I'm beginning to think I should watch Firefly and see Serenity.

[randomness]

Firefly Chinese Pinyinary.

Although I do hear from julianyap and monkeygod that their accents suck. No doubt.

(Thanks to ladybird97 for the link.)

Comments

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes, you should.

[marith.livejournal.com]

Oh, you should, you should. Even if the accents do suck (I can't tell) it is such the finest show. Just remember to watch it in the order on the DVD, not the order it was aired. (<--- is probably the seventeenth person to tell you that)

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

C'n I be the 20th person? I love Firefly. You should totally see it. :)

[ladybird97.livejournal.com]

Oo! Can I be #21! (Unless I was further up the list. Which I probably was :)

And can I please copy that icon? I love that shot of Kaylee!

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Sure! I forget where I got the screenshot, though, so all I can offer is the icon.

[ladybird97.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you!

(I've added 'Shiny', because it just seemed to fit :)

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

You can, sure...but I think you're more like 8th. :)

So many nice people telling me I should watch this series!

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Well, let's see. When can you be in Boston again? We could do an all-day Firefly screening ... :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Well, you're also the person who told me I should see Utena--which I also haven't yet watched. I figure I can rely on your recommendations.

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

The accents are probably horrid, but I doubt they were supposed to be speaking Chinese any more than Arnold was speaking Spanish when he said "hasta la vista, baby." The little bits of Chinese dialogue just seemed like the writers way of letting you know that China had become a larger part of the cultural landscape in the future and bits of the idiom had been absorbed into the language. Kind of like those folks who really like faahgeetas. :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

*snort* "faahgeetas" *snork*

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

The little bits of Chinese dialogue just seemed like the writers way of letting you know that China had become a larger part of the cultural landscape in the future and bits of the idiom had been absorbed into the language.

This is a much better argument than the one I've heard: that the language drifted in 500 years and that's the accent that exists then.

Moreover, your comment is much funnier.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember someone telling me that, but not that many someones. So you're probably 6th, at most. :)

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes you should :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I love that you and hammercock posted essentially the same comment, except for minor capitalization and punctuation differences. Oh, and the smiley. :)

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

I have the box set of DVDs if you want to watch them, and I am close...

[bex77]

Another recommendation that you should watch the series. It is marvelous! It is one of those stories that pulls you in and makes you care about the characters and what will come next and takes you to neat new planets...and...uh...I really liked it. :)

[ishaa.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's an excellent series that was humorous and dramatic and touching and just generally what television should be, which is why it was cancelled.

The House of Chaos also has the DVDs and its residents could probably be convinced to watch them with you. :)

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Wah! You got tickets for Thursday? I envy you so much!!!

*envies*

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

If you don't see it, you'll be a dork!

One bit of the making of portions of the DVDs explains the Chinese thing fairly well. I also highly recommend watching the making of portions, too. Very interesting, and also they show just how together and familial the cast was. The fact that they care so much about the show that they're doing really shows, and it comes through in the shows themselves, as well.

Don't be a dork!

[evilmicrowizard.livejournal.com]

I have it all piled up and waiting to watch too! Not in time to see Serenity of course, but hey, it'll be out in September...