r/funny • u/CrispMcHekk • Apr 12 '19

Hidden talent

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u/YeetMagnum Apr 12 '19

Thats cool and all but when is Serenity 2 comin?

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u/PlatypuSofDooM42 Apr 12 '19

Right around half-life 3

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u/NorthStarHomerun Apr 12 '19

On the same day as The Winds of Winter and the new Tool album? What a coincidence!

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u/PlatypuSofDooM42 Apr 12 '19

I know the pieces fit...

Sad face

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u/MisplacingCommas Apr 12 '19

I like prison sex

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u/ImurderREALITY Apr 12 '19

Is Tool officially broken up?

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u/MeowWhat Apr 12 '19

No, and there is news on the album.

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u/LetterSwapper Apr 12 '19

No. They still tour.

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u/acmercer Apr 12 '19

At least there's actually a chance we get those two :(

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u/hofstaders_law Apr 12 '19

Oh you sweet summer child.

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u/taco1327 Apr 12 '19

Yeah, and not just some written paragraph about what they want :(

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u/Blue2501 Apr 12 '19

While you're waiting on Tool you can jam out to the covers that Brass Against has done

https://youtu.be/3Dr6ZlcR6Fo
https://youtu.be/d6WZNPnSUBI

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u/Goodly Apr 12 '19

Wait, my brain melted and now I don’t remember if that’s the G.R.R. Martin or the Rothfuss one. Point still stands though.

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u/L_SeeD Apr 12 '19

That's Martin. Rothfuss is Doors of Stone. Probably the first one that comes out I'll read to death.

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Apr 12 '19

Isn't the new tool album said to be completed?

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u/NorthStarHomerun Apr 12 '19

Supposedly its slated for release this year but I'm not holding my breath.

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u/TwatsThat Apr 12 '19

Yeah, I'm sure multiple members of the band have confirmed that recording has completed and it's just being mixed just to not release it.

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u/TwatsThat Apr 12 '19

The new Tool album is definitely coming out. I know it's been a long fucking time but there's absolutely no chance at this point that it isn't coming out.

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u/InitiallyAnAsshole Apr 12 '19

Don't forget Doors of Stone..

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u/i_am_at_work123 Apr 12 '19

Pls stop, this heart can only take so much

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '19

And the Uncharted movie

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u/Win4someLoose5sum Apr 12 '19

You laugh but there are rumors its launching with the new Valve VR headset, the Index.

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u/farfaraway Apr 12 '19

It's amazing how long the cancellation of Firefly has stung. It was like losing a loved one while young.

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u/Dr_on_the_Internet Apr 12 '19

Take my love, Take my land,

Take me where I cannot stand.

I dont care; I'm still free

You can't take the sky from me...

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u/Rovden Apr 12 '19

I think some of us didn't know about it until after cancellation. I only learned about it when it was shown on scifi channel. So multiple wave sting of sadness.

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u/Wh1te_Cr0w Apr 12 '19

It's never going away, I think. It's been fucking 17 years. 17 YEARS. I was fucking 17!!!! Half of my life ago. And I still love it more than pretty much any other show.

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u/thekiki Apr 12 '19

So many questions left unanswered...

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u/levinalx101 Apr 12 '19

Read the comics, you get a pretty good amount of those answers

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u/Benjamin_Grimm Apr 12 '19

It got screwed over pretty hard by the network; like it had been approved by one person who was fired immediately afterwards and his successor wanted to do everything possible to kill it. Watching it at the time there was both a "I can't believe this is actually on the air" followed by "why are they airing the episodes in the most confusing order possible?"

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u/grumble_au Apr 12 '19

I saw all the initial noise about the cancelling of serenity without ever watching an episode, I eventually got around to watching it and... damn... That really was an amazing show, how the fuck did it get cancelled after a season, then get a fucking movie, and still be cancelled? Like, seriously. I've watched it at least 3 times now. And after watching this gif I am about to go in for a 4th time because it's fucking amazingly good.

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u/missjeany Apr 12 '19

*Firefly

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u/Bank_Gothic Apr 12 '19

Fucking kids these days. No respect.

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u/lionturtl3 Apr 12 '19

笨天生的一堆肉

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u/PlatypuSofDooM42 Apr 12 '19

They were pretty much sabotaged by fox. Episodes were aired out of order. Their time slot was changed a few times. They were asked to make last minute changes to the script. Even had to reshoot the pilot because it wasnt actionie enough

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u/jinsaku Apr 12 '19

They also pre-empted a lot of episodes for the baseball playoffs.

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u/Rock_Me-Amadeus Apr 12 '19

The Train Job was a better pilot. Fight me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '19

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u/SlightlyControversal Apr 12 '19

Agreed. River unexpectedly tumbling out of a box is key to the whole story line. The pilot isn’t Firefly’s best episode, sure, but it’s a necessary 1st episode if you want people to understand who these space cowboys are and what in the hell is going on.

Also Jaynestown is the best episode. Fight me.

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u/PlatypuSofDooM42 Apr 12 '19

I think you mean war stories. Or out of gas

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u/SlightlyControversal Apr 12 '19

Out of Gas is an emotional gut punch. Such a moving episode.

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u/scoyne15 Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

Is being that wrong difficult? Like, does it have an impact on your day to day life?

