The Tams were really my biggest qualms about the movie. River was still right character-wise, but this story Buffied her up so much that my suspension of disbelief was seriously strained. And Simon might as well have been a previously unmentioned third Tam sibling, what with the aggressive demeanor, espionage capability, and heterosexuality.
Easy Bake. Flop-a-palooza. Woosh. Pop. I don't skulk.
Angel ,'Shells'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 30, 2005 7:24:38 pm PDT #5362 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
amych - Sep 30, 2005 7:27:01 pm PDT #5363 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
OTOH, he did have nice hair.
Morgana - Sep 30, 2005 7:29:56 pm PDT #5364 of 10001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I walked out of the theater saying, "But Simon kept saying he had no idea what they did to River. That doctor told him what they did to River." So yeah, some retconning there.
Allyson - Sep 30, 2005 7:34:53 pm PDT #5365 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
and heterosexuality.
That blew my fucking mind.
Stephanie - Sep 30, 2005 7:34:54 pm PDT #5366 of 10001
Trust my rage
Just back from the movie. I was totally unspoiled, although I had an idea River would kick some ass. Overall, I liked it. There were, however, maybe 15 people in the theater, but I don't think Sanford, NC is representative of the nation as a whole.
I was sad about Wash dying. I had sort of forgotten this was *Joss* we were dealing with. Bond:Simon bugged me a lot - I had the impression from the pilot that River was smuggled out to him, not him smuggling.
There were lots of indivudal moments I liked and I'm glad to know where the Reavers came from.
Kathy A - Sep 30, 2005 7:35:27 pm PDT #5367 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just went with the retcon, even though I had more of a problem after my first viewing than this time around.
Slate has a fun review of the movie--he saw the film first, then got the DVD and became a Firefly fanatic.
What a show: like Star Wars if it was just the stuff on the Millennium Falcon minus the fast-food Zen plus hipper quips and knottier relationships; or like Star Trek and its spinoffs if the characters had been on coffee and cigarettes (and bourbon) instead of Valium; or like Stagecoach if the Indians had spaceships and ate people.
amych - Sep 30, 2005 7:38:09 pm PDT #5368 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sanford has the moving pictures? t ducking and running
Stephanie - Sep 30, 2005 7:41:05 pm PDT #5369 of 10001
Trust my rage
amych, you aren't running from me. I make the same joke all. the. time.
eta: I actually have to be careful.
and now, good night all!
DavidS - Sep 30, 2005 7:45:59 pm PDT #5370 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh look! A movie for Nutty:
Duma is the story of a boy and a cheetah
tommyrot - Sep 30, 2005 7:56:24 pm PDT #5371 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I saw it in Evanston. It was a full theater, with lots of people in costume.
The scene where Wash was a leaf on the wind? everyone was cheering and laughing. I was thinking, "just wait," and mine was an evil laugh.
One thing I only noticed this time: When Jayne says, "Shepherd Book always said, 'If you can't do something smart, do something right.'" Then he takes a swig of booze and passes the bottle to Simon. So maybe he accepts Simon now.
Also, there seemed to be more special effects (except my crappy eye was making it difficult to see what was going on sometimes). When they were passing the Reaver ships, Serenity was trailing a bit of 'uncontained radiation' behind her - I think that was new.
There were some other places where I noticed tighter editing, but I can't recall them at the moment....