Yeah, this will do well

Okay folks. I need all Firefly fans to help me out. This is a call to arms, a move of mass action, all in an attempt to thwart a preconceived opinion.

A coworker that I've been talking up Serenity to (and Firefly in general, but he's being a pain...he won't watch the series) finally saw the preview on a big screen.

His words? "You are obviously deluded by your love for that series, because that movie is going to suck."

This means I have to sit him down and give him backstory. I have to make him either watch the series or get him so completely educated by the series that he gives the movie a shot...or convince him to not see it.

And then it hit me: I won't be the only one facing this. I won't be the only one facing off with someone intent on seeing hte movie without knowing what came before. So...a plan needs to be formed for combating skepticism, derision, contempt or any emotion based purely on a preconceived notion of what they're expecting to get. (Never mind that I told this coworker and another that I wanted them to try the series but that it wasn't for everyone. "Watch an episode or two. If you don't like it, don't watch anymore." But no...I get it for those that tried it and didn't like the show. But not those that suddenly go from "Could be interesting" to "Looks hideous".)

So what should the plan of attack be? Start with the words "There was this girl...a girl in a box"? I'm going to have to sit him down before the end of September and educate. Let's think folks of the proper education process for the idiots among us who insist on all sci-fi being Independence Day and nothing else. (By the way, I love Independence Day, but it's very straight, normal sci-fi, in the vein of the original War of the Worlds, as opposed to the variations on the aliens and men clash theme that has since come on the scene.)

And this isn't the most crazy

Tom Cruise believes in aliens

Asked in an interview with the tabloid daily Bild if he believed in aliens, Cruise said: "Yes, of course. Are you really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?"


You know, he really has the most irritating way of stating things. I have said nearly the exact same thing before, except that second sentence would read "Are we really so arrogant as to believe we are alone in this universe?" "We" has a completely different tone than "you" when following with the word "arrogant."

And the thing is, when the basic answer is that, with the massive expanse of space and the millions of possibilities on how life came about or can come about, to think we're the only living beings in existence...well, erring on the side of possible is okay. (Not saying they're traveling here, because that's a whole nother kettle of fish.) But really, entertaining the possibility with candor and humor, or stating as a matter of fact that aliens exist and if you don't think so you're a fool...who are the masses going to take more seriously? Me or Tom Cruise?