My interpretation of the crappy Serenity DVD cover
POSTED BY: nakedandarticulate
UPDATED: Sunday, November 6, 2005 03:16
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Originally posted by andygott:
If you don't agree that:
1) Serenity doesn't have a laser cannon, let alone two of them,
I'm not sure what it is we're looking at in the top corner, it would be nice to have a larger image to make that clear.
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2) River looks like Not River
But she does look like the River from the movie. Again I think this one is more a complaint on how the character is portrayed overall, than with the cover. By the way, that is part of the international poster that everyone seems to like ...
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3) There's a crowd of (Reavers? Settlers? Towns folk? Llama ranchers? Angry fans?) on the cover that clearly have nothing to do with the movie
When you hold the DVD in your hands, I will bet that that crowd is supposed to represent all of the dead people on Miranda.
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4) Did we mention the llama?
Sorry not seeing a llama.
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5) Mal has never used the weapon he's holding
None of them used the weapons they are using in the film. I don't remember seeing Vera once. From the picture of the cover we have, I can't really tell what the gun is as there is the flash behind it. Again a larger image is needed.
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6) Though there are a couple hundred people on the cover, there's no sign of the rest of the crew that has such a significant role to play throughout the movie
How often , really is an entire cast on the cover of a film? Be honest now ... exactly, it's very rare.
Lady Shelley
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http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=8055&n=1&burl=
has large pic of cover,look in the crowd scene you will see 1(maybe 2?) llamas.
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Originally posted by nakedandarticulate:
http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=8055&n=1&burl=
has large pic of cover,look in the crowd scene you will see 1(maybe 2?) llamas.
Aha! Thanks for that, the enlarged version at Amazon still wasn't very detailed.
On the question of llamas: Those are heads and shoulders folks, not llamas.
Mal's gun: looks like the stun gun used by the Operative at the end. Did Mal shoot him with it? I honestly don't remember.
Serenity and lasers: She's being shot at, not the other way around. Look at the other ships on her "side" none of them are firing it's all coming form the Alliance "side"
Regarding the link to other art: Yes, some of those are really good, but that doesn't mean by definition the art we got is bad.
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Originally posted by Kazzahdrane:
And come on, even if you like it you have to agree that the Serenity logo on a black background would be better than this cover, and that wouldn't even have any of the actors on it.
Ummm... no I don't. I kind of think that would be worse in a 'hey look, they make self-help dvds now!' kind of way.
Plus, this one has llamas! The one thing Serenity was missing was a cute, furry mascot - think of the marketing potential!
We need to name the llamas (is there more than one llama?)
Ahh, llamas...
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Damn. I really liked the theatrical poster, I wished they'd used that.
No matter, I'll make my own, I did it for I Robot, I'm doing it for Dark Angel; I'll do it again for Serenity...
I would take from the cover as it is (if I didn't know anything about Firefly) that the evil girl on the top left (left...hmm, is that a political message??) is starting an interplanetary war, and the two at the bottom (Zoe, Mal) are the only ones can stop her, and she has hoards of demons at her beck and call (middle group). All this with the title 'serenity' (this cover is FAR from serene) would raise my interest for a cheesy fantasy/sci-fi actioner a la Krull (anybody remember THAT one?), and I'd come away shocked after renting it at the elegance of the tale, and with a need to OWN it.
So, the crappy cover is intended to get people to rent, with an option to buy, not just purchase straight-off. They're gonna have it both ways.
Quite clever, if I may say.
Chrisisall, cover interpreter
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I hereby declare that, if "villas" is pronounced "viyas," then llamas are really yamas.
Go Yamas!
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Quote:Actually, it's not BAD, it's just that it could be better. And the way River looks at the top would have me expecting some moderate nudity, like in Scorpion King. Twelve year old male non-fans are likely to be disappointed on that level.
Originally posted by LadyShelley:
Regarding the link to other art: Yes, some of those are really good, but that doesn't mean by definition the art we got is bad.
Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Damn. I really liked the theatrical poster, I wished they'd used that.
No matter, I'll make my own, I did it for I Robot, I'm doing it for Dark Angel; I'll do it again for Serenity...
I would take from the cover as it is (if I didn't know anything about Firefly) that the evil girl on the top left (left...hmm, is that a political message??) is starting an interplanetary war, and the two at the bottom (Zoe, Mal) are the only ones can stop her, and she has hoards of demons at her beck and call (middle group). All this with the title 'serenity' (this cover is FAR from serene) would raise my interest for a cheesy fantasy/sci-fi actioner a la Krull (anybody remember THAT one?), and I'd come away shocked after renting it at the elegance of the tale, and with a need to OWN it.
So, the crappy cover is intended to get people to rent, with an option to buy, not just purchase straight-off. They're gonna have it both ways.
Quite clever, if I may say.
Chrisisall, cover interpreter
FINALLY! Someone gets the point of this cheesy post--to just make up a stupid story based on the artwork.oh yes I remember KRULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On the question of llamas: Those are heads and shoulders folks, not llamas.
At the UB gossi posted the llama in question, it's about half-way down the page.
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=for
um.viewtopic&t=24724&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
I don't know where llama number 2 is supposed to be.
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Originally posted by nakedandarticulate:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Damn. I really liked the theatrical poster, I wished they'd used that.
No matter, I'll make my own, I did it for I Robot, I'm doing it for Dark Angel; I'll do it again for Serenity...
I would take from the cover as it is (if I didn't know anything about Firefly) that the evil girl on the top left (left...hmm, is that a political message??) is starting an interplanetary war, and the two at the bottom (Zoe, Mal) are the only ones can stop her, and she has hoards of demons at her beck and call (middle group). All this with the title 'serenity' (this cover is FAR from serene) would raise my interest for a cheesy fantasy/sci-fi actioner a la Krull (anybody remember THAT one?), and I'd come away shocked after renting it at the elegance of the tale, and with a need to OWN it.
So, the crappy cover is intended to get people to rent, with an option to buy, not just purchase straight-off. They're gonna have it both ways.
Quite clever, if I may say.
Chrisisall, cover interpreter
FINALLY! Someone gets the point of this cheesy post--to just make up a stupid story based on the artwork.oh yes I remember KRULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You mean this part isn't serious?
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Oh,okay,so those people must be in some sort of religion that worships these magical llamas and the Queen must want it,she probably says something like"Get me that llama!" A very special llama called Serenity
What kind of movie is this? No magical llamas!? Then what is Serenity, surely it can't be a... spaceship.
Edit: markups, I blame the evil, non-wish granting llama.
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