Wooooo, Script Review!

POSTED BY: 3EyedCrow
UPDATED: Monday, June 14, 2004 18:40
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3EYEDCROW

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 5:58 AM

Hey everyone, I've been lurking for a while but I didn't see this posted anywhere. There is a script review over at aint-it-cool-news.com (minor minor spoilers). Check it out. Everything sounds excellent so far. http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=17749

3EyedCrow

RKLENSETH

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 6:11 AM

All I can say after reading that is that I can't fucking wait. I want a copy of that script.

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

SEVENPERCENT

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 6:38 AM

Wow. I hate to break the unwritten poster rules with a one word post reply (which I suppose since I have now typed this I didnt), but, unarguably, wow. How many days left?

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He looked bigger when I couldn't see him.

QUICKSAND

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 6:45 AM

HOLY CRAP what is wrong with you people?

I bet you all snuck into your parents rooms to open all your presents on, like, Dec. 22 or something.

Wait for the movie, you weirdos. Why ruin it for yourself?

ATHERTONWING

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 8:52 AM

what everyone seems to have failed to have mentioned is that the review is spoiler free!!! the girl is a massive JW fan and she also didnt want her to be the one who leaked spoilers its just a general 'this was good that was good review" it almost makes you wish she had actually spoiled you she's so vauge at some points.so its pretty much safe to look at.

NOOCYTE

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 8:59 AM

Actually, the poster took explicit (and, to my mind, successful) pains to leave the review as non-spoilery as could be, while still conveying a sense of how well Joss has accomplished his aims. Truly, only the spoiler-free purist (one of which, by now it must be plain, I ain't) would be vexed by this review.

But, to filter even further, let me just say that many of my doubts and fears about Joss' first foray into silver-screen-dom have been put soundly to bed by this wee tease! Sounds like a FILM..and a (Big) Damn Good One.

Counting the days.......

Keep flyin'!

Department of Redundancy Department

PUDOR

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:17 AM

I'm going to spoiler-code the bits I paste from the review, just in case they're spoilerific in some way I'm too dumb to notice :)

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(Also, and just to be anal-retentive here, Whedon on occasion seems to use the words “galaxy” and “solar system” interchangeably in some of his descriptions, though I trust that’s a problem that’ll be worked out by the f/x boys long before post-production time.)

What's the chance that this is deliberate, and *won't* be removed by the 'f/x boys' ever? ;) I can well imagine Joss using each term in just the right places to bring a whole new lot of fresh (and typically inconclusive) evidence to the argument :) Could this be a subtle fan reference in itself?

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Only one cast member has notably fewer scenes than the rest, and I almost wonder if there wasn’t a rather severe scheduling conflict that necessitated that person’s absence from much of the filming.

My money's on Ron Glass as being the one she's talking about here, and may indicate why so few sites are reporting his inclusion in the cast.

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Alternatively, I suppose plot-wise perhaps Zoe, Wash, Kaylee or Inara could be sacrificable so that we can concentrate on one of the more relevant characters. Although - if there's action scenes, Zoe's likely to be in them, and Joss would be insane to not put Kaylee in every single scene, if only to sell the film to the Great Hormonal Masses... Same for Inara, actually. Hmmm. Okay, perhaps Wash is the only option apart from Book.

Anyway, this looks excellent. A couple of things definitely put my mind at ease. I'm happy that

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new fans should be easy to convert on the film alone

, and that

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mal is definitively the main character,

rather than

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farming screen-time out to one of the others, which would just be plain wrong.

Woo! :)

CHRISTOPHERROBIN

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:33 AM

It truly is for the most part spoiler free so go ahead and read the shiny review. Good one 3eyed crow, big upps to ya

Mal: "Well lady, I must say...you're my kinda stupid."

PURPLEBELLY

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:58 AM

So spoiler free that it might have been written by one of the production team

should that opinion have a spoiler-spoiler warning?

ZOID

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 10:04 AM

3EyedCrow, et al:

First: What's "3EyedCrow" a reference to? Does it have something to do with a henchman who's got second sight, but still manages to get put through the portside engine nacelle? Is it a 3Eyed male crow, or a 3Eyed female crow?

