The guy introducing her pronounced it INCORRECTLY. She prounounces it back-a-rin. There is some footage somewhere with a joint interview with her and Jewel Staite, where Jewel misprounounces it like that guy did, and Morena thumps her :)
Imagine if brainy, wordsmithy Joss and achingly, hauntingly lovely Morena conceived a child together...the birth of a nonfictional superhero! And we could have a baby-naming contest.
Yeah jaynelovesvera, but what if it had Morena's brains and wordsmithing skills and Joss' aching hauntingness ?
Actually, that'd also be a preternaturally gifted child (just not as pretty, sorry Joss ;). Damn.
Re: names - Baccadon, Moross, Jossena ... VikingPrincess4 (or Prince), err, !! Joss Jnr. !! Any one of those should guarantee total parental hatred by the age of about 14.
As middle names i'd suggest 'Purplefonted Washkillah' if I was, y'know, bitter ;).
I hoped this would turn up. Now I'm already jaded and I want a better copy to turn up, where you can see how awesome Morena actually looked, and the sound is in synch.
*rubs eyes* Just woke up -- you miss a lot when you actually sleep. Yep, that's the one, very satisfying to see, simon, thank you.
God, my re-cap was woefully inadequate -- I think I got maybe one of the authors he mentioned correctly. Ah well. And dreamlogic, I emailed one of the guys involved with the slide-show & other stuff at the Hugos, and he said he 1) knew there was a DVD of the award show and 2) thought it was pretty likely it would soon be for sale and 3) sincerely hoped so, as he was backstage and didn't get to hear most of it. I'll let all y'all know...
"I don't know who Hugo was or where he came from, just that he could kick that Pulitzer-guy's ass when it came to choosing awesome lit."
The Hugo is named after Hugo Weaving. Back in 1938 Isaac Asimov travelled forward in time to 1999 in the time machine he, H.G. Wells and Hugo Gernsbsack invented. He saw the Matrix and was entranced by Agent Smith. When he returned to 1938 and told the others, they drew straws for who would get to father and name the child who would one day play Smith. It took them so long to locate the future mother that Wells had since passed on and Gernsback was too elderly to procreate, leaving Asimov to do the deed. Being very fond of Gernsback, who created Amazing Stories, the first scifi magazine,in 1926, Asimov named the boy Hugo. Really.
Imagine if brainy, wordsmithy Joss and achingly, hauntingly lovely Morena conceived a child together...the birth of a nonfictional superhero! And we could have a baby-naming contest.
I wanted to post something about this, but I couldn't figure out how to start the thread. Thought I'd wait until someone else started the thread, then chime in.
My original video ran 2:13 and if you noticed the out-of-sync audio you might also have noticed it ran 2:09 on You Tube. Must be something about the You Tube process. (BTW it was nearly 22 hours before the upload was ready for viewing.)
I also got pix of Morena, the Hugo and me. Several folk in the stage area also wanted pictures--I'm not sure why I was included in them, but they didn't want me to step out of frame. :~)
I emailed one of the guys involved with the slide-show & other stuff at the Hugos, and he said he 1) knew there was a DVD of the award show and 2) thought it was pretty likely it would soon be for sale
Good work. I hope so.
ETA: Didn't mean to sound ungrateful, Elvis (we posted almost the same time). That was our earliest and maybe only chance to see that online. I just hope we can eventually see it as it looked on the big screens at the event.
jaynelovesvera, I like it. I always enjoy a little Asimov love and I'm sure Isaac would not have minded the story coming out now. It seems appropriate. ;-)
Not only More!Jossy goodness, not only nixygirl's and UnpluggedCrazy's birthdays, but Elvis is in the building, too. Helluva day, my friends, helluva day. ;-)
Thank you, Elvis, for granting my fanboyish wish of seeing this on the interwebs, since I lack the very same time machine of which jaynelovesvera wrote to go back in time, tell my mom some winning lottery numbers so she never has to work again yet still can give me plenty of dough to go to Worldcon with, so I could see this in person. It just seems simpler to watch the video on YouTube, somehow. ;-)
The speech itself? -- Joss is utterly & chronically too effin' funny.
“But a sense of humor—a real one—is a rarity and can be utter hell. Because it’s immoral, you know, in the real sense of the word: I mean, it makes its own laws; and it possesses the person who has it like a demon. Fools talk about it as though it were the same thing as a sense of balance, but believe me, it’s not. It’s a sense of anarchy, and a sense of chaos.” — Robertson Davies, A Mixture of Frailties, 1958
QuoterGal, re "the Hugo's progenitor": my Hugo Weaving riff above started out as a Victor Hugo riff, with Asimov going back in time, but I changed it due to my sparse Victor knowledge.
Grounded | August 29, 15:00 CET
gossi | August 29, 15:06 CET
More please.
