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June 08 2008

Spoof Google News page. Scroll down the page for "good news" in the Entertainment section ;-)

StevieB | General | 17:03 CET | 28 comments total | tags: serenity, buffy

If only. Well maybe one day.

Simon | June 08, 17:40 CET

Does it make me one of the really crazy fans that my main thought was "Oooh - 'Serenity Rising' would be an awesome title!"?

kalia | June 08, 17:58 CET

SWEET! MORE STAR WARS!

Oh, and that other thing:P. 'Serenity Rising' - I actually love that title. Winner.

Break_Atmo | June 08, 17:59 CET

Hehe, that was strangely cool to read, even going in knowing it wasn't remotely true. Says a lot about how much I'd love a follow-up to Serenity that I'm almost ready to believe an admitted spoof if it offers the slightest hope for a sequel. :)

And, yeah. Serenity Rising actually would make an excellent title.

Kaine | June 08, 18:08 CET

Buffy S11 DVDs? If only :(

Leaf | June 08, 18:23 CET

Ha! That's awesome.

Succatash | June 08, 18:30 CET

Loved it. And the post about Lucas' authorizing the rewrite of eps 1-3. Totally brill

madmolly | June 08, 18:39 CET

Shepherd Book's secret was that he knew how the final Harry Potter book ended?

I feel somewhat let down.

Kaine | June 08, 18:42 CET

Sad that the outlandishness of a Serenity sequel ranks with Visa and Mastercard capping their interest rates at 8%, and Barry Bonds owing his success to yoga. (As much as Lucas seems to like to tinker with Star Wars with each new technological development, I don't see that announcement as being so outlandish.)

palehorse | June 08, 18:57 CET

I think there's more chance of a sequel than peace in Israel/Palestine. So, y'know, silver lining. Sort of ;).

Saje | June 08, 19:22 CET

More Harry Potter? And AIDS vaccine? Apologies to Tibet? AND more Serenity? Now that would be a day.

Harmalicious | June 08, 19:26 CET

That was cruel!! :(
I was thinking...Have I missed something?!?!? surely I would have known about a sequel in the works?!?!? then DUH!!!!!! I guess I can't always trust google news :( Maybe one day that won't be a spoof. :(

spike_lover | June 08, 19:29 CET

Also under In the News it lists links to Joss Whedon and other famous people, then... manatees, haha.

fortunateizzi | June 08, 19:58 CET

"Yes, Han really did shoot first."

Hah! I'm vindicated at last!

(And Serenity Rising would be a good sequel, but Finding Serenity is probably better. Hey, Jane would totally let Joss have her title, wouldn't she?)

ManEnoughToAdmitIt | June 08, 20:10 CET

Pure awesome.

Resolute | June 08, 20:27 CET

Buffy is already complete!

Now, to see Angel season 11... now THAT would make my day!

Beren77 | June 08, 20:37 CET

I love every single article heading on that page.

kazzmere | June 08, 20:52 CET

Wow and ow. The one that really stung more than Serenity's sequel (*whimper*) was the HIV/AIDS vaccine "breakthrough." After about nine years of working in HIV/AIDS research, and constantly experiencing disappointing research set-backs, knowing it was a spoof did not stop the little flutter I felt when reading the headline "Successful third round of trials for AIDS vaccine."

"Vaccine maker waives copyright and claim to profits" and allowing the little Carlisle Sentinel to announce it were especially nice touches.

I couldn't see much info about www.fugue.com, but the maker(s) of this page clearly has/have both brains and hearts, as well as a pointy sense of humor. (I'm thinking mebbe this lady had a hand in it, with this gentleman.)

QuoterGal | June 08, 21:35 CET

Very cool. The entertainment headlines made me laugh, but it was a sort of muted laugh because scrolling down through the "news" section was... oof... heartbreaking.

catherine | June 08, 22:19 CET

Yup, that is the world in which *I* live. :-)

OzLady | June 08, 23:06 CET

Several of those headlines hurt quite a lot.

Sunfire | June 09, 00:03 CET

*sigh* If only.

UnpluggedCrazy | June 09, 05:18 CET

It made me sad. I want.

violyns | June 09, 07:34 CET

That whole page was awesome. All things that will NEVER happen. Some "sad but true"s and mostly "funny and oh-so-true".

Turbofist911 | June 09, 08:29 CET

Serenity Rising! Pres. Obama signs National Health Care Act! Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama meet! Better Amtrak!

Oh what a wonderful world this would be.

TiffintheOK | June 09, 17:13 CET

Buffy season 11? Saying that is just cruel....*breaksdown*

[ edited by mark on 2008-06-09 14:46 ]

shesmyeverything | June 09, 17:45 CET

Well done.

hobnail | June 09, 20:03 CET

If it were the truth I'd subscribe to that newsletter.

AngelDiva | June 10, 10:11 CET

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