Captain Oblivious

Yes, of course I went. A chance to see Joss Whedon's masterpiece, Serenity, again? No brainer. The chance to contribute to a worthwhile cause? A Triple Word Score bonus.

Friday night, the Medway branch of the Clan McDonagh, sans one 4 year old girl (The Mighty, Mighty Squeaker), invaded Boston's Coolidge Corner for a few hours. On the way, we picked up our good friend and legendary Man of Honor, Slick, who brought along Flippy the Wonder Tooth - a marvel of dental engineering (and there's a phrase you don't see very often).

The movie was sold out, of course. Boston has the 2nd highest Geek Density Quotient in the country (trailing only San Francisco), and even though it was a midnight showing there was a line wrapped around the corner, in the rain, an hour before the movie started. The staff at the theater put up a sign reading, "Serenity is Sold Out. Calmness is Available." A pretty funny sign, but I almost lost it when one young (early 20's?) geek-boy read it out loud and then asked his date, "What's Calmness? I've never seen that one. Maybe we should get tickets to that since Serenity's sold out."

Once we got inside, we unfortunately had to wait through the most interminable door prize giveaway in history (though I wouldn't have minded winning the "cashy money" or the Reaver weapon). But eventually, people stopped talking at us and we got to watch the movie. It's very entertaining to watch a movie with hundreds of people who get all the jokes, cheer at all the right moments, and generally know the Big Damn Movie by heart.

While we were there, before the unbelievably long and boring giveaway, we got to see Joss' acceptance speech at an Equality Now award ceremony. Truly, seriously, worth the 8 minutes. The man is hysterical, witty, and - most importantly - damn right. "Because you're still asking me that question!" Indeed.