Firefly
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Never saw Nemesis. First trek movie I didn't catch opening day. Enterprise is generally ok but doesn't do a very hot job of building that future plot. They need new leadership in the star trek franchise. Now Andromeda is a different story (literally). Ya have to like Romi picking up a heavy weapon, pushing Anastasi out of the way and letting a bad guy have it.
Yep. Buffy's twists have been very good. Angel hasn't twisted. It's been farely predictable but
stays entertaining. If it wasn't for Charisma and Joss I'd say it would've died.
Stargate rocks with a good group of characters. So my top there are obvious. We might have lost the closest thing to Traveller but at least there are a few good shows in TV land.
Oh ya. Be really careful with those web URLs.
Savage
Yep. Buffy's twists have been very good. Angel hasn't twisted. It's been farely predictable but
stays entertaining. If it wasn't for Charisma and Joss I'd say it would've died.
Stargate rocks with a good group of characters. So my top there are obvious. We might have lost the closest thing to Traveller but at least there are a few good shows in TV land.
Oh ya. Be really careful with those web URLs.
Savage
The correct URL is:
www.starhuntertv.com
I've only seen snippets of this show when I was visiting an old girlfriend in Vancouver BC a few years back.
Usually Canadian TV has pretty good production values despite limited budgets...
Any comments on this show from our fellow travellers in the Great White North?
I generally like Star Trek, but the shows have been getting slow recently. Nemesis is the only ST movie I have'nt seen in the theatres (except for the first 4, when I was too young). I used to watch Andromeda a lot, but not since the W.B. put it on opposite Fox's syndicated Stargate (and I have to watch it there, since I don't have cable). As I said, Firefly didn't do it for me, though the one episode I watched was on opposite the movie Gladiator. I didn't watch any of the others because I'm usually out Friday nights.
far-trader
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I expect it was an honest mistake, give WarriorKnight time to return and see this, get over the embarrassment, and post.
As for ⌧ and work not mixing, agreed, with the note that a lot of workplaces are even more restrictive and perhaps you shouldn't be surfing at all from an employers computer. You may not even be aware they are monitoring your web and email usage, and as far as I understand quite leagally in most places.
Tom Schoene
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What notes? Seriously, this one's in the very early stages and I don't really have anything that would pass for notes.
The only things I've sketched thus far are that the PCs would probably be more in the line of profesional troubleshooters than ethically challenged merchants, and that they probably won't have their own starship.
I like having PCs as troubleshooters because it gives them a bit more direction than typical merchant crews. I can tell them "go do this" without having to manipulate events too much.
No starship becuase one of my possible players doen't really care for SF games where all the PCs get pigeon-holed into ship crew roles (the pilot, the Engineer, etc.). So I'm contemplating a riff on Wild, Wild West. There are "space trains" -- big tugs towing dozens of cargo canisters -- that serve as the main form of transportation between major worlds. The PCs will have their own module, plus some individual vehicles ("horse equivalents") for traveling around planetside. They hook up with whatever train is headed their direction and catch a ride.
I'd be half-tempted to make the Alliance operatives and tell them that thier first mission is to track down some doctor who's stolen highly classified research material essential to the security of the Galaxy.
WarriorKnight
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I expect it was an honest mistake, give WarriorKnight time to return and see this, get over the embarrassment, and post.
</font>[/QUOTE]Yes it was a Mistake.I'm very sorry for missing the TV on the end & I appoalgize to any & all that it offended.
Shadowdancer
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No problem, WarriorKnight. I wasn't offended. Just caught completely offguard. The office where I work, it's just one big room. Whatever is on your computer screen, you can bet there's at least one person behind you who can see it. Especially since my monitor is one of those big 19" screen jobs.
And you know how those ⌧ sites are. You close the connection, and 10 more windows start popping up. No matter how fast you click, you can't keep up. It's easier to just turn off the monitor and restart the whole computer.
And you know how those ⌧ sites are. You close the connection, and 10 more windows start popping up. No matter how fast you click, you can't keep up. It's easier to just turn off the monitor and restart the whole computer.
