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#11
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by Scott - June 25, 2026, 07:04:57 PMTake my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me!
Firefly is an amazing show from a very interesting era of TV. Few shows have as much of a cult following or desire for return as Firefly.
Nathan Fillion has went on to be famous in both Castle and The Rookie (plus others) where he famously pulls in Firefly in either scenes or cameos from stars. Early Castle had him wear his Captain uniform from Firefly with his daughter saying "Come on dad, give it up, that was so 10 years ago"
I think Brian is also a large fan.
I believe they just got green lit for an animated show.
Firefly is an amazing show from a very interesting era of TV. Few shows have as much of a cult following or desire for return as Firefly.
Nathan Fillion has went on to be famous in both Castle and The Rookie (plus others) where he famously pulls in Firefly in either scenes or cameos from stars. Early Castle had him wear his Captain uniform from Firefly with his daughter saying "Come on dad, give it up, that was so 10 years ago"
I think Brian is also a large fan.
I believe they just got green lit for an animated show.
#12
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by Jason - June 24, 2026, 11:07:15 AMQuote from: ssfc72 on June 24, 2026, 08:09:19 AMThat is one I have never heard about, Went online and looked at the trailer. It says the series was from the year 2002.
Looks like it might be a soap opera type of series. I don't have too much interest in that sort of programming. :-)
I haven't seen more than a couple of episodes, but my understanding is that's not a sci-fi soap opera. As Buster mentions, it's like a old-Western-show style, but the cowboys are the Firefly crew and the people they meet in the West. It had quite a cult-like following. I think Scott, or maybe cod3poet was a fan. Btw, Star Wars is referred to, I think by Lucas himself, as a space opera as opposed to sci-fi. Basically, like the stories of knights and wars on Earth, but in space.
There was talk of a reboot, but I don't think it's going forward.
#13
Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 ...
Last post by Jason - June 24, 2026, 10:58:59 AMQuote from: ssfc72 on June 20, 2026, 08:16:19 AMI think the previous PLUG Mugs may have been on a Monday afternoon.
Seems like a good day of the week. People may be busy on the weekends with other activities, especially in the summertime.
If you mean when PLUG had in-person meetings, too, they were on Monday evenings after the regular meeting. Not sure about PLUG MUGs since the pandemic.
I'm open to regular in-person meetings again, but I need to find a place to hold them. I'm not sure we'd have enough members to cover the rate at Applewood and web hosting, since I'd rather include it in the membership fee. It would work if we had a $35 annual rate, perhaps, but we'd need 10 members to sign up. Way back when, Glenn, I think it was Glenn, mentioned some free meeting places for community groups. If anyone knows of anything, I'm all ears.
It could also be 4-5 meetings a year instead of the usual 10, since we don't have a lot of presenters, and I don't distro-hop anymore, so not sure what I could offer or who would want to listen to me half the meetings.
#14
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by buster - June 24, 2026, 08:26:46 AM"Looks like it might be a soap opera type of series."
What an odd thing to say Bill. That would make Star Wars and Star Trek soap operas.
Maybe you looked up the wrong Firefly, because the name has been used for other stuff rather than this show.
This is space, planets, battles, surviving, a crew on an old spaceship of the firefly category doing it's best against the oppressive universal government.
What an odd thing to say Bill. That would make Star Wars and Star Trek soap operas.
Maybe you looked up the wrong Firefly, because the name has been used for other stuff rather than this show.
This is space, planets, battles, surviving, a crew on an old spaceship of the firefly category doing it's best against the oppressive universal government.
#15
Entertainment / Re: The Science Fiction story ...
Last post by ssfc72 - June 24, 2026, 08:09:19 AMThat is one I have never heard about, Went online and looked at the trailer. It says the series was from the year 2002.
Looks like it might be a soap opera type of series. I don't have too much interest in that sort of programming. :-)
Looks like it might be a soap opera type of series. I don't have too much interest in that sort of programming. :-)
#16
Entertainment / The Science Fiction story I wa...
Last post by buster - June 23, 2026, 04:25:51 PMThis series has an interesting history, because 14 years ago it was cut mid season by Fox. And then the (beloved) DVD came out and has been a staple that fans re-watch. There are only 14 episodes but pretty well each is packed with interest. Here are some of the original reviews:
Emily Nussbaum of The New York Times, reviewing the DVD set, noted that the program featured "an oddball genre mix that might have doomed it from the beginning: it was a character-rich sci-fi western comedy-drama with existential underpinnings, a hard sell during a season dominated by Joe Millionaire.
The Boston Globe described Firefly as a "wonderful, imaginative mess brimming with possibility". The review further notes the difference between the new series and other programs was that those shows "burst onto the scene with slick pilots and quickly deteriorate into mediocrity ... Firefly is on the opposite creative journey." Jason Snell called the show one of the best on television, and one "with the most potential for future brilliance".
It is easy to acquire because so many fans put it on the Internet.
If anyone has seen it I'd like to read what you have to say, though always remember that it's impolite to be rude to old people.
Emily Nussbaum of The New York Times, reviewing the DVD set, noted that the program featured "an oddball genre mix that might have doomed it from the beginning: it was a character-rich sci-fi western comedy-drama with existential underpinnings, a hard sell during a season dominated by Joe Millionaire.
The Boston Globe described Firefly as a "wonderful, imaginative mess brimming with possibility". The review further notes the difference between the new series and other programs was that those shows "burst onto the scene with slick pilots and quickly deteriorate into mediocrity ... Firefly is on the opposite creative journey." Jason Snell called the show one of the best on television, and one "with the most potential for future brilliance".
It is easy to acquire because so many fans put it on the Internet.
If anyone has seen it I'd like to read what you have to say, though always remember that it's impolite to be rude to old people.
#17
Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 ...
Last post by ssfc72 - June 20, 2026, 08:16:19 AMQuote from: buster on June 19, 2026, 06:07:48 PMIs there something special about Mondays?
I think the previous PLUG Mugs may have been on a Monday afternoon.
Seems like a good day of the week. People may be busy on the weekends with other activities, especially in the summertime.
#18
Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 ...
Last post by buster - June 19, 2026, 06:07:48 PMIs there something special about Mondays?
Bill and I collected a gathering of 5 customers in the coffee shop who found out Bill and I were talking about keeping old computers alive with Linux. And that was a Thursday afternoon. Great chat, and one bought doughnuts for us all!
Bill and I collected a gathering of 5 customers in the coffee shop who found out Bill and I were talking about keeping old computers alive with Linux. And that was a Thursday afternoon. Great chat, and one bought doughnuts for us all!
#19
Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 ...
Last post by ssfc72 - June 19, 2026, 08:16:33 AMSometime in July, will have to pick a Monday afternoon.
#20
General Discussion / Re: Upgraded my Kodoo prepaid ...
Last post by ssfc72 - June 19, 2026, 08:14:02 AMOk Jason, thanks. I think it would be much less expensive, with better Data amount, for a yearly Rodgers prepaid or a 360 day prepaid from Kodo/