I need to share
POSTED BY: GrayFury
UPDATED: Saturday, January 7, 2006 00:15
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I appologize if I get long winded, I feel like I've got some things to say. More or less to get them off my chest. More than to have them heard.
About myself.... I'm a 35 year old, Jaded white male, Problems of my own, but no more than the next individual. I like movies, and TV and books... Anything that can take my mind off of work or money or relationships or life. But I'm not the type to get enthralled by anything. My usual response to "what did you think of it?" is "I liked it, it was ok!" I like to pick my movies by what OTHER people might think at first, THEN make my descission. I was on Rotten Tomatoes one fine day, Trying to find a mattinee that I could watch with my fiancee... Lo and behold Serenity got good reviews....Yeah the commercials looked pretty good.
We amble to the theatre, Watch it and I enjoyed it immensely, (Jen did too) But as the week went on scenes, or lines, or dots of music would flash in my mind. I did some research, found out it was a sort of follow-up to a little TV show called Firefly. I said to myself..."If the show is anything like the movie....This should be a treat!" I ordered it from Amazon, and watched the pilot. It was really good. So then I watched the train-job. It had its moments. Jen came home and I pretended that I hadnt watched any of them yet... We watched the pilot train job and Bushwhacked in an evening. Again Very good.
I went to work the next day and the same thing happens...These characters with their dialoge and repore and dilemas played about in my head. Over the next few days, the same thing happened I came home from work, watched a disc and then re-watched it with Jen that night when SHE finished work. I felt a saddness that you all know. It came after objects in space. The Cookie jar was empty. I lent out my set to my good friends with minds (Some dont have them) I had to buy a second set to watch while my set was out. I smile through EVERY moment of EVERY episode. This made no sense at all to me "What the fuck is wrong with me? I've seen all of these already!" But They still gave me joy... And Thats how I describe it to others... It gives me joy.
I looked for more, like an addict. The Novelaztion, the comics, the lost script, I joined a web site that discusses this show thats been off the air now for going on 4 years. I dont do this kind of thing!!! Whats doing this?!?
It was as simple as EVERYTHING. The Verse' on a whole, take an episode, ANY episode. You can watch it repeatedly and still wring joy from it. I can think of an example, a sick awful little example, Mal's ear, In War stories. EVERY person on that ship had a TOTALY different reaction upon seeing it. Zoe was wounded as well but couldnt show Nishka, Wash was utterly resigned to fate, Simon was concerned, Book was troubled, Inara was hurt, Kaylee was devastated, and Jayne was curious. Each of those actors brought a belivability to these characters. And not just that The music, the lighting, the scene blocking, The EVERYTING.
I just watched Serenity for the second time, on DVD. I had a completely different reaction watching it again after getting to know this world in 13 short episodes. I got choked-up in parts that I didnt even notice the first time... Zoe was wearing a slinky dress to Washes funneral. *choke* to name one.
I have felt the same range of emotions that I'm guessing all of you have, From elation to frustration. I'm glad to feel, I'm jaded ya' know.
This "show" has gotten under my skin. I want people to know that this is "My favoritest thing thats EVER been on TV!" But more than anything.... I WANT MORE DAMMIT! "THE HELL WITH THIS! I WANNA LIVE!"
Would I gave up a small utterly perfect gem, for a larger potentially marred one?... Yes! I would take that chance, I would watch long after it jumped the shark, I'd embrace that fucking shark-jump and watch it just as many times as all the others.
I cant really convey, HOW out of character this is for me, But I've never experienced a project that gave, and gives me "joy" so much so that I write babbling posts on silly
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Heh heh, I went through exactly what you're saying.
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SUMMER GLAU!
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thanks for sharing, I never get tired of hearing how new people have come to our 'verse....
have you seen the River Tam Sessions (link in my signiture)?
There will be more, more comics for sure, and in another year or two Universal will decide it is time for the Big Damn Sequel...because this 'verse didn't dry up and blow away in Dec 2002 so there is no way it is going to now!
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watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse,
and have you joined the Browncoats yet?
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?fuseaction=tools.invlink
&u=embers&linkID=36
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Yes. I have seen the River Tam sessions. I have when she says "would I still be allowed to Dance?" as "tugging at the heart strings" moment #2
"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"
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Welcome to the department of redundancy department...lol
Man you said everything I felt.. it;s like dominoes.. every one falls...
I had NOT realized about the slinky dress... wow.. choke.. that is another little tidbit that Joss (the boss) layers in there for us..
sigh... I want more too please!
Chindi
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Originally posted by GrayFury:
Yes. I have seen the River Tam sessions. I have when she says "would I still be allowed to Dance?" as "tugging at the heart strings" moment #2
"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"
GAAHH! What codec are the sessions done in?
I have only ever gotten sound from the last part which is just gurgles and the pen dropping on the table. All the rest play fine but no sound...
I've found 3 different sites to download them from. Even the one that is a single long download only has sound in the one part. HELP ME!
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FOX Execs...
dc4bs 
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Been there, done that. Welcome to the group.
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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."
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Originally posted by dc4bs:Quote:
Originally posted by GrayFury:
Yes. I have seen the River Tam sessions. I have when she says "would I still be allowed to Dance?" as "tugging at the heart strings" moment #2
"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"
GAAHH! What codec are the sessions done in?
I have only ever gotten sound from the last part which is just gurgles and the pen dropping on the table. All the rest play fine but no sound...
I've found 3 different sites to download them from. Even the one that is a single long download only has sound in the one part. HELP ME!
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FOX Execs...
You can get the latest codecs on DOWNLOADS.com for free, just type in codec for search
"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"
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Quote:
Originally posted by dc4bs:Quote:
Originally posted by GrayFury:
Yes. I have seen the River Tam sessions. I have when she says "would I still be allowed to Dance?" as "tugging at the heart strings" moment #2
"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"
GAAHH! What codec are the sessions done in?
I have only ever gotten sound from the last part which is just gurgles and the pen dropping on the table. All the rest play fine but no sound...
I've found 3 different sites to download them from. Even the one that is a single long download only has sound in the one part. HELP ME!
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FOX Execs...
You can get the latest codecs on DOWNLOADS.com for free, just type in codec for search
"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"
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GrayFury, it's almost exactly the same for me. I've liked shows and films in the past, but generally I don't buy the DVD of a film I've already seen and I will try to watch all the episodes of a series that I'm into, but if I miss an ep it's no big deal, I can just catch up with the next episode, and then when the series finishes I just move on and forget.
Totally different with Firefly/Serenity. I went to see the film in the cinema twice (and that's only because I first saw it just before it stopped showing at the all the cinemas near me, so I couldn't see it more times) and then I still went out and bought it on DVD! Just to convey how strange that is for me - I have never seen a film at the cinema more than once before and I have about four DVDs, all of which are light-hearted comedies (like Baseketball). I had to buy Firefly becuase (to the best of my knowledge} it has never been show on any UK channels, but even if I had seen the series on TV, I would still have bought it on DVD to watch it again (I have NO other TV series on DVD). This is the first series that has left me really, truely wanting more.
This show has deeply embedded itself under my skin like no show before; like I said, I have hardly seen another film twice and I have never watched another TV series more than once - Firefly/Serenity is easily the best, most addictive piece of cinematography I have ever seen.
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