Firefly

[THX-1138]

I watched it recently on Netflix, so now I understand the frustration with it getting cancelled. It's my new favorite TV show. Also watched Serenity.

 

[THX-1138]

Uhhh, never mind. There's a whole section on it.

 

[Lucyycul]

i have heard good things about this show. where can i get hold of a copy to watch?

 

[Metryq]

i have heard good things about this show. where can i get hold of a copy to watch?

The local library, rental places—the usual.

 

[Welsh Andy]

I got the entire first series off Amazon for not very much. Don't think I paid more than a tenner and got Serenity for a couple of quid from there too.

 

[kaufmannp]

I believe there is also a graphic novel which continues the story beyond the movie. Tragically I'm not much for that scene, but it might be of interest to you!

 

[TrekkieKimber]

Gah I just started watching this. and I'm wishing they could bring it back already. I hate that it got one season.

 

[Dinosaur]

Only the positive side it freed up Nathan to make Castle.

 

[Vince W]

The first episode of Castle I ever saw was the one where he spoke Chinese.

 

[TrekkieKimber]

I need to watch castle.. so many shows and not enough time.

 

[Boaz]

The first episode of Castle I ever saw was the one where he spoke Chinese.

With a nod to Shepherd Book...

I speak Chinese, Vince. I'm fair sure he hasn't spoken Chinese to anyone yet.

 

[Vince W]

With a nod to Shepherd Book...

I speak Chinese, Vince. I'm fair sure he hasn't spoken Chinese to anyone yet.

Cool. Can you verify that any of these are correct?

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/11/fireflys_15_best_uses_of_chinese_profanity.php

 

[Boaz]

It's been twenty-two years since I spoke Mandarin on a daily basis... and I'm basically illiterate. And yet... the characters for meat, cow, mouth-water (I assume that means drooling), goat, my, god, large, holy, and the word to show possession (like an apostrophe s) all seem correct. As for the English sounds, I never studied Pinyin, Wade-Giles, nor any other phonetic system using English letters. I learned Bopomofo in Taiwan.

You know how Americans can mock non-native English speakers, well people of every language mock non-native speakers for horrible pronunciation. My pronunciation in 1992 was alright... certainly nothing to write home about. But just contiuing to speak their tongue, even when you're butchering it, shows people your're willing to respect their methods and not insist upon preferential treatment.

Watching Firefly, I could never make out more than a few phrases in Mandarin. First, this is because I'm not totally fluent. Second, it's because I'm rusty. And third, it's because the actors pronunciations are bad... and that's the joke I was looking for.

I grew up hearing my maternal grandfather's favorite phrase... gui erzi... or... gway ar dzuh... It means Son of a Turtle. This casts aspersions upon the virtue and morality of the recipient's mother while at the same time denying the virility of the recipient's father. Even with his education and refined upbringing, my grandfather (a physician) would use this vulgar term when driving or watching the news.

 

[Vince W]

Oooh. Now I have to find a recording of gui erzi and learn to pronounce it. Cheers.

 

[Vince W]

I still miss Firefly.

 

[Happy Joe]

i have heard good things about this show. where can i get hold of a copy to watch?

I rented it from Blockbuster;
...err, I think there is only one store left;
...and it may have been damaged in the "Captain Marvel" movie...

... the last that I heard Facebook had bought the streaming rights...

Enjoy!