Always glad to see any Whedon appreciation, but Blogger (instapundit) trying DESPERATELY to avoid talking about the decline and fall of the Bush Administration, and, knock wood, the neo-conservative/corporatist movement.

annagranfors | October 20, 02:36 CET

If my post is going to end up being a place for someone to spew their political rant then please delete it mods. :(

SpookyRiverFan | October 20, 02:47 CET

OK, I think the first comment was straining a little too hard to make political stew out of a fairly banal four-line piece. And the second comment goes a little overboard in condemning said attempt. Let's close that avenue of discussion here. Thanks.

SoddingNancyTribe | October 20, 02:57 CET

Oh, dear, couldn't agree with you more, SNT.

Chris inVirginia | October 20, 03:05 CET

Look at it this way, the majority of the readers of Instapundit's site are not likely to know anything about Firefly. I love watching how Firefly-awareness grows and grows.

thiefjehat | October 20, 03:40 CET

What I want to know is where Instapundit heard that rumor of another season being done for DVD. Pretty damn speculative!

StaffOSimon | October 20, 08:58 CET

Well, there have been lots of people saying things like 'if the movie is a succes, maybe we can get Firefly to return' and things like that. This guy probably just picked up on some of that buzz, which is all just basically wishfull thinking.

GVH | October 20, 09:27 CET

I loved the movie, but I do think the series was better. Joss basically squeezed two seasons of a television show into a two-hour movie, and yes, he did an excellent job but I can only imagine how great that would've been drawn out over two seasons. I'd love to read his original script that he had to whittle down to fit into a two hour movie.

Firefly Flanatic | October 20, 09:57 CET

...oh, I was just being snarky. I'm sure Glenn (instapundit) is a swell guy, and I pray nightly for his successful reeducation.

but, yeah...where DID he hear this rumor of direct-to-DVD?? generally, this very page is the up-to-datest nexus of all things Whedon...maybe Ron Silver told him some H'wood gossip. (okay, half snarky there, too.) :)

annagranfors | October 20, 11:03 CET

and I pray nightly for his successful reeducation.

Would this possibly be a case of not trying to tell somebody what to think, just how to? ;)

Nah, not trying to start a war. The only thing I would say is that, looking in from the outside, it is kind of sad, how divisive US politics seems to have become and how everybody immediately becomes kind of irate. I don’t think that can be healthy for a nation in the long run.

I am glad that generally we have a ‘lets muddle along and compromise’ sort of approach in Europe, both economically (social market policies rather than free market policies) and politically. Compromise is good. Embrace it.

Still there is a solution: seeing that the Joss is embraced by all sides equally and would go down pretty well with us old Europeans also, I once again want to reaffirm my ‘Joss for President’ campaign.

And oh yeah back on topic, I prefered the film to Firefly because all that western stuff still gives me indigestion, but then that’s a definitely personal taste/possibly gender/possibly not being American kind of thing.

miranda | October 20, 14:34 CET

Snark and politics don't mix well together, so that's why I'd rather see this thread focus on the review rather than reviewer.

Simon | October 20, 15:15 CET