Screening report from Charlotte (no spoilers please)

POSTED BY: Jadehand
UPDATED: Monday, June 27, 2005 01:48
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JADEHAND

Friday, June 24, 2005 6:09 AM

Ok, First it's 1:47 in the morning and I just got in from the screening, others of you I met there are still on the road. This is to be short and hopefully expounded on by the fine group of people I met tonight.

Second, no spoilers. If you want those they can be found elsewhere on the web I'm sure.

Third, Chris Buchanan ! Yeah, he is an affable chap alright. Big Thanks to you for showing up and enjoying the film with us. Hope you join us at Dragon*Con.

Ok the heart of the matter: Serenity. We got the Joss intro, which I asked Chris about after the film. If it would be on the DVD. If I recall he pretty much said that he wanted it in there, and they had already begun putting the DVD together, but nothing for sure yet. I hope it makes it on, It's great.
As has been said before, no worries about newbies being lost, characters and situations are well established without rehashing.
We got pretty close to the finished film. Chris said a lot of the special effects were finished from the last time he saw it, so mostly music and touches of coloring were all that needed done.
It's hard to go on without talking too much about details, and as it's late and I'm tired and promised no spoilers, I don't what to risk it, but I'll add later and invite other who asked/remember the other questions to feel free to add them here.
Simply put though, no worries mates. This film is amazing. You know Joss. You will experience a full range of emotion in the 2 hours of Serenity. I have no problem putting this film in my number 1 slot. And I so look forward to seeing it again and again and again.
Love.
-JadeHand

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CALLMESERENITY

Friday, June 24, 2005 2:15 PM

Gosh-I don't even know where to start.
I had a fabulous time meeting all of you. The move was incredible, fantastic, heart wrenching, exciting, a billion other adjectives. It's going to take me weeks to recover, I think. I was SO into it while watching; sucked in. Just ask poor Bob who sat next to me.

Chris Buchanan was great! (Are you reading this, Chris?) As someone else mentioned in another thread, he seemed as excited to be there as we were. We got some pictures with him afterwards, which I will try to post when I get them developed.

WickedWren deserves some credit, too. She ordered the birthday banner, got us organized to sign it, got the theater to set up a table for it, got us all to sing Happy Birthday, even pimped someone's book (which I am going to find. Enchanted Ink. Written by a fellow Browncoat. Check it out! )

All in all, a fantastic experience (except for one little thing I can't talk about because it's spoilery.). I cannot wait till Sept 30 and the NCBDMPP!!

"Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us." ~Jerry Garcia

FLECHETTE

Friday, June 24, 2005 2:16 PM

Morning J! and CMS!

WoW - what a ride!

some noteworthy points:

Chris does peruses this board and other regularly, those of us who posted in the Charlotte Screening thread got a verbal "shout out" acknowledgement which really meant a lot to me- thank you Chris!

The movie is not done yet - the completed movie has not been delivered -and while the release date could be moved up, Chris did not think it likely - particularly for the July 29th rumor. He seemed to feel comfortable with Sept 30 but did say that could all change.

I'm a little less certain about newbies than you J- while they can easily follow the movie; I just don't think it will have any near the emotional impact the film has for those who have seen the series.

I was spoiled ahead of several plot points and actually am kinda glad in retrospect. But Joss does handle it beautifully - that alone is no surprise. The movie soared, and it hurt and it kept me on the edge of my seat. I can see this both as a final installment of the Series and a kickoff point for more movies if we can get the bodies in the theatres.
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and it was a blast to meet so many people and have so many fans in one spot!

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oh yeah-- the brownies kicked butt! anyone willing to share recipes?

More babbling to follow....

STANDP

Friday, June 24, 2005 2:25 PM

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Gosh-I don't even know where to start.
I had a fabulous time meeting all of you. The move was incredible, fantastic, heart wrenching, exciting, a billion other adjectives. It's going to take me weeks to recover, I think. I was SO into it while watching; sucked in.

And your brownies were nearly as memorable and fantastic as the movie. Thanks for making those!

Now we're finishing this deal, and then maybe we'll come back for those morons who got themselves caught. You can't change that by getting all... bendy...

JADEHAND

Friday, June 24, 2005 2:38 PM

Oh, I agree they(newbies) may not get the same emotion, but they should be able to follow the film. No real points where I think they NEED information from the series to get the movie. Of course hopefully they run off and buy the series. Then see the movie again.
I'm having a hard time remembering questions that didn't involve plot points (don't want to get into those here) Anyone? Other cities with cast/crew have non spoilery Q&A to share?

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STANDP

Friday, June 24, 2005 3:34 PM

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Originally posted by Jadehand:
Oh, I agree they(newbies) may not get the same emotion, but they should be able to follow the film. No real points where I think they NEED information from the series to get the movie.

I totally agree - all the needed info is there for someone just walking in off the street. Joss has a brilliant way of providing the needed background without sounding expository.

