Mal ,'War Stories'
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.
Nobody was safe.
Amen. Wash's death shocked me the first time I saw Serenity and it still got me the sixth time. It still packs a real, emotional wallop even when I know it's coming. I found myself re-watching Serenity much the same way I re-watch Chungking Express these days: just enjoying the ride.
There's no other way I would have felt terror for each and every BDH, watching the gang make a last stand against the reavers. Nobody was safe.
Yeah - I was really off balance after Wash with respect to who else would make it.
I was really off balance after Wash with respect to who else would make it.
Me too. Except for River. I totally expected her to make it through, at least against the Reavers. It was slightly touch and go there with the Alliance at the end but not so much as to make me REALLY fear for her life.
The basic fan reaction to the box office performance seems to be either "Oh we're all doomed" or "Hey Number 2 isn't that bad". Expect much navel gazing and blame casting (if that indeed is a phrase) if the movie has got no legs at all.
I've been reading the reaction, Simon. (It's addictive.)
I'll be very interested to see what next weekend's numbers are.
The Browncoats are scaring me.
Simon, hold me.
Expect much navel gazing and blame casting (if that indeed is a phrase) if the movie has got no legs at all.
FWIW I have no quarrel with the advertising campaign. They did a great job with the trailers and blanketing the ads on the last week and, with one exception, the ads were really good. (I didn't like the ones that pointed to magazine and newspaper "buzz" about Serenity/Firefly/Whedon since those articles implied that it was a nerd phenomenon, which is not a selling point.)
I was really off balance after Wash with respect to who else would make it.
I can't remember another movie where I was so emotionally invested in the fates of the (remaining) characters after Wash bought it. It definitely stripped away most all the emotional distance I typically feel about the fates of movie characters.
And yeah, Tara getting shot was probably the last time I felt that much of a shock over the death of a fictional character.
I've been reading the reaction, Simon. (It's addictive.)
The Browncoats are scaring me.
Well, now I have to go look.
Hard to draw comparisons between "Firefly" and other movies, but if you look at the September box office charts from last year the 9/17 weekend has a comparable movie "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow."
That movie is also considered "science fiction" and it made about $15.5 million on more screens or a $4915 screen average. If the weekend estimates are correct (and we need to see the final numbers tomorrow to know for certain), "Serenity" did a decent job compared to that movie last year same month. Its reported per screen is $4634.
I didn't make any predictions for this weekend, but I think $10-$13 would have probably be about right given time of year and # of screens.