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‘Colbert’ or ‘Serenity’?? Name Of New Space Node To Be Revealed On Tuesday REPORT!!
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Astronaut Sunita Williams will appear Tuesday on “The Colbert Report” to announce the name of the new space-station node.
NASA suggested “Serenity,” “Legacy,” “Earthrise” and “Venture.” Of the four, “Serenity” got the most online votes, but Stephen Colbert lobbied furiously for “Colbert” on his nightly Comedy Central show and racked up by far the most votes via write-in.
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it would be great if he pulled this off. It would be good for NASA publicity wise too.
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C'mon...name this one Serenity and maybe NASA will let us name the next one Dollhouse. Or better yet we could rename everything in space after cancelled TV shows...starting with the I.S.S. Homeboys in Outer Space(first black astronaut due 2015)
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that colbert really kind of is the egotistical blowhard he portrays?
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you see, he's on tv... and on tv he plays what people call a "character".
Colbert has been doing this forever, its one of his *things*, along with the threat-down, the on-notice board, and his unrelenting hatred and fear of bears.
Hell the guy got his portrait put up in the Smithsonian for a while, right by the bathrooms. -
Shakes head.
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No way! It will prove better comic fodder for Colbert if NASA decides against 'Colbert'. Colbert cares about the comedy first and foremost.
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that segment is getting a bit stale, more clever wordplay than it ha ha funny. add in some other ideas or more Tek Jansen. btw does anyone find it funny how the Daily Show is supposed to be a general news parody show while the Report is the parody of an actual political pundit show and yet the latter covers a load of other topics like movies now playing or historical or scientific stuff while the Daily Show seems more politics oriented in its topics.
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if it wasn't.
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they'll just name the piss purification machine after him.
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They should name the next one 'Firefly'.
For now, Colbert roxorz! -
Let it be Colbert, not something based off of a failed, barely watched TV show. Yes, there are what, maybe 12 or 13 very vocal Firefly fans here, but that's it. The show failed, the movie failed. Don't expect some revival of this show years from now like there was for Star Trek. It was a silly little show that tried the pretty lame attempt of putting people that acted like real cowboys into space. WTF was that guy thinking? So in the future we revert back to a style that was sort of popular in the American south-west for little more than 30 years? Really? And the Chinese are to have taken over so much that they're language and curse words had entered into our vernacular, yet there wasn't one Chinese (or any asian) anywhere to be found in the series. And again, if the Chinese were suppose to be the dominate race/culture, then why the idiotic Old-West styling? Seriously, did these guys even think any of this stuff through with making this show up?
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made by NASA, not the write in voters, and had nothing to do with the show. Browncoats just got lucky that it was one of the original choices. The name of the ship from the show was probably just a facetious joke made by Whedon (in the same manner that he named the whorehouse on the show "The Heart of Gold"), as "Serenity" has been the most popular name that people give their boats, for decades.NASA's choice "Venture" was also a coincidental boon to genre fans, as it is reminds one of "The Venture Bros."The twin component to the as yet unnamed node is "Harmony," which may also coincidentally appeal to Whedon fans.
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Chinese laborers made a huge contribution to the building of the western portion of the Transcontinental Railroad in the US, and the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 1800's, what you might call the "Old West."
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Like Whedon needs his ego pumped up any more, or the Browncoats need their crap show validated? Give me a break. Name it "Serenity" and it's cursed to suck, fail to launch properly, and finally be canceled.
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Who the fuck is Colbert?
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Why else would the astronaut go on the show if not? "Yeah, I'm here to tell you we went with another name." Colbert will do anything to promote that show.
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I've never watched "Firefly", and never intend to, but the idea of the future having an Asian feel has been going on for a while.Blade Runner did it. Star Trek the Next Generation did it during the postapocalyptic period. Demolition Man did it.I don't know why this is the case, but it is.
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The only thing sadder than being a "very vocal Firefly fan" is being a douche who puts them down any chance he gets. Seriously, if you want the Whedon love to die, refrain from starting arguments with Whedonites. They love the show. Leave them alone.
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Gotta start somewhere.
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One word answer for you Kevin:
Demographics.
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But I loved the Firefly series. So, I'm not a Whedonite at all, but that was simply the best SF series in a LONG, long time.
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I mean c'mon, this personna he has created for himself is genius. But I prefer Venture, because of the King Kong and Venture Bros reference, and because it has meaning behind the word itself, instead of simply being a pop culture reference.
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Here's once vote for Serenity.
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there was an article in the paper a couple weeks back and it implied he got it. but now its not a sure thing? but as someone else said, they wouldnt invite someone from NASA on the show if they lost so yeah....no surprise there.
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I don't think NASA wants to name something after two things that got blown up real good. The first Death Star had a critical design flaw. The second one wasn't even finished when the project head (the Emperor) got tossed down the shaft.
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i live in ny and have been to a couple tapings. before the show, he comes out, talks to the audience, and is a funny causal guy, nothing like who he is when in character.
