Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Firefly
All things related to the Firefly TV series (including the Serenity movie and comic spin-offs).
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As I return to a piece of writing that intersects with cyberpunk, dystopias, and visions of the future, I’m reminded of how hard science fiction can be to define. In his short book, Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction (2011), David Seed sketches out this problem out in his introduction to the book.
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I’m a huge Firefly/Serenity fan. I’ve got the DVDs, the poster, and all the comics and graphic novels. So I’m hoping this comes to pass. What’s in store for Serenity’s crew after the events of the film? “Firefly: The Complete Series” (Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, Vern Gillum) “Serenity” (Joss Whedon) “Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left…
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I’ve been reading Investigating Firefly and Serenity: Science Fiction on the Frontier edited by Rhonda Wilcox and Tanya Cochran on the train in the past week or so. Some really interesting essays on different aspects of the Firefly universe and well worth a look if you’re interested in looking how people from different disciplines might…
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Right. Fernando’s post Fernando’s Desk » Why Joss Whedon Is a Better Theologian than Most Bloggers and Preachers linked through to Ryan Torma’s blog (ryan torma: Firefly & Faith) which in turn linked through to Cowgirl Jazz‘s blog with lots of Firefly material and to Ryan’s own article “Seeking Serenity: Creating spaces for theological dialogue…
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After listening to Steve’s presentation on River as a Christ-figure in the movie Serenity, I felt inspired to walk up to Heroes for Sale and grab the last two parts of the latest Serenity mini-series “Better Days” from Dark Horse comics. Suffice to say I was disappointed. The story seemed to drag, some of the…
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Very busy this week juggling SBL + work stuff in the gaps – always a problem when a conference is happening on your own campus. Good to catch up with lots of different people over the week. Various random highlights included: Going to a presentation in an ecological stream and in the question time finding…
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Great little article by Sam J. Miller over at mental_floss Blog » Battlestar Galactica vs. Star Trek looking at the difference in anthropologies underlying Star Trek (pretty positive) and the new Battlestar Galactica (pretty negative). Worth a quick read. Miller argues that Galactica doesn’t hide the warts or flaws in human nature and relationships, or…
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away Darren wrote in an email “i’ll do serenity asap…â€. That was June 2006. Now, however, he’s started the great Firefly Study Series and you can find the first parts at: Firefly Study Series – Introduction | Youth Ministry Blog Firefly Study Series – Episode 01…
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For those of you who are suffering from needing a Serenity or Firefly fix, then Dark Horse’s Firefly/Serenity mini-series “Better Days” is now out. I picked up issue 1 the other day, and it’s a good read if you’re a fan-boy or girl. Actually, it’s a good read for a comic in general – I’ve…
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Frantic here at the moment. Old job stuff to finish, new job stuff to think about, last week of the school holidays, conference abstract due tomorrow, and going to Dunedin early tomorrow for the bioethics conference (so packing now). However, still time to note that Dark Horse are finally going to release their next Firefly/Serenity…