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Next year, we're going to have to do more to attract trick-or-treaters -- they tended to veer off towards the better-lit streets around us. Which was a shame, because as you can see, Z. had a great costume, and the Rivkid had an adorable little shirt to match, though that's hard to see in the picture. Z. made one kid cry (he was very sorry, though!) and another kept repeating "You're not scary! That's just a costume!" throughout the encounter; I think the kid was trying to reassure himself.
Brief political anecdote: Neighbor came up to Z. "I hear that you're professors," he says, "and I see that you drive a hybrid. Is there any chance that you're Democrats?" Yes, I suppose the conjoined probability on that is quite high.
This is more like it. This large, beautifully illustrated volume is mostly filled with two things: an interview with Joss Whedon in which his love for movies, and for Firefly, shines out of every word, and the shooting script for the movie. Paragraphs by the lead actors about their characters are sprinkled through the script, though they don't really add much. The real bonus isn't the production stills, though those Reavers sure look scary even when you can stop and look at them, but the illustrations -- a visual of the system's planets, two gorgeously drawn pieces of currency (with Hebrew as well as Chinese and several other alphabets on them!), occasional storyboards, production designs for props and locations, and costume designs for Inara (though the illustrations look more like an Elfquest elf than Morena Baccarin, the outfits themselves are lovely). There are also production memos from Joss on topics such as the music for various scenes. His humor is in evidence in these as well as in the interview, but I'm pretty sure -- based on the Buffy script books -- that someone has cleaned up his spelling. Anyway, it's a keeper for the serious Firefly fan, unlike the useless novelization.
Brief political anecdote: Neighbor came up to Z. "I hear that you're professors," he says, "and I see that you drive a hybrid. Is there any chance that you're Democrats?" Yes, I suppose the conjoined probability on that is quite high.
This is more like it. This large, beautifully illustrated volume is mostly filled with two things: an interview with Joss Whedon in which his love for movies, and for Firefly, shines out of every word, and the shooting script for the movie. Paragraphs by the lead actors about their characters are sprinkled through the script, though they don't really add much. The real bonus isn't the production stills, though those Reavers sure look scary even when you can stop and look at them, but the illustrations -- a visual of the system's planets, two gorgeously drawn pieces of currency (with Hebrew as well as Chinese and several other alphabets on them!), occasional storyboards, production designs for props and locations, and costume designs for Inara (though the illustrations look more like an Elfquest elf than Morena Baccarin, the outfits themselves are lovely). There are also production memos from Joss on topics such as the music for various scenes. His humor is in evidence in these as well as in the interview, but I'm pretty sure -- based on the Buffy script books -- that someone has cleaned up his spelling. Anyway, it's a keeper for the serious Firefly fan, unlike the useless novelization.
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Brief political anecdote: Neighbor came up to Z. "I hear that you're professors," he says, "and I see that you drive a hybrid. Is there any chance that you're Democrats?" Yes, I suppose the conjoined probability on that is quite high.
Snorts. I drive a volvo station wagon. Are there any right-wing people who drive volvo station wagons? I think not.
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I enjoyed the Serenity Visual Companion. I bought it for the teen collection at the library where I work and it's constantly out.