• That's what I would say. Then again, I'm an adult female who owns the complete set of Star Wars Master Replica lightsabers. Nathan Fillion is awesome... I do imagine I'd be a bit more surprised if Nathan Fillion came onto my lawn with a lightsaber, or I'd be so excited that I'd challenge him to duel.

• I can never understand why Nathan Fillion hasn't hosted Saturday Night Live yet. He should be in the 5-timers club already.

• The hat makes it all work.

• Just in case you are curious what Nathan Fillion would look like with a lightsaber: http://www.jedichefs.com/jca/images/JCA216_Nathan.jpg

• You are a horrible horrible person

• I have such a nerd crush on this guy.

• This one? If so, I read somewhere he was playing River in that one. http://www.gamerfellowship.org/images/nathansocal.jpg

• Amen that. Let's have us a bunk party in his honor.

• Amen that, brother. 25 year-old male virgin here, you better believe I'm saving myself for the day Nathan Fillion is in my neighborhood. And still not gay.

• So, I'm going to step into his neighbor's shoes for a minute: There I am playing with my light saber in the front lawn - so clearly I am, at the least, a Star Wars fan - and then Nathan Fillion walks up to apparently duel or some-such-shit. Even if I am a nerd, but don't care for Firefly, or Dr. Horrible (for SOME reason that I cannot fathom), I am certainly going to know WHO he is . . . and . . . nerdgasm (in my pants). End scene. But seriously, unless this neighbor kid already knew he lived a few houses away from Fillion, and maybe knew him well (which the story does not suggest) - I'm calling bullshit. This story would have been blogged, vlogged, reddited or leaked from the kids POV like the next day. I can speak for myself at least: If frakkin' Mal walks up to me and presents a light saber fight, he is not only in for the saber battle to end all saber battles, but it is going to be filmed in 720p@60fps (from my Zi8) but it will be all over the net the next day. Like I'm sending the story into G4, so that I can go tell it on cable while I stare at Olivia Munn . . . Mmmm . . . Olivia Munn . . .

• Sadly for you, I'm married.

• If I could find a man who is this open and eloquent about his inner nerd, I would be making him an army of nerd babies at this very second... Nathan Fillion is my nerd god now. It's on.

• Okay, so about a year ago, a friend of mine was visiting me in L.A., and we went to The Grove. (The Grove is a big, upscale outdoor shopping center close to West Hollywood, and celebrities tend to go there a lot.) Now, my friend isn't the most well-versed in movies and TV shows, but at one point, she says, "Hey, isn't that guy an actor?" I look over and I see, from the back, someone I think may be Nathan Fillion (who is with a rather short woman; of course, given how tall he is, I suppose many people look short next to him). In order to confirm or invalidate my suspicion, I casually head over to near where he is, and then I turn around and start heading back so I can see his face. It's really him. I actually say, "Nathan Fillion?" and he doesn't acknowledge that I said anything. At that point, I start thinking, "Did he just not hear/see me, or is he purposefully ignoring me?" Afraid it's the latter, I decide that I'll just let it go. So my friend and I go into the Barnes & Noble to just waste some time looking at books. At one point, I she says, "Hey, let's go look at the bargain books." When we get to that section, she says, "Actually, I just wanted to get out of that area because that actor guy was there, and he looked at us like he thought we were following him or something." Somehow I hadn't realized that Nathan Fillion was apparently standing really close by. A few moments later, my friend asks me if the Barnes & Noble has a DVD section. We were on the third floor and the section is on the first, but it can be seen from where we're standing, so I go to the railing and point down and say, "Yeah, it's right there." I then look and realize I'm pointing right at Nathan Fillion. He didn't appear to be looking up, so I quickly withdrew my hand and turned around. "Oh, crap! I was pointing right at him!" I say. "Yeah, and I think he saw you," says my friend. Apparently, he'd looked away right as I looked down. At that point, I started panicking because I'm thinking, "Oh, shit! Now Nathan Fillion really <i>does</i> think we're following him around!" So my friend suggests, "Let's just get out of here." And we did. My only comfort is the fact that Nathan Fillion will most likely never remember my face. Still, were I ever to actually meet him, I'd be afraid he'd look at me and say, "You...I never forget a face!" and call for security.

• I heartily agree. I would have Nathan Fillion's babies not just because he is smoking hot (and dear heaven, he is pretty), but because any man who would be insulted at the suggestion that he brought Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber to a nerd fight is an incredible catch.

