You can’t take the sky from me

3:07 pm on 1.11.2006 Geek Stuff, That's Entertainment

I’m mid-way through the Firefly DVDs and I’m loving it. I regret (among other things) never cluing into it when it was on t.v. I also bought Serenity, but I’m waiting until I get through all the episodes before I watch it. I haven’t even peeled off the shrink wrap.

This post’s title is a line from the show’s theme song:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me

Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain’t comin’ back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me

There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can’t take the sky from me…

- hat tip to the FireflyWiki

That’s a libertarian song if I’ve ever heard one. I usually have that line running through my head for quite awhile after each episode.

Did I mention that I highly recommend the series?

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  1. The series is simply awesome. Good idea to wait until you’ve finished it to watch the movie – it does somewhat stand alone but all the little in-jokes and nuances aren’t as obvious without watching the series first.

    Don’t forget to check out the extras on the last disc – they put a lot of work into it, and while a few are sad they are well worth checking out (including the hidden one!)

  2. crankygeek says:

    “Hidden one.” You’re not going to tell me how to find it? This is just getting even for all those times I got to see new FeedDemon builds before you, right?

  3. yes, yes it is :P

    like all DVD easter eggs, it’s easy to find using a standard DVD remote; just keep navigating around until the selection goes somewhere you didn’t expect.

    I will give you one hint – it’s on the first page of extras.

  4. Difranco says:

    Welcome aboard mate. That is such a great series and movie. I hear that Sci-Fi may pick-up the series and talk of a sequel to the movie.

  5. crankygeek says:

    That would be great. Where do I get the brown shirt? :)