Serenity on Slashdot
POSTED BY: cljohnston108
UPDATED: Monday, November 28, 2005 22:24
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Slashdot users discussing Space.com's Top 10 Space Movies of All Time have a lot to say about Serenity...
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/20/060224&from=rss
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...by Jack Handey...
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It is interesting that the discussion ended up being all about 'Serenity'
of course no one can argue that most of those other films don't belong in the top ten,
and 'Serenity' is so new that passions are running high
IMO when Serenity has been out for 10-20 years
it will be recognized as one of the greatest Sci-fi films ever....
If all Lucas had ever done was the prequels then I don't think Star Wars would be on anyone's top ten
(he had those earlier great films that came out in the 1970s and that was the peak)
If all Star Trek had going for it was Enterprise and that last film (the lame Picard clone one) then IT wouldn't be in anyone's top ten of anything...
'Serenity' is still all new and growing,
it can't be compared to the already dead Sci-fi shows of the past....
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and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse,
and have you joined the Browncoats yet?
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?fuseaction=tools.invlink
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Low and behold, they start arguing about the inconsistancies in space travel. Yet another reason I don't read slashdot. They can't see the story through the physics.
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken
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I just had to quote:
"Serenity is a cr***y B-movie that has nothing to do with space or sciene. It is ret***ed beyond belief, with it's fake physically impossible ion-clouds..."
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Why did you asterisk-out "crappy" and "retarded"? I've seen worse just out in the open...
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Quote:
Originally posted by Causal:
Why did you asterisk-out "crappy" and "retarded"? I've seen worse just out in the open...
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I wish I had a magical wish-granting plank.
Stars are my favourite shape.
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I prefer the purple horseshoes.
The "Serenity" quote once again pertained to the science and not the story, as the person who wrote it should also be informed that (1) faster-than-light travel is impossible, (2) matter transportation is equally as impossible, and (3) there is not, despite what Kubrick might have us believe, anything buried under the surface of the moon.
Personally, I don't pay much attention to people who can only look at the science, and even then, they only look at the science when it's convenient for them. Since the top ten list was posted, I see "Serenity" isn't on it anymore, but give it time. A certain amount of the list is affected by what's trendy, hence the presence of "First Contact."
In ten years, every TNG movie will be forgotten (and with good reason), but by that time Joss will have directed 2 or 3 more movies, and with the success of "Wonder Woman," little fan boys like the one above will come out of the woodwork.... in favor of "Firefly."
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I think that I could argue that the only Star Wars films that approach real greatness are the first and last ones. The rest we watched out of respect for the first one. The last one was pretty good.
The question is weather you want to measure by box office or quality.
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wait wait wait. Are you deigning to say that ANY Star Wars movie is better than Empire Strike Back?! Now, unlike many of the Old Guard Star Wars Fans, I enjoyed the prequels. This is not to say that I could not see their flaws. I do concede that as a whole, the Original Trilogy is a far greater work. But I liked the prequels. And Episode III was indeed the greatest among them. Possibly greater than Return of the Jedi. But Empire is the best, and that's all there is to it.
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