I Tried, I Really Tried.

Saturday, October 8, 2005 5:03 PM

I drove about an hour to go see Serenity last night. I had to go see it by myself because I can't find another browncoat anywhere near me. I got there about 15 minutes before the movie started so I rushed to get in line and get a ticket. There were more people just kind of standing around then there were in line so I moved my way through them to find an actual line. There was a group of four teens standing in a huddle near me. One of them said "What do we want to see?" That was my cue, right?

So I turned around to them and said "You want to see Serenity."

The guy nearest me made a face and said that it sounded like a chick flick. What an insult to both me and my movie!
So I told him that it was most definitely NOT a chick flick, that it was action/adventure/horror/suspense/sci-fi..and the same kid cut me off with "I don't like sci-fi." To which I responded, "This is NOT Star Wars." I give him a brief outline of the premise for the movie, he's still not convinced. His three friends are just standing there. Finally, I tell them that if they want to see Serenity, I'll buy all their tickets. Still they looked uncertain. So I got in line and when it was my turn to buy my ticket, I looked back at them. They were still just standing there, unsure of what to do (This is a thing I hate about teenagers. This is a thing I hated about teenagers when I WAS a teenager!) I tried my hardest, I did. I bought two tickets anyway.
And the movie was showing at the screen in the furthest deepest recess of the theater, way way in the back. I think the room sat 50-75 people and it was only 1/2 full. Not another single browncoat in the room (you can kind of sense these things, can't you?) But what it did have was the crying baby, the person who coughed through the whole thing and the woman behind me who kept kicking my seat and didn't get the hint even after I moved down a few seats. They didn't laugh once until "I need your authorization code..bang bang bang...okay!" I mean, the whole exploding sequence got nothing!

And then afterwards a few people hung out during the credits and discussed it: "Wasn't this a cancelled TV show?" "What was up with prostitute?" (I bit my cheek not to yell back "The term is Companion !") and other clueless stuff. Oh well, at least now maybe some of them will go hunting for more info.
And I was the only one that stayed till the end. I had to stay till the very end to hear the Ballad of Serenity. It's like a thank you note from Joss.
And another funny thing: I got home after midnight and crashed, I was so tired. But I woke up abruptly at 6:30am. In my Serenity filled mind, a flash bomb went off! In reality, it was probably thunder and lightning, but I had earplugs in so I didn't hear the thunder, I just probably felt it and saw the lightning flash. Still, it's very startling to wake up to what you think is a flash bomb!

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