Second: The 'review' was interesting, and convinces me more than ever that I've gotten most of the major plot points right whenever I speculate on Firefly... Of course, I suspect all the other, contradicting speculators feel exactly the same way. (Still, read zoid's at your own risk.) It'll be fun seeing who-got-what-right at the theater, and watching people 'back and fill' here at FFFn the next day...

Third: Remember, there should always be a point 'Number 3'. No good explanation can stop with only two points. You heard it here first.

There was one thing that caught my eye in that review:

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Sure they married Riker and Troi, but honestly – does anyone give a fuck?

Now, that's what I'd call '3rd eye-opening'. I just love it when girls talk trashy, don't you?

Respectfully,

zoid
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"Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me." The Ballad of Serenity

Only 316 days, 19 hours, 6 minutes, and 57 seconds left until The BDM!

DRAKON

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 10:21 AM

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recently truncated crew???

This was the one thing, other than the joke that caught my eye. Wonder who that could be?

Also, I don't know what Ron Glass is doing, but I do know that Allen just did "I,Robot" and might have to do a promotion tour of that movie, which would cut into his filming scedule. I don't know which character got the shorter screen time, but I would be guessing at Allen, rather than Ron.

And yes, I did open my presents early

"Wash, where is my damn spaceship?"

NEDWARD

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 10:41 AM

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recently truncated crew???

This was the one thing, other than the joke that caught my eye. Wonder who that could be?

I thought this phrasing was a sly reference to Joss' "spoiler" last week. It'll be interesting to see what she means by it, though. In 317 days' time...

CARDIE

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 11:00 AM

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recently truncated crew???

This was the one thing, other than the joke that caught my eye. Wonder who that could be?

I thought this phrasing was a sly reference to Joss' "spoiler" last week. It'll be interesting to see what she means by it, though. In 317 days' time...

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Inara having made good on her promise to leave Serenity. The casting sheet leaked earlier had her back in her Companion house.

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SOJOURNER

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 3:04 PM

Now THAT was exactly what I needed. I'm sure it's not just me, but I've always been content (to a certain extent) with the watching the dvd set over and over, but now that I know they're actually FILMING more I can't take it! Hoorah!

on to my thoughts: I'd bet that the "recently truncated" part is reference to Inara. It would look kind of odd, (to the browncoats) if inara did leave, but came back sometime in the six months between OIS and Serenity with no kind of explanation. It's just continuity.(sp?) Also good divice for tension between her and Mal
As far as a busy cast member, my money is on Allen. He has "I, Robot", as well as "Dodgeball" coming this summer. There are sure to be obligations there.

I can't believe we're getting our crew back

--Bryan

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 4:05 PM

I believe the author took great pains to keep her review spoiler free, efforts I take as a kindness.

That said, I am getting a warm & fuzzy feeling about our BDM.

I am thinking that the cast member w/ the scheduling conflict would have to be Alan. He just finished up I, Robot, and is most likely working on promoting the film. There was also talk of him filming a movie w/ Tom Hank's son in Mexico. Not sure where filming on that stands or if it has wrapped.

Only 317 days!

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

CAPTAINCDC

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 4:37 PM

I'm so glad the reviewer kept it spoiler free. It's going to be a L O N G 317 days waiting till this gem is released. Can't wait!

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

TRASK43

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 5:13 PM

I thought it was a good review considering how little info was released it has still somehow made me even more optimistic that this film will be as great as we all hope it will be. I just hope no one else gets their hands on the script anytime soon as I really dont want to be spoiled on this film but I know I'll get tempted.

www.summer-glau.com

BLEYDDYN

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 5:24 PM

Would someone be kind enough to email me a copy of the article? I've been trying to access it all morning with no luck.

bleyddyn@browncoats.com

Thanks.

--Bleyddyn

RKLENSETH

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 5:35 PM

That's because it was taken down. The link was posted at the OB which was a mistake in my humble opinion. It's not like there are official people reading the site or anything.

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

RKLENSETH

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 5:36 PM

The whole article was posted at www.serenitymovie.net forum under the section called spoilers.

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

JESS

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 7:39 PM

Shiny! Hints just make me want more, though.

