Do Not Cry for Simon Tam
When I posted that fabulous ’80s-style Firefly opening credits the other day (and I have to agree with you guys that they probably would’ve served the show better than the actual credits) many of you bemoaned the fact that young doctor and brother of jailbait megaweapon River, Simon Tam, seemed to be unfairly omitted. Well, Garrison Dean and Charlie Jane Anders have revealed the true reason Simon didn’t make the cut — because he was busy filming his ’80s show.
It’s another shockingly well-done video, admittedly. But I’m going to go on a limb and say any show which regularly starred Christina Hendricks as the assassin/prostitute/thief/whatever Saffron would be the highest rated TV series of all time. I was 28 when I finally saw her Firefly episode and it made me hit puberty a second time. Thanks to Zaid for the tip! (Via io9)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.