I saw that Serenity ad at AMC, and as much as I loved it (I wouldn't leave to go find my friend until it was done), I think it just made everyone around unfamiliar with it groan at the freaks.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 10:48:08 pm PDT #4074 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kevin - Aug 05, 2005 11:08:10 pm PDT #4075 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
ita, are you sure it was the same advert? I don't think it was.
§ ita § - Aug 05, 2005 11:11:22 pm PDT #4076 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Where was that masked post? I'd thought it was here...
It was an ad that talked about the show, its cancellation, the sneak previews, and had Joss's talking head.
Jars - Aug 06, 2005 12:01:57 am PDT #4077 of 10001
I got confirmation the folk going to the EIFF premiere will be doing a Q&A on the monday, if anybody here is going (Jars..).
Yay! Yay yay yay.
That's pretty much it.
Mikey - Aug 06, 2005 9:33:15 am PDT #4078 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
What's been shown so far have been pilots. Pilots are like demos: show the characters, the world and the story possiblities. They're seldom among the best episodes. Anybody remember "Encounter at Farpoint?"
Sean K - Aug 06, 2005 9:36:33 am PDT #4079 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Anybody remember "Encounter at Farpoint?"
Eeewww.....
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 06, 2005 10:13:53 am PDT #4080 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
While I don't think "Serenity" was quite as good as the best couple of Firefly episodes, I'd hardly consider it a sucky or unrepresentative pilot. Seems to me that liking it and liking the series as a whole went hand-in-hand for most people.
Sean K - Aug 06, 2005 10:23:18 am PDT #4081 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
While I don't think "Serenity" was quite as good as the best couple of Firefly episodes, I'd hardly consider it a sucky or unrepresentative pilot. Seems to me that liking it and liking the series as a whole went hand-in-hand for most people.
Yes, this. I recently showed the series to my GF, starting with "Serenity." Even though she was willing, and wanted to watch, when "Serenity" started and the Battle of Serenity Valley unfolded, she was really not liking it. She fired off a number of reasons it was not doing it for her, but, being a trooper, she kept going.
By the end of "Serenity," she was HOOKED. She would gleefully watch two and three episodes at a stretch, loving the whole thing, and regularly talking back to the screen about what was happening at any given moment. Usually tsking the characters over their failings. She was very disappointed in Jayne during "Ariel."
Mikey - Aug 06, 2005 1:52:07 pm PDT #4082 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
While I don't think "Serenity" was quite as good as the best couple of Firefly episodes, I'd hardly consider it a sucky or unrepresentative pilot.
I didn't say it sucked, just that it was a pilot, as was "The Train Job," and that pilots have to demonstrate certain aspects of the show. But I can understand connie neil's reaction (post #4065) to it---to the point that I sometimes recommend "Our Mrs. Reynolds" as an intro to the series when I loan my DVDs.
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2005 3:05:07 pm PDT #4083 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But...what happens to the pilot functionality?