Some questions regarding the movie. SPOILERS INSIDE.

POSTED BY: Doffe
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 22:17
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DOFFE

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 2:07 PM

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Originally posted by micjwelch:
I suggest listening to the director's commentary for Serenity. [...] Joss gets to explain a lot of what happened in the movie. Give him a chance to defend himself.

I will as soon as my gorram DVD arrives. It takes ages for amazon.co.uk to deliver to Sweden.

Keep flying.
Doffe.

AGENTROUKA

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 9:35 PM

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Originally posted by Doffe:
Next question in that case is if the deaths forfeits the second movie (if there is going to be one?) in our eyes?

Hardly. :)

We still have seven very cool characters left, and the deaths of Book and Wash do nothing to affect the majority of the relationships among most of them.

Lots of room for fascinating character explorations.

Plus, the plot of the movie left a lot of options for a sequel. It's a vast 'verse, after all.

I don't understand, how should the loss of Wash and Book prevent a sequel?

STEAMER

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 9:45 PM

Well, my view is, Wash was one of the most (if not THE most) lovable characters on the show and to kill him off was to kill off part of the series itself. Ever since I first saw the movie I haven't been able to shake the feeling that the character deaths played some part in the movie's woeful box-office performance. That's not to say it was a bad film, it had damn well better get four stars from TV Guide. But even though Uncle Joss can hardly be criticised for telling the story the way he wants, there may well have been at least a few fans who were dismayed enough to be dissuaded from seeing it again.

~

"We'll pass through it soon enough."

DONCOAT

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 9:56 PM

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Originally posted by Steamer:
But even though Uncle Joss can hardly be criticised for telling the story the way he wants, there may well have been at least a few fans who were dismayed enough to be dissuaded from seeing it again.

Well, possibly... but it wasn't *this* fan.

I saw the BDM in the theater more than any other movie, ever. By quite a wide margin. Second place probably goes to 2001: A Space Odyssey, but Serenity has it beat by at least 2x, even though 2001 was released some 35 years earlier.

And then I went to Flanvention, my first fan convention of any flavor. So the BDM did nothing but fan my browncoat flames.

(Hmmm, that's not really the best imagery, is it? *DonCoat runs down the street with his jacket afire, yelling for someone to turn a garden hose on him*)

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I don't disagree on any particular point.

SAB39

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 10:17 PM

I can tell you why *I* didn't see the BDM in theaters.

Because gorram SciFi channel didn't finish showing all the ruttin' episodes until after Serenity was done playin' in theaters!

I ain't like to see a movie if I ain't yet seen all that leads up to it...

(yes, *now* I own the DVDs, but at the time I didn't... and knowing what I know now about the importance of the box office performance, I have regrets on that score my own self...)

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