Show-defining quote

“Want to know how I lost my virginity? So do I.”
   — Veronica Mars
(Link is spoileriffic if you haven’t seen any episodes, but if you need validation from the LA Weekly to check a new show out, well…)

Serenity news

Dark Horizons: Finding That Feeling Of Serenity — short article, but a few fun bits.
Regarding sequels:

Morena also told us, if the movie is successful, all nine actors are locked in.

I cannot emphasize this enough: If you can only go twice to this movie, go once on the first weekend and once on the second weekend — that indicates staying power, above and beyond earning power. If a genre movie like this can break even on its budget (50 mil in this case) while it’s still in theatres, then the studio can anticipate big profits in DVD sales. Basically, breaking even in the box office = sequels.

Now Playing…

Shawn of the Dead: Hilarious, serious, horrifying, gruesome, funny. Hilariously horryfying, gruesomely funny. It’s some of what I expected (a romantic comedy with zombies inserted into the story in the place of things like missed phone calls and mixed messages) and some pretty surprisingly dramatic stuff that I wasn’t.
Recommended. See it before middle america says “Huh? I don’t get it.” too often and it’s relegated to booming DVD sales.