Oh, Firefly...

[elisi]

adoxerella has a lovely More Joy Day reccing post, which reminded me of this awesome, awesome Firefly/Serenity vid:

The LJ post for it is here: Project Awesomesocks (very aptly named) and the first comment is from Joss himself. No really!

Anyway, it made me remember all the reasons I love that 'verse (which, unusually, I just love, with no urge to play with the meta), and Joss' writing and characters. *deep sigh* (He should never be allowed near [Buffy] comic books though. Never ever ever.)

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[adoxerella.livejournal.com]

I look back on this post and remember how happy it made me for the girl who made the vid. If you look at her journal it's kind of obvious she is a younger girl, and here she is getting pages and pages and pages of replies. Just thinking of it makes me smile.

Plus it is a DAMN good vid.

[elisi]

*nods a lot*

She's so proud, unapologetically so, and it's wonderful. ♥

(Also your icon just cracks me up. Oh Jayne...)

[calturner.livejournal.com]

Anyway, it made me remember all the reasons I love that 'verse (which, unusually, I just love, with no urge to play with the meta)

That's how I feel about Firefly and Serenity. I love them to pieces, but I have no desire to read fic or meta about them.

Brilliant video. I hadn't seen that before, so thanks for sharing! :)

[elisi]

That's how I feel about Firefly and Serenity. I love them to pieces, but I have no desire to read fic or meta about them.
I'll read the occasional fic, but it's mostly because people have rec'd it. I never seek it out. I think it's to do with it being so very story specific - I'm not really interested in What Ifs.

Brilliant video. I hadn't seen that before, so thanks for sharing! :)
I'd pretty much forgotten that it existed, so it was like seeing it anew. So I couldn't not share...

[peroxidepirate.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking! It's an awesome vid.

I'm with you on mostly just loving this universe. I finally realized Firefly is on the short list of things I find so wonderful I don't see the point of fic when it will nearly-always disappoint. (I've written a couple of tiny ficlets, but that just led me back to the same conclusion. *g*)

[elisi]

It manages to perfectly capture the sheer delight of the whole verse. ♥

And yes, I'm right there with you - I don't really want fic because it's perfect on its own.

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

I just finished a rewatch of Firefly and Serenity, over the holidays. It is still such a wonderful show.

[elisi]

A rewatch does sound lovely...

[revdorothyl.livejournal.com]

That is my all-time favorite "Firefly" video! (With Princes and Frogs a close second, followed by the Browncoats version of Holding Out for a Hero.)

[elisi]

I don't think I know those two! Will check them out as soon as I have a moment to myself! Thank you! :)

[revdorothyl.livejournal.com]

I go back and forth about which of those two are my second favorite and my third favorite, actually ("Princes and Frogs" noses ahead when I'm annoyed with men in general or with the actions of some men on the Firefly series in particular, and "Holding Out for a Hero" pulls ahead when I just want to celebrate the awesomeness of the series and all its characters, and not focus on any of the flaws).

But "Defying Gravity" is always first in my heart, and I had no idea there was that great LJ histoy behind it (had just come across it by chance on YouTube).

[elisi]

I go back and forth about which of those two are my second favorite and my third favorite, actually
Oh I know that feeling! :)

But "Defying Gravity" is always first in my heart, and I had no idea there was that great LJ histoy behind it (had just come across it by chance on YouTube).
Makes it even better, y/y?

[yourlibrarian]

What I loved about Tim's post was his signature of Tim (the other guy) Minear. Ha! Nothing like a teenager to make you see your place in the world differently.

[elisi]

Made me laugh too. And it's nice to see people who don't take themselves to seriously. :)

[yoshimi.livejournal.com]

wow, am i ever ready to rewatch that entire series + the movie now. thanks!

[elisi]

You and me both.... And my pleasure! :)

[ever-neutral.livejournal.com]

Joss's comment though!!! *g*

[elisi]

I KNOW! Apparently I have a few scraps of affection for him still... ;)

[local-max.livejournal.com]

It is a great vid, isn't it? And I know what you mean--I love Firefly deeply, but don't have quite the same need to write about it as I do with the Buffyverse.

[elisi]

It's a gorgeous vid. And it's a funny thing about not needing to analyse it. Maybe it's because it's so story driven, rather than being all metaphor.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

This is a great vid, but since the Joss-written Astonishing X-Men are among my favourite comics ever, may I suggest you modify that last sentence to "he should not be allowed to continue finished tv shows in comics". (Emphasize on "Finished" here because last year I read Fray, which he wrote during season 6, I think, and it's rather nifty.) At any rate, I love AXM to bits, and its existence alone says you're wrong to keep Joss from comics in general.)

[elisi]

Fair enough. Especially since it's just been revealed that 'season 8' was basically Brad Meltzer's fanfic that Joss signed off on...

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Even without that revelation, as I said to monanotlisa, there is an obvious explanation for the difference in quality. Script doctoring for X-Men 1 aside, Joss had never written the X-Men before, though he was a fan from boyhood onwards. He could approach those characters with all the eagerness you have for new projects, things you haven't done before, new ground, instead of revisiting old vistas, so to speak. Whereas I think he had said all he wanted to say about Buffy & Co. on the show itself, and after seven years, that's not surprising.

Also the AXM run was limited to three arcs making one superarc, and it's always good, from a writer pov, to know you can't drag something out ad infinitum.

Incidentally, the original characters he created in addition to the established X-Men all became stalwarts of the Marvel universe thereafter, which in one particular case I was especially glad for. (As this was Joss, I was afraid he'd kill her off, and the bastard teased us with an almost-death accordingly, but left her alive and florishing in awesome moral ambiguity.)

[elisi]

Joss had never written the X-Men before, though he was a fan from boyhood onwards. He could approach those characters with all the eagerness you have for new projects, things you haven't done before, new ground, instead of revisiting old vistas, so to speak.
*nods* Much like RTD and Moffat are both huge Doctor Who fans - it gives them enthusiasm, but also a respect that might not be there when it's someone's own work.

Also the AXM run was limited to three arcs making one superarc, and it's always good, from a writer pov, to know you can't drag something out ad infinitum.
Absolutely. One of the main problems of s8 was the 'We can do ANYTHING !' approach....

As this was Joss, I was afraid he'd kill her off, and the bastard teased us with an almost-death accordingly, but left her alive and florishing in awesome moral ambiguity.
Neat! :) (And I happen to have the perfect icon! *g*)