Kevin's Watch

Loremaster wrote:Serenity was great. The part with the Reaver fleet arriving to fight the Alliance fleet was incredible.

Loremaster wrote:Just a shame there were some story holes. Like how the Reavers continue their kind - perhaps breeding? And, more importantly, how they manager their ships/fleets. If they are that psychotic, I find it difficult to imagine that they can pilot their ships or manage repairs or alterations. Further, the fleet in orbit of Miranda seemed too ordered and peaceful.

More explanation would have been good. Maybe a sequel will do just that.

Cail wrote:Never say never.

Bothe Serenity and Firefly did amazingly well on DVD, so there is a chance that there will either be a sequel or the series will be picked back up by someone.

But they'd better hurry, those folks aren't getting any younger.

Revan wrote:Actually, they are. The guy who played Simon is actually getting drugs, by taking several new drugs. In 7 years he'll be the first 35 year old sperm.

dANdeLION wrote:

Revan wrote:Actually, they are. The guy who played Simon is actually getting drugs, by taking several new drugs. In 7 years he'll be the first 35 year old sperm.

I think that you're getting drugs by taking the drugs that make you actually repeat the words you actually repeat, which makes what you say so redundant it's actually redundant.

dANdeLION wrote:

Revan wrote:Actually, they are. The guy who played Simon is actually getting drugs, by taking several new drugs. In 7 years he'll be the first 35 year old sperm.

I think that you're getting drugs by taking the drugs that make you actually repeat the words you actually repeat, which makes what you say so redundant it's actually redundant.

CovenantJr wrote:

dANdeLION wrote:

Revan wrote:Actually, they are. The guy who played Simon is actually getting drugs, by taking several new drugs. In 7 years he'll be the first 35 year old sperm.

I think that you're getting drugs by taking the drugs that make you actually reapeat the words you actually reapeat, which makes what you say so redundant it's actually redundant.

Almost over-milked...but not quite.

dANdeLION wrote:Over-milked.....oh, you mean like that cow in Kung-Pow!

Lou Sytsma: Hello again. Hope all is well.

Here's a question I hope you have not been asked yet. Are you familar with Joss Whedon at all? While I am not a devout follower of all his work, I do enjoy the dialogue he comes up with for his characters. His latest effort, the short-lived Firefly tv series and the concluding movie - Serenity, are prime examples of his writing ability. Something you may want to check out.

BTW - sneaking in some extra questions here - do you find dialogue easy to write? Do you read your writing out loud to see if it sounds right?

Thanks for your time.

I'm a major "Buffy" fan. I enjoyed "Angel" and "Firefly" ("Serenity" not so much). Of course, Whedon didn't write *all* of those stories. But his dialogue (like his stories) often has serious power.

Dialogue does *not* come easily to me. In fact, no other single aspect of my books gets rewritten as extensively (and intensively) as the dialogue. And yet-- As I get older, I find dialogue more and more *exciting*. (Com'on. Who else d'ya know who would use an "argument" for the climax of a fantasy novel?) No doubt that's why there's more dialogue in "Runes" than in any other "Covenant" book.

(04/19/2006)

The Somberlain wrote:I gave it another spin today... and I think I'm convinced. There was a ton of dialogue that for some reason or another I simply didn't pick up on the first time round, or it didn't sink in, or possibly I didn't even hear what they were actually saying in some of the quieter parts.

Plus I was able to concentrate on all because I had some idea of what was going on - and also, I think the first time round I was expecting basically another episode of Firefly.

But things made lots more sense - it'd have been nice for some more of the characters to have played more... 'individual' parts, but as you say, it's a film and that's just not practical.

I liked it a lot this time.

I'm also having really strong déjà vu typing this. Odd.

"Done the Impossible"

The story of the rise and fall and rebirth of the cult TV show "Firefly,"
as told from the perspective of the fans who helped save it.

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