Serenity's trueness to Firefly

POSTED BY: ACrazyIvan
UPDATED: Friday, March 31, 2006 20:01
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ACRAZYIVAN

Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:37 AM

I was just thinking today - Serenity was totally true to Firefly. How often do we have movies come out that aren't true to what they're based on? All the time. I'm just so pleased that Serenity was so true to all of Firefly. I know that it was for obvious reasons, but I'm glad that Joss didn't have to give in to studio demands or anything like that to make it something that wasn't connected to the series.

I guess there's no REAL point to this post - I just had to tell someone about how content I was.

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ROLAND19

Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:18 AM

Yeah, I sincerely agree with you, my friend. Some people 'round here complain that Serenity wasn't as character driven and all other sorts of nonsense. I don't know what movie they were watching.

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SIGMANUNKI

Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:54 AM

And we don't know what movie you were watching.

So, why make flame bait threads like this?

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"We're in a giant car heading into a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and everybody's arguing about where they want to sit."
-David Suzuki

ROLAND19

Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:59 AM

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
And we don't know what movie you were watching.

So, why make flame bait threads like this?

Aww, did you not get enough sleep? Is that why you're bitching about nothing? How cute.

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DEEPGIRL187

Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:44 PM

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Originally posted by Roland19:
Quote:
Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
And we don't know what movie you were watching.

So, why make flame bait threads like this?

Aww, did you not get enough sleep? Is that why you're bitching about nothing? How cute.

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The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. - Buffy

Children, please. We're all friends here, there's no need to fight. How about meeting each other halfway? Serenity was plot-driven (it was a movie after all), but you also can't ignore the strong characters, particularly Mal and River. That being said, you're both right. See? We can all still get along.

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this life of crime.

NUCLEARDAY

Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:48 PM

Well, there's some stuff that just isn't going to work in movie form where you only have two hours to get the end; that was quite prevalent in the series. Have to stay quite a bit more focused in a movie, and can't have as many of those off-topic moments like in the series.

Speaking for myself, alot of the appeal that Firefly had for me was the little moments between the crew. The galley scenes, seeing them goofing around in the cargo bay, etc. For obvious reasons you can't have that in the movie, unless it's in some way pushing the plot forward. Not that there isn't anything like that in the movie, just not as much as in the series. The BDM for obvious reasons had to focus more on Mal and River than the rest of the crew, and what I liked about the series was seeing the interconnection between all of the BDH's.

Don't get me wrong, though. I'm as big a fan of the movie as I am of the series. Notwithstanding the fact that the BDM was what drove me from "oh, hey isn't it a shame about that Firefly show being cancelled?" to marching up and down the streets singing the theme song at the top of my lungs. (well, figurately speaking at least- though I still sing along the privacy of my apartment :)

But still, given a choice I'd pick having another series over another movie. The movie was great, and I still tear up all throughout the last half hour, and I even like the soundtrack as much as the series soundtrack. But there's some of the leisurely pace in a TV series that for me at least brings out more of a sense that these are real people sailing the black, making the best life they can, getting along as best they can.

Still, I'd have to say Serenity stayed true to the series as much as was possible when switching between mediums. But I'd expect no less from Joss and co. :)

Oh my, take a few days off from the boards, and I'm back to rambling on endlessly... sorry 'bout that ;p

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SIGMANUNKI

Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:17 PM

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Originally posted by deepgirl187:

Children, please.

Hey, don't make it look like I sunk down to his childish level. I was just making a point of fact.

Obviously, that this topic has been brought up time and time again and nothing but flame wars has been the result. Bringing it up, yet again, can benefit what... who... anything? I really think that these threads are generated by people who are just trolling. No good can come of them.

Basically, they don't understand us, we don't understand them. If history has taught us anything, it's that this topic should drop.

Again, point of fact.

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"We're in a giant car heading into a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and everybody's arguing about where they want to sit."
-David Suzuki

ROLAND19

Friday, March 31, 2006 2:54 AM

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Quote:
Originally posted by deepgirl187:

Children, please.

Hey, don't make it look like I sunk down to his childish level. I was just making a point of fact.

Obviously, that this topic has been brought up time and time again and nothing but flame wars has been the result. Bringing it up, yet again, can benefit what... who... anything? I really think that these threads are generated by people who are just trolling. No good can come of them.

Basically, they don't understand us, we don't understand them. If history has taught us anything, it's that this topic should drop.

Again, point of fact.

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"We're in a giant car heading into a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and everybody's arguing about where they want to sit."
-David Suzuki

Why do you keep saying "we," like you speak for anyone other than yourself? You don't, not anymore than I do.

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The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. - Buffy

SIGMANUNKI

Friday, March 31, 2006 3:31 AM

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Originally posted by Roland19:

Why do you keep saying "we," like you speak for anyone other than yourself? You don't, not anymore than I do.

Ad Hominem.

You're going to have to chill man. This stuff isn't something to blow a blood vessle over.

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"We're in a giant car heading into a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and everybody's arguing about where they want to sit."
-David Suzuki

EVILDINOSAUR

Friday, March 31, 2006 3:34 AM

Serenity was not 100% true to Firefly. I'll point out the differences.

-Serenity had a cold, dark, metallic look in the movie, as opposed to the warm, earthy, home look it had in the series, as Joss was going for the whole dark thing in the movie.

-In the series, Mal had clearly accepted Simon and River as part of his crew, then in the movie, not so much.

-I think they also changed the way in which River got out of the academy. It doesn't make sense that Simon did it, were that the case Simon wouldn't have been so clueless about what was up with River.

I think that's about it. Granted, that's not a whole lot of change, but at least a couple of those are pretty significant, to me at least. You are of course welcome to your opinion, just offering mine.

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