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ealgyldenSleep, come back to me, sleep! Why have you abandoned me? Did I not value you enough? Were my dreams not interesting enough for you? Do you not like my pjs? Cozy flannel pants and a t-shirt with Serenity on it, how can you not like those? I don't know what I did or why you don't want to be around me anymore, but please, come back. Talk to me. I know we can work it out. And remember, people who don't sleep go crazy and hare off after their friends and family while armed with pitchforks, so please, please, make it soon. I miss you madly, sleep, and I have many pitchforks in the barn.
Why was I here again? Oh yeah, Miracles! The DVDs come out in twelve days (not that I'm counting down or anything) and I've just seen my first review of the set (light spoilers for the series and a couple of pics of Paul, Tommy, the menus, blah blah). And it's very positive, though the reviewer doesn't share my mad, passionate love for Alva. Too bad for him, but more for me!... I mean, us. That's what I meant. Ahem. *g* I hunted down what little Miracles commentary I could find, back in the day, though there are definitely spoilers there, so be wary. Frustratingly (for me- I doubt the world much cares), I had only commented on "The Ferguson Syndrome" before 2004 took a decided turn for the lousy, but I still have my notes and I fully intend to blather more, just to warn you (mwa ha ha). Twelve days. A mere twelve days, and they shall be mine. Huzzah!
A-F.com posted Diamond's official pics of the Serenity AFs, and while the facial sculpts look slightly different than in the pics from Wizardworld I linked to a few days ago, unfortunately they don't look better. This is so disappointing. Diamond's never been my favorite company, but their work hasn't usually struck me as bad. Most of their BtVS AFs have been pretty good, to my eye. So what's the problem with the Serenity figures? Why have they been Aragorn-ized? Fabulous bodies and faces that are wrong with a side of puzzling. This hurts me, Diamond. I've longed for Firefly figures with a passion bordering on the obsessive, and your failure to provide sculpts that look anything like Nathan Fillion or Adam Baldwin hurts me. I'm very disappointed.
Okay, it's possible they'll look better in person. That's happened before. I'm disappointed, but I haven't given up hope. They don't come out until September, after all. please, please, please..
I'm also not thrilled by Diamond's continuing approach of making a one or two figures with a herd of variants. Serenity Series One includes (at the moment): "(4) Mals, (3) Jaynes. (2) Unnamed Villains, and (1) Jayne with cigar." For me, that's probably three Jaynes and two Mals too many. It's a tough call, I know. Predicting just the right number and mix of figures to hit the target market without flooding it must be difficult. But Serenity has a huge cast of major characters, a number of whom could make interesting and attractive AFs. Drowning us in Mals and Jayne with only minor differences seems risky; it's a low initial investment and they‘re both popular characters (alas for a Book figure!), sure, but it also tempts very quick buyer-burnout. There are only so many Legolases and Aragorns a girl needs, you know? And if they don't sell or if the movie is a cult hit instead of the next Star Wars, we might not ever see a Series Two. No Zoes, no Simons, no Rivers. That's not an opportunity lost. It's an opportunity thrown away.
And the tiny, random Serenity mention of the day, from part two of Film Score Monthly's top 40 countdown of Hollywood's most in-demand composers, from #29, Carter Burwell: "Burwell had a promising assignment on his schedule -- Serenity, Joss Whedon's feature version of his cult favorite sci-fi Western Firefly -- but the composer and director ultimately didn't see eye to eye and Burwell was replaced by David Newman, leaving him with no assignments currently on the horizon." Aw, poor Carter. Newman still seems like a less risky, but potentially less interesting, choice. Well, we'll see. There's also a neat trivia bit I hadn't heard farther down the list- Christophe Beck (the original composer for BtVS) clocks in at #24, and it turns out that he took over David Newman's Pink Panther job when Newman moved on to Serenity. Cross the micro-worlds of film scoring and the Jossverse, and it starts to look like one of those sliding-piece puzzles.
Argh, I'm so tired! Can I at least get wacky hallucinations out of this stupid insomnia? Anything to make this more interesting.
ETA: Ha! From here: "Now, I'm gonna give you a pass on Firefly — partly because we only got to have fifteen episodes of it, and partly because Simon Tam's one of the most accurate portrayals of a closeted homosexual I've ever seen on television (...that was intentional, right?)..." That's my poor, repressed boy! Heee. Poor Kaylee. Kaylee, sweetie, I've been in your shoes. Many, many times. Heh.
