'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
At 10:30 pm, I learned there was a midnight showing at a nearby theater. So yay, I got to see it 14 hours sooner than I thought!
I'm still exhausted from the adrenaline rush. God, that was good. That was like having two hours of really great sex.
It isn't perfect, but to be perfect, it would have had to be four or five hours long.
Yeah, is there anyone still here who hasn't seen Serenity yet?
I'm going to Serenity tonight with Nicole, Sailaweigh, and Beverly. None of them have seen it, and only Nicole is a little bit spoiled. My head may explode if we keep talking about the movie .
(Maidengurl is going to, but I don't know if she has seen it or not.)
But they're not here, are they? About to be spoiled by reading that Zoe wears the best dress ever?
OK, you know the idea that the "can't stop the signal" is a big Fuck You to Fox? (I think it's true for the marketing, but dunno if I think it's true for the movie.) Well, the guy who helps them get the signal out is Mr. Universe. And the movie was produced by Universal.
Coincidence? I think probably.
I've gotten tickets for the 7:45 showing. Taking my whole immediate family (Myself, my wife, our adult child, our surly teenage child, and the 10 year old) and 2 people who I have toastered. And am talking the hell out of it at work, which is one of the highest concentrations of geeks in the Salt Lake Valley.
Joss said it's not true for the movie (Mr. Universe is a device to get the Reavers where he needs them). Me, I totally missed the possibility. It is interesting about the name, though. I wasn't sure if I should be taking anything from that (other than a small snigger, considering Krumholtz's wee-ness).
San Francisco Chronicle gave it the little guy jumping out of his seat. [link]
Fairly spoilery, although it doesn't give away the major HSQ moments.
"Serenity" was clearly written by someone who grew up worshiping at the altar of Han Solo and the space marines in "Aliens," but this genre picture is still a thrillingly original science fiction creation. The writing is as good as in the best "Star Trek" episodes, while offering a thoughtfully bleak vision of the future that brings to mind "Blade Runner." After his decade of solid work as a television and movie writer specializing in sci-fi and fantasy, this could be the accomplishment that puts Whedon's face alongside those of James Cameron, Ridley Scott and Sam Raimi on the geek Mount Rushmore.
But they're not here, are they?
Nope. Though Nicole just asked me to spoil her for who dies.
Tell her the other person who dies is Mr. Universe.
I like the warning at the end of the SF Chron:
Advisory: This film contains violence, gore and profanity. By watching high-quality geek filmmaking, you run the risk of turning into a geek, which can be very expensive.