Let's hope the PDX and Eugene Browncoats can make it worth their while to bring this back!
Wish I lived closer (three and an half hours away from southern Oregon, and yet ....hmmm...it's not getting any closer), maybe a carpool.
The link on the review is a hoot too. I hadn't seen that site before.

Anna von Ovonov | February 14, 12:28 CET

Huh. I guess I'll have to go to this. I really hate the tunnel-like feeling of their auditoriums though.

electricspacegirl | February 14, 12:53 CET

What's with the X in PDX? A curious non Portland resident wishes to know.

Simon | February 14, 13:20 CET

Simon, it could be the airport code. Like LA airport is LAX.

zz9 | February 14, 15:06 CET

Cool, does that mean there's an LAY or even LAZ (Los Angeles must surely have more than one airport) ?

Saje | February 14, 16:16 CET

It's off-topic, but since Saje asked, all airports have three letter identifiers. When flying internationally, a country identifier code letter is sometimes appended to the front (depends on which system is used).

A list of US codes can be found here: http://www.leonardsguide.com/default.asp?Form=us-airport-codes.shtml
A list of all (looks like just commercial) airport codes can be found here:
http://www.photius.com/wfb2001/airport_codes_alpha.html
And an explaination can be found here:
http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html
A listing of country prefix codes can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_airport_code

gt0163c | February 14, 16:41 CET

Toronto's is YYZ (go figure).
But B!x, you are slipping. I am so disappointed.

Lioness | February 14, 16:58 CET

Cheers for that gt0163c, I love those weird little pieces of knowledge especially when they seem so obscure and ad-hoc (Canada, possibly a bit late to the international airport party, got left with the Ys Lioness. Calgary is apparently YYC - though why Toronto isn't YYT i've no idea).

Saje | February 14, 17:25 CET

Cool, does that mean there's an LAY or even LAZ (Los Angeles must surely have more than one airport) ?

LA city only has one airport. But there's one in Burbank, one in Long Beach, one in Ontario, one in Palmdale, one in Santa Ana, and one in Oxnard. Those are all separate cities, but still considered the 'LA area', or the Southland. Depending on who you ask and what day, of course.

Rogue Slayer | February 14, 19:31 CET

Oh..we got more than one airport in Ontario, Rogue Slayer

;)

So there's a suburb of LA that's called "Ontario?" Huh...guess I should avoid being vague about my origins in California if I ever visit. Though the predominant thought when people assume my origin is Michigan...

BlueEyedBrigadier | February 14, 20:48 CET

This is my favorite threadjacking in ages.

The One True b!X | February 14, 21:36 CET

"Serenity Mysteriously Resurfaces" Yes. It is a mystery why Serenity keeps popping up in theaters so long after it's general release. I wonder why.

Here is to more theater owners understanding the mystery of Serenity. Need more Browncoat theater owners!

There was just a screening in LA area and the theater owner didn't know the movie had a following. A whole bunch of people showed up in Jayne hats. Theater owner now knows.

Anonymous1 | February 14, 21:58 CET

Did anyone else assume that "PDX" was some sort of new film format like HDTV? Serenity on DVD-PDX now!

WryBread | February 15, 08:09 CET

Showtimes:

Fri, Sat, Sun 4:10, 9:50
Nightly 9:50

The One True b!X | February 15, 08:35 CET

gt0163c, thanks for those links. I knew Vancouver (BC) was YVR - that's what the airport is called now, locally at least - but I didn't know that the Harbour Airport downtown is CXH. (Actually, I don't think I had even thought about it having call letters.)

samatwitch | February 15, 10:53 CET

This actually seems like a really strange OT conversation for what I always think of as this very savvy online group. I mean I hang here mostly because of the ambiance, civilized conversation and good company of course, but also because everybody always knows so much more than I do. Now my world is being shaken.

A lot of folks here seem to travel. Folks must research travel through the internet. That is the reason I have known the codes for all of the airports in the NY Metro area for years, and, now that I think about it, for a whole lot of other places. I know this, ergo most of you must know this...and the history of why they are the way they are...and why Key West's tiny airport is an "International" airport...and more that I can't think of right now...Aaaaaaaaah my world is melting, melting, melting.

newcj | February 15, 20:11 CET

I don't get to travel very often and I've wondered what PDX meant too. Now I can stop wondering.
Now I wonder why I always seem to live on the wrong coast for cool things.
Thanks to Flan (grr) I've been through 5 different airports just for one trip. And I no longer fear airports the way I used to. So, yay me.

NYPinTA | February 15, 21:59 CET

Gorramit!! I just canceled my plans to go to PDX this weekend for my birthday!! It would have been a wonderful way to celebrate. Now I'm stuck in SEA so I'll have to watch MAL on DVD.
Portland - You bastards! :p

Traevynn | February 16, 03:41 CET