'Serenity'
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.
Aye caramba, we've got a movie coming and a comic book too, but it's nothing but bitterness here.
I really don't get the burbling pit of negativity. Sucks they cancelled the series, but I'm thrilled to have the movie (and the comic for that matter).
I don't think the fans were exploited. I don't see that at all. What exactly do you expect from a marketing plan anyway?
Sorry, Hec. My glass, she is half empty. That and they closed my comic store and I haven't found a new one yet to buy the comics.
That and they closed my comic store and I haven't found a new one yet to buy the comics.
I could pick up both issues for you. Would you like a Mal cover and a Kaylee cover?
I could pick up both issues for you. Would you like a Mal cover and a Kaylee cover?
That's very sweet and takes away a little of the bitter. Thank you.
Hey, Hec, as long as you're going to the comic store anyway, can you pick me up a copy of #2, too, if there's an extra? It sold out fast around here.
I'm not bitter, I just lost the joy. It's the completist in me that will prompt me to see the movie.
Hey, Hec, as long as you're going to the comic store anyway, can you pick me up a copy of #2, too, if there's an extra? It sold out fast around here.
You got it. They had a bunch.
I'm not bitter, I just lost the joy.
Okay, joyless.
I also have some lingering bitterness despite being happy about the movie, because I like a brilliant TV series better than a brilliant movie in exactly the same way I prefer a brilliant doorstopper fantasy trilogy to an equally well-written novella. I like long stories. I like settling in with beloved characters for years and seeing how they and their world grow over time. That's more of a TV thing than a movie, so for me the movie is at best partial consolation.
With the talk around here, you'd think the movie was personally responsible for killing the series dead dead dead.
I'm bitter as hell and always will be bitter about the lack of TV Fireflyness. (We should be gearing up for season 4 right now. *sniffles*)
But that's not going to stop me from being excited as all hell about the movie. I've already seen the movie in rough form, but you know what? That's only made me want to see the final product more.
Oh, no, I totally blame the network. But that doesn't change the fact that I prefer TV as a storytelling venue to movies.