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« It's Loving Day! | Main | The inanity strikes home sometimes »
Mr Deity is back
Category: Humor
Posted on: June 12, 2009 6:31 PM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: David Wiener
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June 12, 2009 6:38 PM
I dunno - I think they screwed the pooch on the prime directive a looonnnggg time ago.
Posted by: Carlie | June 12, 2009 6:48 PM
Oh, how I have missed Mr. Deity. I wonder what took so long for the third season?
Posted by: Sili
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June 12, 2009 6:55 PM
At least this god does his own begging instead of leaving it to the clergy.
Posted by: Holbach
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June 12, 2009 7:04 PM
It's a good thing the girl didn't deny the existence of a god. Then a mere stoning would not be sufficient. the stoning to death would be simultaneous with disembalment, drawing and quartering, hacking off limbs, and whatever can be done to enhance the mere stoning. You deny our god? We deny your life.
Posted by: MAJeff, OM | June 12, 2009 7:17 PM
If Mr Deity's Jesus would make an appearance in my bedroom, I'd convert like *that*
Posted by: the chaplain | June 12, 2009 7:23 PM
I'm thrilled that Mr. Deity has resumed his ministry.
Posted by: BruceJ
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June 12, 2009 7:29 PM
Oh happy days, oh joy!
I thought Mr. Diety was gone.
This, 26 new episodes of Futurama, man oh man, the only thing sweeter would be for Josh Whelan to announce a new three-season committment for "Firefly".
Posted by: bsk | June 12, 2009 7:32 PM
Great work, but NonStampCollector did this one even better.
Posted by: PZ Myers
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June 12, 2009 7:33 PM
I think you mean "Joss Whedon". We may have to revoke your fanboi status.
Posted by: Mark A. Siefert | June 12, 2009 7:44 PM
Two words: PRIME DIRECTIVE!
Posted by: Erin | June 12, 2009 8:11 PM
PZ, I'm gonna give BruceJ the benefit of the doubt. It's a common meme among Whedonites to poke fun at the way everyone always misspells Joss' name by coming up with humorous new misspellings (Joss even does it himself on occasion), so it's sometimes hard to tell...
Also, this is the first time I've seen this series, and I am delighted. It's fantastic! Off now to track down the earlier stuff.
Posted by: LRA | June 12, 2009 8:59 PM
Holy crap!!! Is it just me or is Jesus *HOT*?!!?!111//??
Posted by: TerilynnS | June 12, 2009 10:13 PM
I'm soooo happeee..
Prime directive. :D
Posted by: another | June 12, 2009 10:14 PM
And to think that for the longest time I thought that Mr. Deity did not actually exist!
Posted by: 2-D Man | June 12, 2009 10:44 PM
Well, we can tell he's not the real Mr. Deity. The real Mr. Deity would have taken 2000 years to return. Pshaw!
Posted by: SquidBrandon
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June 12, 2009 11:03 PM
I second MAJeff, OM @ 5!
/wipes copious drool from chin.
Posted by: Richard Smith | June 12, 2009 11:08 PM
@Holbach (#4):
I dunno. That sounds like more of a punishment for guys.
Posted by: Ms. Abominable | June 13, 2009 12:38 AM
God damn, Jesse is HOT! I'd get on my knees for that...
Posted by: Nibien | June 13, 2009 5:21 AM
Ugh, all this sexism.
Posted by: Scott | June 13, 2009 9:00 AM
Hey, he could be mixing up Michael Whelan with Joss Whedon. Both have SF connections.
Posted by: Stogoe
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June 13, 2009 10:23 AM
It's a lot easier for animated series to come back - drawings don't age, and voice work is easier to schedule than an entire film crew. You can do it piecemeal if you have to. It can even overlap with the actors' other projects, unlike trying to be on two live-action shows at once.
I don't expect Firefly to come back, though it would indeed be awesomer than anything ever done in the history of human civilization.
Posted by: Falyne, FCD | June 13, 2009 10:49 AM
Heh, that was funny.
And I have to say, I agree with the other commenters; that's a Jesus I'd be glad to welcome the Second Coming of. ^_^
Posted by: Falyne, FCD | June 13, 2009 11:03 AM
And, hey, Nibien, when every single man in media is expected to be hawt, and it's generally understood that a man cannot normally be both attractive and smart, then it'll be sexist to comment lewdly on guys. Right now, it's just lewd. And fun.
Besides, plenty of the 'sexist' commenters are dudes. :-)
Posted by: David Utidjian | June 13, 2009 11:04 AM
@ #5
Just to give this thread a little balance. I would so sell my soul to the Lucy, if I could only remember where I put it.
-DU-
Posted by: Mr. Deity | June 13, 2009 4:47 PM
I have already sold my soul to Lucy, and it's no fun. Hey PZ! Thanks for the post. And hello to all my fellow commenters. I've been diggin' the PZ blog for a while. It's nice to know he's following our "podcast" as well. B
Posted by: PZ Myers
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June 13, 2009 5:44 PM
Hey, I've seen Lucy, and she looks fun -- as long as you aren't going to insist on being on top.
Posted by: Carlie | June 13, 2009 9:02 PM
*dies from fangirl squee seeing Mr. Deity post*
Posted by: LRA | June 13, 2009 9:49 PM
Hey, FCD-- I think the comment about sexism was about the actual video where they clearly joke about the double standard of women and not men having to be virgins. I don't think it's about our comments on the general *hawtness!!!* of Jesse/Jesus. (Yes, I'm happy to say again that he is so frakkin hawt! Second coming indeed!)
Posted by: John Morales | June 13, 2009 10:10 PM
Scott,
Science Fantasy/Speculative Fiction ain't Science Fiction.</hardcore>
Posted by: Felix | June 13, 2009 10:18 PM
Funny to see the 'Jesse is hot!' comments. That was one of the arguments I had to make my wife watch Mr.Deity back when I had discovered it. They sure know what they're doing and who their target audience is :)
Admittedly I would not rule out developing a man-crush in time...
Posted by: Abs42 | June 14, 2009 5:53 AM
Oh Yay!!
I love Mr Diety :D
Thanks for linking PZ! and nice to see you taking an interest Mr D! - Could you possibly go on over to "the thread that won't die" and tell the delugionists to get a life and stop spouting on about some ridiculous flood please? That would be great - thanks! :DD
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/05/the_thread_that_will_not_die.php
Posted by: Teleprompter | June 14, 2009 5:34 PM
I think Mr. Deity is amazing; I love the shows.
I am so thrilled that new episodes are coming! Apparently, I'm not the only one...
Posted by: JackC
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June 15, 2009 8:28 AM
Thanks for the intro to Mr. Deity. My day is now completely ruined, as instead of working, I am going to be over on his site watching videos. Hopefully, I can also sneak in a donation or something.
Great stuff.
JC
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