For anyone who cares: movie showdown Empire vs Serenity on io9

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FIDDLER

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:17 PM

io9.com has been having the March Movie Madness and they are down to the final showdown. The final two contenders are Empire Strikes Back vs Serenity.

The truth is, I'm not a huge Star Wars fan. But Empire is a brilliant movie. If it had been Blade Runner vs Serenity, I would have voted Blade Runner (and it was exactly that match up and serenity won). In this match up I am definitely voting Serenity. If you want to vote (if you haven't already heard about it) http://io9.com/#!5789509/io9-march-movie-madness-the-final-showdown-em
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FIDDLER

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:18 PM

Polls close at midnight Pacific

STORYMARK

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:23 PM

Empire, easy.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

DREAMTROVE

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:49 PM

Serenity

All those star wars fanbois are weakened by dreadful prequels. The secret truth being that there was no secret truth, or at least, a pretty dumb one. That kills your mystery.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

PENTHOS

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 8:15 PM

Serenity. I can (and do) watch that movie over and over. I never get tired of it. It's deeper than Empire, better acted, and just as viscerally entertaining.

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PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 8:54 PM

Honestly, this is a tough one for me. They've both been my favorite movie before, so I don't know if I can chose between them. The prequels did indeed damage Star Wars quite badly, but Empire is still good on its own, and by far the best Star Wars movie. They both make me absolutely giddy with delight... I might not be able to vote on this one. I had no qualms voting for Serenity over anything else it came up against and no qualms about voting for Empire over everything else, but I just don't know if I can pick between the two.
...Serenity won't win, of course. There's no way. I might give it my vote just to keep it from being utterly thrashed, but I really can't say that one is better than the other. I really can't.

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

ECGORDON

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 9:59 PM

I have no problem voting for Serenity this time. Even the good Star Wars films are mostly flash with little substance.

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ZEEK

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 9:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Empire, easy.

Gotta say I agree with that. It's really no contest in my mind. Empire is a classic that set the bar in a lot of ways. Serenity is good and all but it didn't up the ante at all IMO.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 10:49 PM

My two favourite sci-fi films are up against each other! It's a tough call but ultimatley I'd go Serenity. It's no fault of Empire Strikes Back, but it's inevitable cliff hanger ending means it always feels incomplete.

TWO

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 11:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Empire is a classic that set the bar in a lot of ways. Serenity is good and all but it didn't up the ante at all IMO.

I did my research, carefully judging the two movies and voted for Serenity after considering The Empire Strikes Back parody by The Family Guy.

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

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