"No, I'm not wrong. You're wrong. That movie was a dog, and a rightful fiscal failure. Firefly was a dog of a show and the movie version was incomprehensible to anyone who was not a devotee of the show."
Whatever. I wasn't a devotee of the show, i watched all of 4 (maybe 3 episodes) before i gave up on it. I didn't like the western/cowboy aspect of the show...i gave up on the train robbery episode. Serenity was fine. I had a few episodes of the show under my belt and i understood what was happening. Maybe we need less spoon-feeding than you do. Regarding Avengers, i believe that Wheadon will do a fine job with it, however, if Avengers bombs with the general public (i think Avengers will make its money back regarless if it is considered good or bad, there's just too much hype around it already for it to be a financial failure) Wheadon will likely be cast out of the big screen side of the business and sent back to TV. He has a solid track record on the small screen with Buffy and Angel, lots of fans for his other projects like Dollhouse and Firefly, so his devotees will continue to follow him waiting for his next 'golden' production. On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > "Known fact?" You mean "desperate nerd wish?" > > I watched the show. It made my eyes hurt. Didn't help that, as I > said in another thread yesterday, that it's a banal ripoff of Outlaw > Star. And again, I'm not otaku so that's not just a typical Asiaphile > argument. > > Fact: The only feature film which Joss Whedon has directed made ~ > $25m. Thus he has NO track record for being a successful film > director. Hence my concern for the Avengers film. > > In any event, after seeing Thor this past weekend (discount theater) I > am very excited to see him and Iron Man interact on screen. Nevermind > Cap! > > On Jul 19, 9:04 am, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is your opinion, that Serenity and Firefly was a "dog of a show" > when > > it is a known fact that it was actually quite fantastic. > > But, that is one of many things we accept here at TUG is that it is okay > for > > an opinion to be wrong. It's called diversity. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, I'm not wrong. You're wrong. That movie was a dog, and a > > > rightful fiscal failure. Firefly was a dog of a show and the movie > > > version was incomprehensible to anyone who was not a devotee of the > > > show. > > > > > Whedon has not proven himself to be successful in feature films. The > > > fact of the matter is that his only feature film was a bomb. And > > > hopefully he will not apply his filter of crumminess which defined his > > > television shows to The Avengers. > > > > > On Jul 19, 8:00 am, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No it wasn't. You're wrong. It was a great, fun, and very > entertaining > > > > movie. Especially for the Firefly fans. There were only two bad parts > of > > > the > > > > entire film - SPOILER ALERT - when Shepherd and Wash died. > > > > Although I am not much of a Marvel fan, I am looking forward to this. > I > > > was > > > > hoping to see The Hulk in this. He's not in any of the clips. Wasn't > he > > > > supposed to be in the movie? IMDB.com has credits to Mark Ruffalo as > puny > > > > Banner (I remember the rumors of this) and Lou Ferrigno as the voice. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > Have a Better One, > > > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "You've got a mean swing." Nice. I hope that we can see some of > Thor > > > > > And Iron Man Are Friends like we saw in the early 100s of Avengers. > > > > > > > I too am very excited for this project but with the huge caveat > that I > > > > > hope to all the gods of the Marvel pantheon that Joss Whedon > doesn't > > > > > Whedon all over it and ruin it. The only film he has ever directed > > > > > (Serenity) was a mindless, hopeless, jumbled clusterbomb of a > > > > > disaster. > > > > > > > On Jul 19, 6:35 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Very amped for this now. > > > > > > > > On Jul 19, 2011, at 2:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > agreed. That "some assembly required" tagline is awesome. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: shag <[email protected]> > > > > > > > To: theuniquegeek <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Sent: Mon, Jul 18, 2011 6:39 pm > > > > > > > Subject: RE: [The Unique Geek] Avengers! > > > > > > > > > Looks really good! > > > > > > > > > The Irredeemable Shag > > > > > > >http://firestormfan.com > > > > > > >http://onceuponageek.com > > > > > > >http://twitter.com/firestormfan > > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Avengers! > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > > Date: Tue, July 19, 2011 12:01 am > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > who knows how long this will be up - > > > > > > > > > > http://gizmodo.com/5822377/the-avengers-trailer-leaked-and-its-rad > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > > > > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > > > > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > > > > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups > > > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.-Hide quoted > text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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