In which Wil Wheaton gets served and Firefly is loved:

[jackwabbit]

A conversation between Wil Wheaton (the dad talking at his son's back) and his son (the teenager on the internet), circa 2006 or so.  The son is downloading sound files from a favorite show and the dad mentions he did that for The Prisoner 'back in the day.'  This follows:

"What's The Prisoner?" He said.

"A show that I love, that I don't think you're geeky enough to enjoy."

He clicked his mouse, and iTunes fell silent.

"Wil," he said, "you didn't think I'd like Firefly."

"Touche," I said with a smile. "Any time you want to watch The Prisoner, I am so there."

Entire conversation can be found here.

The point of sharing this is not to remind that Browncoats are everywhere, though that's pretty damn spiffy.  It's also not to bring a giggle about Wil's false impression, though that cracks me up.  It is merely to say that while some things are more important than fandom, fandom can play a very important role in those things.  As Wil said:

"We ended up watching a whole lot of The Prisoner together before he went off to college, and we watched a lot of Twin Peaks, The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits, too. I meet grown-up kids and their parents all the time these days who tell me that watching Star Trek together was important to them, and after watching these shows with my own kids, I totally understand what they're talking about."

Yup.  Pretty much.  Do something with those you love.  Anything.  Later, all.

Comments

[poisonyoulove.livejournal.com]

I always avoided watching tv with my parents, we don't have the same taste at all. I did, however, one time watch Twin Peaks with a friend's parents.

[jackwabbit.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch TV at all as a kid, and not much as a teen. And not with my folks, either. But that's not the point. I built puzzles with my mom and played sports with my dad. And now I make time for my husband as best I can. It doesn't matter what you do together, but you must do something or no relationship can survive. For many, sci-fi fills that void as it does in this story, but as long as you find something in this world to share, you'll be alright.