Randomonium Firefly

MysteryEND · Randomonium Firefly

There is a randomonium thread for everywhere else..
For gorram sake why not here.

Wynter

Damn straight! Good idea.

As for Firefly related randomonium, I tend to swear some in Chinese now, it's so funny because no-one has any idea what I'm saying. And I use the words "gorram" and "shiny".

Ant4buffy

I just saw Ron Glass (Shepherd Book) in an episode of Friends where he phones Rachel and says to tell Ross that because he hasn't called him that he presumes Ross is not going to get the Marriage annuled.
Anyone remember that episode?

MysteryEND

I have never watched an episode of friends...oh well I watched a bit of an episode thats it.

Im trying to get some of my friends to watch Firefly.... *shock* I let someone borrow it and now I want to watch it...dammit

Wynter

greengirl00

Oooooooooh! I haven't watched that episode since I first saw Firefly, so I never made that connection. i thought he looked a bit familiar. That episode is funny.

MysteryEND

My friend liked firefly...
I should have taken it back but instead I gave to another a friend to borrow so now I have wait even longer to watch it again....

Wynter

So I'm doing my big Research Project assignment on the works of Joss Whedon right. And for our first assignment, a literature review, I read and analysed a few Buffy/Firefly essays that various people and scholars had written. One of the essays was about how the women in Firefly are more powerful than the men, and one of the things I mentioned was the fact that prostitutes are viewed as high-ranking nobles in that 'verse.

Hang in there, the long background information is relevant to the point of this post.

I went to talk to my tutor for that module yesterday, to ask his advice about the final essay - he thinks I should talk about how women are represented in Joss' shows, feminism and power an' all that Smile

- and he got to talking about my literature review.

He specifically pointed out the bit about Companions, saying that I could use that in my final project, and then said "actually, I'm quite intrigued by that myself, I've never seen Firefly but I quite want to watch it now. It sounds interesting."

As you can imagine, my reaction was fairly positive. Spreading the love for Firefly, anywhere and everywhere. Woo-hoo!!

MysteryEND

RON GLASS IS GOING TO BE AT THE SCI FI CON IM GOING TO ON THE WEEKEND!
mwhahahahaha YAY!

greengirl00

!!! Very cool! You're so lucky! I never go anywhere exciting *sigh*...
Happy again
Very cool!

MysteryEND

I shall post more pictures of him
tomorrow
I have some funny ones

greengirl00

Again, I say very cool!
You have to tell us what happened... long and detailed...ly
lol

Ant4buffy

Nice one Mysty. You are a lucky bugger.

MysteryEND

Day 1

I went to go get a picture signed and in the line I was so nervously excited to meet him and when I finally got there he was so nice and we talked about Names because of the Aussie accent he couldn't understand some guy's name he thought it was Dane...when it was Dean..anyways Nice guy!.

What I got signed...It was $30 to sign it..

Then I was first in line to have a picture with him....and he asked me how my day was going...and we had the photo..

...couple hours later at the seminar.
he went around the stage the wrong way and instead of going up the stairs he did a full action jump up....and he commented on how awesome the crowd was for making him feel welcome.....he then went to talk about how bad Australian Bacon was.. then he talked about how he found out they were doing Serenity..Joss rang him and told he I have some good news and some bad news, good news is we are doing a firefly movie...bad news Book is going to die... then he talked about his favorite scene which was the night scene. He also talked about the Cornrows which was his choice because he loves an excuse to anything with his hair...After the movie finished at the wrap party after 2 and half Martinis he cut his Cornrows off and that was sorta like saying bye to Book. he said he cried for days when Firefly was canceled. He also talked about his bathroom which is green.

Day 2.

I went and got another thing signed for someone because they didn't want to wait in line...(I would wait in line for hours and Hours...its RON GLASS!) anyways I got to the signing place and there was no line *evil laugh* and I went up to him..and he said hey I remember you you where here yesterday and we talked about the day before. again such a really nice guy.

ok second day seminar
He said the bacon was any better...and he talked about the episode and character from Star Trek he did..and a few movies he liked...and he was asked who he would take on a desert island and he said his nephew. I asked him what was his favourite episode and he said it was the Pilot....there was a loud announcement speaker that was well loud and Ron jokingly said hey its my turn..(I recorded it on my phone If I get get it to work I will try to post on youtube and put the link here...
[Mental Blank] I will post more later

Pictures from the second day...I took better pictures on the first day..We had front row seats...until someone with a VIP pass sat in front of us...but she moved over

Ant4buffy

I can't believe you had to pay $30 for an autograph. I would have thought since they would be getting paid for appearing then autographs would be free. Glad you had fun tho.

