Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Leave no multiplex unturned! This is going to be a ground war, peeps -- we have to hold the valley for a long while. However it opens, it needs to HOLD. Instead of the Alliance we'll be fighting viewer apathy, fear of something new, the urge to wait for DVD, and Jessica Alba in a bikini.
Sometimes he needs to chill. 2200 is less than I would expect but that's an interesting theory about filled theatres.
Week-end movie scheds are out, and the nearest theatre is about 30 miles away from me. Not too bad, but considering that Emily Rose is STILL playing around the corner from me, a tad disappointing.
The guy who draws Real Life put up his account of going to the red carpet premier: [link]
Joss apparently saw the strips he drew last week and thanked the artist for not making him look fat.
If any of you guys have G4, turn it on. Attack of the Show will have a segment on Serenity. If you miss it now, it'll re-air at noon tomorrow. And probably some other time.
Also, if anyone else is like me and missed the first showing of the SciFi channel's Serenity special, and then fell asleep during the second one, it looks like it'll be rebroadcast at 1:00 am (Eastern time) Friday night/Saturday morning.
it looks like it'll be rebroadcast at 1:00 am (Eastern time) Friday night/Saturday morning.
Oh, thank you! Because my DVR is kind of wonky, and I have a tech guy coming on Friday, but if he has to replace my DVR, I'll lose the recording. I was saving it for after the movie so I don't get spoiled.
The Serenity segment is about fifteen minutes in (after the first commercial break), and it's pretty nice. Short interviews with Joss, Nathan and Morena, and Adam and Jewel (though she doesn't say anything). The clips are pretty much all ones we've seen in trailers, so it's not spoilery. They also show clips from the Joss video for the special screenings and clips of fans at Comic-Con and such.
The old "the fans made it happen" statement is repeated, and Kevin notes that the Browncoat hype has made him feel the buzz, so that's cool.
Nice segment.
A fun, positive, and non-spoilery review from the Dallas Observer.
During one preview screening, a colleague who'd never seen the show--a campy-quirky take on John Ford's Stagecoach, set 500 years in a future run by the Alliance, which isn't to be confused with the Empire or the Federation--leaned over and asked, "Was the show this good?"
...Expect a sequel; hell, maybe Serenity will spawn its own TV series, too. Oh, wait.
Google News is listing Serenity reviews in its Entertainment section. Since GN is bot driven, it gives you some indication of the popularity of the topic right now.
Oh yeah, right now this is the "headline" link at Google News: [link]
Serenity Now!: Whedon Flips Off Fox in Clever Space-Western
That link is bad, Eddie.
That link is bad, Eddie.
Details, details... fixed now, thanks.