Serenity not doing well at Rotten Tomatoes (currently 57%).

It's up to 63% today (no longer in the "Rotten" category). Plus, there are only 8 reviews being counted toward that %.

This one from Slant brings up one point I am concerned about (but can't unknow the show, so to speak):

The storyline is fairly easy enough to follow, but you get a sense that the movie needs to be seen within the context of the show; not only is there an overwhelming feeling that the events in the film take place in the middle of something much bigger, but Whedon assumes his audience is familiar enough with the Serenity crew that he can skimp on the niceties of character development. What we have here, then, is a bunch of galaxy-bouncing rebels whose relationships to one another are as thin as cardboard and whose existential struggles are reduced to pat one-word signifiers like Love and Pride.

But then he follows it up with this, and makes me wonder if we saw the same movie:

From the awkward pacing of the thing to the Star Trek-style design of ship interiors and the Jetsons-meets-Flintstones décor of earthbound edifices, this is UPN-style storytelling and aesthetics trying to pass as serious filmmaking.

He goes on to say some very positive things on some of the plot specifics, but the above just sounds like a cheap shot at the Buffyverse shows.

Hie thee to B'cacy, since a discussion on where movie talk goes after the 30th has just started there.

So far, the options are -- in Spoilers for a couple months, or in here blackfont after the 17th of October.

Star Trek-style design of ship interiors

Which Star Trek was this reviewer watching, the short-lived Star Trek on the Prairie?

"I canna make the ship go any faster, cap'n, unless you ask your Paw for some dilithium crystals and a new butter churn."

Which Star Trek was this reviewer watching, the short-lived Star Trek on the Prairie?

Yeah, that was a big WTF when I read that. The only Trek show that came close to consistently having interiors like the ships in FIREFLY/SERENITY was DS9, and those were the station's, not the ships'.

Which Star Trek was this reviewer watching, the short-lived Star Trek on the Prairie?

I was wondering that too, and then I thought well, the inside of the Alliance ships are somewhat Star Trek-y but considering the name-sake of the movie is very non-Star Trek, it's an unwarranted criticism.

I am still annoyed, though, that the color scheme of the show was very brown, while the movie is very blue, which I suppose could contribute to the feeling of Trekkitude.

I am still annoyed, though, that the color scheme of the show was very brown, while the movie is very blue, which I suppose could contribute to the feeling of Trekkitude.

At least it wasn't green, because that would have meant it was happening in the Matrix.

I think (but don't know for fact) that browns and reds are going to look better on the small screen, and crappier on the big screen, while blues are better looking on the big screen.

Maybe blue signals are the ones that can't be stopped.

The Flick Filosopher's review of the first seven eps. Tomorrow is the second half of the series, and Friday is the movie review. Considering she's already ranked it as her third-favorite movie of the year so far, I'm guessing it's pretty favorable.

Kathy, I love the FF, but for some reason every time I try to go from your link to her "Introduction to Firefly" it's crashing my browser (3 times so far in the last 5 minutes). Which is mightily irritating, as I really want to read all her words. Might I beg you, if it's not too much trouble, to maybe send a copy'n'paste of the intro to my profile addy sometime?

eta: Grrr. Make that 4 times, and now her entire site is crashing me. Bah!