Serenity Screener - spoilers
POSTED BY: KevinIanBeaumont
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 22:13
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If you don't like spoilers, avoid.
Seriously.
Please.
Right. I'm not going to list these in order of 'the good, the bad' etc. I'm just listing.
- There's no Book backstory. Sorry. I think, however, with words in the present it's verbally explained what Book's about.
- There's no Inara backstory. Sorry.
- The opening shot takes around 5 minutes, and is one of Whedon's longest steadycam shots yet. It takes you from Mal talking to Zoe, to Jayne, to Kaylee, to Simon, then it goes to back of Serenity and he talks to River. It's basically one big introduction to Serenity (the ship) and Serenity (the film).
- River and Mal have kick arse fight scenes. If you liked The Matrix, you'll f'cking love Rivers fights.
- River is a weapon, designed by the Alliance. She's a trained killer, and a bloody good one.
- One scene involving Mal will really, truly shock you all. You know Joss was saying he wanted to make Mal dark originally? Remember that. Joss actually meant very dark, and a bit disturbed underneath.
- The current workprint screener is 2 hours 5 minutes. This will probably be cut down based on an feedback - it's a tad long for mainstream release at the minute.
- You see Reavers on screen. The makeup is well done. Whedon doesn't keep them on screen long - it's quick cuts, going for scare.
- Swearing - 'shit' and such.
- It's so very, very funny.
- The final scenes of the movie. Think Reaver attack, River, Mal, guns, swords, kicking, punching, death... It doesn't stop.
- A (regular Firefly) character dies along the journey.
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oh crap!
nothing I didn't expect in the way of story line..
I'd pretty much second guessed most of what was coming from reading this site obessivly since I got the DVD's.
But my Inner spoiler Whore is screaming 'WHO DIES'!
I haven't been this anxious about a spoiler since it was revealed that Spike was going to have his arms cut off by a crazy slayer.
I wanna know.. can you email me off site... my email is shw2424@aol.com
(this way, I can menatlly prepare myself for the death in september... and remember tissues for my unspoiled friends)
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KIB wrote:
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...A (regular Firefly) character dies along the journey.
I thought so. Damn it. Simon or Zoe? I'm betting Simon (since he was described as 'heroic' on another board). Schiesse.
Why is Joss such an evil bastard? What are we gonna do for female companionship on this board? With Simon gone, we'll be down to Mal-licious (who loves ya', baby?). All the other fems will vacate these premises, while Simon is being cinematically digested into his component proteins in the bellys of a couple hundred Reavers...
Still, it's possible that whichever character dies, that actor could still reprise the role in the second movie... (See P.S., below)
Rhetorical question: Is Mal's secret that he's actually been a Reaver himself? It would explain why he knows so much about them and can fight them so effectively (he dispatched the Reaver-gonnabe without breaking a sweat, in Bushwhacked).
Lonesomely,
zoid
P.S.
...as a Reaver's shirt or face mask. (zoid wonders if any of the Reavers carries a chainsaw?)
P.P.S.
Only zoid -- and perhaps PurpleBelly -- believes this.
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Well, if Whedon tries to turn Summer Glau into Hollywood's answer to Ziyi Zhang, I suppose Simon's raison d'etre does become a little light.
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Of course, there is only one answer to Ziyi Zhang - Yes, please
I have a few months to reconcile myself to the fact that Serenity is not Firefly. This is how spoilers become useful. Now, about Zoe's frocks ...
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Is Mal's secret that he's actually been a Reaver himself?
Going to answer this, as I feel it's important: No. There's no "odd" plot twists like that.
However - the plot twists and turns, if that makes sense.
Here's how to look at Serenity: it shouldn't be seen as another Firefly episode. It's big, it's epic, it's got a whole lot going on and a lot which changes. It's got, say, a season of TV compressed into 2 hours, but it delivers it in slick fashion.
You know those people who love Spike? Who want his babies? Then Joss/Marti (and co) have Spike try to rape Buffy. Spike had problems, it was always obvious, and it's hammered home in Buffy, yet we had FanBoys and FanGirls saying "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE SPIKE TRIED THAT?!?!??!?! HOW RUBBISH IS THAT??!?!?!"
I'm not saying Mal goes mad, or tries to rape people. He doesn't. I'm just saying - Serenity is a film about 9 different characters journey (actually it's more like 13 in the film) in really, really bad circumistances. Don't expect them to all be the same as you love 'em all the time.
If you want to remain free, there's some really difficult choices to be made. Mal was a war leader. He makes difficult choices.
There's 2 scenes in the film which I think many FanBoys and FanGirls will really have issues with, but they need to be there.
Let's be clear on 1 thing, by the way. By all accounts, I think nearly everybody agrees: seperate from Firefly/Buffy/Angel/Whedon etc etc - this is a really, really good film in it's own right. Strong messages. Well delivered.
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Not a word about Jayne, eh? No biggie. I'll not ponder too much on this and prob forget it come Sept. As for the dyin part...heck, Mal already has 'died', once ( War Stories ) heh heh.
Ok, enough of that.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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While I'm going to try and avoid some spoilers... who died? JediTrilobite@gmail.com
And, are there any really new characters that surface that might stick around?
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Goddamn my inability to avoid spoilers *sigh* If you could tell me who dies, I would love you forever. I can't spend another near 300 days spending half my time trying to figure out who the unlucky character is. Email me at thevoicesaretalkingtome@hotmail.com?
ETA. Ahh, any Simon/Kaylee-ness?
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I too am a spoiler addict - I sign as Kaylees_boyfriend on the official browncoats message board. I am something of a silent Firefly fan.
I too would love as much spoilers as could be poured into an email: nobodyzfirehose@hotmail.com
that would be muchly appreciated :-)
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dangit before it gets cooky with the email listings please email me too! give me any and all bits of info(including the fate of a characters' life--aicn called simon"heroic"--uh oh) my email is kevinconn@gmail.com
ps-if anyone has the movie script i will buy a copy
"Hamsters is nice."
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