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I saw the BDM again today, and will lend expression to my thoughts on it in letter format. The tag seems lonely, with just that one letter to Google. So!
Dear Joss,
I went to see Serenity again, because it's just that good. No, really. You can sit there for a loooong moment and congratulate yourself.
But first, I have some things to say.
Firstly, Summer's expressions are so fun. So very incredibly fun. You script crazy folk so well. She plays one even better. And yet, her lucid 'WTFidjit' expressions are so absolutely amusing.
Next, it's all so pretty. Except for a couple of things. The way the whitepoint's altered on dream!Osiris and Miranda is beautifully effective. There's beautiful shots of Serenity that make me love the boat more than ever. The music is all so wonderfully excellent, and I want my soundtrack now. The fighting!River scenes are so beautifully done, without wasting time and effort on 'bullet time' or wire.
She loves to dance. I could watch her all day.
That said, the spinny camera bit on Miranda makes me dizzy. The whitepoint bit is a shade eye-hurty after darker scenes. And that's all the problems I can think of for the pretty.
You have a fertile imagination, and in it ideas thrive. You use the full power of the imagination, and we call it... your imagination. Sometimes, it's your characters' grave. Curse you and your sudden character death. We know yours is an evil laugh, but it really, really hurt. He was a lovely character. His death got me the first time. This time, it was what it did to the other seven of your beloved characters. Why must you put them through this kind of torment? I understand; I don't comprehend.
But this doesn't make me upset at you. Oh, no. I respect your talent as a teller of stories to make me upset for days at a fictional character - a peculiar arrangement of light on a screen - dying suddenly and horribly. In a way, I'm happy the others survive; more than two and I'd get all whimsical in the brainpan.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to wash soup out of hair?
It's, however, lovely to see some explosive growth in the fandom. I like some of the things I've heard from people who know absolutely nothing about the 'Verse that you've made up. One slightly older couple, leaving today, said that they thought they wouldn't see another movie that good for ages.
Now, make the DVD come out. Please? I hear that they're expecting the DVDs to sell excellent well, and I gorram well plan on doing my part.
Consider all this to be the final part of the IOU for my soul.
Yours squeeingly,
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Lastly, I started on a new book today - Furies of Calderon, byjimbutcher. 20 chapters in, it's fun and interesting and all kinds of lovely - much like his Dresden Files series. His style helps, too; there's certain authors - Nix, Gaiman and Prathcett also spring to mind - whose shopping lists I could happily read. They'd certainly have more plot than Jordan and more fact than Brown.
And that's about it for the moment.
Dear Joss,
I went to see Serenity again, because it's just that good. No, really. You can sit there for a loooong moment and congratulate yourself.
But first, I have some things to say.
Firstly, Summer's expressions are so fun. So very incredibly fun. You script crazy folk so well. She plays one even better. And yet, her lucid 'WTFidjit' expressions are so absolutely amusing.
Next, it's all so pretty. Except for a couple of things. The way the whitepoint's altered on dream!Osiris and Miranda is beautifully effective. There's beautiful shots of Serenity that make me love the boat more than ever. The music is all so wonderfully excellent, and I want my soundtrack now. The fighting!River scenes are so beautifully done, without wasting time and effort on 'bullet time' or wire.
She loves to dance. I could watch her all day.
That said, the spinny camera bit on Miranda makes me dizzy. The whitepoint bit is a shade eye-hurty after darker scenes. And that's all the problems I can think of for the pretty.
You have a fertile imagination, and in it ideas thrive. You use the full power of the imagination, and we call it... your imagination. Sometimes, it's your characters' grave. Curse you and your sudden character death. We know yours is an evil laugh, but it really, really hurt. He was a lovely character. His death got me the first time. This time, it was what it did to the other seven of your beloved characters. Why must you put them through this kind of torment? I understand; I don't comprehend.
