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April 9, 2015
Firefly References in Castle
Captain Malcolm “Hammer” Reynolds also known as “Richard Castle” is amazing, and loves throwing little nibbles of Firefly-Shaped Bacon to his fans. Which only make us love him even more.
April 8, 2015
Your Coat Is Kind of a Brownish Color
It was on sale. Moon Sedai comment: do you know why this scene resonates with me? It’s because it shows the under-educated Patriotic person (Go Murica) taunting the educated veteran. The Veteran was on the losing side, but he was there, he has strong memories of the day the Patriotic Person is celebrating. The ...
April 7, 2015
Browncoat Cosplay Contest
Hello Crew! It’s time to Strap on your Hat or find your Prettiest Floral Bonnet and show off your best Browncoat Cosplay! Land of the Nerds’ sister site, Cosplay Photo Contests is hosting a Browncoat cosplay contest from April 8-30 of this month. Here are the rules. 1. How to Enter the Browncoat Cosplay Contest. Entering ...
April 6, 2015
Strong Women of Firefly: Zoe Washburne
Welcome back to Land of the Nerds and to my column about Strong Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy. In this series, I explore the women in Science-Fiction and Fantasy. Sci/Fi Fantasy has a variety of strong, powerful, superb female role models, and the Firefly ‘Verse is no exception. In this particular post, I want ...
April 4, 2015
What is a Browncoat?
As we previously announced, April we have declared the “Month of Browncoats and are writing and discussing all things related to Serenity this month. But, just what is a “Browncoat?” I mean, there are Coats, that are brown, but does it take more than having a brown leather jacket to make one a browncoat? (Note ...
April 3, 2015
Strong Female Characters: River Tam
For those familiar with my Strong Female Characters series, welcome back! To those who aren’t Thanks for reading! This blog is republished from an earlier Land of the Nerds post, edited and adjusted mostly because (a) we have a special “Browncoat Month” for April of 2015 and also (b) because I’ve revisited my previous opinions ...
April 1, 2015
The Hero of Canton
Strap on your Cunning Hat and sing along! For those who aren’t clued in: this song is about Adam Baldwin’s character, Jayne, from the episode “Jaynestown.”
Why you NEVER want to watch Firefly
Once upon a time, there was a crappy little tv show on the Fox Network that kept interfering with baseball and other, more important television shows. This show, the ‘cult classic’ known as Firefly, was a stinker. Let me tell you why this show only lasted one season. 1. The Theme Song. The song, called ...
March 29, 2015
Strong Females in Science Fiction: Aeryn Sun
For this week’s blog, I thought I would revisit an old column of mine, the series on strong female characters in Science Fiction and Fantasy. In this series, I examine the characters and try to determine just how much of a positive role model the women are to fans, how strong, fierce, and independent they ...
March 25, 2015
The cast of The Flash sings ‘Ballad of Serenity’
Jesse L Martin, Rick Cosnett and Carlos Valdes sing their gospel version of Joss Whedon’s “Balled of Serenity” A few days ago Joss pledged an outstanding amount to “The Letter Carrier” Kickstarter campaign. His pledge was above and beyond all the reward categories, and an appropriate thank you was in order. As always, music is ...
