This is it, the final episode of the series. Which is frustrating, because you can see the potential in each and every one of these episodes. It was written and directed by Joss Whedon. It aired on 13 December, 2002. River’s (Summer Glau) issues seem to be escalating, and someone has found her. A bounty…
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Firefly (2002) – The Message, and Heart of Gold
The Message was broadcast out of order on Fox (nice going dumbasses) after the series had already been cancelled and cut from the schedule (did I mention the dumbass part?). It aired, finally, on 28 July, 2003. It was written by Joss Whedon and Tim Minear. Minear also served as director. This is the episode…
Firefly (2002) – War Stories, and Trash
Cheryl Cain wrote War Stories, which debuted on 6 December, 2002 (Fox was screwing up everything with this show). There is some tension arising between Mal (Nathan Fillion) and Wash (Alan Tudyk) over Wash’s wife, and Mal’s most trusted ally on Serenity, Zoe (Gina Torres). Wash is tired of hearing about Zoe and Mal’s war…
Silverado (1985) – Lawrence Kasdan
Occasionally a film comes along and revitalises the genre. Eastwood would return to the western trough countless times before he revitalised it with his own take on it, Unforgiven, but in the mid-80s, that shake-up was left to Lawrence Kasdan and his brother Mark. Lawrence had his fingers in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and…
The Mind Reels 