But this doesn't make me upset at you. Oh, no. I respect your talent as a teller of stories to make me upset for days at a fictional character - a peculiar arrangement of light on a screen - dying suddenly and horribly. In a way, I'm happy the others survive; more than two and I'd get all whimsical in the brainpan.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to wash soup out of hair?
It's, however, lovely to see some explosive growth in the fandom. I like some of the things I've heard from people who know absolutely nothing about the 'Verse that you've made up. One slightly older couple, leaving today, said that they thought they wouldn't see another movie that good for ages.
Now, make the DVD come out. Please? I hear that they're expecting the DVDs to sell excellent well, and I gorram well plan on doing my part.
Consider all this to be the final part of the IOU for my soul.
Yours squeeingly,
active_apathyLastly, I started on a new book today - Furies of Calderon, by
jimbutcher. 20 chapters in, it's fun and interesting and all kinds of lovely - much like his Dresden Files series. His style helps, too; there's certain authors - Nix, Gaiman and Prathcett also spring to mind - whose shopping lists I could happily read. They'd certainly have more plot than Jordan and more fact than Brown.And that's about it for the moment.
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Date: 2005-10-04 06:37 am (UTC)THUD!
(I finally got that to be the title, not her reaction.)
Hadn't seen anyone mention it before.
(oh, and {{{{{{{}}}}}}} on that last meme. if you've been reading along, you know that's how I feel about you, and him, and her, and them, and us....)
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Date: 2005-10-04 07:47 am (UTC)And... wow. Brackety death.
...do all those pronouns come with an English-language version? :)
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Date: 2005-10-05 07:52 am (UTC)...It's called Where's My Cow?
Upon seeing this, I immediately squealed and demanded both books for my birthday.
PS: Still crying about you-know-what in the BDM. My opinion is still in the waver-some stages but so far? I need to go see it again now Joss can I please have your babies squee!
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Date: 2005-10-04 07:17 am (UTC)I am carefully posting this without readin the letter: still have to wait until Saturday for my Serenity fix.
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Date: 2005-10-04 07:45 am (UTC)"If you like Robert Jordan, you'll LOVE Terry Goodkind"
I don't think I've ever laughed quite so much while shopping.
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Date: 2005-10-04 08:00 am (UTC)The really frustrating thing about the Jordan books is that the first 6-7 are really good: the world is well-developed, the characters are fairly interesting, and the plot actually moves quite well. Then he scattered his protagonists to the four winds, and so has to split up each book to cover them all, which means that each plot-line only advances by about 100 pages in a 1000 page book. And the character development goes horribly downhill in some cases.
And despite all this, I know that I'm going to read the next one. I have to; it's like a compulsion. And I want to find out what happens to the characters I still like.
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Date: 2005-10-04 07:40 am (UTC)... I totally loved it!! Were I unwed I'd take you in a fan-like fashion. Because you're funny? ... Yes, because your funny.
Jen
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Date: 2005-10-04 07:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 08:01 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-10-04 09:12 am (UTC)And, thanks. Wash was a leaf on the wind and he died in the pilot's chair on Serenity as a hero. A Big Damn Hero. As soon as I can find some decent toy dinosaurs, I'm buying them to put on my desk.
And I will take an allosaurus and a stegosaurus, and I'll re-enact the discovery of This Land right here on my heyboard. Or maybe my tablet, so that they don't type "hjgv;oihaihneib/;h".
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Date: 2005-10-04 09:26 am (UTC)You have a fertile imagination, and in it ideas thrive. You use the full power of the imagination, and we call it... your imagination. Sometimes, it's your characters' grave. Curse you and your sudden character death. We know yours is an evil laugh, but it really, really hurt. He was a lovely character. His death got me the first time. This time, it was what it did to the other eight of your beloved characters. Why must you put them through this kind of torment? I understand; I don't comprehend.
This did it. And none of my labmates saw the movie or the series (I know, I know, I'm trying) so I have no hope of explaining. So I'm hiding.
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Date: 2005-10-04 09:29 am (UTC)And... um... thanks?