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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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.
When the show was cancelled, they struck the sets. That means everything was torn down into small pieces and either recycled into other sets or thrown away outright. The ship had to be rebuilt for the movie and it was revealed long, long ago that there would be noticable changes. Being a change-hating person as I am, I was irked by that news, but then I thought of all the fun my geek brethren will have cataloging all the differences and arguing over whether they are improvements or detractions.
Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.
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Seriously folks, if you're going to get all nitpicky about every little thing in the movie you're not going to like it. Might as well walk away right now.
Not everything in the movie will be exactly the way you want it to be. It's the way Joss wants it to be. Go into it to have a good time. Not to pick out ever continuity error you can find. I would have hoped browncoats were beyond that trekkie stuff.
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The trouble is we are looking at the trailer through the eyes of people who have seen Firefly and this trailer is designed to hook an audience that has never seen Firefly.
There are a lot of things in this trailer that don't surprise us like a young girl beating up a Bar full of bad guys, a bad guy that kills innocent children and a captain that shoots an unarmed bad guy, but for somebody that has never seen Firefly a lot of this stuff would be very surprising and intriguing, also on top of that we have some very exiting action sequences, humor and reviews and comments about it being a cult phenomenon loved by fans and critics.
If I had never seen Firefly this trailer would have definitely sparked an interest for me and made me think, what on earth is this? I think the trailer does exactly what it was suppose to do, which is make people go "what on earth is this?" The next trailer I would expect to be more representative of the Firefly/Serenity that we know and love.
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Originally posted by Zeek:
Seriously folks, if you're going to get all nitpicky about every little thing in the movie you're not going to like it. Might as well walk away right now.
Not everything in the movie will be exactly the way you want it to be. It's the way Joss wants it to be. Go into it to have a good time. Not to pick out ever continuity error you can find. I would have hoped browncoats were beyond that trekkie stuff.
You've hit the nail on the head. We Browncoats need to realize right now that Serenity ain't Firefly. Same 'verse, same characters, same wonderful writing, but not the same scale. Hitchhiker's Guide didn't hit with fans who were expecting the movie to be an exact replica of the book. It was changed, and it was very clear going in that's how it was going to be. Serenity's gonna be the same way. I haven't seen it myself, but all the word coming out of the screenings, except for a few, is that it's a good flick. Trust in that and trust that it's not going to be another episode of Firefly.
I read the Hitchhiker's books and listened to the radio series. But understanding that the movie was Douglas' vision and it would be different from anything I'd read or heard before, I really enjoyed it. Already, after seeing the trailer for Serenity, my mother is saying "Mal looks darker. I'm not sure I like the darker Mal." Based on a 2 minute trailer. Go in with an open mind and be ready to love the movie, not to hate it, and you just might.
But just my two cents.
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No, your not the only one. I liked it but my husband did not. His main complaint is it looked too much like a typical hollywood action movie trailer. My counter to that was of course, we have to rope in as many people as possible. I still stand by Joss and will continue to do so until I see the movie. I don't think he will let us down and diminish character development, etc. (as is the worry of my husband based on trailer). Also, this is only the first trailer, as with many movies they will develope 1 to 2 full trailers and often several more mini trailers and teasers. Sometimes incorporating different tones in different trailers to cover the complex nature of the film. Have faith, Joss will deliver.
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Originally posted by Lurch:
3. Jayne's little fliparoo move.
I LOVED that move! And Jayne is just the man-ape-gone-wrong-thing to do it.
Mal-licious
"Let's go be bad guys."
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You are not the only one.
I avoided watching the trailer as I wanted to stay spoiler free, but today I had a moment of weakness. Serves me right.
I can appreciate that we want to get as much appeal as possible, so have gone for a very fast, bitty, trailer, with lots of space scenes intercut with a couple of our beloved western scenes.
But, to be honest, the introduction about Buffy and Angel made me think this was going to be a Vampires/Buffy in Space film, and then seeing the scenes with River "confirmed" that.
As a Buffy fan I would probably go and see the movie on that basis, but there are a lot of people who would just get turned off by that idea and not bother to go at all.
Of course I'll go and see the film regardless - I love Firefly. I'm just not sure what I'd think if I didn't know the series. I might try running the trailer past some people who haven't seen the series and see what they think.
I do trust Joss, I'm sure the film won't disappoint. Just not sure about the trailer is all.
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I loved the trailer although it only showed River. I was pumped up to see the movie - then I went.....
I didn't love the movie. There were parts I loved, the dialogue was great! The whole theater laughed out loud, drowning out what the next person said. It was very fast paced. Lots of action. But there were a few parts I didn't like, which overshadowed the movie for me. This was definitely a River movie.
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Just pointing out, I believe Joss has said that there will not be sound in space in the final movie.
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