Serenity

[dr_tectonic]

Joss Whedon is a fucking bastard and he made me cry.

You had BETTER go see his movie.

Because it's really, really good.

We just got back from the special preview showing of Serenity (all praise to kung_fu_monkey for being quick on the ball and getting tickets). And it was... wow. More than just another episode of the series. I'd say it's almost like a second season, condensed and distilled into two hours.

It still has all the stuff that I liked about the original: good writing, and a great cast, and little moments that mean more than they seem to on the surface. And this time, they had a real budget to do lots of stuff they could never do for a TV show. It's... a muchness of Firefly. And like I said, it made me cry. Openly. Three times in a row.

And having seen a movie that isn't finished, I now understand the point of post-production, and how much work has to be done to make a movie finished and polished.

If you haven't watched Firefly yet, you have four months to buy, borrow, steal, or download the series, watch it, and fall in love. Because come September, you need to see Serenity.

Comments

[kung-fu-monkey.livejournal.com]

You don't know how wrong you are.

I'm not meaning to be confrontational on this, but there's lots of stuff you're missing. I know things that I can't talk about yet without Kate outright killing me. Both elements of Sci-fi and Western are present for a reason, and it does make sense.

[ng-nighthawk.livejournal.com]

That's cool. All I'm saying is that based on what I've enjoyed about the series, they could have skipped the sci fi stuff. The sci fi stuff is totally cool and enjoyable--I just think it helped lead people to see the show in the wrong way--as an action/adventure/space opera. Which is really not what's cool about it.

But I'm not saying it should be a pure western for aesthetic reasons--more like I think the genre-bending setting combined with executives who ALWAYS want to sum something up into the simplest possible terms ("Um. . . is this 'Buffy in space' or 'Star Wars with horses' or 'Star Trek with criminals?'") led to all the problems that caused its early demise.

[k8cre8.livejournal.com]

Are you actually scared I would (or even could) kill you? ;)



That's kinda cool.

There were manly tears? Oh. My.

I was all okay with you going until I read this. Now, well, there might be some residual grumpiness, or outright jealousy.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

You are totally justified in any feelings of jealousy you care to indulge in. I wish I had been awake enough to think of grabbing tickets for you and others. Curse you, slow-booting brain!