SERENITYSGIRL2

Hi I'm the same SerenitysGirl just with the 2 at the end now. I am working on new chapters of my fic series. Since the first chapter is under my old handle I may post the first chapter under my new handle if thats ok. I saw the movie and loved it! If you havent seen it yet go and see it! Your in for a BIG surprise which I am not going to tell you! I dont want to spoil it!

SYRYN

we saw the movie finally today! i thought it was a great way to spend 2 hours. but shucks, i really liked the series and, after seeing the movie, i just can't imagine they'll decide to pick it back up as a series. but anyhoo... after the movie, we drove the hour back home and stopped off just before, to pick up our new puppy. we decided to name her zoe. thank goodness we didn't name her wash, i woulda been like depressed. (we had picked out a name before we brought her home and before seeing the movie) had thought about marut, mojo, mara, mora, kaylee, and a ridiculous amount of others...then finally a few days ago settled on zoe.

RAKARR

Well finally things seem to have calmed down on FFF.net (for a few days had a lot of trouble just getting onto the site cuz of traffic). Well to get right to it, I made a new Firefly Website just now pretty much. Currently it isn't much of any thing besides a forum. So fellow Browncoats come and join the forum and help start a new comunity. When I say it isn't more than just a forum I mean that, except for the homepage. Don't worry though. I'll be adding more to it when I got time. Maybe get a lot done real fast, maybe take a lil' while. I'm not sure. I am a busy person constantly having one thing or another to do. Anyways join the forum and have fun! Also let me know in the forum any suggestions you have for changes of the site or forum and what you want to be on the site. Since my main reason for making the site in the first place is for the forum, I decided to find a free web host (freewebs.com) wich gives me only limited ammount of stuff I can have on the site and I want what you guys think should be there the most. Anyways the link,

PROPERBUSINESSMAN

My cousins and siblings were in town last weekend. We're all fans of "Firefly" together, and saw the movie last weekend as well as played the new RPG for Firefly they got. The movie was really awesome, like 20 episodes, crammed into 2 hours in a way. It was action packed and stayed true to the storyline and characters. Only small gripes would be not enough of Shepherd book, (He pretty much dies when you see him, and he was one of the main original crew after all), and the intro of the sorta gay Mr. Universe guy and having them bury him next to walsh and book. Walsh's death is prolly controversial among the fans, but personally I think it was necessary. Walsh is one of the real cool characters yea, but his story was more or less done and the movie needed some form of realism in it, when somehow every crew member makes it out alive, you tend to doubt the story. The RPG they have out is very vague, and hard to learn. It's cool and all, and they use a lot of the language in it and story recognition points, however it took us like 8-10 actual hours to figure out rules make custom characters and 4 hours of it alone on making this huge ass custom ship. We only ended up playing 3-4 hours and like I said it was kinda hard cause the rules and guidelines were so vague, it also doesn't offer much in the way of a very clear map of the various planets, which is something you'd want, since you'd want to be traveling the various places you'd heard in the movie: Like Canton, and Three moons and such. Clearification on where the planets are from eachother as well as the other planets, is not that good cause they give you a flat 2-d map, for what is a 4-d space, and not much of a key, and no scale. Otherwise it's sorta fun, we might try playing it again later.

GOODDOGS

Does anyone make a toy model of Serenity????

DONTKISSEMONTHEMOUTH

Seriously, if you don't want spoilers GO BACK! DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER AND HIT THE BACK BUTTON. $ $ $ $ So do the Reavers only eat wayward colonists? And if so, I'm concerned they're not getting a balanced diet. Do you suppose they'd eat stolen rations as well?

DONTKISSEMONTHEMOUTH

Seriously, if you don't want spoilers DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER AND HIT THE BACK BUTTON. (Also save yourself some hassle and don't visit this site until you've seen the film) $ $ $ $ What do you remember River wearing in the sequence just before she leaps into the fray? I would have sworn it was the blueish dress. So I noticed on my second viewing tonight that River is wearing the same (or a very similar) hospital green gown (with the dental bib straps) when she fights the Reavers as she is at the very begining in the hologram of the breakout. She wears something similar in her vision of Miranda through the viewpad. I don't think she was wearing the smock bit, and I couldn't tell if she's wearing the thermal underoos (with the silly metal plates), but the color looked exactly the same. I'm not entirely sure what the significance of this is, but I can't imagine that it happened by accident.

TOMMYGUN

Made three friends watch Firefly before the movie was out. One lives in another state, saw the movie, loved it. >> 1 I took the other two opening night, along with one friend's girlfriend. She hadn't seen FF, she really liked the movie, I loved it, so did the two friends. >> 4 Have been telling everyone else to go see it, at least 2-4 say they will see it. Got my sister hooked on FF, we watched the whole series in two nights, and should be seeing Serenity together tonight. TOTAL SO FAR: 5 tickets, plus two more tonight, and then the others who say they'll go. UPDATE: I saw it last night, as I said I would. However, not only did my sister go, but she brought her friend, and one of the friends I took the first time came with again! So that's four more tickets! >> 4 TOTAL SO FAR: 9 tickets

ANGELICANGEL

I saw Serenity today! It was VERY cool! Joss did geat! I stilled cant believed Wash and Book were killed! Wash was the best character! Poor Zoe! The Reavers VS. River fight was cool! My friends daughter calls her River: The Reaver Slayer (Her daughter is a Buffy fan). I do hope there is a sequal! I plan to see it again this week! Maybe friday!

