Friday Humor with XKCD.com
A while back I posted about the web comic XKCD. With its tales of love, raptors, computers and more there is a lot to laugh at. However, recently they did a comic about the state of summer blockbuster action flicks. I thought the solution they came up with was quite good. ...
If you didn't understand the joke, make sure to watch the Firefly TV series and the follow up movie Serenity.
Watching Firefly
Yesterday I posted a review on the Firefly Soundtrack. At the end I recommended watching the show ( buying the DVD is my real recommendation ) if you haven't already. If you aren't willing to buy an inexpensive and incredibly popular box set off of my recommendations then here is a way you can test it out. Through amazon's video download service you can download 1 or all of the shows to your computer, TiVo or personal video player.
Here is the link to Firefly on Amazon's Unbox ...
I highly recommend watching the pilot which is called "Serenity". Many people also fell in love with the show after watching "The Train Job", which was actually the first episode Fox aired I believe. Once you fall in love with the characters you may want to watch my favorite episode, "Out of Gas". However, once you fall in love with the characters you will want to buy the complete box set.
Review: Firefly (Original Television Soundtrack)
Within the past year I was introduced to the television show "Firefly" and the movie that was made after it was cancelled called "Serenity". As this show is well beyond just "brilliant but cancelled" I became a big fan. When this soundtrack came up in my amazon gold box deals I had to check it out.
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Of course, for a fan the Firefly soundtrack is a must have. One of the many great things about the series was the music. It set such a great mood for this future, yet so present day, 'verse that Joss Whedon created. Today I have been playing the songs in random order at work and they are great background music to work to. It sets a wide assortment of moods, to go along with the ways visuals the music went with, but for the most part it is very soothing. I feel that the music on this album would be great for anybody to have in your library, especially if you are a fan of soundtracks.
For fans of the show it is missing "The Hero of Canton", but after listening to it I feel the song would almost be out of place with the rest of this music. Of course, if you own Firefly: the Complete Series you probably have access to the Easter Egg of Adam Baldwin ( Jayne ) singing the song, with a slight modification.
As I said before, this is good music even if you aren't a fan of Firefly and Serenity. However if you haven't seen them yet do so, you will become a fan as well. It is what television was meant to be.