It's even better on rewatch. I didn't notice the title and quote on the cover of Sean Astin's audiobook the first time through. I've been watching humorless science videos online all afternoon and this is great science and also very well written.
Wow. That was an actually funny bit of popular science. Which, y'know, is very hard to do. This is basically one of the greatest things I've seen this week. Color me impressed :).
I've been watching humorless science videos online all afternoon and this is great science and also very well written.
Hey, that's how some of my afternoons look as well ;). Is watching those videos part of your job, Sunfire, or are you just watching out of general interest?
I love that NASA apparently has the tech to fire balls of video imagery onto the screen, but can't afford to hire Sean Astin. Or mix a better tape of his voice.
Yeah, I loved the image gun gag even if it did get sorta old. At the very least it was consistent though.
And didn't Sean Astin direct an episode of Angel? Shouldn't we modify the descriptor to acknowledge his contribution to both the realms of Jane Austen audiobooks and the Whedonverse?
This was pretty cute though, I love it when there are celebrities who I actually buy having any sort of intense interest or credibility for whatever it is they're implicitly supporting. Like the best pairings of celebrity to "word of the day" on Sesame Street.
Heh, very funny stuff. Felicia does patient-but-perplexed brilliantly. And it's fitting that she should know a bit about the universe that she will, if there's any justice, one day be President of.
Also, there's just no way for there to be too many Obi Wan shout-outs. Truth.
(it's a pity they couldn't get the real Sean Astin's Audiobook to take part - that's an adaptation that's really going places, it's everywhere right now - but I guess Sean Astin is the next best thing. And yep, he directed 'Soulless' and did a nice job of it too from what I remember)
Great stuff! Now I'll have to bite my tongue to keep from going around saying "What in the name of Joss Whedon was that?".
Especially since most everyone I know already thinks I'm a bit over the top, on the subject of Joss. :)
Oh, hell, there is more funny here. In the link that witchlover provides, you can click on a link and get a photo of the author Phil Pliat with Felicia and Alan Tudyk, with Alan wearing a shirt with a picture of Edward on it, with the words "Twilight in gay" on the shirt as well, and the pic was taken by Masi Oka!
Sunfire | October 26, 22:30 CET
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Bel-Rand | October 26, 22:59 CET
"What in the name of Joss Whedon was that?!" made me LOL.
Plus the
- That's a lot of billions...
- Yeah. Three.
And the final "Felicia Day..." *something something*.
Really cool, funny and educational.
maxsummers | October 26, 23:09 CET
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Dana5140 | October 27, 00:30 CET
okelay | October 27, 00:58 CET
Craig Oxbrow | October 27, 01:47 CET
Lioness | October 27, 02:24 CET
korkster | October 27, 03:04 CET
Hey, that's how some of my afternoons look as well ;). Is watching those videos part of your job, Sunfire, or are you just watching out of general interest?
GVH | October 27, 03:10 CET
IMForeman | October 27, 03:48 CET
Great stuff.
Eric_Curtis | October 27, 03:57 CET
hacksaway | October 27, 04:07 CET
ManEnoughToAdmitIt | October 27, 05:07 CET
And didn't Sean Astin direct an episode of Angel? Shouldn't we modify the descriptor to acknowledge his contribution to both the realms of Jane Austen audiobooks and the Whedonverse?
This was pretty cute though, I love it when there are celebrities who I actually buy having any sort of intense interest or credibility for whatever it is they're implicitly supporting. Like the best pairings of celebrity to "word of the day" on Sesame Street.
orangewaxlion | October 27, 07:56 CET
Also, there's just no way for there to be too many Obi Wan shout-outs. Truth.
(it's a pity they couldn't get the real Sean Astin's Audiobook to take part - that's an adaptation that's really going places, it's everywhere right now - but I guess Sean Astin is the next best thing. And yep, he directed 'Soulless' and did a nice job of it too from what I remember)
Saje | October 27, 11:06 CET
Especially since most everyone I know already thinks I'm a bit over the top, on the subject of Joss. :)
Shey | October 27, 11:34 CET
witchlover | October 27, 15:24 CET
That's just daft.
Saje | October 27, 17:30 CET
Dana5140 | October 27, 18:11 CET