MysteryEND

Its $30 for an autograph and they give you a free glossy picture.....$30 to have your picture taken with them...and an extra $30 for them to sign that picture

Ant4buffy

Wow! Thats a ridiculous amount to pay. I mean you already have to pay to get in don't you?

Mel

Sounds like you had a great time Myst.

Thats one thing that bothers me about conventions. You pay a lot for the ticket and then you have to pay again sometimes for photos and autographs......I would still love to go to one but it seems an awful lot of money, especially if there were a lot of people there you wanted to meet.

Wynter

Looks awesome Mys! Glad you had a good time Very Happy

MysteryEND

It can be expensive..if you want things signed etc. BUT it dosent cost money to meet them or sit in the seminars..and there is an entrance fee..
even though its sorta expensive...it is so fun and Id recommend going to one..Im going next year and Im already excited and I dont even know what guests will be there

Wynter

I loaned my Firefly boxset to my uni friend who's also a Buffy fan, and she finished watching it this week. I got a text from her saying "Firefly can't just end there!!! There are many subplots to finish!!! Curse you fox!!! I feel so lost now"

Another one has been turned Smile

greengirl00

Yay! It's like vampirism. Only without the death and blood part.....

Wynter

I stuck in a Firefly reference in the title for my Media essay. It's about the representation of women in horror movies, and it's called "Big Damn Heroes, Damsels in Distress, or Angels of Vengeance?"

See if you can spot it Razz

greengirl00

Just randomly (well duh- randomonium), on the DVD deleted scenes it has that scene from Objects in Space where River picks up the branch/gun from the floor and it says it was in the original broadcast but was taken off the DVDs for some unknown reason. I double checked and... not so much?? Does everyone elses DVDs have it in? It just seemed very strange to have a deleted scene that is in the original broadcast, and actually IS on the DVD...

Mel

My friend was looking through my Bebo page and came across Sadia and read the comments I had written about wanting the T-shirt (which I am getting yay!!) and the Jayne hats.

Anyway, she was up at my house yesterday and was asking about what it was all about (also because she had a wee look at Sadia's pics) and thought maybe I was joining some sort of cult where we talked about Serenity and wore silly hats.......LOL

greengirl00

Wynter

cardboardy

when we caught the train into to town for the melbourne csts screening, it was saturday night and the train was pretty full but i spotted an orange jayne hat across the carriage, and i so badly wanted to go up and say hello to the person with the secret browncoat handshake (which i would have made up) but i was too scared incase they were for real wearing that hat cause its winter and cold and they would think i wa very wierd.
of course they ended up at CSTS with all the other jayne hats, but you canny never be sure.

Ebdim9th

Has anybody read Joss's Serenity missing-link-from-Firefly graphic novel Those Left Behind?

Wynter

Ebdim9th

Actually, compared to comic books, it felt longish. I liked the difference. Seems like a lot of story got told.

And that extra shot into Dobson, just to make sure, priceless. Seemed very Whedonesque to me.

Ant4buffy

Just watching Sliders 4x15 and in it is Mark Sheppard (Badger). Random.

Ebdim9th

Good ol Sliders. I remember Remy. Man that was such a boss show.

greengirl00

I just watche dan episode of the X-Files with mark Sheppard in... I spent half the episode trying to work out who he was.

Don't you hate it when that happens? The guy who plays Luke keeps cropping up in unexpected programmes and I get all confused.
There was one time the guy who plays the Judge came in and I got REALLY frustrated cos seen as he's kinda... well.. BLUE in Buffy I had absolutely no idea where he came from....

Rant now over =D

TwoToGo-Grave

Ant4buffy

I feel that Sliders went extremely downhill after the professor left. John Rhys Davies was the reason for me loving the show.

TwoToGo-Grave

Personally, I really think that it began going downhill at the beginning of season three (Rhys-Davies [ahem...] left in the middle of season three). It seemed that they just got away from the character based greatness of the first two years and emphasized wild worlds and guest stars and bad special effects. I do love those first two seasons though.

Ebdim9th

I seemed to have been along mainly for the ride, coz I dug it all the way throughout and was mucho dissapointo when it was axed.

Wynter

Look what I wrote on the fridge!

You have to 'scuse the E at the end of Verse, there weren't any left so I had to substitute a W. But I thought it was quite cool all the same.

Ebdim9th

FridgeFly, huh? Creative use of VV by the way...

TwoToGo-Grave

Very cool Wynter.

Wynter

Danke! It's become a bit of a fun obsession, I think I'll update it periodically with Jossverse quotes, just for the banter Smile

NotFadeAway

Me and my brother have been watching the run of Firefly recently and it's been so much fun. No matter how much you see these episodes they're always so great to see. We've gotten up through "Ariel" and might get to see "War Stories" tonight.

