Still obsessed with Shiny Things

I’m still obsessed with Firefly/Serenity. Sorry – but I am.

This review is one of the best ones I’ve read. It was written by a distinguished Sci-fi writer. Check it out. It brings back so many memories. I hope to have an experience like seeing that movie for the first time again some day.

I love this bit:

“I can enjoy the first Matrix and see it as a kind of magic sci-fi, but recognize that in the end, it’s all about the mystical quasi-religious ideas and the special effects, and not about human beings at all.

Because for me, a great film — sci-fi or otherwise — comes down to relationships and moral decisions. How people are with each other, how they build communities, what they sacrifice for the sake of others, what they mean when they think of a decision as right vs. wrong.”

Could being a Neilson family kill you?

Until now, Stephen Colbert’s amazing and ingenious use of the net and the growing participant culture to promote his show has been a beautiful thing to watch. But it was never beyond my imagination. If I were in his place I’d be doing the same thing.

But I just watched the intro to the Colbert Report episode 08.21.2006 and his intro took it over the edge for me. By itself maybe it was just another funny/clever comment, but when added to the sum total of Wikipedia jokes, Green screen antics and his other ‘buzz’ generating stunts, you get a very beautiful picture.

His intro comment was “Could being a Neilson family kill you? Watch the entire show to find out”.

Genius. Subtle, relevant, clever and could even have a direct affect on his rating for the night.

I love that guy so much – in a straight, non-sexual way of course.

He is climbing fast to join my other masters:

• Joss Whedon
• Ronald D. Moore
• Jon Stewart
• And all the people leading the charge with Current.TV (including Al Gore)

J.J. Abrams might be on the list soon, depending on what he does with Star Trek – but right now he is a little too disconnected for my taste.

I think Colbert, however, should be the new member of the ‘Oh my god, you’re changing traditional media by being a legend’ club.

In Episode 08.23.2006 he even goes on to talk about the fragmentation of media experiences due to the explosion of choices going so far as to bring a band on that uses YouTube as its primary promotion vehicle. I think he understands the principal of ‘Audiences of One‘ better than most traditional media personalities.