Serenity is an EXCELLENT movie!

POSTED BY: SlayThis
UPDATED: Friday, November 4, 2005 01:18
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SLAYTHIS

Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:38 AM

I saw 2 of the 3 paid test screenings over the summer. I also managed to see a press screening and a sneak preview during the few weeks in September before the movie opened. I've since seen the movie about 5 or 6 more times, and I've taken many people with me who have all enjoyed the movie. Some of these folks were complete newcomers to the 'verse. And I intend to continue.
Why?
Because it is a great movie! It is exciting and suspenseful and funny. It is very smartly written and directed, wonderfully acted, and beautifully crafted. It has a strong story and engaging characters that break away from predictable and trite formulas and stereotypes. And the movie speaks to wide variety of audiences - people who love sci-fi enjoy the movie, and people who love good storytelling but typically dislike sci-fi can enjoy this movie. And on top of everything, it is simply a fun night at the movies.
In short, "Serenity" rocks!!!

PYROFALKON

Sunday, October 23, 2005 4:11 AM

Don't great me wrong, i am an original Fan, die hard from the beginning and all that, but i can see where the critics are coming from. Its the anti-napoleon dynamite. There is just so much plot. I dragged my girlfriend to BDM, and she just was mind boggled. She couldn't absorb it all, and wasn't prepared for it.

ROCK ON SERENITY!

RIVER6213

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:32 AM

I can kill you with my mind.

NG

Saturday, October 29, 2005 8:31 PM

I didn't know what to expect when I was going to see Serenity as I never caught the episodes on TV and went on the recommendation of a friend.

I came out after watching it and said, "It makes star wars look like all the crap that's ever been crapped on gods green earth."

If I hadn't been sat down whilst watching it someone would have had to hit me with a defibrillator. I now own the Firefly series and since I got it there's always been one of the DVD's in my player.

VOLANGENERAL

Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:38 PM

I hadn't seen any of the episorde before I saw it and I understood most of it. Actully everything except where the heck Mr. Universe came from.

KHYRON

Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:27 PM

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Originally posted by VolanGeneral:
I hadn't seen any of the episorde before I saw it and I understood most of it. Actully everything except where the heck Mr. Universe came from.

I've been watching the show from way back and I still don't know where the heck he came from.

MIKAMOM

Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:38 PM

Joss went with two new characters to move the plot of the story. The blue hand guys would have needed more time than he had, so he created the Operative. Mr. Universe is new the way that lots of people in that 'verse would be new to us.

KHYRON

Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:56 PM

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Originally posted by mikamom:
Joss went with two new characters to move the plot of the story. The blue hand guys would have needed more time than he had, so he created the Operative. Mr. Universe is new the way that lots of people in that 'verse would be new to us.

I agree with that, but I think the main problem was that he was introduced as sort of "part of the gang", and a lot of people thought "hey, I thought we already knew everybody in the gang!?!". Obviously he was a necessary plot device and all that, but I didn't really see the point of making the crew seem so chummy with him.

How did they meet him in the first place? Did he hack into Serenity's computer and start having a conversation with all of them? He just doesn't seem like the type that the crew would usually be friends with.

SHINY

Friday, November 4, 2005 12:03 AM

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Originally posted by Khyron:

How did they meet him in the first place? Did he hack into Serenity's computer and start having a conversation with all of them? He just doesn't seem like the type that the crew would usually be friends with.

Spoiler for novelization:

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According to the novelization, Mr. Universe went to flight school with Wash and was the only that graduated higher than Wash (and that's only because he hacked into the computer and changed all his test scores)

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Serenity is coming. 9/30/05.

EMBERS

Friday, November 4, 2005 12:13 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Khyron:
I think the main problem was that he was introduced as sort of "part of the gang", and a lot of people thought "hey, I thought we already knew everybody in the gang!?!".

see, I don't get why anyone would believe we know everyone Mal & Zoe & Wash ever worked with...
the gorrum TV show was cut short!
We don't know MOST of the people they ever worked with...
we never got to see MOST of the shows we should have gotten to see before the movie....

so when Wash says 'let's call Mr. Universe' and everyone on board knows who he means, then obviously the audience is supposed to know that our BDHs know him, like him, and have worked with him before.
The first time Zoe speaks to Mr. Universe he makes a joke

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don't you go falling in love with me...

no one would joke around like that w/Zoe (who can kill you with her pinky) if they were NOT a close friend...

the fans of 'Firefly' need to stop assuming that the aborted partial season we got told us anything more than the tip of a HUGE iceberg....

sorry....rant over.

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