in the sky. Star Trek was used in juxtaposition of content and universe, period. Not quality of content. It isn't that hard to tell as I clearly state the reason for comparison. Of course, YOU can't make the distinction because (1)Your eagerness for a contradictory post overwhelmed your reading comprehension skills OR (2)You're a fucking moron who couldn't be able to make the distinction clear-headed or with 100 extra IQ points. I'm a big Star Trek fan and appreciate the vision of the future that Roddenberry had; this one is completely different. "This is no star trek, nothing comes easy, there are no replicators and there sure-as-shit ain't no Federation Values." "In this universe, various planets and moons are terriformed and colonized - they are not like Star Trek where resources are unlimited; they have to start over, which is why you have the wild west motif. Makes sense, says I. It takes the original Star Trek premise further and does it in a way that doesn't talk down to you in technobabble." What I saw of this show (the first 3 episodes, basically) was nowhere NEAR as good as the really good episodes from the 60's show, not to mention TNG or DS9. " Well I find the 60's show boring, but I've seen every TNG and DS9 episode and I'd say the best of those episodes could beat the worst of Firefly (Heart of Gold, Train Job); however, against Out of Gas, Trash, War Stories, Objects in Space... there's no contest. Now, get out of my thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2004 I've seen all the original Star Treks and TNG...and about half of DS9... There just isn't a comparison. Once you go Firefly...there is no going back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackFlagg 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2004 another thing I love is how Joss kept it a human show and didn't go the more typical alien route. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
