Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
Interview with Joss: [link]
That should read:
"Captain Malcolm Reynolds, his badass second Zoe, her husband Wash, the pilot..."
Exactly.
And Cindy - Zoe is most definitely Zoe. No worries on that count.
That's good to read, smonster. It's good to see you here, too.
Review from Empire Magazine. Here.
Their verdict: If you’re a novice, this is a plucky introduction to Whedon’s world and the most fun sci-fi of the year. If you’re a devotee, this is the magnificent return you’ve been praying for.
From the Ebert review, on the Fox cancellation.
What a crock, especially considering that Josh Whedon, the TV series author (and writer-director of "Serenity") earlier created "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," and so deserved the benefit of the doubt.
Sweet, if misspelled. Overall, a good review from a big someone who's not a Browncoat.
Hi Cindy! I'm lurking, on and off, and posting rarely. VM, Boxed Set, and here, pretty much. Good to see you, too.
3.5 stars (out of 5) from The Boston Globe. >[link]
It's a fairly mixed review. The critic did not watch the series, so I found his perspective interesting.
WRT to Ebert's inadequate description of Zoe, can someone remind me if they made it clear that Zoe and Mal were in the war together in the movie? Zoe did more than be Wash's wife in the movie, but I can't for the life of me remember if they clearly delineated her long-term relationship with Mal. It's been a while since the preview, and I'm not sure I would have noticed it's absence even while I was watching it.
Weird things about the Globe review:
an enormous space-faring jalopy
a post-war, post-Earth, multiracial universe.
Nuh? Well, enormous is relative, obviously. But "multiracial"? I mean, it is, yes, but that makes it sound as though there all those Blue Sun posters are really about Multicultural Day.
Weird things about this post:
Why have I not left yet?!?!
Emily, my crew and the NoVA Firefly Meetup are going to...um...meet up...at the Gallery Place cinema for the 7:20 show. (Near the Hagen Das place at the entrance)
The other options are Hoffman 22 (very nice and on the Yellow Line) and Potomac Yard (not very nice, nor Metro accessible).
I guess the Uptown was way too much to ask.
Everyone, please go to Slashdot and vote - the current poll (right side of screen, a little ways down) is on Serenity
The poll:
Serenity
Although there's no option that really says that the movie is bad, but if more people vote for "rule," that might help.
On Slashdot polls, you may vote once per IP address. (Not to say that anyone here would try to vote more than once.)
The LA Times gives a good review, with no spoilers and a proper ranking of Zoe:
The crew and Capt. Mal share a love-hate relationship built on loyalty and self-preservation that is tested at every turn. The next in command is Zoe (Gina Torres), who served alongside Mal in the war and is Serenity's military tactician when they get into scrapes (which is often). Her husband, Wash (Alan Tudyk), is the ship's pacifist pilot. The heavy artillery comes in the form of Jayne (Adam Baldwin), a mercenary always on the lookout for a better deal. Sensitive Kaylee (Jewel Staite) keeps Serenity running with her gift for all things mechanical.
The comic exchanges among the crew initially seem like mere banter until you realize that Whedon is presenting well-developed relationships involving rejuvenated archetypes — something that will not surprise Whedon fans, who will be the ones in the theater laughing the loudest. Don't worry, the rest of us soon catch up.
There's an 11:35 showing 3 miles away from me.
I think I'm going to be celebrating my last day of unemployment by taking in the matinee...