I know why I love Serenity. Why do you?
POSTED BY: agirlyman
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 03:12
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yar, had the wrong serenity in mind ;p
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i know why i love serenity, it because when i watch either firefly or serenity i am pushed into a whole new world with brand new experiences.
i have watched firefly with my boy friend who hated most films and programs that are like serenity, the day after he bought firefly and loves it. it just opens a new world to everyone and helps people to dream.
RiverPhoenixTam
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Originally posted by agirlyman:
I see a little bit of myself in every character. Mal the badass hero, Zoe the dedicated friend, Jayne the big dumb animal, Kaylee's sweetnees (not so much), Inara's heart, Simon's Devotion, Book's faith (again, not so much), The humor of Wash, River's fractured mind, and most importantly Serenity is home, my soul.
Yeah, that.
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Because it's the only worthwhile film to have escaped from Hollywood, or anywhere, in ages.
I have to come right out and own up to not actually being very keen on the whole going out to the cinema experience.
The films are rarely that great. And by great, I mean I'm looking for something to make you stagger outside into the sunlight (or darkness) in a daze.
I also mean something that is good enough to take your mind off the Dolby THX Surround sound of people eating, drinking or making / taking cellphone calls. (The cliche phrase for the mobile phone generation is "I'm on the train." You can tell civilisation has gone down the drain when you have heard somebody say (My hand to God) "I'm watching Lord of The Rings.")
But enough of my prejudices. Serenity. I actually went out and saw it without being threatened or bribed. Voluntarily even. It was just a pure pleasure. Not a particularly Browncoaty crowd, reasonably normal looking.
I'm not much for talking to strangers, but I did make fleeting eye contact and exchange a the odd cheesy grin / nod where there were other folk doing exactly the same as me: Bursting with excitement, yet too reserved to show it, and surreptitiously checking everyone else out to see if there are any of the Chosen Few Who Know The Big Damn Secret That This Is Guaranteed, And I Mean Cast Iron, To Be Totally Great On Any Level You'd Care To Mention.
And although it wasn't swamped with Browncoats, everyone was dead quiet, enthralled and intent on the film (apart from small bursts of spontaneous applause which are entirely understandable.)
I'm can't think of many films that have had that effect.
Given that there is an actual Film Industry, how come it finds it so difficult to assemble a good script, good actors, a good director and and a good cinematograher in one place?
Serenity can join Pulp Fiction, Aliens, the Colin Firth / Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice, the Empty Child / The Doctor Dances episodes of Dr Who* and Father Ted.*
So there's my verdict. "It would get me into a cinema." There really is no higher accolade.
G
*Yes, but class will always be class.
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Colin Firth / Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice
Yeah, this is awesome. The only thing close to firefly in the 'how often I like to watch' and 'time per episode spent watching with a smile on my face' stakes.
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Oops! Huge gaffe to have left "Firefly" off the World's Famous Supreme Team.
Galtzheimers
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I love Serenity/Firefly because I have never thought of the characters on tv as friends...yup, I sound crazy.
We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.
"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young
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That's easy: River! Okay, when I think about this seriously, I actually... still think: River! But even more seriously, everything is about people who care... about River! :) Okay, pulling myself together now, it's Love, in point of fact. Love... for River!
Okay, I give up. :) I try and be serious, but all I hear myself say is: River! Hmm, maybe because my sub-consciousness is trying to tell me I'm not kidding, but, in fact, all serious? Hmm.
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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam
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Well, I think a lot of us have similar reasons for loving the series. I'll just add onto other folks' with something additional that really captured me.
It's a combination of the scenarios, the dialogue, and how the lines are delivered that got me. Each and every scene, whatever happened, the characters said exactly what should've been said to make the situations seem real and lifelike, believable and relateable, and, witty and enjoyable.
There're so many pieces of dialogue and scenarios that happen in Firefly that just don't in general. Think back to the pilot: Mal plays one of the meanest tricks on Simon imaginable, and as soon as Simon sees it, you cut to the entire group of them laughing. That doesn't happen in your cliched sci-fi: the captain generally doesn't resort to doing something mean just 'cause it's really, really funny.
Or, think back to the deleted scene with the Operative at the end of the movie. "What a whiner"... it's what everyone wants to say to the villian who talks too much, but Mal will get off regardless.
Or, what about War Stories, where Niska starts out all gleeful at the prospect of forcing Zoe to make a difficult choice.
Niska: Ahh, you see, now you have to cho--
Zoe: Him
Niska: ...???
Zoe: Oh I'm sorry, you were going to make me choose, right? Do you want to finish?
Even at the end of War Stories...
Zoe: No, this is something the captain has to do for himself
Mal: No it aint'!
Zoe: Oh? *fires*
And our favorite, at the end of Shindig...
Mal: Mercy is the mark of a great man. *stab*
Mal: Guess I'm just a good man. ... *stab*
Mal: ...I'm all right.
Seriously, every scene you have that break-away from the old and tired motions, and the characters finally do stuff you expect them to. Mal likes taking cheap shots, especially when they're funny, so no sense of 'honor' is gonna stop him from that. Zoe doesn't get drawn into drama, so if you're gonna go into some long-winded monologue about your master evil plan, expect her to kick you in the windpipe by the fourth word.
There're a million other examples, but I think you know where I'm gettin' at. And something as good as Firefly could only have been pulled off with the collective genious of the original storyboard creators, the writers, and the actors. And that's not even going into the artistic quality of its visuals. KF
~KF
Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer
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