Weekly Standard has a review? That's positive ?!? But, but, Mal has a social conscience. How can they live with that?

And what the hell is M.E. Russell doing writing for Weekly Standard? Other than making scale for published articles.

I get all twitchy in my seat waiting for this show.

Think of it as Star Wars, if Han Solo were the main character, and he still shot Greedo first.

Wait, he wasn't the main character?

I wonder about the idea that Universal is "beta-testing a new marketing strategy." For how many movies would this realistically work? It's working for Serenity because the audience existed beforehand and was somewhat rabid (in the nicest and politest of ways) -- so, okay, films made from Whedon shows, but I have my doubts about how generalizable it is.?

The method's subsequent failure on other films that don't have a ready-made cult following from a TV show will only make Joss look like more of a genius by comparison though, so I'm all for it. How many movies have ever sold out every theater and grossed several hundred thousand dollars months before the release date?

I do think it could work to increase anticipation for franchises like the Batman and Spider-Man sequels, but they're hardly risky bets at the box office anyway.

That aside, I really liked the article.

FYI, it's spoilery, but doesn't give away any HSQ moments.

Think of it as Star Wars, if Han Solo were the main character, and he still shot Greedo first.

Ha! That's an awesome description.

At the preview, I saw a couple of people wearing "Mal Shot First" t-shirts.

I picked up a toaster for a coworker. She was a Buffy/Angel fan, but never got into Firefly while it was on. I loaned her the first 2 discs a couple of weeks ago and she stopped by my desk a couple days ago to say she's loving it and she'd like to borrow the other discs when she comes back from vacation. She was all happy to hear there's a movie coming out. Whee!!

I do find this quote from the slashdot comments a good sign:

I had never seen the Firefly series and a friend told me about the Serenity screening (http://www.cantstopthesignal.com/ [cantstopthesignal.com]). I went to it not expecting much and not knowing anything of the story. It turns out you don't need to know anything about the series to enjoy this movie. The screening was a great story it was already a well done movie. I enjoyed the movie so much I bought the series on DVD the next day.

When Serenity comes out do yourself a favor and watch this movie. I share many similar interests with other people here on Slashdot and I feel that many of the nerds here will like it.

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I realise what I've been missing in my courtship rituals -- I haven't been clear enough.

I stand firmly by the assertion that if you call someone a 'man-ape gone wrong thing,' it's actually code for wanting to have hot monkey sex with that person.

The other day my mom said to me, "I can't get your sister and her boyfriend to watch Firefly. They just won't do it. I said to them, 'But if you haven't seen the show, how are you going to know what's going on when you see the movie?' Your sister said, 'We're seeing the movie?'"

Of course Jayne is an oversexed, underwashed space cowboy

Am I the only person who thinks of Jayne as mostly talk? I mean we do see him with that whore in Heart of Gold, and apparently she likes him a lot, but up until that point there is very little evidence that he gets much lovin' from anyone, male or female. I guess one could say this is because of his limited options?

I always wonder about Jayne and Kaylee. About all the potentialities of a relationship between them, and even sometimes imagine that they tried and it went wrong. I like imagining things.

up until that point there is very little evidence that he gets much lovin' from anyone, male or female

Well, there's Vera....