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In addition to my animated Serenity avatar (75x75, matched to MR's background grey), I have this one, 64x64 with transparent background for any (light-colored) forum:
Anyone is welcome to use either one. (Make a copy rather than linking, preferably.)
After all, fan word-of-mouth made this movie happen in the first place! There's a documentary being made about the whole story, apparently.
EDIT: Thought I'd mention on this page my suggestion to keep this thread spoiler free and suitable for people who haven't yet gone. So I started this other thread for full discussion/reviews/spoilers among people who HAVE seen it (hopefully including me by Sunday):
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/152189/
Anyone is welcome to use either one. (Make a copy rather than linking, preferably.)
After all, fan word-of-mouth made this movie happen in the first place! There's a documentary being made about the whole story, apparently.
EDIT: Thought I'd mention on this page my suggestion to keep this thread spoiler free and suitable for people who haven't yet gone. So I started this other thread for full discussion/reviews/spoilers among people who HAVE seen it (hopefully including me by Sunday):
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/152189/
i can't wait for tonight i am going out on a date to the movie
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ahhhhhh stupid movietickets.com T_T one page of the website says i can buy tickets online, i go to the next step it says i can't buy them online, next step it says serenity isn't playing in the theatre i am looking at.
I was at that theatre last night and they were putting up the serenity posters
friggen damnit time to go to the theatre to buy the tickets
I was at that theatre last night and they were putting up the serenity posters
friggen damnit time to go to the theatre to buy the tickets
To all who are able to watch it today or in the very near future:
I hate you.
Signed,
Annoyed Norwegian
*sobs silently*
I hate you.
Signed,
Annoyed Norwegian
*sobs silently*
dubbz said:
Agreed. Australia has it already but it's not out in NZ until November! Why the **** do we need to wait?
Yeah, it was a fabtastic movie, and I SO much want to start a Serenity Spoilers thread to discuss it! But... 'tis late, I'm tired, and it's off to bed for me.
One day to go for me!
Just watched disc two. The show really hit its stride from episode one, didn't it? That's rare. Most shows start out "promising" or "interesting" at best, but do NOT manage consistent quality in the early episodes. Going back to them later is almost embarrassing. The characters aren't fully 3-dimensional, etc. (The first season of Buffy for instance was fun, but not the equal of later seasons.) But with Firefly the pilot is as solid as the last episode. You quickly feel like you really know the characters and care about them. Impressive, with a crew of 9! One of the largest core casts of any TV show, I'd say. Almost every episode involves all of them.
Watch the first fice episodes of just about any other sci-fi series* and ask yourself how many characters do you feel like you know? Now make the same count after watching the first three episodes of Firefly. The crew on Firefly feel more fleshed-out after one disc than most characters on Star Trek TNG (which I did like) ever were after years.
As a result, it feels like a longer show than just one mini-season. On second viewing I keeping thinking "that happened already? I thought they took many episodes to work up to that." But luckily Firefly didn't NEED many episodes to build up to things--you know the characters from the start, and the plotlines move right on from there without delay.
Now the question is... without inviting spoilers (thread for spoiler discussion here), what do people think of the movie who have NOT seen Firefly? Of course they'll get less out of it, but does it stand alone as worth seeing all the same?
(* the new Battlestar Galactica would be another rare exception. No wonder they gave Serenity a cameo in tribute to the fallen show!)
Just watched disc two. The show really hit its stride from episode one, didn't it? That's rare. Most shows start out "promising" or "interesting" at best, but do NOT manage consistent quality in the early episodes. Going back to them later is almost embarrassing. The characters aren't fully 3-dimensional, etc. (The first season of Buffy for instance was fun, but not the equal of later seasons.) But with Firefly the pilot is as solid as the last episode. You quickly feel like you really know the characters and care about them. Impressive, with a crew of 9! One of the largest core casts of any TV show, I'd say. Almost every episode involves all of them.
Watch the first fice episodes of just about any other sci-fi series* and ask yourself how many characters do you feel like you know? Now make the same count after watching the first three episodes of Firefly. The crew on Firefly feel more fleshed-out after one disc than most characters on Star Trek TNG (which I did like) ever were after years.
As a result, it feels like a longer show than just one mini-season. On second viewing I keeping thinking "that happened already? I thought they took many episodes to work up to that." But luckily Firefly didn't NEED many episodes to build up to things--you know the characters from the start, and the plotlines move right on from there without delay.
Now the question is... without inviting spoilers (thread for spoiler discussion here), what do people think of the movie who have NOT seen Firefly? Of course they'll get less out of it, but does it stand alone as worth seeing all the same?
(* the new Battlestar Galactica would be another rare exception. No wonder they gave Serenity a cameo in tribute to the fallen show!)
Wow.
Question answered: I've seen it now, and I'm sure newcomers can follow it just fine. It stands alone. They may not get the depth of the characters as well, but they don't need to.
And it ALSO fits perfectly after the end of the series. Tricky balance!
More action and less "down time" than the series, but very fun! Better than I expected.
Go see it. It's the #2 movie after Flight Plan this weekend, and I have to say it really should get to #1!
Question answered: I've seen it now, and I'm sure newcomers can follow it just fine. It stands alone. They may not get the depth of the characters as well, but they don't need to.
And it ALSO fits perfectly after the end of the series. Tricky balance!
More action and less "down time" than the series, but very fun! Better than I expected.
Go see it. It's the #2 movie after Flight Plan this weekend, and I have to say it really should get to #1!
