Serenity

WAYNE’S WORDS
Volume 1 Number 3
Serenity

You may or may not know that I am a huge fan of Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity. I love this series and subsequent movie, partially because I have always liked science fiction and partially because I enjoy character and plot driven TV and movies.

What a great diversion from daily life this series (including the movie) was. Adventure, spaceships, gunfights, horses, concubines and monsters: everything a growing boy loves. It’s a story that truly takes me to places I have always wanted to go (space, other planets) alongside people I would love to know (Mal Reynolds, Zoe, Wash, Inara, Kaylee, Jayne, Simon, River, etc.) to battle bad guys who are easy to hate.

I actually didn’t sit down to tell you of my geeky love for this sci-fi series that was all but killed by the execu-dorks at FOX TV, but to introduce you to an email that I found rather funny. (By the way, The collector’s edition of Serenity was just released… go buy it and Firefly if you do not already own them – Can’t Stop The Signal!)

Anyway this email starts with Serenity and is quickly twisted and perverted from there…

eMail #1 (sent out to this gentleman’s entire contact list)

>Subject: serenity dvd
>
>
> I have a copy of Serenity wide screen DVD still in the wrapper that I would
> like to sell. Best Buy and Amazon currently sell it for $14.99. I'd be
> more than happy to let it go for $10 bucks. [editor’s note: this guy better be selling this
> dvd so he can go purchase the Collector’s Edition right away]
>
> Anyone interested?

eMail #2 (responding to the previous gentleman’s entire contact list)

> I love that movie Serendipity, John Cusack is cool so is Kate Beckinsale.
> It's hard to believe that she played in that Goth flick-I can't remember the
> name of it. Dude, I will give you full retail for that b*st*rd. Just
> kidding. Not interested. Yes I know that is not the same movie.

eMail #3 (responding to the previous gentleman’s entire contact list)

>Serendipity! I'll take that movie; I love the fact that John Cusack always has his sister
>in his movies. Billy if you have any other John Cusack movies let me know. I really like
>the one where he holds up the boom box and asks Molly Ringwald to go to prom and
>she makes a dress with her computer but the dress comes out as a hot chick instead.

Short and sweet. A couple of people took a total of 2 minutes out of their day and made their friends laugh about something stupid. I like that. I like the silly comedy in life. I like it when you feel the weight of… well, everything on your shoulders and you open up an eMail and you can still find yourself able to smile. The dreaded “forwards” in your eMail box sometimes can do it, but the really special instances are those when someone takes a minute to key something in that they know will bring a smile to your face. I don’t know if this did it for you, but it made the people involved in this eMail exchange (and me) laugh.

I hope that someone does it for you and you do it for someone else…..the laughter thing I mean!

Until Next Time,
Wayne

PS The Movies in the eMail exchange in the order of appearance:
1) Serenity (2005)
2) Serendipity (2001)
3) Underworld (2003) and Underworld: Evolution (2006)
4) Say Anything... (1989)
5) Pretty in Pink (1986)
6) Weird Science (1985)

PPS Go buy Firefly and Serenity!!!