• Reply very much win. Well played, Sir.

• I cannot stand this kind of argument. "I don't like something/it doesn't appeal to me, and since I can't understand why other people would like it, I have to assume they're delusional, insane, or both." Obviously, those weren't your exact words, but it's basically what you're saying when anyone purports to like any or all of Joss Whedon's work. It's ridiculous. You haven't been designated Arbiter of Taste, so stop spinning conspiracy theories for why everyone isn't exactly like you. Jeebus. Personally, I do find myself liking Whedon's work (a lot) more than I dislike it. Firefly was the first Whedon show I ever watched in totality and I loved it, and I still love it, and every time I watch the series or an episode, I find myself loving it more (even more so with Serenity). Because I enjoyed Firefly so much, I finally watched all of Buffy. I liked quite a bit of it, definitely not all of it, but enough to check out Angel. Angel was a bit more on the 50/50 of like-to-dislike scale, but after watching it a second time, I may like it more than Buffy. Except for season 4-- bleh (but, that's the same with Buffy, oddly). I definitely liked the potential of Dollhouse more than I liked the actual show, but I still found myself enjoying it-- especially the latter half of both seasons. I'm not sure what went wrong there, behind the scenes I mean, but I definitely think the ideas and concepts in that series could have propelled it above Firefly (or, beyond Whedon's work, to the level of Lost). But, in reality, it left me cold much more than I expected from a Whedon show. His run on Astonishing X-Men was specifically an homage to the 70s era of the title, and that being my favorite era, I couldn't help but love the story he told. Finally, if you don't like Dr. Horrible, that's your own failing. It isn't perfect, but in it's own messy way, it kind of is. So, yeah. You don't have to like Whedon, but you, and others like you, should really get your heads out of your asses if you think anyone who does is simply a drooling, mindless sheep. Criticize the man's work all you want, but people have every right to disagree with you and no opinion on taste is more valid than any other. Except when it comes to Dr. Horrible. Seriously.

• Don't you dare say an unkind word about Angela Lansbury!! That woman is a SAINT!!! =D

• his mad

• Dude, having a man crush on Nathan Fillion doesn't make you gay. He's <i>Nathan Fillion</i>. He transcends ordinary notions of sexiness.

• I was a late bloomer when it comes to "Firefly." Didn't watch "Buffy" or "Angel" all that much. Didn't know Whedon from Wheaton. Saw the promos for "Firefly" and thought, "Well that looks stupid." Flash forward a few years, and I saw the trailer for "Serenity" and thought, "That looks fun" and wondered if the show was still on the air. I began Netflixing the show, and my wife and I promptly fell in love with it (I may still have the bruises from punching myself for being such a dick for passing on it years earlier). I have to say, as short lived as it was it's my favorite TV show. Look, I don't think any person or any thing is worth putting up on a pedestal and proclaiming it genius or "the best thing/person ever." I hate hyperbole, even if the net runs on it. I can only say I was drawn to characters I liked a lot, some clever writing and drama and humor. Whedon likes to take conventional situations that border on cliche and turn them on their ear. Sure, he "kills our darlings" (as Stephen King would say) but I like that I can't rely on him taking the safe way out of a story. I don't consider myself a "Brown coat" any more than I'm a Trekkie or whatever the hell you would call a rabid Star Wars fan. I tend not to elevate any "franchise" over the other, and don't understand why fans feel they have to do that. But I probably have a warmer feeling and respect for "Firefly" over other franchises that I like simply because it said more to me than any of the others -- seems like it has more heart. Just my opinion of course.

• I'll agree with you dto a point, maachubo, and that point is to please point out that it's SOME of Firefly's fans. I personally have wondered if the show could have sustained what I still feel was quality writing beyond the point of that half-season. Like all fans of the show, I would have like to seen more, and "Serenity" and the comics certainly helped with that. And there's something to be said about the power of a martyred show looming large in its lost potential. But I don't think this is a Venn Diagram situation. I believe the show was great, and I believe a legitimate argument can be made beyond my nerdy fan-love that it was well-done. But I suppose we've all let this roam around too much from the original topic, which was that we all need to be prepared and respectful should we ever meet Nathan Fillion, because he's awsome, and he's packin' a lightsaber.

• Is he talking about the Force FX Lightsabers? I've wanted one of those for ages, but even the cheaper ones cost about £120! I was talking to my friend about getting one, and he said that was way too much for 'a toy'. I just pulled a horrified expression until he changed the subject.

