More info on the Serenity from Universal. Including an awesome description of Serenity!

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UPDATED: Thursday, March 4, 2004 22:52
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JHARROD

Thursday, March 4, 2004 3:55 AM

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Originally posted by trask43:
I dont really like the sound of mal takes on new passengers (simon and river) it makes it sound like there going to re-introduce the characters which doesnt really fit with the six months on story that we've been reading. Although it does fit with the whole making it accessible to new people as everyone else in the crew are reasonably self explanatary but it would be hard for a newcomer to grasp the simon/river story without having to go over there history which I dont think Joss wants do.

www.summer-glau.com

Perhaps it was just reviewing the overall story for the series?

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RKLENSETH

Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:17 AM

Actual this would make sense. They want to distant themselves from the Firefly series and since FOX would get money if it looked a lot like the series it might mean that this won't be the Firefly we know.

I think it may be a different looking ship, different looking constumes and props, and even different storyline. It might be a lot like Serenity episode but more epic, violent, and movie like.

The only thing that gives me hope that this isn't the case is that Joss says it takes up 6 months after Objects in Space. So it might be just a recap of what happened but how do you reintroduce Simon and River and their problems?

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

SNEAKER98

Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:38 AM

No no, fox sold the rights to Universal a long time ago. Don't you fret, they'll get wash and book ;)

And to be honest, they might just do a "Train Job". We should all get what I mean heh

"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds

RKLENSETH

Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:42 AM

FOX would still get money from Universal if it looked a lot like Firefly. That could also be a reason for naming the movie Serenity so that FOX doesn't get any royalties for using the titel Firefly.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

SNEAKER98

Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:45 AM

No, it's not. The rights aren't held by fox anymore, they were sold. this means fox does NOT get royalties. the movie is called serenity (so i heard) because josh wants to seperate it from the tv show, so people feel like they can walk into it without having watched the series.

"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds

MAKEROFPATHS

Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:16 AM

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
T how do you reintroduce Simon and River and their problems?

Simple really. Flashback but from different point of view and different locale. E.g., Simon first seeing his sister after 2-plus years and how emotional that moment would be.
Simon: I'm going to take you away.
River: (Looks needy and happy) Mumph.
Simon: I've got an idea.
Flash to cargo bay of Serenity, Simon checks readouts on fancy fridge. etc.. . .

NOOCYTE

Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:26 AM

First, I think: "flashbacks are SOOO hard to do without (at least) a modicum of cheese...

Than I think of "Out Of Gas," and the bad feelings go away like fire in a vacuum.

Whatever reservations people might have about "The Train Job," it did show that Joss and Tim have a penchant for elegantly compressed exposition in a pinch.

Trust in Joss....

Department of Redundancy Department

INFRA172

Thursday, March 4, 2004 9:34 AM

River is crazy psychic and they're both fugitives. That's all the audience needs to know about them. No need for flashbacks. Just one scene of them hiding from the police and then River killing them with her mind would suffice.

If I had to bet, I'd say the danger onboard would be Book. It'll turn out that he's a spy or working for the resistance or something. The big plot point I was interrested in was that the Reavers are after River too. That's new.

OUTLANDER

Thursday, March 4, 2004 11:45 AM

It is important to note that The Train Job was written over the space of a single weekend. Joss has had a lot more time to work on the movie script so I would expect that it will be as good as anything he has written for the series. I also believe that what we will see in the movie we would have seen in the series, if it had lasted long enough. The only difference will be the scale of the events. Everything will be BIGGER.

CALHOUN

Thursday, March 4, 2004 11:51 AM

I seem to recall having seen it mentioned that Alan Tudyk was at the moment busy with "I Robot". He prolly cant sign on the dotted line yet because of this commitment. I bet he'll want to be a part of the movie though.

I havent seen anything regarding Ron Glauss on the other hand, so he better have a damn good reason for not having signed on yet!

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