Numfar PTB | August 29, 15:30 CET
gossi | August 29, 15:35 CET
buffy_kitten | August 29, 15:41 CET
...well...not ALL that I wanted, but great for now.
newcj | August 29, 15:44 CET
Lucidmind | August 29, 15:46 CET
pat32082 | August 29, 16:01 CET
Yep, another great speech, beautifully delivered by the beautiful Morena.
Morena should read all Joss's speeches :)
Morena should read everything. I'd even listen to stock prices were they read in those dulcet tones.
Saje | August 29, 16:05 CET
Pumps | August 29, 16:07 CET
Lucidmind | August 29, 16:33 CET
jaynelovesvera | August 29, 16:37 CET
havok | August 29, 16:43 CET
pat32082 | August 29, 16:48 CET
gossi | August 29, 16:52 CET
gossi, that's what the Serenity marketing was missing. Revised title: !Serenity!
jaynelovesvera | August 29, 16:59 CET
Ilana | August 29, 17:01 CET
Numfar PTB | August 29, 17:03 CET
Actually, that'd also be a preternaturally gifted child (just not as pretty, sorry Joss ;). Damn.
Re: names - Baccadon, Moross, Jossena ... VikingPrincess4 (or Prince), err, !! Joss Jnr. !! Any one of those should guarantee total parental hatred by the age of about 14.
As middle names i'd suggest 'Purplefonted Washkillah' if I was, y'know, bitter ;).
Saje | August 29, 17:06 CET
Willowy | August 29, 17:19 CET
Tonya J | August 29, 17:35 CET
(though I guess it'd clear up any sinus problems pretty quickly. Or at least put previous discomfort into perspective ;).
Saje | August 29, 18:12 CET
dreamlogic | August 29, 18:36 CET
rockgoddes | August 29, 19:05 CET
starbreez | August 29, 19:48 CET
God, my re-cap was woefully inadequate -- I think I got maybe one of the authors he mentioned correctly. Ah well. And dreamlogic, I emailed one of the guys involved with the slide-show & other stuff at the Hugos, and he said he 1) knew there was a DVD of the award show and 2) thought it was pretty likely it would soon be for sale and 3) sincerely hoped so, as he was backstage and didn't get to hear most of it. I'll let all y'all know...
"I don't know who Hugo was or where he came from, just that he could kick that Pulitzer-guy's ass when it came to choosing awesome lit."
QuoterGal | August 29, 20:26 CET
Garim | August 29, 21:09 CET
jaynelovesvera | August 29, 21:14 CET
jaynelovesvera | August 29, 21:27 CET
We could call her. . . WONDER WOMAN!
Nebula1400 | August 29, 21:45 CET
kballgetlost | August 29, 22:04 CET
Eggs-zackly.
QuoterGal | August 29, 22:16 CET
My original video ran 2:13 and if you noticed the out-of-sync audio you might also have noticed it ran 2:09 on You Tube. Must be something about the You Tube process. (BTW it was nearly 22 hours before the upload was ready for viewing.)
I also got pix of Morena, the Hugo and me. Several folk in the stage area also wanted pictures--I'm not sure why I was included in them, but they didn't want me to step out of frame. :~)
Elvis | August 29, 23:54 CET
Good work. I hope so.
ETA: Didn't mean to sound ungrateful, Elvis (we posted almost the same time). That was our earliest and maybe only chance to see that online. I just hope we can eventually see it as it looked on the big screens at the event.
[ edited by dreamlogic on 2006-08-29 22:06 ]
dreamlogic | August 30, 00:00 CET
Elvis | August 30, 00:27 CET
newcj | August 30, 01:29 CET
[ edited by newcj on 2006-08-29 23:31 ]
newcj | August 30, 01:30 CET
Thank you, Elvis, for granting my fanboyish wish of seeing this on the interwebs, since I lack the very same time machine of which jaynelovesvera wrote to go back in time, tell my mom some winning lottery numbers so she never has to work again yet still can give me plenty of dough to go to Worldcon with, so I could see this in person. It just seems simpler to watch the video on YouTube, somehow. ;-)
billz | August 30, 02:11 CET
bator
Alex2459 | August 30, 04:10 CET
Might you have posted your photos from the Hugos elsewhere & if so, might we see them?
(And in yet another alternative universe, the Hugo's progenitor.)
The speech itself? -- Joss is utterly & chronically too effin' funny.
“But a sense of humor—a real one—is a rarity and can be utter hell. Because it’s immoral, you know, in the real sense of the word: I mean, it makes its own laws; and it possesses the person who has it like a demon. Fools talk about it as though it were the same thing as a sense of balance, but believe me, it’s not. It’s a sense of anarchy, and a sense of chaos.” — Robertson Davies, A Mixture of Frailties, 1958
QuoterGal | August 30, 09:01 CET
jaynelovesvera | August 30, 09:26 CET
"Morena Baccarin provides the voice ('Parliamentary override. Full access.') for the security terminal in the records room."
No wonder Joss used her in a voice acting role yet again!
StaffOSimon | August 30, 16:57 CET
Harpy | September 02, 00:04 CET