Exactly!  I mean, I know it's an impossibility to expect the actors to to learn the tones and inflections.  They're hard enough to hear, and even harder to write down phonetically.  The difference between the "Wei!" that's a warning and a "Wei?" that's "Hello?" is subtle but sounds vastly different in my brain.  I do…

Exactly!  I mean, I know it's an impossibility to expect the actors to to learn the tones and inflections.  They're hard enough to hear, and even harder to write down phonetically.  The difference between the "Wei!" that's a warning and a "Wei?" that's "Hello?" is subtle but sounds vastly different in my brain.  I do…

Well, we see Wash telling Mal that it would take ten hours to get to a medical facility, and Inara that convinces Mal to go to the closer Alliance ship.  I just think it's a decision best made before you actually leave the planet.  Given Mal the choice between finding Simon within ten hours or rolling the dice with…

Well, we see Wash telling Mal that it would take ten hours to get to a medical facility, and Inara that convinces Mal to go to the closer Alliance ship.  I just think it's a decision best made before you actually leave the planet.  Given Mal the choice between finding Simon within ten hours or rolling the dice with…

What gets me about all the Chinese used in this show is, as a Chinese-speaker, it is INCREDIBLY DISTRACTING because all the actors' pronounciations are a mile off.  I'm sure if you don't speak the language, you just substitute "random swear words" in your head and move on.  But I find myself trying to puzzle out what…

What gets me about all the Chinese used in this show is, as a Chinese-speaker, it is INCREDIBLY DISTRACTING because all the actors' pronounciations are a mile off.  I'm sure if you don't speak the language, you just substitute "random swear words" in your head and move on.  But I find myself trying to puzzle out what…

A TWO WEEK hiatus on Firefly reviews?  What, are we being pre-empted for a baseball game?  Or are Noel and Donna going to go review some Adam Sandler movie or some dumb Brady Bunch made-for-TV event?

A TWO WEEK hiatus on Firefly reviews?  What, are we being pre-empted for a baseball game?  Or are Noel and Donna going to go review some Adam Sandler movie or some dumb Brady Bunch made-for-TV event?

I would gladly accept my new Overlord Space Joan.

I would gladly accept my new Overlord Space Joan.

Thanks ZebedeeDooDah.

Thanks ZebedeeDooDah.

I was a pretty big Marvel collector in the mid-'80s.  How the heck have I never heard of these Guardians of The Galaxy?

I was a pretty big Marvel collector in the mid-'80s.  How the heck have I never heard of these Guardians of The Galaxy?

What the heck was a "Future Studies" class?

What the heck was a "Future Studies" class?

I don't know who was better, Welles or John Houseman berating me about Smith Barney and how they EARNED their fucking money.

I don't know who was better, Welles or John Houseman berating me about Smith Barney and how they EARNED their fucking money.

"The Day After" was bad, but that British movie "Threads" really scared the shit out of me when it was shown on PBS.

"The Day After" was bad, but that British movie "Threads" really scared the shit out of me when it was shown on PBS.