Serenity book.
POSTED BY: Kloud
UPDATED: Thursday, November 3, 2005 22:25
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Quote:That's it! Thanks, LightMeDark.
Originally posted by LightMeDark:
From the Joss Answers Questions article on the main page (i think this is what was referred to):Quote:
Questions from : www.destinything.com
First all, a big thank you to everyone involved for taking the time to include webmasters in the promotion of Serenity. It's great to be able to give something back to Joss after so many years of entertainment! With regards my question, whilst reading an extract of the "Serenity" novel, I was struck by a line claiming that River was particularly afraid of a certain crew member. This got me wondering how much involvement you have with novelisations. Do you provide specific background details such as this and, on a similar note, has there ever been a proposed plot development in a "Buffy" or "Angel" novel where you've had to put your foot down?
I don't have much involvement. I just don't have time. If I started to read them I'd just get frustrated and have to write them myself. This would cause fewer movies and shows. I just whistle and look the other way. Hope ya like 'em!
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inch towards daylight
I think Joss' answer is ambiguous as to whether he was referring to the Serenity novelization specifically, since the question mentioned both that and the Angel/Buffy books, with emphasis on the latter.
I certainly took him to include Serenity, but I concede that isn't absolutely clear.
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I actually liked and appreciated your response. Something that was missed was the "unlesss you're a....." was simply meant as: "blowing in the wind" lol. As in, don't expect it to matter. My long-windedness got away with me there, I will admit.
Differences of opinion are grand, "IMO" HOWEVER, it's the idea that "My opinon is good for you, but your opinion sucks" attitude that I really don't like. My OPINION is that the book is good and I enjoyed it.
I really don't try to force my opinon on anyone, and don't care for those that do. If someone doesn't like, nothing wrong with that. I didn't care for Chronicles of Narnia (I know...heresy right?). BUT, you don't see me posting up anywhere telling C.S. Lewis how to write. THAT'S my point the way it shouldd have been told. It's the PRESUMPTION, not the OPINION that I personally have a problem with.
Or like this: A lot of people like the websites/graphics I make. Some people don't. I thank those that don't for not telling me how to organize my html or php. Same difference.
Thanks for the good reply, it made me re-think what it was I was trying to say.....LOL
"I aim to misbehave"
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For the record, I don't take offense at any criticism of my work. I used to write reviews fairly regularly, and sometimes wrote negative reviews, so it'd be pretty churlish of me to bitch about getting them now.
Generally, I try only to respond to negative criticism with explanations of why I made certain choices that were criticized. I admit, I'm particularly sensitive to the complaints about my use of intense POV, particularly in a movie novelization, because the one thing that prose brings to the table that TV and movies simply cannot do is get inside the heads of the characters. So when I write a novelization in particular, I'm aggressive about POV, to ther point where the narration style reflects that of the person in whose POV that scene is in precisely because I know that's something you won't get onscreen.
But I have no problem with people expressing displeasure with my work. That's part of the business, and I'm okay with that. 
Keith R.A. DeCandido
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Quote:Fair enough. Your choice obviously worked better for others than it did for me. If anything, I envy them their fuller enjoyment of the book.
Originally posted by KRAD:
...I'm particularly sensitive to the complaints about my use of intense POV, particularly in a movie novelization, because the one thing that prose brings to the table that TV and movies simply cannot do is get inside the heads of the characters. So when I write a novelization in particular, I'm aggressive about POV, to ther point where the narration style reflects that of the person in whose POV that scene is in precisely because I know that's something you won't get onscreen.
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Quote:Okay, here's my take on that.
Originally posted by InsanityLater:
I've been thinking about the whole "one thruster" thing, and without completely geeking out on it I was trying to think if it would be at least possible. If the side thrusters are used for direction.. doesn't the Serenity have a rear thruster, the big "full burn" guy? If that's the only one that was working, they might have been able to use the shuttle thrusters for direction enough to limp to a repair facility. Of course they would have still had to repair the structural damage and the big hole the windshield before even attempting to leave the moon.
As I see it, the main engine (the glowy thing in the tail) is only used in space. It pushes the ship from planet to planet, but doesn't work (or is dangerous to use) in atmo.
Why do I say this? Because that's how its operation is *always* portrayed in the show. The thrusters get us off the ground and fly us around in the air. They can take us all the way to space (so we can infer they're rocket engines as well as jets, when needed -- such combined cycle engines are possible). The main engine only fires up when we're in the black.
Your point about the window is telling. I agree that you're not going anywhere until that window is sealed -- unless you want to fly the ship in a spacesuit with a depressurized bridge (if that's even possible). The script (in the VC) and the movie show Zoe repairing the window at the same time that the other repairs are being done (de-reaverizing, refitting the thruster, replacing burned-out wiring, etc.) [Okay... now I have the "fixing serenity" music stuck in my head. DAH-dum... DAH-dum... dee dee dee dum dum...]
So: either the repairs were done on Mr.U's moon, or the beat-up Serenity was towed to a repair yard. If the latter, that was quite a favor that the Operative did them.
Hmmm, there's one other possibility: the lance could have been removed and a temporary patch applied over the hole. Risky, since we'd have to think the window would be structurally compromised by that hole, but possible. So there's still a bit of hope for the "flew on one thruster" theory.
Okay, now I'm hearing that Shatner line...
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I enjoyed the novelization of the movie because it answered several questions I had from seeing the DVD's and then the movie.
It answered why River was loaded onto Serenity in a cryo box when she was awake after she left the facility. That explanation made a lot of sense.
I liked the part that showed interaction between Book and the Operative because they seemed to know each other and it revealed another clue into Book's past.
There were other things I can't recall right away; but I was glad I bought and read the book, foremost that I simply like hearing more of the character's thoughts.
I think it would be a hard row to hoe writing a novelization and expressing character POV's because you would have to be so careful not to overlay your own personal take of the characters onto the writing.
I do have one problem and that is that I don't think the narrator should ever use the dialect or slang of the story unless you're Waylon Jennings and you're narrating The Dukes of Hazard. That does get on my nerves a bit.
Just my two cents.
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