Serenity Sneak Preview Showings

Thanks to a good friend, I just got tickets to the one on the 26th in Roseville. I'm a happy boy.

Me too. I'll see you there.

I love Firefly, by the way.

The closest one to me is 3.5 hours away. I don't think I can justify taking an entire day off of work just to see a movie.

Bitt, thanks for motivating me to watch the show. I probably would have gotten around to it (I love Buffy and Angel), but you gave it a push. I still haven't bought it, but I plan to. I'm almost all the way through the series in the DVD order (not the crazy broadcast order), and your summary of the show in the initial thread about it is completely accurate. It has all the best character related elements from Joss's other shows, and it's the only "Sci-Fi" show I've ever enjoyed watching.

I think the show is perfect, although I've disliked the writing in one episode I've seen so far. I think a couple of the writers really got a kick out of the whold Chinese swearing thing and used it more often than seemed natural, but it's still funny

Frankly, I'll be really interested in how Joss makes this into a movie, given the nature of the series. I can't wait.

ps-oh, and Nathan Fillion is fantastic. It's very weird having seen this after watching season 7 twice and being very familiar with Caleb. He is wonderfull in both parts.

It doesn't matter anyway, they're all sold out.

Which episode did you not like? My least favorite is the whorehouse episode. It feels too much like a bad episode of The A-Team, sans cabbage guns.

It was War Stories. I really liked the premise and most of the episode, but there was something about it, plus the aforementioned over-use of the Chinese swearing "gag." But like I said, I didn't dislike the episode, there was just something about the writing which, at the time, struck me as not as good as previous episodes. I don't know, maybe I was in a weird mood.

So far, I think my favorite has been Shindig or Out of Gas. I'm really looking forward to Jaynestown, though (I read the premise). I've been quite pleasantly surprised by Adam Baldwin. He's very good, and his character is really well written.

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That's brilliant!

Frankly, I'll be really interested in how Joss makes this into a movie, given the nature of the series

I'm a bit concerned about that... after watching the trailer, it seems to me that the movie has turned into a "rockets and ray guns" mainstream sci-fi flick, with spaceship laser battles and wars against the forces of evil.

What's with Summer Glau ("River") and the kick boxing?

I wonder if Joss Whedon had to give up a great deal of his creative control in order to obtain financing for the movie?

The TV series was not about the sci-fi aspect of the show; it was about the people in the show, and if the trailer is true to the movie, it looks like Serenity has sold out to action, glitz, and glamor.

And then, there's always the question of how can Whedon do as much character development in the 105 minutes (or whatever) of the movie as he did in the 17 episodes that were made for TV? Can we realistically expect the movie to be that much better than the series?

Frankly, I don't see how it can even be as good. The movie has a pretty big standard to try and live up to. IMHO, Firefly was the second-best show in the history of Network Television.

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What's with Summer Glau ("River") and the kick boxing?

It's been referred to as ballet-fu. I think it fits the character. She's more in control of her "abilities" by the time the movie picks up.

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The TV series was not about the sci-fi aspect of the show; it was about the people in the show, and if the trailer is true to the movie, it looks like Serenity has sold out to action, glitz, and glamor.

It still is about the characters. The trailer was cut in a way to show more action and pull in more non-Browncoats. We Browncoats already know that it's going to be more about the people, and less about action. Now, there probably is more action than would be in one of the average episodes to appeal to a broader audience, but Joss had full control of the movie, so it's still Whedonesque.

From the reviews I've read so far, it seems to be well received by both Browncoats and non-Browncoats alike. I think it'll do well.

Sixteen days and I'll know for sure.

BTW, there are three comic books coming out to fill in the gap between the series and this first movie. Three covers of each, so each of the nine main characters will be on a cover of their own. Mine are ordered.