podcast friday

[sabotabby]

 Go listen to the Wizards & Spaceships episode "Some People Call Me the Space Cowboy." No particular reason. It's about Space Westerns, problematic representation, and why Firefly was bad, actually.

Comments

[makamu]

Thanks for your comments!

I think I can deal with the meta aspects because I'm aware of them going in, I have no particular cache with Wheedon. In fact I chose it, rather than Buffy to watch as a first Whedon because I generally like Westerns better than the tropes around which Buffy and Angel are built.

So I'll just give it a shot and see where it takes me

[greylock]

I love the fact none of us can spell Whedon!

Just looking at the Wiki, it appears the preferred option is 'Serenity' (the episode), and then 'The Train Job').
It's been a long time since I've watched it, but I reckon that's the order I'd recommend.
It's short, so it doesn't matter a lot, but I think it might land better, albeit it's two episodes.
'Train Job' may pack more Western tropes.

[makamu]

I love the fact none of us can spell Whedon!

Yep, me too.

And I'll keep the alternate order in mind when I start watching.