How did I miss it?
POSTED BY: Whiplash4ever
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 17:07
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Welcome, Whip! Glad to know there are more of ye olde-tymers joining up. I'm in my early 40's myself, and was actually born at Rockford Memorial! We're a diverse bunch here, and I'm sure you'll be right at home.
I have a few on-line pals who refuse to (re-)watch Serenity, because they feel it is too different from Firefly. One because the movie is too fast and loose with physics, another because of the character deaths. But that's their loss, IMHO.
MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."
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ZZETTA13 - Sorry I'm late to the party as a whole. Thanks for the welcome
WINDCHIMED Had it not been for cable TV's Encore playing Serenity, I'd have never known that Firefly even existed. I punched up Serenity on IMDb to see what some of these relatively unknown actors and actress' had been in and it caught my eye that most had been in the same TV series Firefly, so, with curiosity gripping me with both hands, I clicked on it thinking, this most be where they all met to come together for the movie. Little did I know how right I was.
TDBROWN thanks for the welcome, and I can only pray that you're right my friend
DARKJESTER Thanks... I think. I'm not sure I'm ready to be called an old timer just yet - LMAO. Because I saw the movie first, I think it makes it easier to see a main character or two die, but now that I'm looking forward to watching the FF series, I kind of feel how it was wrong, so I can surly see you online pal's side of it too. Why Hollywood feels they need to do that is beyond me. Look what the doorknobs did to the X-Men after all. That was just criminal at the very least. Since the early 80's, it's been a common theme that there can be only one or two survivors and everyone else must die. Aliens in particular rubbed me wrong (I'm not even going to bring up the cheesy Arnold flicks where his whole crew dies but he still manages to take out the entire bad guy force single handedly) because they could... and should... have left several of the remaining character alive, but the Hollywood suits feel the audience wants to see which man/woman will be standing a the end.
Whip
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Of course, that's just my opinion... I could be wrong
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Originally posted by Whiplash4ever:
...but the Hollywood suits feel the audience wants to see which man/woman will be standing a the end.
Correction needed here I think. Whiplash, unless Joss has been lying to us for the past year or so, Universal left him alone with the script. Even though original versions had all crew still alive at the end, he came to the conclusion that genuine peril was needed for the ending to have more of an impact.
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Really? So if he ever does get the series back on the air, he knew going in he'd be two main characters down (3 if you throw in Mr. Universe, who it appears had no role in the series at least to this point. Interesting. I suggest no such thing as to Joss lying to us, I'm just a little behind the rest of you information wise, coming late to the party as it were, but I would have thought that if he wanted the series back, he'd want the cast back as well. Unless he's going to pull the old "Dream Sequence" on us... which would SUCK.
Whip
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Well, here's my report for those that care. I'm still sitting on the last episode, but I feel comfortable going into this now. I see why there's such a strong fan base for a TV series that was so short lived. Once it gets it's hooks into you, it leaves you wanting more. Admittedly, it started a little slow for me. I wasn't REAL impressed with The Train Job. but they got better ever week until I got to the last one, and now I almost wish I hadn't burned though the whole series in a week... but I just couldn't help myself. I see a few story flaws from the TV series to the movie, but really, they stay pretty consistent. The only big plot change is how River comes to be with her brother and how they end up on Serenity. I guess we could be led to believe that the event that takes place in the movie isn't Serenity helping them out. I'll have to pay more attention to the ships underside next time I watch it. Other than that... it's just minor stuff. Maybe the only other thing I saw was when Mal threatens to shoot/abandon his crew members not willing to help out string the bodies and paint the ship to go through the Reavers. I get the distinct impression that goes against the persona that his TV character has fleshed out. He also refers to the Tams several times as "His Crew" which he flat out says they aren't in the movie... but that's all small potatoes really. Joss must be a big fan of either the original Star Wars flicks or of George Lucas. I see a lot of the space cowboy theme through out the whole thing mixed with more modern technology. I really like the idea of blending the two languages and cultures.
My question to you fine people is, what's been done to have our voices heard to get this series back on the air? The window is closing. Mal isn't getting any younger, and the rest of the cast is young, but they need to be to play the characters they filled out. I can't see them parading around a 35 year old Companion for instance. Obviously Joss wants to get this thing back on the air. What's been done so far hasn't worked. What's in the plans now as we move forward?
Whip
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Originally posted by Whiplash4ever:
Well, here's my report for those that care. I'm still sitting on the last episode, but I feel comfortable going into this now. I see why there's such a strong fan base for a TV series that was so short lived. Once it gets it's hooks into you, it leaves you wanting more. Admittedly, it started a little slow for me. I wasn't REAL impressed with The Train Job. but they got better ever week until I got to the last one, and now I almost wish I hadn't burned though the whole series in a week... but I just couldn't help myself. I see a few story flaws from the TV series to the movie, but really, they stay pretty consistent. The only big plot change is how River comes to be with her brother and how they end up on Serenity. I guess we could be led to believe that the event that takes place in the movie isn't Serenity helping them out. I'll have to pay more attention to the ships underside next time I watch it. Other than that... it's just minor stuff. Maybe the only other thing I saw was when Mal threatens to shoot/abandon his crew members not willing to help out string the bodies and paint the ship to go through the Reavers. I get the distinct impression that goes against the persona that his TV character has fleshed out. He also refers to the Tams several times as "His Crew" which he flat out says they aren't in the movie... but that's all small potatoes really. Joss must be a big fan of either the original Star Wars flicks or of George Lucas. I see a lot of the space cowboy theme through out the whole thing mixed with more modern technology. I really like the idea of blending the two languages and cultures.
My question to you fine people is, what's been done to have our voices heard to get this series back on the air? The window is closing. Mal isn't getting any younger, and the rest of the cast is young, but they need to be to play the characters they filled out. I can't see them parading around a 35 year old Companion for instance. Obviously Joss wants to get this thing back on the air. What's been done so far hasn't worked. What's in the plans now as we move forward?
Whip
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Of course, that's just my opinion... I could be wrong
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Hello Whip
I will agree with you that "The Train Job" eps isn't my very favorite eps of FF but it ain't at the bottom either. One thing that I can tell you is that FF is a show that grows on you. Not to say that it wasn't terrific the first time around but every eps I've rewatched just makes the show better and better.
So your holding out on watching OIS ( Objecets In Space) all I can say is that one is frosting on the cake. You will like it I'm sure. When your done with the whole series come back and post up which one was your favorite and why. We love hearing that stuff.
BTW the spacecraft in that rescues Simon and River Tam in Serenity isn't captain Mal's Serenity although it may look like it.
Also Malcolm Reynolds in the BDM making refferences as to the Tams not being part of the crew of Serenity was Joss's way of just building the story for the newcomers to the verse like me. I think that he wanted to show that the Tams were brought aboard (at least in the begining) as guest and that they really didn't jell with the crew until later. Anyhoo, thoes are just my thoughts.
See ya after you've made the acquaintance of Mr. Early
Z
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