Posts Tagged ‘Firefly’
My cunning hat and a character concept piece
… ago I promised someone that I would post a picture of me wearing my Jayne’s cunning hat from Firefly and of course I didn’t get around to it. It was packed along with the other warmer clothes, but now thanks to a cold snap the warm clothes have been cracked out and along with them my Jayne hat:
With the sketch below I saw a woman wearing the exact outfit the other day on the mean streets of Brisbane and thought what an awesome outfit for a comic book character and so that I …
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When I first discovered Firefly it was almost a bitter-sweet experience.
Sweet because it was fourteen episodes of pure television gold and bitter because it was only 14 episodes of television gold!
Of course I’ve since come to the conclusion that it was all for the best, I guess. Even though I would have loved to see more of a weekly series but the 14 episodes we’ve got are so good already that maybe more episodes might dilute the magic.
I was lucky too because when I first watched Firefly, the film Serenity had already been announced, filmed and was showing up in cinemas all over the world. I didn’t have to wait to have the story continued onto the big screen.
Why Serenity didn’t do well at the cinema has me completely beat.
When I went and saw the film it was a great experience, the whole cinema was full of really excited Browncoats who reacted really well.
Serenity works because the characters are the soul of the film. Even though the ‘Serenity’ spaceship scenes (especially the end) are fantastic especially on such a tight budget the real driving force is that I care about these characters. There are heartbreaking sequences that are only so because it’s happening to these characters, in other films it wouldn’t have the same impact.
In fairness, this more than likely has been passed on from the television series but the same could easily have been said of any of the Star Trek films.
I’ve also made my peace with the fact that I sincerely doubt a sequel will ever be made, not impossible of course but it seems about as likely as a Spike series or an Angel film at this stage (for those not versed in the Whedon’verse this is all VERY unlikely).
I could go on with how great the music is, the visuals etc but I won’t because if it’s on this list then you can assume that I think that everything going on in the film is pretty gorram good. I must admit though I’m surprised that this made it into the final five and not a Star Trek film (gasp!).
PS – I’ll announce who gets some Shatner book love at the end of the five days!
I’ve written a bit about the whole idea of streamlining my life and removing a lot of the hubris that I just don’t need at this point in my life. So far I’ve focused very much on books, DVDs and games but of course this philosophy extends itself further into other aspects such as clothing and stationery and a bunch of other stuff including collectibles.
Which is fine, I don’t need a lot of the collectibles I already have though I love them all dearly and they do come in handy for reference material when illustrating but part of the overall streamlining strategy is not adding more!! So I’ve found myself resisting several very cool pieces of movie memorabilia lately and not worrying too much about it.
But I’m not made of stone.
These three items would be so cool to have, no doubts about that and honestly I think whilst the title of the post says “won’t” it’s probably more a case of can’t. Money of course plays a huge role but I think the cost of these things reminds me of their actual worth. If I can’t afford them or they take money away from important things then they are essentially useless to me. (or something like that anyway…)
It actually looks comfortable
1. Captain Kirk’s Chair
When I was a young man watching Star Trek I always dreamt that one day I would have a lounge room that was an exact replica of the bridge of the USS Enterprise (NCC1701). That and a replica shuttle craft in the back yard. Now the shuttle craft is a little harder to come by, not impossible but pretty hard. The bridge on the other hand or at least the centre seat is a retail possibility.
Now there are a couple of issues to address.
Obviously the price is a talking point when having a chat with the wife about the practicality of purchasing this piece of furniture for our lounge room. At US$2199.99 you might want to offer to do the washing up… forever. But if you are thinking of starting negotiations this following couch puts it into perspective:
Not quite as cool as Kirk's chair but much more expensive
Another issue to address is that unlike the chair above it only seats the one person, presumably yourself and it’s no fun playing Mario Kart on your own so practicality raises its ugly head again.
2. Serenity – The Big Damn Replica
Would you look at that gorram detail!!
Okay as far as toys go this is pretty bloody impressive. This is a studio scale replica of the Firefly spaceship Serenity, measuring just under 60 cm in length and featuring hand painted details it’s literally the best model available for Serenity fans. One little hitch though.
US $2699.99
Yup, still not as expensive as that couch but that’s a pretty chunk of change which would buy many many packets of cheetos.
It’s pretty to look at though.
Appa plush figurine that I would love so very much
Appa plush figurine that I would love so very much
3. Appa plush figurine
I came to the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series (there is no movie, there is no movie) quite late, at least a couple years after it originally aired and so unfortunately I missed the craze and the merchandising that went with it. So Appa (the flying bison who I love so very much) plush figurines are only really available on ebay now and they go for a huge figure, not Serenity huge but expensive enough that it makes me think twice, which is probably a good thing because as much as I would love an Appa doll I really don’t need one…
Okay I’ve nearly convinced myself. I have a bunch of plush toys from Aliens and Farscape already and some of them I could probably part with easily but my lifesize Rygel is another story.
So are there any collectibles out there that you guys would dearly love to get but probably can’t (or won’t)?
