It’s pretty much inevitable that I would eventually mention Firefly in a post. Studio 60 will come up at some point too, but not right now. Now we’re talking Browncoat pride. Joss Whedon has put out quite a bit of material in his career. In my opinion it hasn’t all been… great. Firefly may very well be his opus. So to Fox: F#@$ YOU! Idiot network. (Don’t think for half a second that you’ll be getting off easy either, NBC. I’m coming for your quality hating ass one day.)
If you don’t know what Firefly or Serenity is then you now need to be slapped around by orangutans for no less than seven minutes. The court is willing to suspend the orangutan slapping indefinitely if you’ll immediately begin your education by learning about Firefly here or here and the learning about Serenity here or here. The aforementioned series and movie are to be screened at the earliest possible convenience and subsequently adored or we’ll bring the orange apes back in. And we’ll do it in the middle of their nap time so they’re extra cranky.
I don’t want to give too much away, but really they’re a delight. Every episode is this mythical balance of action, drama, and humor that leads me to believe some kind of deal was struck with dark powers. You will love every member of the cast and you will miss them when it’s over. Luckily most of them have made their way elsewhere and some have even risen above the cult glory of the Firefly franchise. This Ctrl+Alt+Del “silly” demonstrates just how big Nathan Fillion has become since his days as Captain Reynolds. (I’ll be downright impressed if you can tell me what World War II movie he was in as a much younger lad.)
Another recommendation I’ll make while we’re on this subject. Way back when the Writer’s Union was on strike and there were all kinds of little side projects going on because the cool people in Hollywood were bored, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was born. It used to be available for free all over the place and it still can be found, but I’ll save you the trouble by providing the relevant Youtube links, in six parts:
Watch it and love it. No angry monkey threats this time, just good old fashioned advice.
With the beginning of the week we have webcomics to choose from again and so the Comic of the Day lives again as well. It was a fierce battle between Bug and Penny Arcade. Penny Arcade pulled through with this gem thanks, in the end, to my childhood love of The Berenstein Bears. Apparently that franchise has evolved. I hope it’s still as much good old-fashioned fun as I remember. I recommend it to all you parents looking for reading material in the 3 to 8 year old range. You can find out more about them here.
Good night, loyal readers, and happenstance sojourners.
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