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As much as I liked the series.
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This is not to criticize your theory (you might be onto something), but if that was the case, wouldn't Future Sci-Fi America be filled with Latinos? Or were the expectations different in the 80s and 90s?
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You want some sissy-ass sounding name from a show that got canned after 8 episodes, or a name that reflects genuine awesomeness and funny. I dig Firefly, but naming something on the space-station after it is very limp-wristed and extremely lame. Colbert is just jokes.
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that colbert won the popular vote but that they would probably choose a different unannounced name. so fuck nasa.
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it wasn't named Serenity after "Firefly," but you know, the word "serenity"? My first thought, as a Whedon fan, was "What a nice coincidence" not "Fuck yeah, more recognition!"
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I'd say with the famous and rather obvious love of science fiction at NASA, Serenity was an intentional reference. It's just one that also fits their naming conventions - so it doesn't sound as ridiculous as naming it Babylon 5 or Galactica or something.
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everytime someone says that i think a league of browneyes, poo punchers, or lords of the ring.
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Go Node Venture!
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...until they saw the finale where it flew into the Sun.Olmos was all set to do a Drunken Drool-Puke christening, too....
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Name it the Millennium Falcon.
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Colbert is a douchebag for hijacking this with his fans. What if Stern had told all his fans to write in "Fartman" or Rush Limbaugh told his fans to write in "Obamasucks." Screw Colbert.
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don't know how to use the internet. stern fans too busy looking at porn. colbert has the key internet-savvy demo, moreso than anyone else on tv, so he will continue to dominate for a while.
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Sponsored by Venture Industries.
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I enjoyed "Firefly." I watch "Colbert" almost nightly. "The Venture Bros." is one of the best shows on TV right now. Where oh where will I target my misplaced fanboy rage? Will someone please tell me what I'm supposed to hate this week?
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They'll throw him a bone by naming something else after him, like a space wrench or something. Or offer to take his baby eagle up.
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Imagine if this thing breaks down! "There is something wrong with Your Mutha!"
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If they had, they would've noticed that I pointed out that "Serenity" was one of NASA's choices. It had nothing to do with the show Firefly. Of course, Firefly fans got lucky, but... The original name that was leading in the write-in votes before Colbert interfered was "Xenu," which would've been hilarious.
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would even crap on Colbert, and you didn't disappoint.
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I love Firefly. I love Colbert. I can just sit back and be happy either way. But seriously, this TB is a perfect example of how people on this site take everything waaaaay too personally. How can some of you drum up the venom you spew about here over a space node? How do you react when something goes wrong in your actual life? I'm going to guess hissyfits and temper tantrums.
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Coming on Colbert and making the announcement is just NASA's way of making a peace offering.
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It won't be that.
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It's a cross between a TIE Fighter cockpit and the observatory on top of the original Battlestar Galactica. Is an astronaut supposed to say, "From inside Colbert, the Earth looks magnificent."
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Hey, Colbert got what, a quarter million americans to look at the NASA site and give a sliver of a damn about the space program that NEVER would have gone there otherwise. NASA wins big.
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I think I prefer Colbert over Serenity - tho Serenity might be a nice name for a toilet, from what I understand about going potty in zero-G it's not a particularly serene experience...
let Colbert have the crapper -
oh yes
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A fitting name for all the crap that's up there.
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"...just kidding, I hope they name it after me!"good show, Stephen.
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do they mean Next Tuesday? The Daily Show is a repeat right now...
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Stupid trannies. They named the treadmill after Colbert.
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Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT)
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Pathetic.
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Apr 14, 2009 10:55:39 PM CDT
So Colbert gets a treadmill and Firefly fans get nothing...?
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Awesome!
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Not as much as they have in the past, but today NASA again achieved the rank of FAIL.
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to NASA, right? Please tell me you're not completely stupid.
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At least Colbert's name wasn't attached to the 'turn-piss-to-water' machine ... which hasn't worked 100% yet.
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yes yes lunar space base site thingy - THE point is NASA held a voting CONTEST -- people voted - NASA didn't give a fuck about the votes. Hey NASA - don't hold a contest next time assholes! Sorry you don't get to gloat over our stupidity chrth.
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Rhymes with piss, and the stillsuits of the fremen in Dune performed the same function.
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I just said it.
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I don't watch his show, but fair's fair. They had a contest and Colbert was clever enough to stack the deck in his favor by getting his viewers to all vote on his behalf. If naming the new section after Colbert is more popular than naming it after some cult sci-fi show, then give the man his due!I honestly don't see how naming it "Serenity" is any more "dignified" than the "Colbert Module." And framed headshot of the man should be placed inside.
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are all humorless, conservative douchenozzles.
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They promise one thing, then do ANOTHER! Are they all Obama appointees??? >:( I'll bet they got a good laugh naming something they walk all over after Colbert. And they expect us to believe they acually walked on the moon?