CALLMESERENITY

And there are no spoilers, so breathe free. The copier at the office hasn't been working the last few days. It was eating paper, which isn't good. So I had to call the repair guy to come fix it. He's a riot. Well, today, he starts pulling parts out of the copier and taking them apart. As he's showing me the parts, he's talking to me about how the such and such gets clogged when the whatzit does the thingy and he finds that if you just replace the whoozit and rewire the thingamajig than it fixes the problem and he doesn't even understand why these models have the whatsit anyway since they tend to just cause jams when they get worn out anyway. So he does his little rewire magic stuff and puts it all back together, jabbering away the whole time (and me not understand a word) and voila! The copier is fixed. And all I could think about was Kaylee rerouting the port coupling into the secondary grav boot or whatever the heck it was she did when she fixed Serenity in OoG. Just thought I'd share my little Firefly moment.

FLETCHER

MAL This is why we lost, you know: superior numbers. ZOE Thanks for the reenactment, sir.

SLAYERFAN1975

So here's a different take on a review for SERENITY. I am part of the movie reviewing team at www.horror-web.com I recently lured my partner into watching FIREFLY which he loved so rushed out to watch SERENITY. Even though we review horror movies we decided to push the envelope and do a dual review and here it is. Enjoy! (BTW, I am Jekyll) ************************************************* WE KNOW IT'S NOT HORROR! Now on with the show! Jekyll : Jekyll & Hyde are breaking the rules and doing a review for SERENITY. No power in the 'verse can stop us! Hyde : None at all unless you're the Wench and then we apologize in advance. Jekyll : Yes, a big ole apology and I'll take some lashings if really needed to redeem this duo. Hyde : Hopefully that wont be necessary-- but we love Joss Whedon and the worlds he has created in the past. So we should support him even if it's not out and out Horror. Jekyll : Although horror fans, you will get a good amount of horror related moments. Can't go wrong with cannibals is what I say! Hyde : Yes, Joss shows off his suspense skills and creates a few creepy, edge of your seat type moments. Not to mention a few not-so-pretty images. Jekyll : Yes, kudos to the F/X department when it comes to skeletons tied to the front of a ship....opps, have I said too much? Hyde : No, not at all. But fans jonesing for a little tough chick fighter action (and who doesn't miss Buffy) will be throwing their hands in the air and screaming for more. The film is full of fighting and sci-fi action, but at the same time has a heart, and plot which you don't find often. Jekyll : And for those who are hesitant because they either know nothing about the incarnation of FIREFLY (shame shame) or haven't seen a preview for SERENITY don't you fret....the movie will appeal to fans of the show and the newcomers....just ask Hyde. Hyde : Yes, I'd only just started watching the show (which is damn good and worth the 49.99) But the film welcomes all in and gives enough back story to move the newcomers along smoothly but any fan of Buffy or Angel will notice Whedon's knack for clever writing and character development. Not to mention his love of surprising the audience. Jekyll : Yes, the actors in these roles were meant to be - they deliver the story with precision and keep you locked on the screen to the very end. No dozing off here (unless you are me and on viewing number 3 after the weekend premiere party) Hyde : Tsk tsk Party animal Jekyll I can't help it. How often will I have the chance to dress up as the man they call Jayne Hyde : LOL Jekyll : On to some important aspects for reviewing. Comments on the F/X Hyde? Hyde : Amazing, the show and the movie both show a very realistic and believable future with just a little sci-fi flare thrown in for fun. Hyde : But let's talk cast for a moment-- most of the cast you've seen before in the Buffy/Angel verse (plus if you watched the show) They are great talents, not just there because they're pretty, they're there because they are a talented crew that works well with each other ( not to mention all very pretty anyway-- hey it doesn't hurt) Terrific actors who pull you in almost as much as the storyline - you care about them and what happens to them Jekyll : And to throw in a quote from the show to back that up...."because we are so.....very....pretty!" Can't go wrong with eye candy in the movies, both male and female! Hyde : Yes, not to mention Gina Torres who just plain kicks ass-- not as much as Summer Glau (who plays River) who not only is gorgeous but kicks ass better than Buffy. Jekyll : Whedon and his love of powerful women just makes me feel all giddy! Hyde : Me too! I think what appeals most about SERENITY is the fact that it's a fun movie. You have to think a little, but at the same time can enjoy the onscreen action and witty banter Jekyll : ....and you feel like you are on that ship with the rest of them. Any movie to pull you in for a couple hours out of this crazy world is definitely worth admissio

SKYSCRAPER

Well.... I was going to write a short review about the novel... but The Signal (the Firefly/Serenity podcast) has a no spoiler interview with Keith R.A. DeCandido, the author of the novel. His interview is actually pretty good and explains a lot about the differences and similarities between the novel and movie. Check it out. In my opinion, the novel is great. I've read books that movies are based out of, and the books are almost always better then the movie. I've read only a few books that are based on movies though. The last few I've read disappointed me. I can't really say that about this one. Watching the movie was great. Reading about scenes from the movie, from the point of view of Mal, River, Inara, The Operative, etc. etc. was even better. The author also did a great job of referencing events from the comic books and the TV series. It's one of the better novelizations I've ever read... and the best part is I don't have to wait for the DVD. I still squeezed in a review… cool! Anyways, pick up the book when you get chance. See the movie first, though... Oh... and get the comics too. And Pocket Books, which published the novelization, is cleared for two more books. Looking forward to what those may be. The Signal podcast has more info doing the interview.