The Onion Reviews Serenity

POSTED BY: SoulOfSerenity
UPDATED: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:23
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SOULOFSERENITY

Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:01 PM

Now I don't know if this was posted before, but this was put up over at the Onion on 10/13.

Here's the direct link: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41606

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October 13, 2005

Is this what passes for science fiction?
By Jackie Harvey
Posted at 12:01 AM

I went to see the Reese Witherspoon movie I was talking about last time, but I tore my pants on my doorframe on the way out. By the time I had changed pants, I would have missed the previews, so I decided to play Jackie's Movie Roulette and see whatever movie was playing next when I got to the theater. Sometimes it's a bust, but sometimes, you're pleasantly surprised and you get a Something About Polly. That movie made me want to buy a ferret for months.

This time, I wasn't so lucky. I went to see a movie that, like Dukes of Hazard was based on a TV show. The movie was called Serenity. Now, I've never seen the original Serenity series. In fact, I had never heard of it, and I write about this stuff, for the love of Pete. It was a space series, which I usually like, but there was something that bothered me about it.

After about an hour into it, I figured it out. There were no space aliens! Why make it a space movie if you're not going to have any aliens in it? Why not just make it an earth movie? We've all seen aliens in movies before. We know they exist. So why not show them? I guess the cast was really good, but they would have really been better if they had a space alien to play off of. (two stars)

Does anyone else see a problem with this line of thinking?

______________________

Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.

Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."

http://havenofsouls.blogspot.com/

RABIT

Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:10 PM

Thanks for posting that - I hadn't seen it!

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Originally posted by SoulOfSerenity:
Does anyone else see a problem with this line of thinking?

Yes, but I'm not surprised...

Rabit

INSANITYLATER

Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:18 PM

So.. all space movies must have a token alien in it to be good. That's what Serenity needed to be a number 1 blockbuster!!! Jar Jar Binks running around screaming "MEESA GONNA DIE" during the opening landing sequence. I guess it's safe to say this guy just don't get it.

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"Serenity NOW!!! ... Insanity later."

GWEK

Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:20 PM

Um... You guys DO understand that this is "The Onion", right? If you're taking this seriously, go read a few other stories on the site.

MEANGOLDFISH

Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:20 PM

i'm pretty sure that is a joke.

it is, after all, the onion

RABIT

Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by GWEK:
Um... You guys DO understand that this is "The Onion", right? If you're taking this seriously, go read a few other stories on the site.

Oh I understand - that's not a problem.

One thing about the Onion is, well... (Oh, why not) it has layers.

Seriously though, there are parts of their site that, while funny, are still serious in content. (such as a past interview they did with Joss a few years ago - no longer available

)

Harvey's Blog ("Harveywood!") is one of these areas. He posts things that are real and serious, but in a comedic way. His score of two stars is a good indication (to me, anyway

) that he really didn't enjoy the movie very much...

But hey, it isn't for everyone, right?

Rabit

NERDLOVER

Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:31 PM

I didn't think it was a bad review, in the sense that it didn't really reflect badly on the movie. "The cast was really good..." I don't think most people would take the overall review seriously even if it weren't a joke-- I mean, it's like saying "The Sixth Sense" would have been a much better horror movie if only an axe murderer would have burst out of Bruce Willis's chest.

GEEKMAFIA

Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:49 PM

Yeah this has been said before but it's the onion they make with the funny funny not an honest and serious review.

it's meant as a joke and its funny so it works.

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SAFFY

Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:57 PM

The whole joke behind Jackie Harvey (a fictional personality whose column used to be more appropriately named "On the Outside") is that he is a COMPLETELY UNQUALIFIED entertainment journalist. He misunderstands everything in Hollywood, draws hilariously naive conclusions, gets stars' names wrong, confuses Ingmar Bergman with Ingrid Bergman, etc,

Because irony is the point, I'm willing to bet whoever wrote this column is actually a "Serenity" fan. If they'd hated the film, "Jackie Harvey" would have written it up as a sci-fi masterpiece, underscoring his cluelessness.

The Onion's brand of satire is so deadpan that some folks don't realize it's a joke at first. They once had a headlining article about how Congress was threatening to strike unless they got a swanky new capitol building. A newspaper in China picked it up and ran the story--to their mortification.

YORG

Friday, October 28, 2005 1:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by InsanityLater:
So.. all space movies must have a token alien in it to be good. That's what Serenity needed to be a number 1 blockbuster!!! Jar Jar Binks running around screaming "MEESA GONNA DIE" during the opening landing sequence. I guess it's safe to say this guy just don't get it.

That would be awsome if you think about it.

If Joss added a wannabe jar jar type alien charater, and Mal just shot it the head 30 seconds into the movie. That would be gold.

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