Ew... I saw the movie, and it sucked. The story was crap, and the effects were even worse... Biggest waste of 9.25 bucks ever! Unless you're a sci-fi lover, you'll hate it. Mind you, I didn't pick the movie, I went with a group of friends.
We forgive you not every movie is for every taste... and I can't see spending over $8 to go to ANY movie But I'd say the story--and especially the effects--were both excellent. And I'm very hard on movies--I like very few. Sci-Fi movies in particular are so often just plain BAD in my book. So Serenity made a nice change.
It's better for sci-fi fans than for plain drama fans, though, I agree: it's action-heavy more than than philosophy-heavy. (And the character depth is there, but a movie just doesn't have time to make up for all the character development that happened first in Firefly.)
And they sure packed a lot of developments into 2 hours. It was a fast-moving story.
Happily, even people who never saw Firefly ARE loving the movie, judging by comments in the spoiler thread here. And apparently reaching #2 in the box office is very good for a movie that opened on limited screens. Want a sequel? Second-weekend numbers may be important for that.
not every movie is for every taste... and I can't see spending over $8 to go to ANY movie But I'd say the story--and especially the effects--were both excellent. And I'm very hard on movies--I like very few. Sci-Fi movies in particular are so often just plain BAD in my book. So Serenity made a nice change.It's better for sci-fi fans than for plain drama fans, though, I agree: it's action-heavy more than than philosophy-heavy. (And the character depth is there, but a movie just doesn't have time to make up for all the character development that happened first in Firefly.)
And they sure packed a lot of developments into 2 hours. It was a fast-moving story.
Happily, even people who never saw Firefly ARE loving the movie, judging by comments in the spoiler thread here. And apparently reaching #2 in the box office is very good for a movie that opened on limited screens. Want a sequel? Second-weekend numbers may be important for that.
Strange - the tv ads are on heavy rotation over here, and all of the multiplexes are showing it.Xtremehkr said:
I don't know that it's a SMALL number of screens exactly--just smaller than other movies. Smaller than Flight Plan, and small enough to make #2 a pretty good turnout.
Now don't go to the movie during the week... wait until Friday so it counts toward the second-weekend numbers that Joss Whedon says are important for completing the trilogy
SPOILER WARNING: 3 AND 4 POSTS BELOW THIS ONE.
Special hell is prepped--and packed with child molesters and people who talked during Serenity
Now don't go to the movie during the week... wait until Friday so it counts toward the second-weekend numbers that Joss Whedon says are important for completing the trilogy
SPOILER WARNING: 3 AND 4 POSTS BELOW THIS ONE.
Special hell is prepped--and packed with child molesters and people who talked during Serenity
blaskillet4 said:
wow i spoke with multiple non sci-fi lovers and they loved it.
Interesting that what you say is totally wrong in that sentence.
I saw it last night but will share no spoilers.
A real blast.
esp the reavers, when they attack the alliance fleet ... oops!
A real blast.
esp the reavers, when they attack the alliance fleet ... oops!
ThomasJefferson said:
Careful now...
People who give out spoilers in a non-spoiler thread is destined to burn in a very special level of hell.
Badradio said:
It's getting a different kind of marketing over here. Kind of like, a secret only you about that everyone is about to find out about and enjoy.
Not the usual, Happy Meal and Christmas toy set tie in that you would see with Star Wars or a pre packaged blockbuster.
Hope for TV series OR more movies
A nice, non-spoiler review here:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/654/654755p1.html
(It's also been named IGN's Movie of the Month, and best sci-fi film of the year, beating big budget stuff like War of the Worlds.)
Also, not to emphasize the TV connection too much--since people who have never seen Firefly DO "get" the movie and like it--but it sounds like a return to TV is not totally out of the question.
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/655/655028p1.html
Joss Whedon 9/30 on the future of Serenity:
"I have many endings to this whole epic, but one movie at a time is my motto. Do I spend a ton of time thinking of sequels? Yeah, I gotta have my fun."
"I love TV. It's a totally different mode of storytelling. It's rich and textured in a way that movies never will be. It's absolutely glorious, but it's a hard, hard business and I felt unwelcome in the landscape on TV. The medium as a storytelling means to me is completely unique and delightful. I'd just want to go back to TV with enough armor on that when they start shooting at me, I live. It's up to a bunch of other people. I'd like to do a sequel but if they say they'd rather do a television show I'd consider that. I want to keep telling stories with them."
PS, If anyone wants large images for making desktop pictures, there are a few unusual ones here:
http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media/040/040380/imgs_1.html
A nice, non-spoiler review here:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/654/654755p1.html
(It's also been named IGN's Movie of the Month, and best sci-fi film of the year, beating big budget stuff like War of the Worlds.)
Also, not to emphasize the TV connection too much--since people who have never seen Firefly DO "get" the movie and like it--but it sounds like a return to TV is not totally out of the question.
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/655/655028p1.html
Joss Whedon 9/30 on the future of Serenity:
"I have many endings to this whole epic, but one movie at a time is my motto. Do I spend a ton of time thinking of sequels? Yeah, I gotta have my fun."
"I love TV. It's a totally different mode of storytelling. It's rich and textured in a way that movies never will be. It's absolutely glorious, but it's a hard, hard business and I felt unwelcome in the landscape on TV. The medium as a storytelling means to me is completely unique and delightful. I'd just want to go back to TV with enough armor on that when they start shooting at me, I live. It's up to a bunch of other people. I'd like to do a sequel but if they say they'd rather do a television show I'd consider that. I want to keep telling stories with them."
PS, If anyone wants large images for making desktop pictures, there are a few unusual ones here:
http://media.filmforce.ign.com/media/040/040380/imgs_1.html