Still working on the dialogue and color for the new comic.

Sinuses are killing me.

Will probably have at least the inks up soon to tide you over.

Ow.

Ok, as expected I've been getting a variety of emails from Whedon fans, the majority of which have pointed out a number of things where I was wrong, and the rest have mostly attempted to explain the shows reasoning where technology is concerned.

And looking back at my earlier post I have to admit, I came across a bit harsh. I specifically waited till I could buy both the series and movie so I'd be able to give it the full and fair shot so many fans have insisted it deserved, and then I only lasted 4 episodes. For me to judge the show as a whole, having only seen less than a quarter of it, was wrong. I apologize.

I still intensely dislike the look of the show, but having heard the explanation behind it I now understand where they were coming from. I don't 'agree' with said reasoning, but I understand it.

As for the guys who got offended because I said they and millions of others were wrong, I take it back... until such time as I've made it through the entire series. At that point, we'll see.

I suspect however that even if my opinions on the show in general change, "Shindig" will still suck.

Not happy with the colors in this one, but it's about as good as I can get it right now.

Warning. If you're a Joss Whedon fan, this is gonna piss you off.

Alright, I give up. Just make the pain go away. I've watched the pilot and the first three episodes, and I've come to the conclusion that I absolutely hate Firefly.

"I've got a great pitch for you! Imagine if the South won the Civil War, in the Old West, IN SPACE! Well, we downplay the space angle, all we got for props are the ones left over from the days of westerns. But it'll be really cool in an ironic-not-so much-actually-cool sort of way."

Ugh.

Seriously, I don't care how good the writing gets in the later episodes, watching this show makes me physically ill. Maybe they go on to explain why the entire galaxy seems to have gone insane, and reverted back to frontier days, while still seemingly having a healthy dose of technology they barely use, or use in absolutely ridiculous ways (holo-pool and a holo-window come to mind). And don't give me that "well it's the new frontier" crap. 95% of this show looks like it has the budget of a bad school play, and the sci-fi stuff is about as devoid of artistic merit as you could imagine. That ship is just plain nasty.

I've seen westerns done well, I've seen space westerns done well, and I've seen space shows with western influence done well. This does not fall in with any of them.

I actually sat through the entirety of "Shindig", wanting to stab my eyes out at every couple minutes. But when it got to the trinket shop scene in "Safe", I couldn't take it anymore. I can only take so much little house on the space-prarie. DVD out, back in package.

Thank god I waited till we got it in at work before I bought it. I've never been so glad for our return policy.

Millions of fans most certainly CAN be wrong.