I thought this was a Serenity discussion?

There will never be another Star Wars. The prequels proved that! Oh no forget I just said that! :-)

Seriously, as much as I love the original SW films Sci/Fantasy did not start and end with them. Before SW there was Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Barbarella, etc and of course SW borrowed heavily from it’s predecessors and many other sources.

Star Wars simply raised the bar on how far it could be taken. I think Star Wars greatest gift to Science Fiction though is something that is often overlooked… SW gave us a “Lived In Universe”. Prior to SW everyone always wore “silver jump suits” and everything was clean. After Star Wars (Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner being the first examples) things were dirty, worn and broken. (I think this was mentioned in the DVD docs.)

Serenity continues this tradition.

So enough of Star Wars then what did you think of the characters in Serenity? Who did you like best?

You can pick the boxset up in HMV very cheaply at the moment. Check out HMV when you are there next.

And stop going on about Star Wars all the time, this is a Serenity Thread!

And besides Star Wars’ day in the sun has long passed! ;-)

Peter says, “Any movie that needs a series to be understood is a bluff.” Now that is a tad too harsh for me. *winks*

Hey, Simone, you remember me of someone!

Now, what I really thought about it for first half hour was like seeing Buffy in space, I guess it was just a tad too violent for me, but a good watch nonetheless.

Question, should I bother watching the series or the violence there never stops?

I throughly enjoyed the movie! The fact that you are obviously trying to compare it too Star Wars is just Sad, Sad, Sad. Perhaps your version of a Pirate is running around with bell bottom pants and a smiley face on the back pocket? Or looking like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Carribean, running around saying “Arrrggghhh,,Avast you there you landlubbers!” Come on!!! The obvious comparison for his apearance is a Confederate Soldier from the American Civil War.

River isn’t a fighter! She was an experiment with 15 episodes of back story that you obviously havn’t seen. Your loss actually, The series is a hoot!

Reavers….hmmmm, how many times have you heard a perfectly normal person hacking there lungs out say….”I’m not sick….really!” They are INSANE….TOTALLY INSANE…..now apply reason to a person who is TOTALLY INSANE…..

The camera work is like it was in the series, which gave it it’s own unique flavor. It’s kinda interesting..

Joss Whedon, You did an awesome job on the movie and the series…After watching the series, I cannot believe that Fox cancelled the series….Compared to the other Trash that Network TV tends to put out, they killed a series that was fun to watch, witty to hear, campy as hell, and just downright original. Completely character driven, it was just downright interesting…

I read an amusing article that said that the film has not connected with an audience as it has only made 10 Million in it’s first weekend. That’s a bit silly as with any film you cannot know if you like it or not if you have not seen it. A film made from a failed TV series that few people have actually seen can hardly be expected to break box-office records on its openeing weekend.

As for the violence I watched an episode of Firefly last night that involved a torture scenes that was very strong and another episode with a scene straight out of David Cronenbergs Scanners. I make no excuses for that.

When I saw the trailer, I kinda thought it was a tad violent.

A space pirate with pants stuffed into knee-high boots and a pistol on a low-slung holster. Give me a break.. all he needed was a Wookie and he’d be set.

What the hell was up with River? She fights a total of two times and the second time it was only because she saw her brother get shot while she was wimpering in the corner. Yeah.. some weapon she was.

The movie was shot like crap. Instead of putting the camera still and training the actors involved in the fight scenes to do some actual fighting, they do this quick panning all over the place and you have no idea who is doing what because half of it is blurry.

And the Reavers? Where do you begin? Yes, they are mindless cannibals and eat whatever they can, and they apparently don’t know how to overwhelm a government assassin, but they are apparently smart enough to pilot and maintain a fleet of starships. They crave human flesh and attack Alliance planets in search of it, but apparently they are too stupid to stop and say to each other “Hey, I think we’re sick”. Yes, they can maintain an entire fleet, including repairs, refueling, operation of navigation systems, and so on, but they can’t say “Hey, I think we’re kinda ill”. Whatever.

I have to admit that I had not heard a single thing about Firefly until I heard conversations in the theater that this is based off of a TV series, but I can’t say I am very impressed. This is filled with just about every space cliche you can think of. The tortured soldier, the wise old man (a member of a minority, nonetheless), the witty copilot, the uncontrollable government weapon who is really tender inside, the quirky space crew, the invincible bad guy who is forced to see his evil ways in the end, the destruction of friends, the bad guys who are only bad because they are the victims of something.. yadda yadda.

Thanks Hollywood, another mediocre movie for us.