I come from a world where I had a Mac at home and a Unix box at work, giving me the best of both worlds in the late ‘80s. After that, I got a job at Intel programming Windows 3.1 and wondered why the hell this piece o’ crap ran most of the world. 15 years later, I’m a happy Windows user and programmer. Did I change or did Windows?
Aha! I finally figured out where I know Shepherd Book from and I now understand the references to the fact that he wasn't always a Shepherd. At one point, when he was much younger, Book was Det. Ron Harris from the 12th precinct in Los Angeles! I believe the low point in his career was in episode 135 and 136 (a rare two-parter) where Harris turns a low-budget pornography investigation into a major motion picture. The series only survived another 14 months before Harris changed his name and joined the clergy, eventually ending up on the Serenity. It all makes sense! That Buffy guy is quite the genius... : )
Wired News: “And it’s those human elements — the undeniable chemistry between the crew, the tense standoffs between good guys and bad, Mal wrestling with his conscience — that make Serenity work.”
New York Times: “Scene for scene, ‘Serenity’ is more engaging and certainly better written and acted than any of Mr. Lucas’s recent screen entertainments. ”
I never knew about the series while it was new, but have seen it 2.5 times since it came on DVD, loving it all the way through every time (last weekend, we watched it straight through). And not only that, but my family loves it, too, which is why I haven’t asked my geek friends to come along to this one with me; this is a sci-fi movie that my whole family is looking forward to. How often does that happen?
These light sabers look very cool. It'd be nice to give my boys something that they could fight with that didn't break in 5 minutes (of course, I might need one, too, just as a backup...).
