The "Serenity" Countdown

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The "Serenity" Countdown

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I'm seeing it next Thursday night at 10:00 in the godforsaken town of Riverside....

Explanations for those of you unaware of my many non-EC geekfanish obsessions will be forthcoming, or maybe you all know by now...
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We got the Angel soundtrack in the mail. Horrible.
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Well, I didn't say I was gigantic fan of ALL aspects of Joss Whedon shows.

Actually, I tend to agree about the music on "Angel" -- even the song stylings of glitzy good-guy demon Lorne never did much for me. (The actor was actually recruited from a Kaoake bar to play the owner of a demon karoke joint...in my book, however, he's a MUCH better actor than singer). Theme song never did much for me, either.

"Buffy" was more of a mixed bag -- pretty good sounding bands I didn't know or semi know (like Cibo Mato), really boring bands I didn't know. Certainly the theme by Nerf Herder does just fine. But the music they used on the shows runs hot and cold. Sometimes I really disagreed with the music choices for the occasional big emotional montage (a lot of the times, maybe all of the time, I'd prefer NO big emoitional montage). The one exception, of course, was Amy Mann, who popped in during season seven, I believe.

Joss Whedon's song score for the great muscial episode, "Once More with Feeling" on the other hand, was really quite good. Not EC good, not Frank Loesser good, definitely (he would be the first admit) not Stephen Sondheim good, perhaps not even Trey Parker/Marc Shaiman good, but still pretty dang hummable for the most part, and the lyrics are, not surprisingly quite strong.

"Firefly", on the other hand, has no modern pop bands, being set 400 years in the future so, of course, all the music is sort of quasi-future folk, for lack of a better word. There is a theme (which you probably won't hear in the movie unless, maybe, you sit all the way through the end credits) that Whedon also wrote himself. While it might not pass the El Vez test for alt country purity and genius, I like it quite a bit. And I think it can be empiraclly proven that it's way, way (ad 55,000 "ways") better than the Dianne Warren song they were using for some god-forsaken reason on "Enterprise".

Now, pardon me while I submit to the purification rituals.
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My fingers are tingling and I'm as testy as Bill O'Reilly (watch me screamingly accuse everyone who disagrees with me of having "emotional problems")....only three days...three days....
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bobster wrote:. While it might not pass the El Vez test for alt country purity and genius, I like it quite a bit. And I think it can be empiraclly proven that it's way, way (ad 55,000 "ways") better than the Dianne Warren song they were using for some god-forsaken reason on "Enterprise".
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Uh...I'm guessing that means less than superb but better than crud...So I guess I should avoid this Shephard fellow....the Dianne Warren of alt country/folk??? :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Ol' Webb is definitely the silver dollar-studded cadillac of hard country while T.G. is probably a very nice person. I'm not quite sure who merits the Warren reference. The thing about her that is reassuring/infuriating is how upfront she is about the button-pushing cloyness of the songs she writes for Michael Bay movies.
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Bob, I'm picturing you running around the neighborhood shouting "serenity now!" at people
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Not to fault Blue's originality, but I think "Serenity Now!" has been used by headline writers about 25 times...and the movie isn't even supposed to come out for another three months....But, nevertheless, I am very Jerry Stiller like these days.
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I'm seeing it next Thursday night at 10:00 in the godforsaken town of Riverside....
I went to Riverside once.....it did seem godforsaken......
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Boy With A Problem wrote:I went to Riverside once.....it did seem godforsaken......
It's in San Berdoo, isn't it? Look up godforsaken in the dictionary and there's a little map of San Bernardino County next to it.
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I'm not sure, but I think San Bernadino County is the largest or one of the largest in the entire U.S., running all the way from the eastern edges of Orange and L.A. counties all the way east to the Nevada Border. If you like deserts, billboards for Vegas hotels and Indian casinos (a recent wrinkle), San Bernadino is your kind of county. Personally, I love the town of Baker -- not only because it means you're only 90 minutes from Vegas, but for its fascinating juxtapolistion of the World's Largest Thermometer with the town's two restaurants...."Bun Boy" and "The Mad Greek.

All that desert and wide open spaces puts me in an oddly "Firefly" state of mind....two days...two days....time to shave my head....
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One day...
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oh bobster, i need to get back here after tomorrow to see how you liked it.

and, we can finally discuss it if we choose to! ('cause i've seen it twice now. yes, i am a fangirl.)


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But once I see it...what will I have left to live for? (Other than "Batman Begins", which I haven't seen yet, and the Peter Jackson "King Kong", I mean.)
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12.5 hours....12.5 hours....
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dude, you're watching the UNFINISHED movie.

you have sept. 30th, opening day of the fully finished movie, to look forward to.

silly thing!

(have fun!!!)
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I aim to misbehave.

My brother saw this a few weeks ago, and I've heard great great things.
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Personally, I just aim to survive the traffic to get out to Riverside....

But word on the street has been good....9.25 hours....9.25 hours.....
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ooooooooohhhhh - SHINY!

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(Joss is expected to be at the Riverside viewing. Happy Birthday Joss!!!)
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Well, off to Riverside. I'm not the celeb meet-and-greet type, but I'll think happy birthday thoughts for you, Poppet.
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bobster wrote:Well, off to Riverside.
If you don't return, we'll send a search party!
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BOBSTER!!!

wake up already!!! how was it????

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Post by bobster »

A search party will not be necessary....Though it didn't help that I was feeling the first signs of a cold and the guy two cubicles away from me was dealing with a moderately nasty one, neccesssitating a stop by Trader Joe's for some Airborne....

In any case, forget about the possibly impending cold during the movie. Lots of heart pounding. Lots of laughing. Still, I'm almost too close to this and want it to be a hit too much and reacted a bit like how I sometimes react when a friend does something, being both hypercritical but also more emotionally prone to like it (I always end up being either a little too positive or a little too critical if I a friend does something and sometimes both.)

On balance, I think it's a good film with an strong chance for success and a really great villain. (I'd heap praise on the actor...but I can't spell his name!) On the other hand, I wish it were paced less frantically (I had similar complaints with the original theatrical cut of "Fellowship of the Ring") and I also have a quibble involving one character that's too "in" and "spoilery" to go into here.

In any case, in retrospect it's geen growing on me a lot. And "I aim to misbehave", which is a line I was uncomfortable with in the trailer, works pretty well in context.
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