Open letter to Firefly and Birds of Prey fans
POSTED BY: aDam
UPDATED: Thursday, August 10, 2006 19:02
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Psst! Ath, you forgot to mention the comic books and the action figures.
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And the third round of advanced screenings selling out in 5 minutes in some cities, and
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"All of us (Meaning the Distribution folk at 'Versal) really wish we'd just gone ahead and premiered it in May. It's working out as well as "Star Wars" and if we'd started in May, it would have run all summer."
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There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
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Hahaha. Star Wars? We're really comparing this movie to Star Wars? Oh my. -_- At best this movie will have the success of the waste of celluloid that was the X-Files movie.
I've started to think about what flavour of salad dressing to drink should the inconceiveable happen but I am still confident that my digestive system will be spared.
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Hey the cute little troll is back. I wonder what I should feed him...
Let's see. The latest Star Wars movies sucked. They did well money wise but they were truly a waste of time. Serenity can only hope to do as well financially but I will bet a cask of salad dressing down my throat that the quality of the Serenity movie will far outshine the Star Wars prequel suck fest.
There you go little troll. I hope you fed well. Now jump back into your wee diaper and have mama troll tuck you in for the night.
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I sincerely hope you love salad dressing dear because you will be consuming mass quantities of the stuff. So far Serenity has sold out every single advanced showing that it has had, and most of the tickets were bought within minutes.
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Is there some kind of line or queue to kick Adam in the nuts? Should I take a number?
'Cause I don't want to miss out.
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"Your toes are in the sand."
"And your head's up your..."
"Hey!"
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YEEEHAAAWW!!
Troll huntin' season. WOOHOO!
Alrighty then, I believe Mr. Adam will eb quite dissappointed when he sees the reviewsand ratings of "Serenity". Alrighty then! I am very sympathetic toward those who have been hurt by Mr. Adam. If you need any support, just ask! I'm off to get my cork gun (see "Peter and the Wolf cartoon"). And if he thinks that our level of sophistication is low, well, sorry for him.
Anti-Troll League forever!
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Originally posted by aDam:
Universal will not spend 50 million on a Firefly movie. They wouldn't spend that much on a movie they don't give a general release, sure. That doesn't mean they'll give Firefly a general release because they won't pour that much money into it.
I have always made a promise to drink an entire bottle of salad dressing if this movie gets a general release. By that I mean most theatres like over 90% of the movies that are in the top 10 grossing movies of any given week.
I have never had any problem admitting I was wrong when I was wrong. I'm not wrong though. I'm not an idiot. If I'm wrong I'll eat my words and more and I am confident in saying this because I won't be. Luckily this will all be proven sooner or later.
See you next year.
So, aDam. It got a general release, it debuted at #2 in the box office and it's made about $20 million in the US as I write this.
Have you fulfilled your promise? Is there a video? I'm not trying to berate you or say "I told you so" (although I kinda just did. Sorry), I'm just curious to find out whether you had the integrity or not.
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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I just saw the movie. I'm not a fan. I didn't come away mesmerized. I was interested in finding out why people like/dislike the series. It's unfortunate that The Troll can say very little that is enlightening about why the series sucks.
On a scale of 5 stars (with 5 being good), I can only give the movie a 3. The directing of the first 10 minutes was pretty good. The firefly/serenity universe seems well developed. Language and cultural ambience helps to distinguish the future of spacefaring humans from some of the more typical TV sci-fi universes. I liked the Operative as the antagonist. He seems to sum up the Alliance well - reasonable, civil, calculating, efficient, and in pursuit of an idealized utopia.
The acting and character development were tolerable. Each actor had a few good moments, but it was somewhat bland otherwise. The captain was enjoyable, but his conflicted self seemed lacking. The doctor also had a lot of good potential that got wasted. For somebody who had built a network of contacts, and is obviously very smart, brave, and resourceful - he came across as excess baggage, with little to contribute, no worthwhile knowledge, and no real plan.
The part that really annoyed me was when the doctor got shot. A few moments before the shooting, the sister was a crying an ocean. For a person with psychotic tendencies and an obvious love for her brother, her transition into psycho-fighter was too calculated and calm. That gunshot should have snapped her... really hard, really abruptly.
Obviously, fans have had time to bond with the characters. My dissatisfaction is probably no different than why I liked Lord of the Rings movies and why my dad thought it was rather boring and apparently fell asleep during the first 2 movies. To each his own, I suppose.
As it is, Serenity is not good enough to convince me to invest in watching the series. Like Babylon 5, it has distinctions to pique some interest, but it feels like you need to be a devoted sci-fi geek to enjoy it. For it to really rise above 3 stars, it would need better acting and a better script to bring out the wealth of character development hidden in the series. I might be shallow in this regard, but oh well. I enjoyed Star Wars without the benefit of a TV series and I liked Star Trek, despite hating most of the different TV incarnations.
So, congratulations on getting your movie. If a Serenity sequel shows up, I hope it turns out to be a bit better.
p.s. I'm eagerly waiting for other geeky movies: Halo and AeonFlux.
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