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.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
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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.
Nearmiss - Sep 28, 2005 1:14:03 pm PDT #5172 of 10001
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.
Kalshane - Sep 28, 2005 1:45:29 pm PDT #5173 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
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.
Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2005 2:01:36 pm PDT #5174 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Kathy A - Sep 28, 2005 2:06:18 pm PDT #5175 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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.
Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2005 2:28:14 pm PDT #5176 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Kathy A - Sep 28, 2005 5:59:38 pm PDT #5177 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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.
Eddie - Sep 28, 2005 6:23:04 pm PDT #5178 of 10001
Your tag here.
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
Kalshane - Sep 28, 2005 6:24:14 pm PDT #5179 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
That link is bad, Eddie.
Eddie - Sep 28, 2005 6:26:06 pm PDT #5180 of 10001
Your tag here.
That link is bad, Eddie.
Details, details... fixed now, thanks.
evil jimi - Sep 29, 2005 7:46:21 am PDT #5181 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
moonlit and I are just back from seeing Serenity. The nearest cinema screening it was Mt Gambier, over the border in Sth Australia. Thank fuck for the time difference b/c without it we would've missed the first 20 minutes but since they're a half-hour behind, we got there with about 5 minutes to spare. :)
It's about a 75 minute drive to Mt Gambier on a narrow, winding, road fraught with the danger of kangaroos bounding in front of the car but it was worth every. damn. hair-raising. minute!
The only criticism I can find is not about the movie but about Joss' direction; he seemed to forget he was filming for the big screen and had a few too many close-ups. What's fine and necessary for the small screen, doesn't necessarily look so good on a cinema screen.