• wait... why doesn't the spellcheck flag "Interned" as misspelled? How does that crap get added to the dictionary? Or is there an actual word "Interned" that I'm not aware of? I'm saying that's a typo in the above post. It should say "Internet nerds". Internet. Interned is just... wait. Interned... as in "placed in an internment camp", or possibly a school work program as in "I interned at St. Mary's for three years". OK, but still, "Interned nerds" is not what I was going for. Thankfully, there are no "nerd reeducation and recreational gulag" facilities. Yet.

• The problem with Firefly (or more specifically Firefly's fans) seems to be that the show is judged not by the 14 episodes that were produced, but by seasons 2-6 that aired only in the fan's imagination. That's not right. You don't get to judge a show by how awesome you imagined it would have been, or hoped it could be, or wanted it to be. Look, the show was good, and I'm not saying it wasn't, but it wasn't as good as the praise it's getting. But since the Venn diagram of "Firefly fans vs Interned nerds who vote in online surveys and post on message boards" only has one circle, the show gets puffed up way beyond what it deserves, and way beyond the actual numbers it's fanbase should generate.

• Fair enough. I personally liked both Firefly and Dollhouse (I maintain that it was a good show with some very definite and large flaws. Certainly not perfect but audacious and entertaining), and I can see how Whedon isn't everyone's cup of tea. I take issue with your two traps, though. I'm sure there are plenty of people in both of those, but I liked Firefly a lot for the simple reason that it was fun sci-fi with a cast of characters I really liked, and I think there are quite a few people who'd agree with me. Just my two cents.

• You know (they should never EVER do this) but if some movie mogul decides to remake Spaceballs, Nathan has to be Lone Star. There's just no question in my mind he would blow it out of the water.

• Firefly overrated? Compared to what? Stargate SG1? Star Trek Voyager? What? ~your mad~

• <i>West Wing didn't clean up at the Emmys just because Hollywood liked the idea of a liberal president</i> Could not disagree with you more. My wife was an avid fan. Every time she'd get me to sit through a couple of passable episodes and I'd try to get back into it, the next episode would be pure propaganda. I mentioned Ditko in my original post because that's exactly how subtle West Wing was. Alright, not all of the time. Not even most of the time. But a large enough minority of the time as to make the show unfollowable.

• I won't speak to whether it was well written or not, or whether it was brilliantly crafted or not because peoples opinions differ vastly on those subjects. But Firefly was certainly my favorite TV show ever.

• "Two Cathedrals." "17 People." "Bartlet for America." "Celestial Navigation." "The Apology." "The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee" "The Cut Man Cometh" Sorkin missed a lot at the tail end of his career (the horrid Studio 60 was pretty much devoid of any redeeming value, but he was probably coked out of his mind when writing most of that anyway), but when he hit, he hit it out of the park. West Wing didn't clean up at the Emmys just because Hollywood liked the idea of a liberal president, even if, admittedly, he had the luxury of one of the best ensambles in TV history delivering his lines.

• "The Lightsaber . . . is my penis." Which is ducking into "Spaceballs" territory, of course.

• Oh, so I´m not the only one. Whew, that´s a relief! Because, you know, I´m not gay... Not that there´s anything wrong with it. It´s just....I´ll be in my bunk as well.

• I thought lightsaber was a euphemism for penis and I got really excited. Hmph.

• seconded

• Or you could use youtube via the shows own channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izj1P9G0d4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk6-ooChoZw

• the kid says to him something like "cool..is it Anakin´s?" Also, I have a man crush on Fillion. I am not gay.

• the kid says to him something like "cool..is it Anakin´s?" Also, I have a man crush on Fillion. I am not gay.

• Ahem: "assholes" That is all.

• Well, congrats for not falling into either of those traps, which appear to be the only options you'd even possibly consider as reasons for someone to like the show. I'd like to humbly present a third option, which goes to the very heart of the show, not to convince you (since your problem seems to to be with Firefly but Whedon himself, and I can't argue that point), but to explain that not everyone fits into your tidy two options. I'm no Whedon-ite . . . couldn't get into Buffy or Dollhouse . . . but I was impressed by Firefly's character development and complexity of the character's interactions, which were ham-fisted and subtle at the same time. When a man starts off to write a show about Han Solo, he's not going to have characters quoting Shakespeare or even water-cooler talk. Fillion's character -- all of the characters, really, were written as mythic heroes, and the fact that he was able to bring humanity and pathos to such broadly-drawn archetypes was the very reason Firefly is unmatched among it's genre. If you want stuttering and realistic conversation, watch a Woody Allen film. This was action with depth, and I refuse to believe I'm in love with Joss Whedon or I'm just deluding myself because I want a show to be better than it is (something which I truly believe I've never been guilty of for any reason . . . my own brother writes novels and I hated the last one). The other writers you refer to are indeed talented at what they do . . . but what they do wasn't Firefly, and I personally believe they'd be lucky to do it half as well. That's just my three cents, marked up for inflation.

