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.
Here's hoping it has the legs to cross the $80 million mark over the next few weeks.
Javier Grillo Marxuach posts a review of Serenity disguised as a review of a sequel to Alien: Resurrection. It's very amusing.
Tim, if Marxuach hasn't already sent this to Joss you MUST call him up and give him the link.
Javier Grillo Marxuach posts a review of Serenity disguised as a review of a sequel to Alien: Resurrection. It's very amusing.
Bwah! Good mapping, and damn that's revelatory in several ways. One, how much of Alien: Resurrection was in the original Firefly concept. Two, that Joss does not let go of a story until he gets to tell it his way. Three, that this maps as perfectly as does the mapping of the story as a big Fuck You to Fox. Layers, baby.
When I watched Alien: Resurrection on cable, I noticed many similarities to Firefly. Joss, however, claims he did not notice the similarities until they were pointed out to him.
this maps as perfectly as does the mapping of the story as a the big Fuck You to Fox.
I hear that in the next Aliens movie, the aliens will infest Fox corporate headquarters.
BTW, as far as mapping Serenity to the Fox debacle, has anyone considered that Haven is really the symbol for Angel?
Saturday's numbers, not so hot. They're down from Friday, and the only good thing is it's still ahead of anything else that opened this weekend. It's just being clobbered by last week's releases.
I was hoping for big numbers this weekend, but this movie is, at heart, a word-of-mouth film. Even though it was very well-promoted.
Also, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!*
i'm finding it very hard to get over Wash's death. i think i'll just go sit in the corner with Jilli and Pete.
I liked the film a lot. It was not the series--Mal was back to the darker, more bitter Mal that Joss originally wanted and Fox made lighten up. He basically ended up in the same emotional space at the end of the film that he was in the beginning of the series, but that didn't bother me. I'd rather hang with the series Mal, but I liked seeing what NF did with the anger and steel. I was spoiled for Wash's death so I was prepared, but the BF grabbed my hand and said "no" when it happened. I felt it worked dramatically in all sorts of ways, so although I adore the character, I think it was a good choice.
I didn't find Kaylee out of character at the end. She wasn't armed (she was bringing ammo to everyone else for a lot of the scene) until she decided to do it for Teh Sex, and even then she held her gun awkwardly. That rang true for me. I buy the Kaylee/Simon love, although I would have liked to see more hints of it throughout. Simon reads a bit as gay, but I bought the attraction. I have known plenty of guys who read gay but are straight (or the other way) so I gots me no problem with it. Makes life more interesting.
ETA: We went with two friends who had never seen the series and they both enjoyed the film. One of them LOVED it, as a matter of fact. WE also snuck into Flight Plan, which kinda really sucked, exept for Jodie Foster and (not enough) Sean Bean.