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 am somewhat curious about these long probes...
I think they're to dry the laundry on...Select to view spoiler:
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.
I'm not gonna say anything. Don't worry about it too much, though.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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I enjoyed the trailer, but i'll admit it kind of made the movie look somewhat... i dont know... generic? with the techno-esque music and the "kewl" chick-kicks-ass scene and stuff.
But since I am a Firefly fan merely seeing the characters do cool stuff was enough to make me cheer.
"A man of honor... in a den of thieves!"
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Remember, they're leaving out a lot of 'Ahh, yes, that's OUR Mal/River/Jayne' stuff that might make non-flans go 'Huh, who is this that I'm supposed to care?', I showed it to some, and all said 'Yeah, I'll go see it'.
It works for it's purpose, I think.
Rudimentary Chrisisall
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I think that if Serenity had a big name franchise behind it (as 'Revenge of the Sith' had the 'Star Wars' brand) and they knew that it would be a hit regardless, then they may have produced more trailers, focusing on individual aspects of the film - a trailer based on each character in the same way that 'Attack of the Clones' had trailers based on 'love', 'war', etc. (I forget the names of the others).
As it is, they'll have to appeal to a large and broad audience and so, to avoid confusion, they'll hone in on one aspect of the film (probably the one with the most action) and use that to attract an audience.
I'm hoping that the film will have a lot more to it (and even if it doesn't I'll still love it), just the stuff that they've shown so far is designed to grab the attention of the larger audience. Of course it's still eye candy to the fans :D
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I am somewhat curious about these long probes...
what if they're....laser cannons???? O_O
or long probing thingies....to probe things??
we'll just have to wait and see....
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Ok … so … I'm not the only one.
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Before I say anything about the trailer, something about the movie.
I read it said that the next movie is about Mal, this one is River. So if this does well then you guys who think Mal is the point get your movie.
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Onto the Trailer:
How I look at it is simple, the music you have to ignore, the pace you have to ignore, and indeed the sound effects in general. If you have a problem with any of that at all ignore it. That’s stuff that is part of the trailer, which by all counts should be considered an entirely different work.
Judging a movie based on a trailer is like judging Firefly based on one of the music videos fans have made. I might give you the right idea; it might not.
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Of all of the things that bothered me I guess only two can really be said to be in the movie, the rest are just in the trailer.
One is some of the camera work, damned annoying arty stuff. Then again it’s not without precedent the way the CG shot went from Serenity to River in OiS was arty, and for good reason, perhaps there is a similar justification for what I did not like by way of camera work in the trailer.
The other thing was one of the violent shots, anything with River psychic-assassin goes, but for normal human beings certain things are not acceptable, kills the suspension of disbelief. Even if that person is Jayne.
Since all that I can pick out as disliking that relates to the movie is a single shot of Jayne and some camera work I don’t see any reason to connect my dislike of the trailer to the movie.
I don’t like the trailer, at all, but I see no reason to think I won’t like movie.
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I didn't like it either. I haven't seen it in a while so I don't remember exactly what I didn't like about it anymore.
I also didn't like the comic book cover with Simon on it. Comic book covers are supposed to be iconic images of a character. Simon should have had a medical kit, not a gun. He only handled a gun once during Firefly and Book said that he fired it but didn't hit anyone.
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Actually it was twice.
But he didn't fire it the first time.
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Overall, I love the trailer because it gives me even the tiniest fix of Whedonesque goodness (the only trick is making it last until September 30th!)
Three things I did have a bit of a problem with, as other posters have mentioned:
1. Sound in space. The silent space scenes were one of the stylistic hallmarks of the series, and making everything go whoosh-boom like Star Wars is a bad idea IMO. That said, I realize that the way things are done in a trailer is not necessarily the way they'll appear in the final product, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this one;
2. The music. The simple, rustic music of the series really kept things grounded in their historical inspiration. Going the modern route just seems like shameless pandering to the mainstream to appear "hip." I for one would be very disappointed to see "The Serenity OST featuring music from Nickleback, Slipknot, and Nelly." Then again, this is just the trailer (see #1);
3. Jayne's little fliparoo move. It's not a deal-breaker for me, but it does seem a little over-the-top and WWE for what's already gone before. I can live with it though.
"Sic gorgiamus allus subjectatus nunc"
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That is one problem I had with the trailer. It does seem like there's now going to be sound in space. Explosions and lasers firing and engines burning...with noise...in a vacuum. Not that that'll ruin the movie, but somewhat irritating to me.
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