• Yeah, I can't see it either. But if you go on youtube it's pretty easy to find, and worth the miniscule amount of effort required. search ' Nathan Fillion on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1'. The lightsabre bits on part 2.

• Looking to Aaron Sorkin for quality scripting is like looking to Steve Ditko for depth of character.

• ...Well played

• And that, my friend, is what makes him (or anybody) "cool."

• My man-crush on Mr. Fillion continues to grow. So, because it hasn't been said, and it should be, allow me: I'll be in my bunk.

• For the people who live in Canada or elsewhere I've heard that if you use a proxy server you can get around Hulu's block on your region. Anyway, the clip was funny and anything Star Wars related is automatically made 10 times better for me. Nice one Nathan.

• I'm gonna sue hulu for racism... couldn't get my fillion fix...

• I can't seem to reply directly to a post at the moment, but this is for JamesFerguson - the kid said to him "that's cool, what is it, an Anakin lightsaber?" or something to that effect. The funny thing is that I heard that just fine, but I frequently have to rewind and listen to a line of dialogue on Castle several times cause I have a hard time hearing Fillion's low voice. Although every now and then, it's one of the other cast members who mumbles...

• BB, I've said it before and I'll say it again - I think Whedon's dialogue is borderline terrible. I generally liked the performances on Firefly (which admittedly put it ahead of most of his other shows, as there weren't awful actors like SMG and Eliza Dukushu dragging the series down), and the look of the show wasn't bad, but Whedon's scripting, as usual, left a lot to be desired. To hear people praise it as a show that was tragically cancelled ahead of its time is an example of either (a) the usual creepy Whedon devotion or (b) people wanting a sci-fi show to be better than it is simply because it feels like our obligation as fans of the genre. I don't tend to fall into either of those traps. (granted, it deserved a second season more than the horrible Dollhouse, but I guess Fox figured they owed him a mulligan) Again, YMMV, but Whedon's no Matthew Graham/ Aaron Sorkin / David Chase / David Simon / Matthew Weiner / Steven Moffat / etc. Those are the guys I look to for quality TV scripting; Whedon's playing in the little leagues in comparison.

• For JamesFerguston's benefit; "Oh yeah actually you know what, I been looking for you.." *Whzeeooooooo* "I whip this thing out. Straight out like that. Big... It makes a big noise. It's all... Two people on the sidewalk chatting - " *Bleuwuwu!!!* "Guy says; 'That's cool, what is it, Anakins?'" ... "Really?"

• &#64; James Ferguson He asked, "Is it Anakin's?"

• I've seen pictures of him at a gaming con, sitting at a table, playing someone's homebrew <i>GURPS Firefly</i> game.

• Honestly my favorite part about the whole interview is when Fillion goes on about no guy can truly be that cool guy that many aspire to and that's why he's open about his nerdiness.

• I can't understand what he says after he takes out the lightsaber. What does the kid say to him? I've played it like 3 times and I don't understand what he said.

• He is pure charisma squared.

• Well I'd like to watch this clip Rob, but I can't, because Hulu is racist.

• You should probably skip the hulu vids in the future, in order not to annoy your international readership.

• Geoff, the very idea that a show like Firefly could be considered "overrated" compared to a slick "Murder She Wrote" remake (which is occasionally enjoyable nonetheless) leads me to question your very sanity. To each his own, I suppose.

• Hulu makes me sad. I wish they'd offer a service to those of us up here in Canada. Hell, the same shows are played here on tv anyway.

• Firefly may be horribly overrated, but Castle's still one of the best shows on TV. Although they did kind of goof up the Leno / Letterman / Conan ep this past week. The tribute to Indy and Mummy movies the previous week was awesome, though. Plus, I'm contractually obliged to praise a show that has DCAU alums showing up every second week or so.

• Apparently I cant see this clip as I'm not in the US, but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that Nathan Fillion + Lightsabers is made of win.

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