Am I the only one who didn't like the trailer?
POSTED BY: christhecynic
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 7, 2005 00:52
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I didn't like the trailer either.
I liked the western aspect of 'Firefly', it was part of what made me love the show. It's a pity they seemed to tone it down for the movie. Or get rid of it, entirely.
Also, why is River kicking ass all of a sudden? I mean, sure, there was the crazy gun action in 'War Stories', but it was nothing like what she's like in the trailer.
And I liked that the show dealt with the things that weren't really important to the Alliance or anyone. Just this crew, trying to keep flying. Now it's a big epic adventure. Yawn. Been there, done that.
Hopefully the movie will be good, though.
"My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
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Quote:Well, thank the folks at F*X for this, in part. The story is a natural progression of what Joss et al had in mind all along. Maybe not in the immediate future, but perhaps in season 5,6....10?
Also, why is River kicking ass all of a sudden? I mean, sure, there was the crazy gun action in 'War Stories', but it was nothing like what she's like in the trailer.
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And I liked that the show dealt with the things that weren't really important to the Alliance or anyone. Just this crew, trying to keep flying. Now it's a big epic adventure. Yawn. Been there, done that.
There is still some reference to what you speak, but yeah..there's the action stuff. Think of it as the big,bright,shiny object that attracts the most amount of fans, THEN maybe the less epic elements may be shown in later movies. ( Yeah, like I could figure out what Joss is gonna do next
)" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Quote:I didn’t expect it, but maybe I haven’t been paying attention. And maybe River is the whole point, and the show just never got far enough along to come to that. I like River and the whole River arc, but I just never saw it as being of greater importance.
Originally posted by plytle:
Yeah, but didn't we expect this? You're right, Firefly is not about River, but when what was supposed to be a seven-year series is compressed into a two-hour film, a guy's gotta make priorities. Since the River plot is the one that needs the most attention (the others are not critical, but people are hunting her!), I just assumed that the movie would be primarily about her.
Quote:No argument there. But if they have sound in space, there’s going to be problems.
Originally posted by plytle:
Of what I did see: the dialogue is great, the special effects beautiful, and my crew and ship are back. So I'm good.
Some of the things that really made Firefly stand out among science fiction were the allusions to Construction Era history, the relative roughness of the props and of course those silent space scenes. If you get rid of these things, you might still have a good movie, but will it still be as sophisticated and intelligent as the tv show?
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Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.
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I haven't watched TV since Babylon 5 ended (largely because I couldn't afford cable anymore (and anything less than 237 channels just won't do!)), and I'd only heard distant references to Firefly.
None of my friends had seen it (Well, one had, but he'd kept quiet about it until I mentioned the Serenity trailer!), so when I went the Jurassic Punk website...
http://jurassicpunk.com/movies.shtml
...a few weeks ago, and saw Serenity listed, my curiosity was tripped by the tiniest margin.
I thank my solid Intuition for having me save the large version to my hard drive sight-unseen and watching it on "Fill Screen" first! 
As soon as I realized what I'd missed out on, I set out to fill the void.
Within days, I was fully "'versed" , thanks largely to the Hello Cowgirl site!
I downloaded "Serenity Pts. 1 & 2", "The Train Job" & "Bushwhacked" (@ 8 hrs each on my dial-up), then grabbed a big stack of my best DVDs, went to Amoeba Music & traded 'em for the Firefly DVD (which I finished in two days!).
You can track my journey here...
http://orbit.m6.net/v2/read.asp?id=23457
None of this would've happened if the trailer hadn't grabbed me by the throat!
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Quote:Yeah, they look a bit Trek-ish now. Although I do rather prefer rounded corners in my spacecraft.
Originally posted by christhecynic:
On a completely insignificant and unimportant side note, Mal has the ship for five years and doesn’t change the bridge a bit, then in six months the consoles are completely remodeled? Wash must have gone overboard with his share of the Lassiter money. Too bad though, I liked the consoles.
I am somewhat curious about these long probes...
They aren't present at the beginning of the trailer, so I'll assume they're added during the course of the BDM.
No, the real quibble I've had is with the view from the cockpit.
I wouldn't be too sanguine about engaging in the kinds of maneuvering Wash does if I couldn't have some measure of visibility off to the sides.
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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
I am somewhat curious about these long probes...
I think they're to dry the laundry on...
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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Some of my friends who liked the series but weren't going to see the movie changed their tune quick after seeing the trailer.
...cause Justice is the one thing you should always find.
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Quote:That doesn’t bother me, because technically, the ability to literally see where one is going is basically worthless at the kinds of velocities that one imagines one would be dealing with in a spaceship. By the time you actually “saw” something as small as another ship in front of you, it would have been too late to react, for a very long time.
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
No, the real quibble I've had is with the view from the cockpit.
I wouldn't be too sanguine about engaging in the kinds of maneuvering Wash does if I couldn't have some measure of visibility off to the sides.
So if you assume realistic physics (which is always dangerous when trying to interpret sci fi) then one imagines that Wash must be flying by instrumentation and probably a good deal of computer-aided response.
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Originally posted by Sickdude:Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
I am somewhat curious about these long probes...
I think they're to dry the laundry on...
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In the trailer, I see a Reaver ship flying on Serenity's wing! Did our Big Damn Heroes strike up an Alliance of their own with the Reavers? If so, did the Reavers add some of their own mods to Serenity? I also noticed some extra bits on her stern.
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From a film makers point of view i don't think the trailer is very good. I raved about it becuase it was the first wide glimpse of the movie. Has anyone seen the new War of the Worlds trailer? Now thats how it should be done. Great Music, Great Pace. Classy. The serenity trailer should have had a better pace, removed any buffy reference and fan references and press quotes. It was like Universal were saying yeah we kinda have this film, its abit crappy, not a real film but loads of people love it so why not come see for yourself. It should have been treated as a standalone film. Somthing which people will need to see, not somthin where audiences are told to see it reagrdless of how it looks to them good or bad. You can tell Universal were confused when it came to marketing. Its very indecisive.
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