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sdelmonte1. Watched the pilot of Firefly over the weekend. Oh my. Cant' say that if Fox had shown this first, things would have ended differently, but it couldn't have ended worse. And if the audience had been able to start here, instead of from the confused and watere-down premiere, the audience may have been much happier. Either way, the pilot was everything we've come to expect from Joss, and I will never understand how Fox could have insisted that this lacked action.
2. This week's Buffy was good but not great. I'll leave the discussion and spoilers on other boards, but I will say that I wonder just where Joss is taking us. The story arc is further along at the halfway point than it's ever been. So Joss must have something offbeat up his sleeve. Not too happy yet with the new cast members, which is surprising given ME's success hiring actors. But Buffy herslef has never been more interesting.
3. Bought the Superman 10 Cent Adventure yesterday. Remember the great story Greg Rucka whipped up last year in the 10 cent Batman? Or the great tale Mark Waid did in the 9 cent Fantastic Four? Well, this isn't like that, alas. New Super-writer Steven Seagle fails to impress me in any way, and leaves me wondering why DC is making such headway in getting the Batbooks to work every month while the Superbooks have stalled out so grievously. Oddly, I could have also bought a 25-cent issue of Daredevil yesterday, but only heard about it later. I figure I will look for that next, though. Can't beat the price for what I hear is a great comic.
4. Baseball Geek Alex is happy. A former Met of note, Gary Carter, got elected to the Hall of Fame. He was one of my faves, always cheerful behind the plate, someone who seemed like a nice guy. The Mets could use someone like him again. Football geek Alex, however, is not so heartbroken about the Giants losing. I've always said that the Giants, unlike the Mets, do about what I expect of them, and little more. Somehow I think that blowing a huge leading and losing in part due to bad officiating is par for the Giants' course. Besides, the more interesting team in the area is the Jets, and they're still in. I like football, but my rooting interest in this sprot is less about the temas than about the stories. Maybe at some level, I really don't care that much about the two New York teams that play in New Jersey?
2. This week's Buffy was good but not great. I'll leave the discussion and spoilers on other boards, but I will say that I wonder just where Joss is taking us. The story arc is further along at the halfway point than it's ever been. So Joss must have something offbeat up his sleeve. Not too happy yet with the new cast members, which is surprising given ME's success hiring actors. But Buffy herslef has never been more interesting.
3. Bought the Superman 10 Cent Adventure yesterday. Remember the great story Greg Rucka whipped up last year in the 10 cent Batman? Or the great tale Mark Waid did in the 9 cent Fantastic Four? Well, this isn't like that, alas. New Super-writer Steven Seagle fails to impress me in any way, and leaves me wondering why DC is making such headway in getting the Batbooks to work every month while the Superbooks have stalled out so grievously. Oddly, I could have also bought a 25-cent issue of Daredevil yesterday, but only heard about it later. I figure I will look for that next, though. Can't beat the price for what I hear is a great comic.
4. Baseball Geek Alex is happy. A former Met of note, Gary Carter, got elected to the Hall of Fame. He was one of my faves, always cheerful behind the plate, someone who seemed like a nice guy. The Mets could use someone like him again. Football geek Alex, however, is not so heartbroken about the Giants losing. I've always said that the Giants, unlike the Mets, do about what I expect of them, and little more. Somehow I think that blowing a huge leading and losing in part due to bad officiating is par for the Giants' course. Besides, the more interesting team in the area is the Jets, and they're still in. I like football, but my rooting interest in this sprot is less about the temas than about the stories. Maybe at some level, I really don't care that much about the two New York teams that play in New Jersey?
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Sports geek?
Date: Jan. 11th, 2003 03:42 am (UTC)BTW, coudl you fill me in on Firefly? Is it set in the South? I remember you mentioned Jubal Early, who I never heard of before you mentioned him, but thanks to Harry Turtledove, I've developed a gretaer interest in Civil War history over the last few months. Now, I'm curious.
On other news, I am deprived. Harry Potter and The Two Towers have yet to hit Kosovo, but I can't really complain as I will see the movies for free :)
On some bad news, I may still be in Kosovo during the next Gathering :( I also have something for you, Batya, Constance, and Kellie. I wish I could have more, but there was a limietd availability and I have some otehr New Yorkers to giev this to as well. I was going to give it to you gargs at the Gathering, but I'll mail it instead. Expect an e-mail soon. Same for Constance and Kellie.
I never thought about stories in sports, though I've never been too big on sports. My RL obsession is just as competitive as sports, though :)
Re: Sports geek?
Date: Jan. 13th, 2003 01:57 pm (UTC)2. Firefly was a sci-fi series set 500 years in the future, after the Earth was "used up" but also after humanity relocated to a host of terraformed worlds someplace not here. The main character on the show fought on the losing side in a civil war between a group of secessionist worlds and an overarching "Alliance." (Most of the backstory was not explained in detail.) While the show was not really about the South or the Civil War, its creator, Joss Whdeon (creator of Buffy) was inspired by reading "The Killer Angels," Michael Sharara's novel of Gettysburg. Whedon wondered just what it must have been like to lose in the Civil War. The show had wandered some distance from being the Reconstruction South in outer space (and apparently the losing side never was a slave-owning culture), but the appearance of a bounty hunter named for a CSA general riased some eyebrows.
The show was very good, and was naturally cancelled way too quickly.
As for the Civil War, I'm also new to studying it, but it is fascinating. I highly recommend "The Killer Angels" for a readable and apparently accurate portrayal of Gettysburg.