jackwabbit | In which Wil Wheaton gets served and Firefly is loved: (Reply)

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.