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thehefner1.) We got tomorrow's shipment of comics, and while I haven't read them all yet (and we'll get our asses sued off if we sell one or even have anyone look at them before midnight Wednesdays), I've skimmed over a few. A couple thoughts:
a.) Dude, doesn't it fucking suck ASS when a writer uses an idea you've had in the back of your brain for years? MotherFUCKER. I speak of the ending of the flawed but intriguing BATMAN/TWO-FACE: JECKYLL AND HYDE. Without spoiling it, Harvey decided to deal with Two-Face once and for all, and it was exactly, EXACTLY what I was thinking. FUUCK.
b.) When Dave reads the first issue of GREEN LANTERN CORPS: RECHARGE, you will hear his squeal of joy all across the globe. Just like Wolverine giving Scott "the middle claw," I think this is the Guy Gardner moment that people have been wanting to write for years but never could. I'm a Hal Jordan man, but fuck me, I love Guy Gardner so much. Not surprising, as my best friend is Guy incarnate.
2.) Like most of you here, I am looking forward to seeing SERENTIY. With my comic shop connection, I may also be getting a pass to a sneak preview next week. If I do, there's only one person I'd want to see this film with and that's my mother. Not so much because I'm a momma's boy, and fuck you yes I am, but because... well, how shall I put this? She dislikes Buffy and Angel even more than I do (she deeply loves Farscape, B5, and Star Wars, but somehow can't "believe" magic, vampires, and superheroes) but we both really liked Firefly. When I told her about the poissibility for passes, she was really excited.
"Yeah," I said, "too bad we'll have to sit in a whole audience of Browncoats."
"What's a Browncoat?" she asked.
"You remember the rebels that Mal was a part of? The ones who had their asses whipped?"
"Ohh, yeah."
"Well, those were the Browncoats, remember? Welp, that's what Firefly fans call themselves. Trek fans call themselves Trekkies or Trekkers, Firefly fans are... Browncoats."
There was a pause while she took this in.
"Oh, give me a fucking break!" she said, rolling her eyes.
And that, my friends, is why I am seeing this movie with her.
3.) One more little note on Firefly. I like the show a hell of a lot. Me, the Whedon detractor (although everytime I hear dialog like, "I don't wanna explode" said by someone who isn't Helium the loveable balloon creature from The Adventures of August Strindberg and Helium it makes me seriously want to cut a bitch. "Groiny." Yeah, you die now, Whedon). It was awesome, yes. But guys, WHAT'S THE BIG FUCKING DEAL?? The show wasn't brilliant! It might have been, hell, with three seasons it could have been earth-shaking. But as it was, it was just a well-written and fun show and not much bloody else! Closest explanation I can give to this obsession is that people are projecting their Whedon love from Buffy or Angel onto Firefly, as if Firefly had managed to achieve what those other shows did. Now, SERENITY may well achieve something worthy of drooling crazed obsession, especially if it becomes a trilogy. But as the TV series? Guys, I've read comics that in 12 issues that accomplished more and did it even more brilliantly than Firefly did in one season. I can't help but feel like all these fans are as much obsessed with what could have been rather than what actually was.
4.) Reason #46 why I love Gordon Hagen (my stepfather). A little while ago he decided he would give me some romantic advice to sweep the ladies off their feet. He said, "Turn the lights low. Put some music on. The look her right in the eyes and ask her, 'Kid... is you is... or is you ain't my baby?'"
a.) Dude, doesn't it fucking suck ASS when a writer uses an idea you've had in the back of your brain for years? MotherFUCKER. I speak of the ending of the flawed but intriguing BATMAN/TWO-FACE: JECKYLL AND HYDE. Without spoiling it, Harvey decided to deal with Two-Face once and for all, and it was exactly, EXACTLY what I was thinking. FUUCK.
b.) When Dave reads the first issue of GREEN LANTERN CORPS: RECHARGE, you will hear his squeal of joy all across the globe. Just like Wolverine giving Scott "the middle claw," I think this is the Guy Gardner moment that people have been wanting to write for years but never could. I'm a Hal Jordan man, but fuck me, I love Guy Gardner so much. Not surprising, as my best friend is Guy incarnate.
2.) Like most of you here, I am looking forward to seeing SERENTIY. With my comic shop connection, I may also be getting a pass to a sneak preview next week. If I do, there's only one person I'd want to see this film with and that's my mother. Not so much because I'm a momma's boy, and fuck you yes I am, but because... well, how shall I put this? She dislikes Buffy and Angel even more than I do (she deeply loves Farscape, B5, and Star Wars, but somehow can't "believe" magic, vampires, and superheroes) but we both really liked Firefly. When I told her about the poissibility for passes, she was really excited.
"Yeah," I said, "too bad we'll have to sit in a whole audience of Browncoats."
"What's a Browncoat?" she asked.
"You remember the rebels that Mal was a part of? The ones who had their asses whipped?"
"Ohh, yeah."
"Well, those were the Browncoats, remember? Welp, that's what Firefly fans call themselves. Trek fans call themselves Trekkies or Trekkers, Firefly fans are... Browncoats."
There was a pause while she took this in.
"Oh, give me a fucking break!" she said, rolling her eyes.
And that, my friends, is why I am seeing this movie with her.
3.) One more little note on Firefly. I like the show a hell of a lot. Me, the Whedon detractor (although everytime I hear dialog like, "I don't wanna explode" said by someone who isn't Helium the loveable balloon creature from The Adventures of August Strindberg and Helium it makes me seriously want to cut a bitch. "Groiny." Yeah, you die now, Whedon). It was awesome, yes. But guys, WHAT'S THE BIG FUCKING DEAL?? The show wasn't brilliant! It might have been, hell, with three seasons it could have been earth-shaking. But as it was, it was just a well-written and fun show and not much bloody else! Closest explanation I can give to this obsession is that people are projecting their Whedon love from Buffy or Angel onto Firefly, as if Firefly had managed to achieve what those other shows did. Now, SERENITY may well achieve something worthy of drooling crazed obsession, especially if it becomes a trilogy. But as the TV series? Guys, I've read comics that in 12 issues that accomplished more and did it even more brilliantly than Firefly did in one season. I can't help but feel like all these fans are as much obsessed with what could have been rather than what actually was.
4.) Reason #46 why I love Gordon Hagen (my stepfather). A little while ago he decided he would give me some romantic advice to sweep the ladies off their feet. He said, "Turn the lights low. Put some music on. The look her right in the eyes and ask her, 'Kid... is you is... or is you ain't my baby?'"