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Just because NASA is having someone appear on the show doesn't mean they are going with Colbert. More likely than not, NASA played this smart -- rather than have a big announcement that they went with Serenity or Venture or something normal and THEN giving Colbert the opening to take shots at them and all that, but having someone go ON the show and talk about the name they diffuse things a notch or two, plus they look like good sports showing up on the show and confronting him personally with the news that he DIDN'T get it. At which point they'll announce they named a toilet seat or something after him, to at least give him a consolation prize. But it would make NASA look incredibly stupid to go with the Colbert name on the fucking INTERNATIONAL space station or to give a single person that kind of recognition for simply having his fans vote over and over for him. Like I said, NASA is being smart by going there to tell him in person and to hand him a hat or something...
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Wow, you are raelly fucking smart
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Hey Big Dumb Ape, great job predicting what happened four hours after it actually happened. Yes obviously you didn't actually see the show because you don't seem to know that it was named Tranquility or that they named a treadmill after him not a toilet. But still, you should probably know better to be wasting your time predicting the past.
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seriously, naming it after some local tv celebrity would be sad.
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V'Shael told us that it was "obvious" that it was going to be named "Colbert" since they were coming on his show. How is that possible? Am I now to doubt what V'Shael considers "obvious?" Oh, the humanity! Why, if V'Shael couldn't see that NASA could come on Colbert to announce another name, how can we simpletons ever "know" anything?!?!?
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Y'know, I'm not a fan of Buffy, Angel OR Firefly, but all the same, I was pulling for the browncoats.
"Serenity" WAS the second biggest vote-getter, given that "Colbert" was more of a joke than an actual effort. That really fucking sucks. You guys have my sympathy. -
...if they were gonna pick one of their own names, why waste people's time sending in ideas? oh right, publicity.
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In the event that a public survey goes awry (which happened the second Colbert stepped in), toss out all results and default an important historical name (or name with extreme relevance) instead.
In other words: you can't use Colbert. There are many many many many many many other luminaries more worthy of having a space module named after them. Armstrong. Aldrin. Shephard. Glenn. Grissom (not the CSI guy). Schirra. Slayton. So you can't have Colbert. But you can't just go with option #2, whether it's an original choice or a write-in, because you're then basically ignoring the will of those who made choice #1. So the solution is to throw out the survey entirely and come back with a response like 'it was decided that we wanted to name this module as a tribute to X'. It wouldn't surprise me that NASA held back Tranquility expressly for this purpose.
Corollary: it very likely would've been named Serenity if Colbert hadn't gotten involved (there's the possibility NASA didn't realize the Browncoat assocation when they chose Serenity as a possibility, and might've been uncomfortable when/if they found out - but since they named the shuttle Enterprise, I doubt this). So we only have Colbert to blame. -
Is Colbert's (comedic) point -- how STUPID is it to hold online "contests" to name something. Every time his staff finds one of these idiot things, Colbert has his audience flood it -- Bravo, sir. of course, this makes Colbert a fantastic publicity machine if that's what you're going for... how many people know or care that NASA has a new station module -- vastly more than would have if not for SC
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Part of the problem I have with FIREFLY that keeps me from enjoying it is how horrifically inorganic it is. Aside from the fact that none of the characters are professional (and that's not a Christian Bale joke. I mean it. "I'm a pilot, and I should be flying the spaceship, but I'm going to just hang out here because I'm in the mood") about something supposedly important to them, but the costumes don't make organic sense in the storyline (they're cowboy dusters that are meant to represent 'how these guys dress' but don't serve ANY function in space) and the dialogue plays so phony it's repulsive. "I'm the captain of this boat!" No matter HOW nifty it might sound to the "world builders" who constructed FIREFLY, people will never refer to a spaceship as a boat. Ever. It's not a boat. A boat goes on water. And there's no way, no matter how much time we spend in space, that "boat" would develop to refer to spaceships. Quoth Gilly, "Sorry!" It was this phony B.S. "space will be a different culture!" writing that brought me to dislike FIREFLY as much as I do.
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How much of a sense of humor would you have if you were the one being made fun of nightly? Would you laugh much? Nah.
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i mean i just read through this entire talkback, and everybody seems pretty convinced that the word serenity is not an actual word of any meaning, aside from being the name of something that your lord Joss Whedon was once involved with.
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Trekkies went over NASA's heads and wrote to President Ford. NASA wanted to name the first shuttle Constitution. It was also supposed to be upgraded from test glider to spacecraft, but it turned out to be simpler to build out another airframe (which became Challenger) than to take the first one apart and rebuild it.
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You got exactly what you deserved; a treadmill; LOL.
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Or did she just mistake it with the synonym "serenity"?
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Boat? That's your example? Ships also used to only go on water. Now they go in space. I think boat is rather appropriate. Hell I'd call a spaceship a boat before I'd call a submarine one.
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Enterprise happened because it was a perfect fit.
Colbert? Why are we even wasting our time talking about this... -
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Douchebag orbiting Uranus!
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who cares about a stupid node. let the browncoats have the node.
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