YOu’re right, the color was off a bit in Serenity. It was on purpose though. Whedon’s idea behind the series (as you may know if you’re a level 10 geek such as myself) was that the series be shot to mimic the old westerns, which were notorious for their poor lighting, technical and continuity errors, shaky cameras, etc. Most of the “bad” quality in the series is 100% intentional. Like when they show a scene outside the ship and it’s shaking and going in and out of focus – that’s all done in CGI, and was programmed to look like that.

At first it was a little jarring, since I’m used to trying hard not to break those rules, but it’s easy to fall in love with.

I think Whedon killed off Wash because he wanted to make a point that he didn’t want to try and ressurect th show as a series (remember the rukus from fans that the movie would do just that?), and he knew that Wash was so much of the show’s character that if he died, it would make it easier for us rabid fans to let go.

@34. Indeed, TNG and Enterprise would round off his series. At first I was REALLY hesitant about Enterprise, since the series was about a ship that was supposedly uber-historic, the very first Enterprise even, but had somehow NEVER been mentioned in any of the rest of the other series. But I was really impressed by it, and especially considering how big a fan I was of Quantum Leap, I thought the choice for Captain Archer was pretty good.

Having said that, I’m still having MAJOR issues with this new Star Trek movie that JJ Abrams is producing. Most fansites have moved most of the way through the 5 steps of grieving, but I’m still stuck down at anger. Anyone who wants to start dinking around with the timeline and events of TOS is pushing their luck. But rumors that some of the regular bridge crew will be killed off in the show is too much for my inner nerd to take. You don’t go killing Checkov. Who will look for the wessels? The Wessels!?!?!

Alright, I’m going to go snuggle up with a cup of hot Earl Gray Tea and my pocket protector while I finish re-reading the Chronicles of Narnia.

being a young geek, I wasn’t able to see many of those shows when they were running. However, I have been able to catch up on them through various services like “reruns” and “bittorrent” (note: I do not participate in any illegal activity that I am aware of, thank you RIAA/MPAA for making me aware that illegally downloading music/shows/films is illegal(1)), as well as the occasional hulu and youtube.
However, my favorite show still running is definitely Numb3rs. I (legally) own seasons 1 and 2 of it (and I’m working on getting money for seasons 3 and 4).

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Yes, I threw in bittorent as a joke, even as a poor high school student (who in 1.5 years will be an even more poor college student), I still have morals, and I do not download any music/shows/films illegally, everything I own, I own legally. Thank you, don’t sue me for mentioning a transfer protocol that is not illegal at all.

Another note: hopefully my html anchors will work.

This should say it all I own all the series sets for as follows:
The Prisoner
Stargate SG1
Stargate Atlantis (final season coming)
Battlestar Galactica
Firefly (Including Serenity which I think needed a real good color balancing)
Multiple Dr Who incarnations
STTOS
STDS9
STVoyager
and through season 6 of Buffy for the wife.
Oh, and I keep them all next to my Traveler and D&D books.

Letting my geek flag fly!

As for dosh on Fringe- don’t know yet, but I did upload the first one. It’s not showing up. I’m a little worried about the response. It’s… ummmm…. me singing and playing guitar. That’s scarier than Walter.

Some of my favorite quotes:
ZOE: (stopping Jayne) This is something the Captain needs to do for himself. MAL: (muffled) No – it’s not! ZOE: Oh..

Mal: “This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then… explode. ” Jayne: “We’re gonna explode? I don’t want to explode!”

OK, now, if it wasn’t already painfully evident, everyone here knows for sure that I am a nerd.

23 Wasn’t me, but maybe a point that I need to say something.

Okay, here’s something. I have a Star Trek TOS AND a TNG Uniform somewhere. Neither fit anymore.

I have an autographed photo of James Doohan (i.e. “Scotty”)

I want to believe.

Firefly? I have most of the lines to that series memorized. Favorite line – “We’re not gonna die. We can’t die. You know why? Because we are so…very…pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.” Biggest disappointment? Killing Wash and Book in Serenity. As glad as I was that they answered questions about the Reavers, I was ticked that two of my favorite characters got the axe. I still want to know more about Book’s surprising level of access.

There, I let loose my nerdery. Hope everyone’s happy. I’m just going to go find my pocket protector and write fanmail to Steve Jobs now.

How’s the back? Hope the pain is easing a bit.