Comments on: Ol’ Dirty Bahhhhstad

By: Marq

Marq — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:29:02 +0000

Say, regarding that hat on der Derb… shouldn’t it a derby of some sort? Or would that be too much of a “good” thing?

By: Medium Dave

Medium Dave — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:29:27 +0000

And I continue to waver between appreciation for the way that Serenity/Firefly is appreciated by folks all across the political spectrum, and shame at sharing an enthusiasm with the likes of John Derbyshire and Jonah Goldberg. It’s such a dilemma.

By: Thorlac

Thorlac — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:53:34 +0000

Irwin Allen’s “The Time Tunnel” beats all of them with its cane and tells them to get off its lawn! And then calls the Green Hornet for backup.

http://www.tvparty.com/tunnel.html

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:06:11 +0000

Battlestar kicks them all in the ass. Then ejects them out the airlock.

By: larkspur

larkspur — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:40:48 +0000

And furthermore:

â€œ…[W]ho would win, Spock or Wash?…â€?

Cavemen. The cavemen win.

By: larkspur

larkspur — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:38:42 +0000

Nobody can ruin Firefly or Serenity for me. You can't stop the signal, okay? You just can't. You keep flyin'. Sean, if you didn't like Firefly, don't bother watching for Serenity on HBO or PPV or whatever. You won't like it. Hmmm. I think I have some shiny DVDs that need re-watchin'....

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:12:24 +0000

Firefly was awful, perfectly awful. Six shooters & a train robbery? In space? And people dressed like it's 1885 and saying "I reckon" while they are in space. Haven't seen Serenity, waiting for it to come on HBO... Derb wouldn't like SG-1 or Atlantis. Amanda Tapping & Claudia Black are beautiful women but way too old for Derb's desires. Babylon 5 was a great show. Farscape was my favorite of the sci-fi of the last decade.

By: Marq

Marq — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:38:44 +0000

This reminds me of a few years ago, when I read somewhere or other that Karl Rove is a Babylon 5 fan. GAAAAHHH!!11! I was all like, "What, was the President Clark becomes the fascist dictator of the world and our heroes are reluctantly forced to join an armed insurrection against the government plotline completely lost on you?" But, then, sometimes I pretty much think he's based his entire playbook on that. The good news is that, in the end, President Clark blows his own brains out, Something to look forward to.

By: Julie O.

Julie O. — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:53:50 +0000

Ack, I hate scifi “my favorite show is better and yours is crap” flame wars. Can’t I like Star Trek and Firefly and Buffy, which I do?

Anyway, the Derb should check out Stargate SG-1 (which I also like!). Morena guest-starred as a telekinetic alien.

By: Sarcastro

Sarcastro — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:18:36 +0000

The counter-wingnut Firefly hottie is Zoe/Gina Torres.

Black as the ace of spades and hotter than a four-balled tomcat plus she’s big and dominant to boot… their fragile self-superiority would drown in her shit.

“Have you ever been with a warrior woman?”

By: TC

TC — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:23:44 +0000

i’m embarrassed to say that I like Firefly, too.

And now Derbyshite has tainted it for me. ewww.

The only thing we can do is constantly point out to him how leftist Whedon is and how anti-authoritarian the show is, so it can get listed with all the other bad stuff.

By: fillerbunny

fillerbunny — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:45:31 +0000

Firefly cannot become the new Star Trek until someone in the cast undergoes the ‘Doohan Effect” (R.I.P.)

and it’s pretty sad the Wingys can’t tell that the show is effectively “leftist drivel”…. they probably think it’s about Libertarians or something…..

By: birdseatbugs

birdseatbugs — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:28:13 +0000

Dan Someone -- Someone, somewhere, has already written it, so... (Not that I've -read- it, mind you. This is the internet, where you can find fanfic for freaking breakfast sandwiches.)

By: oudemia

oudemia — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:36:25 +0000

Derbyshire is many things — including a pervy, unapologetic racist and sexist — but he isn’t a neocon. Paleo, more like it.

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:52:34 +0000

Serenity: the New Star Trek?
Not until I see see, â€œwho would win, Spock or Wash?â€? flame wars in forums.

No no no. Serenity won’t be the new Star Trek until we see Wash/Mal or Jayne/Book slashfic in the forums.

Eww… I just made myself ill.

By: râ‚¬nato

râ‚¬nato — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:25:39 +0000

btw Firefly is ruined for me now…. neo-cons dig it? Fuck.

By: râ‚¬nato

râ‚¬nato — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:24:25 +0000

I agree… Kaylee is hot!

By: Clif

Clif — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:10:22 +0000

Best. Wingnut. In. Party. Hat. Evah.

SpongeDerb PoopyPants

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:41:20 +0000

For fuck’s sake. Is there nothing these neocons can’t destroy with their touch? That said, it’s interesting to note that the neocon trait of being spectacularly wrong about everything extends even to Firefly fandom. Everyone knows Kaylee/Jewel Staite is the appropriate lust object in Firefly.

Incidentally, at a recent convention (it was on a podcast, OK?) Whedon was asked to name five people he would take to a desert island. Number 5 was George Bush, because the others would need something to eat. By conservative art criticism logic, this means that Derbyshire must renounce Firefly as filthy leftist propaganda.

By: Marsupial

Marsupial — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:17:06 +0000

Doesn’t seem to work for Hitchens. I don’t think the Derb can get away with it either.