Who all watched this week's episode of Firefly?

[Wrath0fKuus]

Let's talk about the intersection of poverty and fundamentalist religion, and how they feed into each other to form a vicious circle.

[Muddled]

Kuus, is that you? lol

[Deleted]

What happened to your name??

[cuddlyevil]

Baby sloth!

[fussbucket]

I did not approve this SN.

[Deleted]

FUSS - I had a terrible dream about you last night. I am glad you are okay!

[Wrath0fKuus]

I forgot the password to the e-mail account that I started to use to create my old name, and it wouldn't let me change the e-mail address for it, so I never got fully updated on the new system. And since my phone is still logged in to the old app, the old name registers as already taken.

Can someone help me make this sloth smaller?

[fussbucket]

OMG me too then! Thank goodness whatever it was wasn't some kind of Nightmare on Elm Street situation.

[Wrath0fKuus]

Is that better, Fuss?

[Muddled]

Kuus, your sloth is not giant. I like the second name better.

Also, I will be watching Firefly in about 30 minutes.


eta- If you are talking about your sig pic, I can't see them. I was referring to your avatar up there.

[fussbucket]

It's better. I was really attached to WrathofKuus though. I had been longing for it ever since you were ReturnofKuus.

[Wrath0fKuus]

I wish I could have that name back. Perhaps Kuus Into Darkness?

[smock]

I watched, I watched! I'm glad that River is finally doing more than just walking around wailing and being afraid. I want to see more of her super-smart side. I also appreciated the flashbacks and man Zac Efron looked so young! The background on the doctor's family really made me appreciate that storyline more, since they've both (i.e. the doctor and Rive) seemed rather one-dimensional up until this point.

On the connection between poverty and fundamentalist religion . . . That storyline didn't do it for me, unfortunately. Not because I disagree that poor, isolated societies are more likely to be fundamentalists. I just have a very hard time buying witch-burnings happening 500 years in the future. Maybe I'm not giving the cyclical nature of history enough credit, but it seemed more like a helpful plot device than a fleshed-out situation. Now, I completely agree that someone pulling the River "future seeing" would be rejected in that environment and context, but witch burning was too on the nose, if that makes sense.

[Wrath0fKuus]

It wasn't one of their better episodes, to be sure. It just got me wondering about poverty and religion. Is there a correlation, not to poverty per se, but to whole impoverished communities? This is something I don't know.

[Muddled]

Every epsisode, someone says it wasn't a good episode. When do we get to the good episodes?

Kuus, do you think it's poverty or a lack of education and exposure that has a stronger link with fundamentalism?

[Wrath0fKuus]

I thought Shindig was a great episode.

I think poverty and lack of education definitely go hand in hand, as do lack of education and fundamentalism, which made me do the transitive property thing.

[Muddled]

I think, in this case, it's about one man's desire to retain power over those less educated than him.


It's very Eyadema.

[Wrath0fKuus]

Eyadema?

[Muddled]

Feb 8, 2013 14:38:52 GMT -5 Wrath0fKuus said:

Eyadema?

Eyadema was the longest ruling dictator in Africa until he died of a heart attack a few years ago. He was not very well educated, so he did what he could to keep the people in his country uneducated as well. The Togolese thought that he was protected by a higher power and were worn down by past strife, so there were few threats to his claim to the presidency. Only the students would even try to fight it.

[Wrath0fKuus]

This is just awful.

[Muddled]

Yes, it was not ideal.

The guy with the hair reminded me of him. He seemed fine with River until she starting sharing things about him that he didn't want shared. Then he was all about burning her at the stake. He can't have his place at the top threatened.

[Muddled]

Episode 6 is my favorite so far.

[Wrath0fKuus]

Oh yes, that is a fun one!

[Wrath0fKuus]

Episode 7 is pretty awesome, too.

ed:  I'm looking at an episode guide, and 8 is also terrific... hell, I think the show simply hit its stride.

[smock]

Well I can't wait to see what's coming up!

I liked this episode and I felt like it gave us new reasons to care about the doctor and River. Also I can't wait to find out more about the shepherd.

P.S. river sucks at dancing.

[Muddled]

What's your new reason to care about the doctor, smock?

[awick14]

Firefly is back on tv??

[wrathofkuus]

Nope. We're watching it on Netflix, one episode per week, and treating it like a book club.

[smock]

Feb 9, 2013 19:05:51 GMT -5 Muddled said:

What's your new reason to care about the doctor, smock?

Mainly that we know more about his background and his relationship with his father. And his efforts to find River. He still seems like a spoiled jerk sometimes, but at least he has a backstory!

I didn't like River at all in the first four episodes because she never did anything at all. At least now she's doing stuff!

And I laughed at Jayne stealing the doctor's stuff.

[gault]

I just caught up!

Yeah, this definitely wasn't my fave episode. I liked the previous one much better.