I feel too oogie to think of a catchy title to this blog post....

Since it has been a stretch between my last two posts, I thought I'd double whammy you with two this week. In the last post I mentioned that I was sick on Valentines day but was cheered up the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (IJATKOTCS) teaser trailer that was posted on-line that dark, sad and lonely day.

Well, I'm still sick. I was able to drag my sorry ass into work on Friday. Towards the end of the day I actually felt a bit better. But, when I got home that night I started to feel all oogie again and ended up hitting the hay at 9:30 pm on a Friday night. Saturday I woke up with a huge sinus headache which lasted the entire day. I finally pushed myself off of the couch to attend my sister's birthday dinner. Unfortunately, my bro-in-law couldn't attend 'cause he was sick at home also. The dinner was phenomenal as lasagna and Cherry Berries on a Cloud were the order of the evening!

It's Sunday morning now and I'm still suffering from aches and sinus problems. So today's agenda will be to do wash, relax and catch up on my Kevin Smith book.


In more pleasant news, I've finally finished watching all of the episodes of Firefly and capped it off with the motion picture Serenity which ties up most of the story. It was a great, short lived TV series that could have rose to great critical acclaim, but FOX Network executive (read: d*****bags) pulled the plug on it way to quickly. The outer space western hardly lasted a full season.

What made this show so wonderful? For one thing the cast and characters all worked well together as an ansamble. Each had their own story lines, personality, quirks and attributes. You cared for all of them. Even salty Jayne Cobb brought some pretty funny moments to the show.

The show didn't try to be all dark and speak over the fans' heads like Galactica can do at times. There was a fun, pulpy feel to the series as well as a nice dose of drama they didn't try and cram down fans' throats.

Speaking of Galactica, Firefly preceded Galactica's off kilter, shaky camera special effect space battles. By making the CG space scenes look flawed, it also gave a sense of reality to them. Something that Galactica has aped from since.

If you're a fan of the Sci-Fi genre and missed out when this show originally aired back in 2002, go rent yourself, or pick up, this fantastic and fun series!

For more information on the series you can check out......

ZANGZ'S WEBSITE OF THE MOMENT

BrownCoats.com

I may have made this one of my websites of the moment a while back, but since we're on the subject, I think I'll refresh everybody's memory. This website is for both fans and the uninitiated of the Firefly series alike. It has an insane amount of information on the series, characters, stars and story lines all placed in a relatively comprehensive set up. Do take time to check it out.

That's going to have to be it for now. I haven't seen any movies worth posting about and I'm still knee deep into Bioshock and Mass Effect. So until next time, Stay Vertical!

Zangz.