Now, before it’s too late! There’s only a little time left in International High-Five a Muslim Day and I’m rather late to the show.
Do check the video — it’s great for a chuckle, though I doubt we’ll be seeing any Christian riots over the portrayal of Jesus. Hey, maybe this is just the sort of outreach we need to find world peace. After all, there are most certainly far worse ideas being presented.
If you ever wondered which sci-fi crew you would best fit in with, here’s your chance (hat tip to the Llama Butchers). My results are as follows:
You scored as Serenity (Firefly). You like to live your own way and don’t enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.
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Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile II: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? (pics)
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Okay, I’ve got next to nothing tonight, so it seems a perfect evening to remind myself that this is just a hobby and go watch another episode of Firefly, which Santa hooked me up with after I gushed over the movie Serenity.
Still, I don’t want to leave y’all empty-handed, so here’s a suggestion to rewrite the American military enlistment oath by personalizing it for each branch (hat tip to Blackfive). I chuckled and hope you will too.
Out.
SciFi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica is starting back up in about thirty minutes, finally bringing an end to a mid-season hiatus for the best show on television. See y’all later.
… ya just have to sit back and admire the brilliance of making the best out of an otherwise silly, overrated old tune.
Granted, a certain sort of humor is required.
Thanks for the laughs.
Yeah, it’s another quiz, but I’m a sucker for Tolkien-related silliness. Hat tip to Captain’s Quarters for this one. I scored as follows:
Numenorean
To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?
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Numenorean. I’m cool with that. Meanwhile, the fiancee scored as elvish. Maybe that explains the torch she’s carried for Legolas since I first introduced her to Middle Earth by taking her to see The Fellowship of the Ring. I don’t know that it actually explains the drooling, though.
And now it’s just over.
Cable television’s FX channel has decided not to renew the critically praised Iraq war drama “Over There” for a second season due to weak ratings during the show’s initial 13-episode run, the network said on Tuesday.
“Over There,” a first-of-its-kind contemporary war drama about U.S. troops in combat and their families back home, was co-created by Steven Bochco, the veteran TV producer behind such landmark cop shows as “Hill Street Blues” and “NYPD Blue.”
While “Over There” garnered mostly favorable reviews, the gritty, albeit fictionalized, depiction of a real war that has grown increasingly unpopular with the American public ultimately proved a turnoff to TV viewers.
Although the series contained references to real-life events that have stirred debate over the war, including the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal, the producers sought to avoid overt political messages about the conflict.
The show got off to a promising start on July 27 with 4.1 million viewers tuning in, a fairly healthy launch by cable TV standards, but the audience steadily declined from there.
Through the 13th and final episode on October 26, the program averaged a meager 2.1 million viewers overall. Only 1.35 million watched the series finale.
Good. Personally, I had not returned to the show since my generally disfavorable response to the premier episode.
A little mindless listing meme while listening to the Aggies playing K-State and watching the Texas Tech-Texas game. I got it from Llama Butcher Robert, who got it from ObscuroRant, who got it from … nah, you can track it back further if you desire. The meme consists of a listing of science fiction movies, and I’ve bolded the ones I’ve personally seen.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!
Akira
Alien
Aliens
Alphaville
Back to the Future
Blade Runner
Brazil
Bride of Frankenstein
Brother From Another Planet
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Contact
The Damned
Destination Moon
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Delicatessen
Escape From New York
ET: The Extraterrestrial
Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers (serial)
The Fly (1985 version)
Forbidden Planet
Ghost in the Shell
Gojira/Godzilla
The Incredibles
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version)
Jurassic Park
Mad Max 2/The Road Warrior
The Matrix
Metropolis
On the Beach
Planet of the Apes (1968 version)
Robocop
Sleeper
Solaris (1972 version)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Stepford Wives
Superman
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Thing From Another World
Things to Come
Tron
12 Monkeys
28 Days Later
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2001: A Space Odyssey
La Voyage Dans la Lune
War of the Worlds (1953 version)
Of the movies on this list that I’ve missed, I feel I really need to see the following: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Metropolis and On the Beach.
What? You haven’t seen Serenity yet?!!
Yeah, I saw it for free and loved it. Ah, the sweet perks of a blogger’s life. I also got to take a co-worker friend, already a fan of the movie’s Firefly foundation, free of charge. Steve left his well-deserved gushing praise in a comment here and plans to catch it again with his wife. I have since made it up to the movie by paying to experience it again and dragging the fiancee in tow. By the way, the future Mrs. Gunner also loved it, despite being a Firefly novice like I was.
Go see Serenity. I can honestly say that, for the action, intelligent dialogue, storyline, humor and intriguing characters, it is easily the best film I’ve seen this year. I’ll also go so far as to say that the only sci-fi flick to rival this, in terms of sheer fun on the big screen, is the original Star Wars.
For those who followed the series or caught the movie, there’s the Firefly Personality Test. My results are as follows:
Mal (66%)