Wow....I must be a rare parrot-teacher: I love Enterprise, Farscape and Firefly.
Welcome, Haplo! I actually have incorporated elements of Firefly into a T20 campaign, although my setting more closely mirrors the first century of U.S. history.
The premise behind MTU is that this region of the 'verse is five years beyond a massive civil war between the the Republic and a number of secessionist systems. The Union won the war and the former rebels were given general amnesty a year or so later, but there is a lot of animosity between members of both sides. In fact, most former secessionists are treated as second-class citizens within the core of the Republic, prompting many of them to flee to the rough frontier.
I use the Aslan to represent the "British" -- a powerful, distant monarchy who formerly ruled the Republic before humanity rebelled and won their freedom a century ago. I also use the Vargr as the Mexicans -- an Old World-style empire that's has lost much of its prestige since losing a major war with the Republic some 25 years ago. "Independent" Vargr corsairs are the main thorn in the Republic's side at the moment. The Sydite are a lower-tech minor power that loosely represent "Aboriginal" elements along the Republic frontier.
The PCs, of course, are former secessionists (although one is an Aslan mercenary), struggling to get by under the perceived oppression of the Republic...and now trying to procure false identities for a physician and his psionic sister, who recently escaped from a Federal facility.
The PCs are at TL 13 (the Republic military is at TL 14)...and I'm about to introduce them to Vargr anarchists.
Welcome, Haplo! I actually have incorporated elements of Firefly into a T20 campaign, although my setting more closely mirrors the first century of U.S. history.
The premise behind MTU is that this region of the 'verse is five years beyond a massive civil war between the the Republic and a number of secessionist systems. The Union won the war and the former rebels were given general amnesty a year or so later, but there is a lot of animosity between members of both sides. In fact, most former secessionists are treated as second-class citizens within the core of the Republic, prompting many of them to flee to the rough frontier.
I use the Aslan to represent the "British" -- a powerful, distant monarchy who formerly ruled the Republic before humanity rebelled and won their freedom a century ago. I also use the Vargr as the Mexicans -- an Old World-style empire that's has lost much of its prestige since losing a major war with the Republic some 25 years ago. "Independent" Vargr corsairs are the main thorn in the Republic's side at the moment. The Sydite are a lower-tech minor power that loosely represent "Aboriginal" elements along the Republic frontier.
The PCs, of course, are former secessionists (although one is an Aslan mercenary), struggling to get by under the perceived oppression of the Republic...and now trying to procure false identities for a physician and his psionic sister, who recently escaped from a Federal facility.
The PCs are at TL 13 (the Republic military is at TL 14)...and I'm about to introduce them to Vargr anarchists.
Although it was campy as hell, in my opinion at least, I liked that show. I have been wanting base a campaign on that source but never got around to itOriginally posted by Loki:
Much like the Space Rangers TV series. Lasted about 5 or 6 episodes and then it too went away. But somehow Andromeda continues to hang on.
I got the Firefly DVD. Includes three episodes never shown plus some extras. One of the deleted scenes gave more background on the Battle of Serenity and why the ship is named after it.
Be careful half of disk 3 had unreadable or bad sectors on it. I am going to replace it. So I'll know if it was just that copy.
Be careful half of disk 3 had unreadable or bad sectors on it. I am going to replace it. So I'll know if it was just that copy.
mike wightman
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Eamon, your post had me so worried I immediately watched disc 3. I am happy to report there are no problems. I then watched the extras you mentioed on didc 4 and wow!!!
The deleted scenes, the gags, the making of and best of all the walkthrough and featurette about the Serenity. Worth every penny.
The deleted scenes, the gags, the making of and best of all the walkthrough and featurette about the Serenity. Worth every penny.
mike wightman
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Neil,
I pre-ordered the region 1 DVD set months ago. As soon as I find out there's a region 2 version I'll be getting that as well. Unfortunately I haven't heard of a release date as yet.
Mike
I pre-ordered the region 1 DVD set months ago. As soon as I find out there's a region 2 version I'll be getting that as well. Unfortunately I haven't heard of a release date as yet.
Mike
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