My wife and I were talking about what Chris said in the intro when he said "We don't have any stars" in the movie. My first reaction was "What are you talking about!? All the BDH's are stars!!! ... er... to us.

Even though it's infuriating to fans, I do understand the Hollywood mantra about a star selling a picture - it sucks but people do really behave that way. They get this idea that celebrities they are really familiar with are like their friends, so if their friend Tom Cruise is in a movie, they're more likely to see it. For some reason, it reassures them that they'll enjoy it - like going to a strange city with a pal as opposed to going to a strange city alone. It's really hard to get people to a movie that doesn't have a high profile movie star - and this one doesn't.

I was thinking about that as we watched the movie, and in that way it reminded me a lot of watching a really great foreign film or a great indie film. That made me sad, because those generally pull in small numbers.

However, 'Sidways' did well recently, with what I would condider the same challenge - no big ticket stars and a premise that was supposed to appeal to a narrow demographic.

And there was also another little sci-fi film with no superstars released back in '77 that folks didn't expect to do well at all. That one was mildly successful

Just some musings - all in all, an amazing experience - glad to be a browncoat.

Now we're finishing this deal, and then maybe we'll come back for those morons who got themselves caught. You can't change that by getting all... bendy...

CALLMESERENITY

Friday, June 24, 2005 3:55 PM

Quote:
oh yeah-- the brownies kicked butt! anyone willing to share recipes?

Thanks for the compliments, everyone. Glad you liked the brownies. (Did I not tell you they'd be great?)

As for my secret recipe-buy a bag of Ghiradelli Double Chocolate Chips, check out the brownie recipe on the back. Easy peasy. The trick is though, you have to take them out of the oven and the EXACT moment they're done. Too early and they're smooshy, too late and they aren't fudgy enough. Let them cool awhile and then slice them when they're still warm.

Okay, back to the topic-
Flechette, I didn't see you! Or I didn't get introduced to you. Where were you? Did you say hi to me? I looked for you, and asked around a bit for you, but never met you that I knew was you. But you met my brownies, so I guess that's good...

And now I really want to read the comics so I can figure out all that happened between the show and the movie. I have so many questions...like where'd Mal get those weird rubber suspenders?

"Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us." ~Jerry Garcia

MANWITHPEZ

Friday, June 24, 2005 3:58 PM

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

CallMeSerenity recognized me right off the bat...take a guess at how...Plus, she gave me and my wife each a gift for bringing her a ticket, and while unnecessary, that was wholly, wholly appreciated (Can't go wrong with more Pez, right, lady?)

I saw Chris Buchanon come in the door, but I froze...I started to point just before they introduced him. My wife was asking me what was wrong with me. I couldn't say anything. But, what an awesome, awesome guy.

The movie itself...WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Now that's worth 38$ and a near 4 hour drive! What a movie!!! And to find out all this time that River is made of chocolate!!! Who knew?

The Q&A was nice, but I didn't have to testicular fortitude to ask my question. But that's all right, I worked it our for myself. Seeing some of the other Browncoats was great too, even if I didn't know who the hell you were.

By the way, the compulsive way I eat Pez and play with the dispenser was not an act. That's pretty much every day around here...

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

WICKEDWREN

Friday, June 24, 2005 4:00 PM

Well howdy ya'll! I got home around 4 this morning and was at work at 7. You do the math

I had a great time last night. Thank you to everyone who helped out with the banner, the food (god was the food good), the sharpies, and all the kind words! I had an absolute blast meeting everyone and we got a shout out from CB! How very nice that man is.

So on to the movie. I saw it on the 26th, and I really noticed some changes to this print. The effects were much cleaner. As was some of the color timing and looping. This movie is going to be so very pretty when it's done.

I also noticed things this time around that I had missed the first time. Some I was looking for, others just happened to jump out at me. I think the first time I saw it, I was so engrossed in being there, watching "Serenity", that I missed a lot of little details. And through the course of the movie, I got distracted by events and some things just flowed like water through my brain. I think all Browncoats have to see this movie several times just to catch everything.

And that's not me just plugging, saying "Go see it as often as possible. You want sequels, don't you?" I would just come out and say that if that were my intention

But yeah. Good show, good times, good people.

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FLECHETTE

Friday, June 24, 2005 4:10 PM

Jadehand was kind enough to save spots for us in line while my hubby, friend and I grabbed some burritos - so we got some excellent seats - center stage row 2 or 3 - just about perfect for me :-}

No - CMS, regretfully we didn't get introduced tho I did turn and wave at you when Chris announced your name first - then went dead still and goofy when he said mine

I actually had a few brownies - drozyd? and Bob had some and several passed thru the theatre - I just figured I had to have gotten some of yours just by what was being passed around.

-- edit--- now I don't feel so bad for using Ghirdellia's triple chocolate brownies mixes! tho yours were definitely better!

There always the NC premeire party in Sept for all of us too meet and who knows - maybe we can have a get together weekend some time before then just for the heck of it!

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