Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science Fiction
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You can see the first 11 minutes of Serenity as an video stream here.
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With Serenity officially out now in the wider world the reviews are out too. See: Wired News: Serenity’s a Smarter Space Opera Serenity – Film Reviews – Film – Entertainment – theage.com.au BBC – Movies – review – Serenity Serenity (2005) – Hollywood Jesus Telegraph | Arts | From Buffy to blockbuster of the year…
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Went to the cinema, saw the film, loved it. For the uninitiated – watch all the Firefly episodes in the order on the DVD set, read the comics, go to Serenity. (Repeat) So much for it being a relatively unknown film. It sold out the Megascreen at the Village on Queen (400+ seats) and we…
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Off to see the pre-release screening of Serenity tonight in town. After a day of cold, wet rain, hail and strong winds (& snow in Christchurch) it’s a nice way to end the day – especially as I’m going with a couple of other enthusiasts. Managed to get the first two of the comics that…
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Had a good weekend when we had two barbecues (one here and one at a friends). On Saturday we hosted the end of season gathering for Mark’s soccer team. 37 people (13 adults + 24 children) came spent the afternoon here – we had sausages on the barbecue plus other good food and drink. Very…
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It’s Friday, which is normally my evening of space opera – Andromeda followed by Star Trek : Enterprise. But Andromeda finished last week leaving the total amount of space opera across all channels as Doctor Who and Enterprise. TVNZ seems to have dropped the ball on Stargate (Stargate on TVNZ) and I guess in NZ…
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Saw this yesterday which made me smile: UserFriendly April 20, 2005. (I guess Star Wars comics/cartoons are back on the agenda for a while.) Reminded me of this article from last year in the NZ Listener – Beer and fear by ear by Olivia Kember | New Zealand Listener. Loved the opening paragraph, It must…
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Read the following essay the other day on the train which seemed to link in with a number of other ongoing threads of discussion out there. In his essay ‘Web of Babylon’* on the nature of fan fiction Kurt Lancaster ponders the nature of power relationships within publishing and the generations of new micro communities.…
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Came across this the other day. A Star Wars fan film made, of all places, just down the road (New Lynn is a location). Described as, a parody of fandom set in the heady days of 1999, a couple of weeks before the release of ‘The Phantom Menace’. The world is excited, people are queuing…
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Came across this today while tracking down information about the Star Wars fan file “Fanboys”. New Zealand Short Films | Watch Movies Online