How's the Serenity?

The wait for fans of Joss Whedon is finally over witht he release whilst i was away of his big screen adaptation of his ill faited TV series "Firefly": Serenity

I went and saw it with Hayley on Wednesday and thoroughly enjoyed it. At last an intelligent sci-fi movie that doesn't resort to techno-babble and rubbish deux-ex-machina to further the plot. Well, ok, there's a little bit of one at the end, but it fits well alright.

Lets face it though, i'm biased. I love Whedon. I was a fan of Buffy from the movie, through all 7 seasons of the show, through 5 seasons of Angel, and although i caught on late, i thoroughly enjoyed Firefly. For me the film was the perfect balance of wit and drama. My only criticism was that some of the characters who had been important in the series were pushed to the sidelines, menaing there fates were kind of meaningless unless you'd seen the series.

Hayley is not a big fan of Sci-Fi and had seen very little of the series. She did say she enjoyed it, especially the beginning, but i think it trailed off for her at the end.

I'd reccomend watching the 13 episodes and then going to the film. It's a good use of anyones time...

salu
RaC

New US TV Shows

Happily upon my return to land my beautiful fiancee has seen fit to download a whole heap of great new episodes of my favourite US TV shows.

Just finished watching the first two new episodes of the The West Wing. The series still excites me, but not sure if it will ever regain it's former glory. The adition of Jeneane Garofalo (sorry about spelling) looks like an added bonus though, and i think she'll work well.

The new season of Arrested Development looks just as funny as the last two and i suggest to everyone to get out there and start watching this amazingly clever and funny show. It's being shown on The Comedy Channel in Australia and the first season is out on DVD.

Am still waiting to start on Family Guy and Lost, but that's got tomorrow all over it. Before i go to the cricket anyway.

salu
RaC

Home Again

Well, I am now officially returned from my 4 weeks away.

With all due respect to the lovely city of Broome, it isn't really much to jump around about. Nice pearls though.

The whole sea going thing was fantastic for me and if anyone who reads this ever thinks about spending an extended couple of weeks cruising round on some sort of large ship, I highly recommend it.

Happy to be home again now though. Sleeping in my own bed (which ironically gave me a creaked neck the first night) and showering without sandals.

Of course, I've come back to a massively hectic period and will probably have very little free time for the rest of the year. Christmas is right around the corner though isn't it?

salu
RaC