Of course he sounds "strange." He's a geek! He has a much more humble persona than Mr. Lucas, and he's fun to listen to. I constantly listen to the preview screening introduction, because I love the stuff he says there. My personal favorite is when he says, "This is, in an unprecedented sense your movie. Which means... that if it sucks, it's your fault." He actually has a sense of humor. I am by no means a Joss Whedon fanboy. I couldn't care less about Buffy and Angel. But Firefly, I'm tempted to say, is better than most of Star Wars.