Let's Speculate Wildly About the Prologue of "Serenity"
POSTED BY: magus3d
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 8, 2004 21:00
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Though I run the risk of repeating myself, over a year ago I predicted the movie opening with a thrilling sequence that takes place just before the events in the pilot. It's all about Simon smuggling River out of the academy and ends with their arrival on Serenity. It then picks up after the series where they've become part of the crew and we are introduced to the other characters in the middle of a job.
I did like the image earlier in the thread with Mal as a child and the arrival of the alliance. That's pretty good.
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Originally posted by ebonezer:
That or Wash's dinosaurs doing it.
oh yeah, that's the way to go. i like that idea.
switchy's plan is a good one too.could work pretty nice. but i still like the dinosaur one :)
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How 'bout the stegosaurus smuggling the T-rex out of the Academy. . .
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I have it on good authority that this is how Serenity begins:
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We stare into the black, seeing nothing but stars.
FANFARE of music
Text appears at the bottom of the screen and continues to scroll up and seemingly off into the distance:
EPISODE XV: A NEW HOPE
"It is a dark time in the galaxy. The Alliance has conquered the Independent Faction and unified all the planets under their rule. The remaining Independents, or Browncoats, as they prefer, have fled to the rim, seeking what little freedom remains there.
"Among them are the crew of Serenity, a ragtag, fugitive bunch of criminals taking whatever jobs they can find to keep flying. Among them are River and Simon Tam, sister and brother, fugitives from the Alliance..."
As this text fades from the screen, Serenity speeds over our heads and into the frame. She is running hard.
Missles whizz from OS toward Serenity, and soon a huge Alliance cruiser appears. It keeps coming and coming, a massive ship that dwarfs the tiny Firefly transport.
Okay, maybe not.
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Originally posted by ebonezer:
I think Mal just hijacked another thread. Are you making notches on your mouse now or what?
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I was thinking about this the other day. I'm going to put this in spoiler things because it mentions a character from the movie, just in case.
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I think a really cool way to do it was for it to be as a "briefing" from the Alliance to The Operative. The Operative needs to know who he's looking for, so they could explain about River and her situation and how Simon stole her and took her to a Firefly class vessel. I think you could explain everything you need to know, and it wouldn't seem too prologue-like.
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"SHE" is not amused. Be gone.
I think the dinosaurs "doing it" is gross. But if it sells the movie, who am I to complain? Ebo just has that kind of mind, I guess.
Did someone say something about spankin's?
Mal-licious
Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell
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First of all..
Quote:Ebonezer, I'm not sure that Jurassic porn is quite the mood Joss wants to start his movie with. I could be wrong.
That or Wash's dinosaurs doing it
Per the BDM its self, I'm not too worried. Remember, Joss and Tim had all of a weekend to come up with a script to introduce everyone (again) AFTER the pilot had been done. There are lots of ways this could be done, but it'll just depend on what it is that Joss feels is most important. Is this a story about Simon and River ? Yes, but not so much. It's a story about Mal and his loss of faith and his longing for freedom. Mal looks toward the future while living in the past....literally. Serenity. But of course, that doesn't mean that the main theme is needed to introduce everyone else. It could easily start w/ River and Simon, or Book, or the Alliance, or even Reavers....
Personally, I'm thinking an action scene of some sort. Be it a flashback to the war, or what started the war or perhaps another Train Job scenario ? Naww... done that one already.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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I sort of see them giving us a big picture to begin with, the Alliance, the war, the people disinfranchised, almost a quick history lesson. People leaving earth, forming new worlds. Then they have the opening credits. Then we get the more personal view, Mal whose past is formed by the Alliance winning, and Simon/River, their present destroyed by the same thing.
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Originally posted by DeannaMay:
I sort of see them giving us a big picture to begin with, the Alliance, the war, the people disinfranchised, almost a quick history lesson. People leaving earth, forming new worlds. Then they have the opening credits. Then we get the more personal view, Mal whose past is formed by the Alliance winning, and Simon/River, their present destroyed by the same thing.
The way I read it, I sense almost a LOTR type opening. I never saw the narrated openings for the series, ( one w/ Mal, another w/ Book? )so I wonder if it'll be something similar. But unlike LOTR, it's my understanding that there are plans to make 2 more movies IF this one does well enough. So we're likely to see some pretty cool action early on, to get the ball rolling, as it were. Yes, maybe a fast paced chase scene between Serenity and an Alliance cruiser ....above a planet that slowly fills the screen ( gee, sounds a bit too familar
)" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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