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      What happens when Firefly cast members decide to make a spoof-ish show and base some of the show off what happened with Firefly? Well, they raise over 1.5 MILLION in two days...
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      https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/con-man#home

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      • scottalanmillerS
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        That's pretty impressive. Let's hope that it goes somewhere.

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        • thanksajdotcomT
          thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          That's pretty impressive. Let's hope that it goes somewhere.

          Agreed! I pitched in $50 bucks and are getting a poster for it. If I'd seen that $60 got you a t-shirt, I'd have dropped the extra $10 but oh well...

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          • scottalanmillerS
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            "I are getting"? You've been away from NY for too long 🙂

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              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              "I are getting"? You've been away from NY for too long 🙂

              I've spoken that way my whole life...

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              • thanksajdotcomT
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                Texas did not alter my speech patterns whatsoever.

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                • tonyshowoffT
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                  I've never seen Lost, but

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                  It seems like a really stupid TV show based on all I've read about it, glad I didn't get wrapped up in it like I did Earth2, I'll never get that time back.

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                    @tonyshowoff said:

                    I've never seen Lost, but

                    spoilers

                    It seems like a really stupid TV show based on all I've read about it, glad I didn't get wrapped up in it like I did Earth2, I'll never get that time back.

                    Never seen it either, but heard enough about it to know that I have no interest in it at all.

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                      @tonyshowoff said:

                      I've never seen Lost, but

                      spoilers

                      It seems like a really stupid TV show based on all I've read about it, glad I didn't get wrapped up in it like I did Earth2, I'll never get that time back.

                      I tried watching it a few times when people where saying it was so good. The show doesn't even make sense.

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                        @thecreativeone91 said:

                        I tried watching it a few times when people where saying it was so good. The show doesn't even make sense.

                        I've discovered, and I am being completely serious, that for most people no show makes sense. People find tension from the moment to moment situations, from musical cues, from cinematography but they actually, in general, cannot follow plots and don't actually know what is happening. It is amazing how often people love shows that are not self consistent and don't make sense and have no idea because they don't actually pay attention or manage to follow the events and put them together.

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                          A Former User @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                          I tried watching it a few times when people where saying it was so good. The show doesn't even make sense.

                          I've discovered, and I am being completely serious, that for most people no show makes sense. People find tension from the moment to moment situations, from musical cues, from cinematography but they actually, in general, cannot follow plots and don't actually know what is happening. It is amazing how often people love shows that are not self consistent and don't make sense and have no idea because they don't actually pay attention or manage to follow the events and put them together.

                          This is why I don't like ScFi. There isn't much of a plot.. other than hey, lets us as much special fx as we can.

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                          • thanksajdotcomT
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                            Lost was definitely not for everyone. I have only seen 3 seasons to date, but plan to watch the whole show at some point in the future.

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                              @thecreativeone91 said:

                              This is why I don't like ScFi. There isn't much of a plot.. other than hey, lets us as much special fx as we can.

                              I love the idea of SciFi as a setting, but you are right, I rarely watch it because they end up leaning on SFX and who cares about that.

                              That's why I loved Mass Effect so much. It gave the setting of a SciFi but with amazingly deep storyline, writing and character development.

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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @thecreativeone91 said:

                                This is why I don't like ScFi. There isn't much of a plot.. other than hey, lets us as much special fx as we can.

                                I love the idea of SciFi as a setting, but you are right, I rarely watch it because they end up leaning on SFX and who cares about that.

                                That's why I loved Mass Effect so much. It gave the setting of a SciFi but with amazingly deep storyline, writing and character development.

                                Sci-Fi can often have good story lines. Both Star Wars and Star Trek are sci-fi. The problem is that sci-fi is a less common genre to make a movie in and therefore, when the number of bad ones outweighs the good ones as badly as it does in sci-fi, and the total number of movies is so much lower than other genres, it gets a bad name overall.

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                                  scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                                  @thanksajdotcom said:

                                  Sci-Fi can often have good story lines. Both Star Wars and Star Trek are sci-fi.

                                  Actually Star Wars has never been considered SciFi. It's always been called "Space Opera." It has no focus on science at all, which is a requirement for SciFi. It's often confused because the setting is "in space" but SciFi doesn't imply that things are in space nor does space imply SciFi. There is a strong tendency for the two to overlap, of course, but it's a Venn Diagram with just a lot of overlap. Star Wars is solidly part of the Fantasy family, same as SciFi, but is distinct from SciFi.

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                                    @thanksajdotcom said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @thecreativeone91 said:

                                    This is why I don't like ScFi. There isn't much of a plot.. other than hey, lets us as much special fx as we can.

                                    I love the idea of SciFi as a setting, but you are right, I rarely watch it because they end up leaning on SFX and who cares about that.

                                    That's why I loved Mass Effect so much. It gave the setting of a SciFi but with amazingly deep storyline, writing and character development.

                                    Sci-Fi can often have good story lines. Both Star Wars and Star Trek are sci-fi. The problem is that sci-fi is a less common genre to make a movie in and therefore, when the number of bad ones outweighs the good ones as badly as it does in sci-fi, and the total number of movies is so much lower than other genres, it gets a bad name overall.

                                    SciFi is suppose to be considered possible in the future with advancements in technology. Star Wars is in the same category as Harry Potter.

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                                    • thanksajdotcomT
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @thanksajdotcom said:

                                      Sci-Fi can often have good story lines. Both Star Wars and Star Trek are sci-fi.

                                      Actually Star Wars has never been considered SciFi. It's always been called "Space Opera." It has no focus on science at all, which is a requirement for SciFi. It's often confused because the setting is "in space" but SciFi doesn't imply that things are in space nor does space imply SciFi. There is a strong tendency for the two to overlap, of course, but it's a Venn Diagram with just a lot of overlap. Star Wars is solidly part of the Fantasy family, same as SciFi, but is distinct from SciFi.

                                      Ok, I would say you're right and that it's more technically a fantasy than a sci-fi. Star Trek is most definitely a sci-fi though.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
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                                        @thecreativeone91 said:

                                        SciFi is suppose to be considered possible in the future with advancements in technology. Star Wars is in the same category as Harry Potter.

                                        Exactly. Or, because it was "long, long ago" one could even argue that it is really far fetched historical fiction 😉

                                        Harry Potter is a good example, though.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
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                                          @thanksajdotcom said:

                                          Ok, I would say you're right and that it's more technically a fantasy than a sci-fi. Star Trek is most definitely a sci-fi though.

                                          Oh absolutely, Star Trek is a "by the book" SciFi.

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                                          • thanksajdotcomT
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @thecreativeone91 said:

                                            SciFi is suppose to be considered possible in the future with advancements in technology. Star Wars is in the same category as Harry Potter.

                                            Exactly. Or, because it was "long, long ago" one could even argue that it is really far fetched historical fiction 😉

                                            Harry Potter is a good example, though.

                                            Yeah, I won't argue that.

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