World, Mostly Turning

Joss pipes up again. Over at Whedonesque, there's a link to an interview with Nathan Fillion where he describes Serenity as being 'revenge'. Someone commented that Adam Baldwin refers to it as 'redemption' and wondered what terms the other cast members use. This was Joss's response:

Revenge for Nathan and redemption for Adam. That's them in a nutshell. I remember talking to everyone about it...

For me, it was recrudescence.

For Summer, a kind of rebirth.

Morena said it was a rebellion.

Sean thought it was pretty much a rehash.

Alan said it was almost like a rebar through the chest.

Ron: just a rerun.

Jewel thought it was a rehearsal, which explains all those retakes.

Gina really enjoyed "Reanimator".

joss | March 16, 17:21 CET


Rebar. Hee.

...but I get there eventually.

I just discovered the 'More' button on the Disc 4 special features of the Firefly DVDs. Which means, after all this time, that I have finally seen the Gag Reel, heard Joss sing the theme song, and seen Adam Baldwin sing 'The Hero of Canton'.

Yeah, slow.

Speaking of slow, I also finally got my Serenity stuff! I only ordered it from the now-defunct website, um, four months ago? It came via Federal Express in an envelope marked 'urgent'.

At least I'm not the only one who's slow.

Jim and I spent New Year's Eve at a house party with some old friends - he met them in high school, while I met them shortly thereafter in my first year of university. Which means I have known them (and Jim, for that matter) for 23 years now. How in the world did I get to be this old?!?

Anyway, well after midnight and many glasses of wine and champagne, he and I retired to the local Holiday Inn for a kid-free night in a king-size bed. Jim started playing with the TV to see what movies were available and discovered that Serenity was one of them. And then we stayed up until 5 am watching it.

Thus, the answer to the question in the subject line: Very.

The Browncoats site is being closed down on January 3. ::sniffs:: If you have points, be sure to redeem them for something in the store before then. If you need a top-up to have enough to get something, each click on the Browncoats blog will get you five points. I'm still waiting for the bandana I ordered several months ago.

A new forum has been set up at browncoats.serenitymovie.org/forums/. There's even a fanfiction thread. :-)

In completely unrelated news, Tim Horton's steeped tea? Is awful.

Nathan posted to the Browncoats board yesterday:

Posted: 24 Dec 2005 4:53 pm
Post subject: A Message for the Holidays

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So, here we are. So much has happened recently and I feel this is the time to pause and reflect before the New Year starts slapping us around.

We made the movie, it has come out on DVD just in time for that odd little Christian holiday where they celebrate not being fed to lions or something. It is number one on Amazon, and the old Firefly set is crawling back up the charts like a thirsty man in the desert towards a mirage. Does this make us better than anyone else? You bet it does. But it's not the kind of better than that causes you to look down your nose at anyone. It's more the kind that lets you pat someone patiently on the arm and say in a sanctimonious tone, "Mm hm, it's alright. I'll get you a copy of the movie and you can be cool, too. Just not quite as cool as me because I've been a Browncoat for sometime, now."

If you are like me, you watch the movie to assure yourself the future will be safe, you watch the extras to see old friends, and you listen to Joss' commentary and shed a little tear over good times. Waht's that? You don't cry in the commentary? Well, just have an emotion chip installed, you robot, and refill your eye bags with saline.

Be well, Browncoats. Aim high, as we have all learned that nothing is impossible (except getting Jewel and Morena to stop fighting over who is prettier when we all know it's me). Happy Holidays.

Nathan "Captain Tightpants" Fillion

Joss posted to the Browncoats board yesterday on the occasion of Serenity's release to DVD.

( Joss speaks #1. )

And he also posted to Whedonesque to debunk rumours that he's given up on the 'Verse.

( Joss speaks #2. )

The Serenity website has been relaunched for the upcoming release of the DVD (Dec. 20!), complete with the fugly cover artwork. Not that I don't still want a copy, but - yick.

Joss has weighed in on the cover art for the Serenity DVD:


Posted: 03 Nov 2005 11:19 am
Post subject: DVD art

Guess what else I'm not the boss of.


*snort* That pretty much says it all.

More silliness - 2 Books, Badger, Niska, YoSaffBrig, a Reaver, and the Operative. Book has his moustache now. (Oops.)

( More silliness here )

Joss's latest post on the Browncoats site:

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Hello, young lovers, wherever you are. This is Joss, coming to you live via technology. I thought it would be fair to give you all my little State of the Onion before I descend into the depths of the Warren to pound away at my keyboard, munch lettuce and ignore that annoying nerd Fiver who keeps saying something bad is coming, like he can tell or whatever. I'm excited to beat this Wonder Woman script into shape (and munch lettuce). Mostly, to be honest, I'm excited to (deliberately split infinitive) not be a Professional Serenity Barker. I love you guys, I loves me some Serenity cast, but I am yammered out. By Spain it just got surreal (I think Nathan and Summer will back me on that one). Selling is not my strong suit. Actually, my strong suit is Kevlar, but it bunches in all the wrong places.

So I have read much over the past weeks: we have Won! Lost! Triumphed! Failed! and have, of course, agreed with every single thing I read (one of the exhausting things about having no personality). But in the dark blue of early morning I do have some perspective, and it runs thus:

I'm very content. I think the movie is really good. That was hard to a) do and b) realize. The response has been terrific, the majority of the reviews extremely positive: people GOT IT. What's more, an impressive number of people saw this movie who never would have, and even more still will. This is not spin: I know we didn't do the expected numbers our first weekend, we didn't have an unprecedentedly small drop-off the second (which was my personal fantasy.) I've been to some dark places, just like you guys. But the movie has legs, and people who loved it LOVED it crazy, the way love is supposed to be. Europe has been a nice boost (and a lung-splitting shout out to my UK and Aussie UIPeeps -- they're dears, and efficient as hell). We'll keep soldiering on, until we can't crawl and we find DVD to carry us. I see us kind of like the Shawshank Redemption without all the Oscar nominations (unless Best Feet becomes a catagory). People who were befuddled by the title or lack of premise hook will finally pick it up, and keep picking it up... They may miss out on the big-screen exitement, but they'll see our little tale and take it to their hearts. Takes a while. Just like the show.

I've seen a couple of posts with Browncoats beating themselves up about not having done enough. I never want to hear that again. You guys have gone above and beyond above and beyond. The people who are above and beyond are looking at you guys and going "Man, don't they ever quit?" Your efforts, and your investment (emotional as well as tickety) have done an enormous amount for this film and my battered heart. No more self-flagellation, unless it's the healthy, what-every-young-person-needs-to-learn-about-their-body kind.

And what about Da Fyoocha? (And why did I need Arnold to say that?) I have no idea. It could be that this tale is told. Or it could be that down the line, dollars accumulate and some exec says, "let's spin that wheel again." Or who knows. I'm not resting my hopes on it, but it's not a concept I'll ever close the book on. In case the 30,000 reporters I told didn't get this message out, I love this crew like Nick loves Nora, like Hellboy loves Pancakes, like Bridgitte loves Bernie (and if you're old enough to get that reference, my condolences.)

Thank you all. I'll be in touch again, but I have an Amazon to rassle. Remember that this is not over; every dollar (or Euro) counts, every new convert is a friend for life. But don't fret too much on what's to come. Enjoy the remarkable things we've accomplished. You're Big Damn Fans. Have some lettuce.

All love, Joss.

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I got a little teary reading that. How very much do I love this man? ::sniffs::