3EYEDCROW

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:07 PM

Zoid,

Embarrassingly enough, I didn't even make a connected between the name 3EyedCrow and our beloved Crow from the train job. Its actually a reference to the only member of my personal pantheon not named Joss Whedon, George R. R. Martin, the greatest fantasy author alive. He's writing a series called A Song of Ice and Fire, the first book being A Game of Thrones. The three eyed crow is a minor though very intriguing character in it. Check it out if you have time! Oh, and by the way, I am most definitely a male crow.

3EyedCrow

GUNHAND

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:16 PM

Shiny on the script type things there, very interesting indeed.

And I agree on the George Martin thing, just wish he'd get Feast of Crows out soonish, I never was one who was good at waiting patiently or anything...

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"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

MELEE

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:25 PM

*crawls cautiously out of prolonged messageboard-lurkdom with Mr. Fluff securely entrenched in her hair*

Wow, long time no see folks! Damn, don't even recognize half the people here anymore...

Anyhoo, needed to crawl out of anonymity to say: YAY! YAY! (and once more... together now) YAY! I cannot wait for the movie! That review was, while pretty much entirely spoiler free, just tantalizing enough to make me want to put myelf into a voluntary coma until April 22nd 2005 (as if it wasn't enough that I've already been giving myself aneurysms over the Farscape miniseries).

All I ask for is just a little Wash n' Zoe lovin' and I'll be happy as a little clam. Maybe I can stalk Joss into letting me have a minor roll in the next movie...

*crawls back under the table of lurkdom, with Mr. Fluff now chewing on her shirt collar*

SERGEANTX

Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:01 PM

Hey Melee!

No, not too many old hands left. Mostly post DVD people these days. Nice to see you around again.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:38 PM

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Hey Melee!

No, not too many old hands left. Mostly post DVD people these days. Nice to see you around again.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

Sarge is right Melee, not too many of the old familiar faces around too much anymore.

Good to see you come out of lurk mode though.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

DESANGRO

Monday, June 14, 2004 2:08 AM

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Sarge is right Melee, not too many of the old familiar faces around too much anymore.

Good to see you come out of lurk mode though.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Hey, what happened to all the old hands anyway?! I don't post as much as I once did, but don't tell me that folk are leaving the fandom? An' just when it's gettin' good, too.

Shucks.

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, June 14, 2004 4:53 PM

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Sarge is right Melee, not too many of the old familiar faces around too much anymore.

Good to see you come out of lurk mode though.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Hey, what happened to all the old hands anyway?! I don't post as much as I once did, but don't tell me that folk are leaving the fandom? An' just when it's gettin' good, too.

Shucks.

I don't think they are leaving DeSangro just think some are taking some time away from the boards. I know many still lurk & read, they just don't post.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

ECGORDON

Monday, June 14, 2004 5:36 PM

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...I agree on the George Martin thing, just wish he'd get Feast of Crows out soonish, I never was one who was good at waiting patiently or anything...

Your long wait is nearly over, Gunhand. A Feast For Crows is due out in 10 days, June 24, and is available as a pre-order from amazon.com. Might want to consider helping Haken out by clicking on his link and buying it.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

KEVIN

Monday, June 14, 2004 6:22 PM

PLEASE IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS OR WILL BE GETTING THE FULL SCRIPT PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
kevinconnn@yahoo.com LESS THAN A YEAR AWAY UNTIL THE BDM..............SHINY

WEERWOLF

Monday, June 14, 2004 6:40 PM

I have had Feast of Crows on order since 4 june 2002 at amazon.co.uk... And I received an email last week that it was finally due out soon, but since then the 4-6 weeks delivery estimate has been put back to 'not yet released'... Probably because first print is already sold out in the US on pre-order. Amazon also emailed me that book 5 (which I ordered in early 2003) has been pushed back to a release date in 2007, and they cancelled my order for it.

I hope Martin doesn't kick it before he finishes the damn thing... It's about the most compelling fantasy epic I've read.

Edit: there's a comic out called Hedge Knight, set a couple of decades before the events in the books. Might help to tide you over. I think it's an ongoing series or maybe a 6-issues long series or something.

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