* SPOILERS * Will There Be Sequels and Will Non-fans Understand *SPOILERS*
POSTED BY: Litwolf689
UPDATED: Sunday, October 9, 2005 01:06
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I agree with exactly what MANIACNUMBERONE said earlier about the way that Wash and Book were killed. I'm not so sure it isn't Whedon that did it (it reminded me too much of the way Anya died in Season 7 of Buffy to be completely sure) but I hope that it was something like the actors not wanting to resign contracts for other movies.
I just didn't feel that the deaths of those characters was given the weight it deserved or served enough of a story purpose to be worth it in the long run. Book didn't get the screen time to be important enough to the moviegoing audience for it to make that much of a difference compared to other things that could have been done. And Wash's death didn't do much other than make me wonder what the heck was going on when it seemed like everybody was going to die. For a moment I actually thought they were going to do some kind of time rewind thing with River, especially when Simon looked like he was going to go too.
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Book's death was necessary to show that the Operative would kill anyone to obtain his objectives. To the mass audience, he will seem like a kindly old man that helped out the crew, and will drive home the fact that the Operative is utterly ruthless. To the fans of the show, it has an added weight since we know and love Book.
As for Wash's death, I think it will show the mass audience that nobody is safe, and they won't be able to predict the ending of the film. As for me personally, I literally gasped and my hand involuntarily lept to my mouth - I have never had that strong of a reaction to a moment in a film. I thought it was brilliant and unexpected and shocking, and is still the moment I can't get out of my head from the film. (Well done, Joss!) It was even more shocking, since I had read a spoiler that Simon was to die, and had no idea that Book or Wash might not survive.
All in all, a fantastic movie - the best sci-fi film I've seen since Terminator 2. Easily the best movie of the year.
"I like smackin' 'em!" - Jayne Cobb
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Excuse me for beating a dead horse (aka - posting in an old thread) but I wanted to tell everyone that my opinions had changed for the better.
Today, I took several friends to see Serenity: along with my fan mom, I brought my five friends and an adult friend (father of two of my friends, sisters). The sisters and father had seen only the pilot of Firefly and 'Train Job', the others had seen nothing of the original series. All are fantasy fiends.
During the movie, they laughed, gasped, and jumped about. When we walked out, everyone told me they loved the movie. They admitted to being confused about a few things (like why people spoke Chinese) but they loved it overall and promised to tell all other friends.
I am relieved to say that I am no longer afraid non-fans will not get or enjoy Serenity. There will always be some exceptions but most should enjoy it. Thanks, my friends, for lending me your confidence until I saw it for myself.
Lets get out there and see Serenity! Im probably going to see it again (for the fourth time! But I have heard some have seen it up to 8 times 0.0)tomorrow with my dad and siblings. Bring on the sequels!!! ^_^
"Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FREAKIN' SHOW! I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damnit." ~Joss
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