I saw Serenity on opening night with friends and family. I was a fan of the Firefly series, and have watched all 14 episodes on DVD. Serenity was an incredible movie: dialogue that was both snappy and witty, spot-on acting, intense action, and a riveting storyline. There was only one scene that I felt was [...]
A shiny review
Filed under Reviews, Writing Journal on October 3, 2005
Keywords: Firefly, Joss Whedon, movies, Serenity
Plans, projects and pugilism
Filed under AFK, Reviews, Writing Journal on July 29, 2005
Keywords: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, movies, Scroll of Cairdein
I got 3/4 of the way through my goals for the month. The outline is finished, but I’m only about halfway done with the novella. I thought I might get some additional time this weekend to eke out a little more, but I learned yesterday that I made it to the second round of interviews [...]
It’s about goran time!
Filed under Love Your Geek on June 29, 2004
Keywords: Firefly, movies
If you haven’t heard yet, principal shooting has begun on a Firefly movie. What’s “Firefly”, you ask? Well, it isn’t the latest offering of computer-animation bugs from Pixelworks.
Firefly was a short-lived sci-fi series on Fox. It had a western flavor that made it hard for me to warm up to right away, but the well-written [...]
Confessions of an armchair film critic
Filed under Reviews, Soapbox on April 19, 2004
Keywords: Hellboy, Hidalgo, movies
Over the last few years, I’ve developed a bad habit. When watching movies, I analyze the story, picking out plotholes, poor pacing, or bad dialogue. I’ll even go so far as to rewrite scenes in my head during the movie. I consider a movie good if, by the end, I haven’t made any mental notes [...]