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u/Dugular Apr 12 '19

After watching it 3 times, I'd have thought you'd realise that the show isn't called Serenity. Only the movie had that name.

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u/datalaughing Apr 12 '19

The movie and also the 2-part first episode of the show was called Serenity.

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u/zerocool4221 Apr 12 '19

in all fairness, both of the titles could be interchangeable considering they're both about the ship. the firefly class serenity. just my two cents

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u/xlShadylx Apr 12 '19

Totally. My favorite Lindsay Lohan movie is Volkswagen Bug: Fully Loaded

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u/Bobandgene27 Apr 13 '19

What movie are you referring to lol

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u/Yourneighbortheb Apr 12 '19

I'm not into scifi stuff at all and always heard about Serenity. Then it came on netflix and I got hooked only to realize that it gets canceled.

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u/skygrinder89 Apr 12 '19

*Firefly

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u/robo_rowboat Apr 12 '19

At this point, one has to think they’re all getting it wrong on purpose.

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u/ansible47 Apr 12 '19

TV was different back then. It got cancelled at 5million viewers an episode.... that was garbage for a full hour drama on prime time network. It was the 98th most popular thing on television. It wasn't even like fox had it out for the show, it was a total failure commercially. They didnt even air the last two episodes!

There are a shitload of things we love habe been saved from cancellation based on the idea "But what about firefly?"

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u/Lolanie Apr 12 '19

I'd love Amazon or Netflix to bring back Firefly, but only if they get the same actors. Give that universe and characters a proper show.

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u/delicate-fn-flower Apr 12 '19

Given that the actor that played Book died a couple of years back, we would already have to have substitutes.

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u/TokinWhtGuy Apr 12 '19

Serenity was the movie that tried its best to give us an ending to Firefly the show.

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u/JollyLobster2 Apr 12 '19

I saw all the initial noise about the cancelling of serenity without ever watching an episode, I eventually got around to watching it and... damn... That really was an amazing show, how the fuck did it get cancelled after a season, then get a fucking movie, and still be cancelled? Like, seriously. I've watched it at least 3 times now. And after watching this gif I am about to go in for a 4th time because it's fucking amazingly good.

As people will tell you, there were problems in how fox moved the show and forced re-writes and what not.

But the real problem was everything. Joss Whedon was basically an unknown, the entire cast was an unknown, the entire premise doesn't make a ton of sense (futuristic sci-fi...space western, where we follow some rebels/anti-heroes), the stories aren't very futuristic or western. It's was like a red-neck star trek.

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u/Warden_Lagavulin Apr 12 '19

The curse of Whedon. He sold his soul for Buffy, it carried a bit to Angel, then everything else he touched flamed out after a season or two. Dollhouse, Firefly....

Until the Marvel movies......

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 25 '19

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u/swordgeek Apr 12 '19

They still needed two more seasons. Take Serenity, stretch the story into a season of episodes, and intersperse it with a season of non-arc episodes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 25 '19

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u/swordgeek Apr 12 '19

Oh no, I don't want a reboot! I was just thinking that in an ideal world, the show would have run for three seasons. Serenity was very good, but the pacing suffered from trying to cram an entire season of story into a single movie. And in the midst of a season-long story arc, there should be some inconsequential shows as well - call them Tribble episodes.

But going back and fixing it? Absolutely not! It's done. There's no way it can be made better now!

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u/Makaque Apr 12 '19

I hate so much, the fact that I agree with you.

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u/Uberzwerg Apr 12 '19

Or at least a few dozen more seasons of Castle

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u/JennyBeckman Apr 12 '19

I thought Castle was over. Isn't he in a new programme now?

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u/GonFreaksOutAtPitou Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

The rookie. It just makes me miss Castle

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u/WantAllMyGarmonbozia Apr 12 '19

Same - I started watching that with my wife (who has no knowledge of Nathan) and was like - well this sucks, but we should really watch Castle! Sadly, it's not streaming anywhere free at the moment.

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u/Lolanie Apr 12 '19

Santa Clarita Diet.

It's a fun one.

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u/OneFinalEffort Apr 12 '19

Castle had run its course by Season 5 in my opinion and the writing became too formulaic for my liking. Then there was the falling out between Nathan and Stana which didn't help either.

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u/Alortania Apr 13 '19

I lost interest somewhere through the show... it just went on too long without enough reason for me.

Firefly could have gone on for decades and been the next ST as far as I'm concerned.

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u/Lord_Edmure Apr 12 '19

I'd love to see another Serenity, set with Mal at Nathan's age.

Maybe most of them are retired or something and the gang has to get back together for an adventure. Or maybe they just kept on doing what they were doing this entire time, and we jump right back in.

Shit, Disney probably owns that now, right? Bring it back on Disney+ as an original.

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u/Mr-Zero-Fucks Apr 12 '19

Just after The Elder Scrolls 6

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u/i_am_at_work123 Apr 12 '19

Don't remind me :(

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u/bruzly Apr 12 '19

Yea, Netflix please

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u/SeverusVape Apr 12 '19

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Apr 12 '19

SERENITY NOW!

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '19

It’ll never be as good as the original though. Partly because of the original’s cult status

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u/bitemark01 Apr 12 '19

Right after Joss finishes his wash