MysteryEND

I agree thats so cool Wynter!

The last episode I watched was Ariel...I miss Firefly I lent it to my friend.

cp_angelbuff

I just watched a Firefly marathon, followed up with a double dose of Serenity... (once with Joss commentary, and once without).

Too bad there are no more episodes....

See ya, Cp_angelbuff

MysteryEND

CP!
WELCOME BACK!!!
I tried replying to your email a ZILLION times....It wouldn't let me!
Are you staying for long?

Wynter

You have to listen to this song, it's a comedy type song called I'm On Firefly. Check out this page:

http://filkertom-itom.blogspot.com/2007/09/050-im-on-firefly.html

MysteryEND

LOL!
I downloaded it..Its really good. One of the best parodies I've heard

Ebdim9th

Me too. I shared it with the peeps over at the Bronze Beta, too...

Wynter

Coolest. Pumpkin. EVER.

cp_angelbuff

Hi Wynter, Who carved it? You or a friend? Or....???

See Ya, CP

Wynter

cp_angelbuff

Hi again... Yeah I received it, thanks. My mom is doing a lot better. She has to take medicine, but she will be fine (back to the darts, and Ti-chi). I am trying to post/read at least once a day... or at least a few times a week. I find it helps to revieve stress to "talk" to friends about things that you enjoy (or not).
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That is a cool photo, thanks for the post. Yeah I am a bit of a basic carver myself... you know eyes, nose, teeth. I saw something on TV about this burning kit that can help create that type of "art work"... problem is... you have to be able to draw in the first place. (Unless you cheat and get a stencile or friend to draw it out first). Anyway, Good pic!!

Talk to you soon, I have to go now... CP ;o)

MysteryEND

Best pumpkin ever!
My pumpkin carving skills.....are terrible lol

greengirl00

I'm listening to I'm Gonna See Serenity by Dan Sehane.... It's random I know, but it is randomonium

they couldn't take the sky from them
our big damn heroes made a film!

Best song EVER!

marvin21st

Thanks for sharing the song it was great.

And the pumkin is so good I havnt carved one before might give it a go before I make pumkin soup next.

Ebdim9th

(Was) Watching 'I Do' an episode of Season 3 LOST, where Nathan Fillion plays Kate's erstwhile husband, as once again she, runs kate runs...

TwoToGo-Grave

I saw this link on TWOP and thought it was pretty cool. It's a little four panel comic-y strip:

http://xkcd.com/311/

Ebdim9th

River Tam beats up everyone... and her alter-ego, the new Terminator, most likely will...

First time I saw that particular strip, awhile back, the punchline went right over my head...

Wynter

Ebdim9th

And lo and behold, that very same strip showed up at another forum I frequent, Deadlikemeonline.com ...

Ebdim9th

I'm watching an episode of the '70's Galactica, and they've arrived at a human outpost named Serenity.

tvaddict99

I play a really old game on my really old Palm Pilot, called Space Trader. You can work your way up getting better ships, and one is a Firefly. You go to different planets trading stuff and you can either be law-abiding or trade in guns & narcotics, running from police.

TwoToGo-Grave

Ebdim9th

how old's the game? Late '80's? Early '90's?

Wynter

OMG, Adam Baldwin is auctioning off THE Jayne hat for charity. Do you know how much I seriously want it? I can only imagine how much it'll go for though, and I lack the sufficient funds Sad

http://www.californiabrowncoats.org/?p=90

Ebdim9th

Suh-wee-heeh- heeh-heeeeet! Mr. Baldwin, please collect your additional made-of-teh-awesome here...

TwoToGo-Grave

Well, I picked up the collector's edition of Serenity today. It's depressing to pay $27 for a movie I already have, but being a sheep, I have to get the new edition. I can't wait to see all of the new features and the new commentary.

Wynter

Aw man, TTG, you have to tell us what it's like! I still haven't had a chance to get it yet, although I badly want to Sad

TwoToGo-Grave

NotFadeAway and I have watched most of the features (plus the movie) today, and we're going to watch the new commentary tonight. I really loved the 'Session 416' feature that is new on this disk. That's really cool.

NotFadeAway

Session 416 was incredibly cool. I don't want to say anything about it (to keep from spoiling anyone), except that it was incredibly cool. Also, the new commentary is awesome. It has Joss Whedon, Ron Glass, Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, and Summer Glau. The new featurette that has a tour through Serenity (called something like 'Take a Walk Through Serenity') was short, but cool. Also, the 'Filmaker's Journey' featurette was really cool also.

Wynter

I'm glad to hear the new commentary is good, that's one of the features I was most looking forward to getting! Gah, I hate not having it, I can't wait to get the special edition! Unfortunately lack of funds is getting in the way.