I just had the most hideous thought!

[litlover12]

I don't even know where this came from. You know the movie Frequency? In case you don't, it's a charming sci-fi flick about a son (Jim Caviezel) reconnecting with his long-dead father (Dennis Quaid) via ham radio and some exceptionally powerful Northern lights, and setting right all the things that went wrong in their past. The words "charming" and "sci-fi" don't always go together, but trust me, they fit here. I'm very fond of this movie.

Anyway, I'm rewatching it so I can write about it for an online magazine. I want to concentrate on how it has a much more optimistic worldview than much of modern sci-fi/fantasy, and how it's willing to allow the possibility that the past really could be changed for the better without all sorts of horrible, irrevocable prices being paid and so forth. And then out of nowhere this came into my head:

What if Joss Whedon had written this film?

. . .

I -- I think I need to go curl up in the fetal position for a while.

Comments

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Oh, THAT'S him!

I missed the whole 'Firefly' thing, but because I kept hearing how awesome it was, I went to see 'Serenity'. I was enjoying it greatly and even as I was sitting there, I was considering going back and renting 'Firefly', even though I hate when shows are canceled in the middle like it was.

AND THEN HE DID THAT BAD THING to a character I'd just met and was really liking and it came out of nowhere and I nearly screamed out loud and I was so horrified!

Never. Again.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That's pretty much his M.O. And the worst part is, he has the talent to create good characters, so it really knifes you in the gut when he does that!

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Bah! I didn't realize it was a 'thing' with him. It's good to be warned.

[jobey-in-error.livejournal.com]

mosinging1986: It might still be worth it to see Firefly. Not as devastating. Tons of fun, actually. The movie was super-dark, what with covering the spaceship with corpses and MOUNDS of death etc. The show, while still no sitcom, is much healthier.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

"Healthier" is a good word.

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Does it have some sort of conclusion? Or is it left truly hanging FOREVER? All I've heard is the shrieking of fans even still!