i'm tv's little whore

[chronovore]

...or "Naw, I'm Just Jossing You"

I caved and ordered the season three box set for Buffy Season 4 - it was only ¥5400 at Amazon.co.jp (including shipping, which triggers at ¥1500 purchases here!), and my dishwashing evenings were lacking something to look forward to, other than a load of clean dishes at the far end of that labor.

Last night though I watched the "Our Dear Mrs. Reynolds" episode of Firefly. I remain convinced that the series would have eclipsed BtVS if it had been given a 2nd season. There are so many lines and pauses and looks and otherwise insanely great moments in that story. I found myself laughing out loud at the show, which only happens rarely with BtVS.

In a similar vein, I finished Season 1 of Veronica Mars on the train ride home last night - it doesn't finish particularly strongly, but it's a damned good show. It's Twin Peaks -meets- Beverly Hills 90210; or at least I think so, having never seen more than 5 minutes of 90210. I liked Veronica Mars - not sure if I'm going to cough up the ¥7743 for it; that's a bit rich for me, considering Kristen Bell doesn't even get her kit off.
...
*checks ep guide for the first time*
Oh. Oh, crap. I only watched 13 episodes.. no wonder I thought it was a weak finale. It wasn't a finale. Hooo.

In other news, I can't FIND SHIT lately. I'm commonly unable to see things that are right in front of my nose, but if I'm looking on behalf of someone else, I find things immediately. The wife says, "Have you seen the back of my earring?" I run my hand through the carpet near where I'm already sitting, and PRESTO! "Is this it?" The daughter says, "Where's my DS?" I say, "It's upstairs, behind the bookshelf, underneath that English book." And it is. I remember where things are, or I stumble upon them with stoopid-crazy luck. But last night we had a mosquito in the room, and I couldn't find that thing - we got bit several times, and spent more than an hour looking for the damned thing. Then I wanted my anti-bugbite-itch roll-on; and it wasn't around (I forgot that I'd accidentally taken it to work, where I now have TWO of them), and even when looking for a key that my daughter had misplaced only moments prior, we all looked and looked, wasting about an hour of the precious, scarce, post-dinner why-the-heck-aren't-you-in-bed time that is so treasured by parents. I'm only able to locate two of the 8 or so rechargeable batteries I've been stockpiling, and those two are in my Xbox wireless controller, removable only under penalty of Very Harsh, Eyebrow-Slanted Stares from Daddy. Maybe it's less that I can't find stuff - maybe it's just that "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair."

Comments

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Ah. I thought you meant "continuations" of the story. I know there's an MMORPG planned (snore) and I think I read something about novels or comics that will be set in Firefly universe; at least one of them is before the movie, because (paraphrasingly) "the whole gang's together."

SPOILERS AND SHIT:
I can't believe that Joss basically flipped the bird at continuing the series in book or comic form as canon by whacking those two characters in the movie. I know Joss has said (http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=4656), (again, paraphrasingly) "Romeo and Juliet - happy ending? It could be good. Not great, though."

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

dunno, i think that killing them really brought tension to the story. i thought anybody could die. it was much more powerful and affecting for me because of that, to watch what followed.

MMORPG is gonna suck, since the whole genre is shit.

there are supposed to be comics and novels both, iirc, or last i heard anyway. one of my favorite authors (steven brust) has written a novel on spec, basically because he wanted to because he got an idea for one, and submitted it. if they don't publish it he's going to release it as fanfic, so we win either way. his style is perfect for firefly, so i'm pretty excited.

[andrewv.livejournal.com]

the MMORPG doesn't have any developers, they like licensed a freeware engine and expect fans to make all the content. lol.

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

still beats EQ2 and vanguard i bet

[andrewv.livejournal.com]

nice Sony-related avatar as you dis Sony Online Entertainment properties

that's the attention to detail that puts your trolling a cut above the rest

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Whoa, that's a bit harsh. Unless there's some friendship-motivated hazing that I'm missing the nuance of, if you'd like to continue fighting, please take it somewhere else.

[andrewv.livejournal.com]

haha Christian and I are totally bff

and I was utterly serious, polygon man is awesome and it was a good use of him!

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

YAY! Now smooch and make up! Or just give me fuel for more dev/games-press slashfic action.

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

i originally took that comment in the spirit of the explanation that followed, FYI.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it; AndrewV's one of my favorite peeps, but I didn't know where he was coming from, because I didn't know that you already knew each other.

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

gotcha. no, we've been talking online since before the GIA debuted and first met IRL at E3 99.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

I miss The GIA.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

BRUST! Right - I recall something about that now; if it doesn't get snapped up and published as a "real" novel, he'll go the fanfic route. I thought that was an interesting solution. And, yea, it'll be neat to have a real author trying their hand at the characters, not just Harry Potter/James T. Kirk slashficcers.

[rev-e.livejournal.com]

No witty comment, just had to use the icon.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

"Objecting Icon" sustained!

I think I was remembering your icon when I framed that particular example.

[nattotastic.livejournal.com]

They could continue books and comics with a plot set before the finale but inbetween a couple of episodes. Happens all the time.