Anyone read the novel 'Serenity'

POSTED BY: elk
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 14:42
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ANONYMOUS1

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:50 AM

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Originally posted by kayleesthegreatest:
The only thing i didnt like was when mal said in the movie that he would shoot anyone down that wont helping him. it translated in the book to i will ****ing shoot you.
It just doest seem like mal

Joss must have gotten Mal and Nathan mixed up
for a bit.

Just like Gunrunner said, it was in the script.

Just checked my copy of Serenity Visual Companion
and the Nathan version of the line is in there too.

For a description of the Serenity Visual Companion see

http://www.serenitystuff.com/category/books

1TOSMILE

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:31 AM

I have read the book twice and after reading this thread I am going to grab it up and read it Again!

JUSTSHINY

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:55 AM

I've read it. There are a few changes in the script that annoy me, but for the most part I love it cause I can really bring Serenity everywhere I go.

"In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control."
AIM:LuckieDragon7
Always up for talkin' to my fellow Browncoats!

DAX82

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:10 AM

I read it. I thought it was done really well.

ZOID

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:03 PM

KRAD's treatment of Serenity was the first 'book of the movie' I had ever read. He hangs out on the several Firefly sites, so if you happen across his path, be sure and tell him how much you enjoyed his work. Every artist loves appreciation of their work, even if they're too modest to admit it.

You might also consider buying his "Dragon Precinct" if you enjoy fantasy. I thought it was very well done (although I profess no love for fantasy, per se).

I enjoyed his treatment of "Serenity" -- although, again, I'm not a big fan of movie novelizations, nor for that matter movies adapted from great novels that I have read. It's odd, but I think movies are visually externally oriented, while great novels are about the internal struggle of the character(s), which can rarely be externalized with the same impact on a movie screen. And, of course, all the visuals in a novel are created in the readers' 'mind's eye'. Taking that vision to the big screen often disappoints, because different people will visualize physical aspects of the characters and scenery in a multitude of ways.

Such digression notwithstanding, I truly enjoyed the book; but not as much as my boxer, "Cobb" did. He chewed the covers off the book, and pronounced it, "Tasty!"

Culinarily,

zoid
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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'

GREATBLACKTHORN

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:42 PM

I heard there's a scene in that where the Operative stabs Book and gives a little hint to his past.

Was that something originally in the script, or just something that the author added in?

She'll turn you in before you can say "Don't turn me in...lady..."

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