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[apocalypsos]

You know, I don't watch American Idol, but I've got enough people on my friends list where I know everything that's going on on it. And I think I can safely say after reading the spoilers for tonight's episode that now more than ever, I do not understand that show at all.

In any event, remember those scary-looking "updated" Bugs Bunny and pals from a while back? Well, this kid managed to petition Warner Brothers to lay off and just create new characters. I think I love that kid. :)

Oh, well. Off to finish off the Pairing List, drink my two bottles of Bawls and watch Firefly. And tomorrow, off to get my hair cut and pick up some hair dye. I think I want to be a blond again. Mmm-hmm. *nods*

EDIT: abbylee brought up something that made me curious as a Firefly fan. Everybody I know who's seen the Serenity trailer is a fan already and has basically used the opportunity of fresh Firefly canon to squeal uncontrollably. But now I'm wondering, for those of you who've never seen an episode of Firefly, what do you think of the trailer?

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[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

See, that's what I was figuring. I mean, from a fan's standpoint, Mal gets to do his little speechifying and Jayne and Wash get to toss off some snarky one-liners and then River kicks everybody's ass. Which is nice and all, if you've actually seen the show, but it only lasted a little over half a season because a lot of people didn't watch the show.

You can tell they're aiming it specifically at the fans, because for all of the cool shots that have the rabid fans swooning, it doesn't really explain a damn thing. If they really want to hook non-fans, which they're going to have to do if they want anything remotely resembling a decent box office, they're going to have to spew some exposition. That's my major problem with the trailer -- which I adore, but I adore it as somebody who owns the box set and knows all of the good lines.

[mike-smith.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, how did Whedon go from doing a half season of a TV show straight to doing a movie? If Firefly couldn't succeed on the small screen, then why would a studio want to invest in a theatrical release? This is the main reason all of this stuff throws me, because I didn't even know my flist was all into "Firefly"; it just wasn't around long enough for me to notice, I guess.

Not that I'm wishing ill on the project, but from the look of things, the studio is banking everything on people lining up at the box office on Joss' name alone. Like I say, this trailer looks more like a nod to the fans, so if there's a more public-oriented on coming later, then that's cool, but if this is it, then Whedon should seriously think about using this charisma of his in politics, where it'll do him the most good.