WOW - the trailer rocks *warning this thread may contain spoilers*
POSTED BY: Zol
UPDATED: Monday, May 23, 2005 00:00
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After I watched the trailer, it was like the years fell away and I was back at a time when my oldest son and I would set aside an hour Friday evening to watch the most special show on television. And then talk about it afterward... and wonder what next week's episode would reveal. Until I saw the trailer, I could remember what a special, fragile time that was. But I couldn't feel it any more.
After watching the trailer, I felt it again. For the first time since the cancellation.
It is so rare to get to experience special moments like when Firefly was on the air. Rarer still to find them a second time after they've been lost. September is so going to rock...
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Originally posted by chronicthehedgehog:
Aw man, sound in space!! Hopefully it'll be gone by the time the move comes around.
Near as I can tell, you only heard noise when ships were in atmo.
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Originally posted by Browncoatami:
I think the line at the end "You can't stop the signal" might be the fact that Fox cancelled it but now Universal has made a movie out of it. You know, we still get to see our show. Fox did not stop the signal!!!!
Just a thought.
That was my thought. It may well refer to something in the movie, but in the trailer it's more of a nod to the fans for keeping the signal alive.
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I think the trailer is exciting and it's probably a good way to promote the movie; it does fit the Hollywood standards. Now, I have two questions. Are they still using the silence in space idea, and will the overall flavor of the series still be there?
I do have solid faith that the answer to the second question is a yes. Afterall, none of the Fox trailers represented the series very well. My theory is that Joss probably would never put this movie together without making it as true to his original vision as a movie could hold.
Checking out the trailer frame-by-frame was more encouraging for me. Though I still can't find Book, it was nice to see that there is obvious attention to detail in the shots. It's enlightening to see Mal close a fan to get a better look at River kicking some butt. Also, Reavers, I would never have guessed they could look that ugly, and finding a second very brief Reaver shot put me in a cold dark place. I am so happy and relieved to see the floral paintings in the mess hall are still there, cause, if they weren't, the world would have to endure another one of my nitpicky temper-tantrums.
Excerpt from My Genre Geek Resume:
~huge Odyssey 5 fan (despite its cancellation)
~dangerously obsessed with BtVS and Angel
~former Andromeda fan
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...And I'm still watching it. The trailer gets better every time. And I still laugh at the final shot of Mal (...making a shot). This move is going to be pure gold.
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Hmm, after those posts proclaiming Joss as a god I'm afraid I might be burned at the stake as a heretic, but...
First of all, the trailer is very well done. I'm not denying that.
But if I saw that without knowing Firefly...I'd probably say, "oh, another movie I can't wait to NOT see."
However, I'm a somewhat unlikely Firefly fan to begin with - I had to be dragged in originally - so maybe that's not a problem.
Here's my problem though: it's so BIG. The plot, I mean. It seems so epic. One of the things I like so much about Firefly is that it's NOT the fate of the universe that's threatened. It's just them, plus the people they encounter directly. We definitely see a strong undercurrent of the power-centres in the universe (Alliance, mainly), but these powers affect them far more than they affect the powers. It's real, and it's personal - allowing for things like the funny exchanges between characters, marital spats, ongoing tensions, running jokes... I guess I'm just worried that everything I like best about the show will be lost when it's blown up into a movie. The trailer shows armadas of ships and what looked like destroyed cities - this makes me very worried.
And besides, if my expectations are low, I'll like the BDM even better, right?
And of course this didn't stop me from watching the trailer three or four times at 4:04 in the afternoon...
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The trailer was so friggin' awesome! It was so worth the near three hours it took to load! (I had to load it twice because my internet crashed in the middle of loading the first time. stupid dial-up modem) I love every second of the trailer.River was so very cool. I have the same questions as the other browncoats, though. Where is Book? "6 rebels?" "You can't stop the signal?" The last one is the one that baffles me the most. I've read everyone's theories on what it means, and the only one that makes a minute amount of sense to me is that it has more to do with the actual plot. It doesn't really make sense in the context of the trailer.
Guess i have to wait 'till september to find out.
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Did anyone else notice that a planet showed about 3/7 of the way through is Earth? Perhaps some back story on Earth that was?
I don't care, I'm still free.
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Hard to tell. Maybe. I definitely think the Universal logo at the 00:26 mark is the Earth that was... I have a feeling we'll be learning more about that.
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Originally posted by fireflywildcard1:
Is the main bad guy (black dude that has no problem killing children) Jubal Early? And if so, is the same actor as from the TV series? He was speaking with a different accent as well. So can't wait for September!
no it was Chiwetel Ejiofor
( http://imdb.com/name/nm0252230/ ) in the role of the main bad guy
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