Why was I here again? Oh yeah, Miracles! The DVDs come out in twelve days (not that I'm counting down or anything) and I've just seen my first review of the set (light spoilers for the series and a couple of pics of Paul, Tommy, the menus, blah blah). And it's very positive, though the reviewer doesn't share my mad, passionate love for Alva. Too bad for him, but more for me!... I mean, us. That's what I meant. Ahem. *g* I hunted down what little Miracles commentary I could find, back in the day, though there are definitely spoilers there, so be wary. Frustratingly (for me- I doubt the world much cares), I had only commented on "The Ferguson Syndrome" before 2004 took a decided turn for the lousy, but I still have my notes and I fully intend to blather more, just to warn you (mwa ha ha). Twelve days. A mere twelve days, and they shall be mine. Huzzah!
A-F.com posted Diamond's official pics of the Serenity AFs, and while the facial sculpts look slightly different than in the pics from Wizardworld I linked to a few days ago, unfortunately they don't look better. This is so disappointing. Diamond's never been my favorite company, but their work hasn't usually struck me as bad. Most of their BtVS AFs have been pretty good, to my eye. So what's the problem with the Serenity figures? Why have they been Aragorn-ized? Fabulous bodies and faces that are wrong with a side of puzzling. This hurts me, Diamond. I've longed for Firefly figures with a passion bordering on the obsessive, and your failure to provide sculpts that look anything like Nathan Fillion or Adam Baldwin hurts me. I'm very disappointed.
Okay, it's possible they'll look better in person. That's happened before. I'm disappointed, but I haven't given up hope. They don't come out until September, after all. please, please, please..
I'm also not thrilled by Diamond's continuing approach of making a one or two figures with a herd of variants. Serenity Series One includes (at the moment): "(4) Mals, (3) Jaynes. (2) Unnamed Villains, and (1) Jayne with cigar." For me, that's probably three Jaynes and two Mals too many. It's a tough call, I know. Predicting just the right number and mix of figures to hit the target market without flooding it must be difficult. But Serenity has a huge cast of major characters, a number of whom could make interesting and attractive AFs. Drowning us in Mals and Jayne with only minor differences seems risky; it's a low initial investment and they‘re both popular characters (alas for a Book figure!), sure, but it also tempts very quick buyer-burnout. There are only so many Legolases and Aragorns a girl needs, you know? And if they don't sell or if the movie is a cult hit instead of the next Star Wars, we might not ever see a Series Two. No Zoes, no Simons, no Rivers. That's not an opportunity lost. It's an opportunity thrown away.
And the tiny, random Serenity mention of the day, from part two of Film Score Monthly's top 40 countdown of Hollywood's most in-demand composers, from #29, Carter Burwell: "Burwell had a promising assignment on his schedule -- Serenity, Joss Whedon's feature version of his cult favorite sci-fi Western Firefly -- but the composer and director ultimately didn't see eye to eye and Burwell was replaced by David Newman, leaving him with no assignments currently on the horizon." Aw, poor Carter. Newman still seems like a less risky, but potentially less interesting, choice. Well, we'll see. There's also a neat trivia bit I hadn't heard farther down the list- Christophe Beck (the original composer for BtVS) clocks in at #24, and it turns out that he took over David Newman's Pink Panther job when Newman moved on to Serenity. Cross the micro-worlds of film scoring and the Jossverse, and it starts to look like one of those sliding-piece puzzles.
Argh, I'm so tired! Can I at least get wacky hallucinations out of this stupid insomnia? Anything to make this more interesting.
ETA: Ha! From here: "Now, I'm gonna give you a pass on Firefly — partly because we only got to have fifteen episodes of it, and partly because Simon Tam's one of the most accurate portrayals of a closeted homosexual I've ever seen on television (...that was intentional, right?)..." That's my poor, repressed boy! Heee. Poor Kaylee. Kaylee, sweetie, I've been in your shoes. Many, many times. Heh.
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Date: 2005-04-07 11:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-04-07 11:55 pm (UTC)OMG. They look like they're sulking.
I also LOVED that bit about Simon. Hee.
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Date: 2005-04-10 04:55 am (UTC)Poor ole Simon. He can try to hide the flames, but they refuse to be extinguished, and Mal wears such tight pants... snerk
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Date: 2005-04-10 05:06 am (UTC)Poor Simon never gets credit for being a manly man at the height of his manliness, does he? Like it's his fault Mal refuses to wear decent pants and Kaylee has more romantic chemistry with Inara. snerk
*molests your icon*