So, what are your opinions of the DVD???
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 22, 2005 04:50
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I have to say, I'm more of an extra whore when it comes to DVDs i saw more then once in teh theaters. I want to see things I havn't seen before, like Featerettes (can't spell) and gag reels, not usually deleted scenes cause they usually are cut for a reason (as long as its not time for the reason). And for comittary, as much as I like Joss Whedon, and think hes a good speaker ( i mean look at the Joss intro to one of the screenings), I don't really care how he shot certain things, or what they did to set up the shot, some people might I just dont. I'd rather hear the cast (it was the best ones on Firefly DVDs), there usually funny ( I mean, you couldn't help liking the Alan and Nathan or Nathan and Joss commentary on the FF DVDs).
But i digress, the movie still kicks ass, and i'm picking up more for very late x-mas presents when i get to england (since i move soon)
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Biggest peeve about the DVD...
You should be able to play the movie WITH deleted scenes inserted back in!!!
Other than that, the DVD was perfect.
And it weren't too dark Chrisisall
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Originally posted by jerryt:
Being late to the verse this was the first chance I had to see the BDM.
1. I didn't like it as well as I do the series. Obviously a movie has to have more flash. The series just seemed to have a more character centric feel to it.
2. Does anybody think Kaylee looked better with a few additional pounds?
3. I think the outakes with Mal and Inara in the shuttle should have been included. They showed some of the banter those two always had in the series.
4. The DVD had a great LFE track on it. My SVS sub had a good workout.
5. I agree that there were times where the dialog was kind of drowned out by the music/effects and was hard to make out what they were saying.
6. I was sad to see Wash get killed, but it looks like River may have found a job on the ship now.
7. One of my favorite scenes is toward the end when Simon and Kaylee start to make out, and you see Rivers face appear in the hatch looking down at them, lol.
All in all, a nice addition to the 'Verse'. As for the missing scene with the Mal and Inara hug, maybe Joss is holding that for the BDM2.
JerryT
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Your first and second comments were discussed in a lively manner when the movie came out. I liked the series more because I didn't like the subtle changes in character and didn't like having Wash and Book killed. Some people counterargued that it's realistic to have main characters die and I countered their counterarguments by saying that there was a lot of unrealistic violence in the movie so they could've spared Wash and Book. I liked Kaylee with more meat on her bones and so did a lot of other people but not everybody agreed. Some people liked the trimmed down Kaylee better.
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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
We had our Christmas party at work yesterday before everyone took off for their Christmas break. Its one of those parties where everyone has to exchange gifts, and I recieved a LOT of gifts from those morons at work this year, and I BET you guyz and galz can't guess what all of my co-workers chose to get me?
I now have 18 copies of Serenity, and 6 copies of Firefly the Complete Series Dvd!!!! What were they thinking?
I watched Serenity last night and I have to say that the lighting was really bad in certain scenes...especially the Miranda scenes. It was too bright to the point where I couldnt even see the actors! Kaylee is a beautiful character in Serenity, and she looks really good thin, but the "baby fat" that she carried with her in the Firefly series added to her perkiness, and in a way, made her more beautiful and lovable.
The DVD cover was icky, and so 70ish looking. I did like the advertisment for the new Battlestar Galactica seeing that its my new space opera and all. I felt let-down by the cut scenes.
After watching the movie, and while I was converting and burning it straight into my new ipod video, I realized that, though Serenity is a good movie, the Firefly series blows it out of the water in a very big way.
P.S.
For those who are interested:
Serenity converts down nicely to MP4 format at a nice 327MB, which fits perfectly on the new ipod video. I now have ever firefly episode plus Serenity on my new ipod video. Pretty cool huh?
Gosh! I guess a lot of people are going to be regifted copies of Serenity and Firefly. Sounds like your Christmas shopping is done!
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I pretty much like the DVD. It's awesome, and the movie tied in so well with everything. I mean, the quality just works for everyone, its so awesome. Thank God or whoever for Firefly!
KC
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I must be a bit less critical of the film than most. I thought it was fantastic, though a bit darker in theme than the series. I never saw Wash's death coming. It was totally out of the blue, and added a very emotional twist toward the end.
The cover art isn't horrible. I've seen much worse on other DVD releases.
I agree, it would be nice to see the film complete with the deleted scenes added in, but I think it would be nicer to see some more Episodes of a new Firefly series instead.
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Ok, sometimes I just read FAR too much into things, But I was curious if those of you who listened to the comentary remember when Joss was talking about the 20 minutes of talking about the past and on the 21st minute some people will walk out, ......or sometimes after 14 minutes. Reference to FOX walking out on him after 14 episodes? It's near the beginning of the commentary.
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I didnt think the movie was too dark at all. I remember people complaining about that with the Firefly set, too. I think the problem with some people is, you watch it at day time. You have to watch it in the dark, as it aint that shiny out in the black.
Anyway, i was very happy with the DVD. Though would have wanted more extras (but compared to other movies it had pretty much the standard amount, so i aint complaining), but hopefully there will be an SE or LE later on.
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I guess I am alone on this...Joss could not make the movie just another episode..Browncoats would have been happy but newcomers and critics would have been confused and probably not liked it as much as they did..A WEEKLY TV SERIES AND A FEATURE FILM ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND SHOULD NOT BE COMPARED..Serenity should be compared to other movies..As for the person who said that because the premise is not realistic both Wash and Book could have lived..Here are some movies with unrealistic premises that killed off important characters..I do remember that Obi Wan was killed in Star Wars , Boromir and Gandalf(sort of)were killed in the Fellowship of the Ring, Ripley is the only one to make it in Alien and Aliens with some big named stars being killed in both movies, Neo , Morpheus and Trinity are the only three from there crew of 8 to make it in the Matrix...Likeable characters sometimes get killed off..I do believe that if someone watches the Movie and enjoys it then watches the series they might like the series more...Because watching an episode every week or flying through the Firefly Dvd's is addictive..Much more addictive then a Movie on its own ,or a Movie with another coming in 2 years,or a movie that killed characters you loved. This doesn't mean the film should lose points for this.. The TV show was an enjoyable entertaining funny somewhat of a family show that I was a huge fan of(beyond reason) but Making the movie another episode would have not had appealed to new fans like a serious action thriller does...For there to be another show or movie we need alot more then just dedicated browncoats to see it...More importantly we need it to appeal to older high school kids and younger college kids..
In closing I think who ever edited the movie deserves an award every bad seen was kept out...
Great Work..
I like scenes between Jayne and Book..So i,m mad because the movie wasn't 20 hours of just those two talking(I am being a wise ass sorry)
And there should have been 300 extras taking up 7 dvds(sorry again)
I want it to be clear that I am not a fanboy..I would love to see someone complain about parts of the story that might not have made sense or the whole Mr. Universe character being cheesy or anything but Why did they kill Wash and Book or why didn,t it have everything that I wanted in it..They just seem like 5th grader complaints.. I would just like to get deeper into discussing the film then the same two points..
Clearly if your DVD has sound or darkness problems that would be unacceptable..
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I'm supposed to be gradings papers.... but they can wait a bit.
Loved it. I just hope I will get to see more of them.
Just one thing: I like to put the subtitles for the deaf. At one point, Joss speaks of the "Millenium Falcon", and the subtitles say "Millenium Vulcan".
Also about the comment about the Canadian version having French in it. Well, we are here, we speak French, and French is an official language. Deal with it. Also, it is sad to read comments where we are dissed, and then complain that we want to leave. Just love us. We are nice. On a funny side... maybe we don't want to be part of the Alliance... so that makes us Browncoats 
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