Comments on: Firefly - Serenity http://ashley.yichi.org/archives/1748 chasing the sun that's never gonna set, we say our lives are mysteries with their own minds, put on your smile and say mean things, the ghost of you lingers Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:58:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Ashley http://ashley.yichi.org/archives/1748#comment-2581 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:10:52 +0000 http://ashley.yichi.org/archives/1748#comment-2581 At first, the Chinese speaking was rather disturbing. Mostly because they spoke weird Chinese. But when I thought more abou this, it's actually less absurd than I previously thought. I'd sometimes throw in some English (like "sxxt") when I'm speaking Chinese; therefore, when someone said "我的天 (Oh my gosh), blah blah blah...(in English)" in Firefly, I shouldn't be so surprised. Afterall, we say something like "Oh my gosh, 他從二樓摔下來 (he fell from second floor)!" all the time. =p As you said, the idea is preety forward thinking indeed. However, I wish they'd pronounced it better. It'd be 2x fun to be able to understand what they were talking about when they spoke Chinese. (Like people who understand French had more fun watching Hugh Laurie presenting an award in this year's Emmy, we, Chinese speaker, should have this small "advantage" too. ; ) At first, the Chinese speaking was rather disturbing. Mostly because they spoke weird Chinese. But when I thought more abou this, it's actually less absurd than I previously thought. I'd sometimes throw in some English (like "sxxt") when I'm speaking Chinese; therefore, when someone said "我的天 (Oh my gosh), blah blah blah...(in English)" in Firefly, I shouldn't be so surprised. Afterall, we say something like "Oh my gosh, 他從二樓摔下來 (he fell from second floor)!" all the time. =p

As you said, the idea is preety forward thinking indeed.

However, I wish they'd pronounced it better. It'd be 2x fun to be able to understand what they were talking about when they spoke Chinese. (Like people who understand French had more fun watching Hugh Laurie presenting an award in this year's Emmy, we, Chinese speaker, should have this small "advantage" too. ; )

]]> by: Erich http://ashley.yichi.org/archives/1748#comment-2552 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:45:19 +0000 http://ashley.yichi.org/archives/1748#comment-2552 I'm so happy you've found some time to watch the show. I hope their inability to properly articulate Chinese doesn't detract from the show too much. If it helps, just imagine that the language has evolved on the fringes of space in this manner. :-) I thought the fact that everyone spoke Chinese was very forward thinking. For the longest time I openly disregarded the program because of how it was portrayed by the few fans I had discussed it with: "A space western". Blech. Then one day I <a href="http://www.hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2005-09-30-extra.shtml" rel="nofollow">read a review</a> by one of my favorite authors. This changed everything. I IMMEDIATELY rented the series and began watching it...and fell in love. So much of the Sci-fi genre is contrived of flashy effects, poor acting and characters without depth. Not so with Firefly. Joss Whedon has really outdone himself with this series. I put this cumulative work (Firefly / Serenity) on the same level as the works of William Gibson, Neal Stephanson, Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card and Frederik Pohl. I love this series. I watched it in its entirety in one sitting...including going so far as to skip work the next day so I could catch the movie in the theatre. I hope you are able to enjoy it 1/10th as much as I did. I'm so happy you've found some time to watch the show. I hope their inability to properly articulate Chinese doesn't detract from the show too much. If it helps, just imagine that the language has evolved on the fringes of space in this manner. :-)

I thought the fact that everyone spoke Chinese was very forward thinking.

For the longest time I openly disregarded the program because of how it was portrayed by the few fans I had discussed it with: "A space western". Blech. Then one day I read a review by one of my favorite authors. This changed everything. I IMMEDIATELY rented the series and began watching it...and fell in love. So much of the Sci-fi genre is contrived of flashy effects, poor acting and characters without depth. Not so with Firefly. Joss Whedon has really outdone himself with this series. I put this cumulative work (Firefly / Serenity) on the same level as the works of William Gibson, Neal Stephanson, Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card and Frederik Pohl.

I love this series. I watched it in its entirety in one sitting...including going so far as to skip work the next day so I could catch the movie in the theatre.

I hope you are able to enjoy it 1/10th as much as I did.

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