'Hell Bound'
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.
Ok, this comes under the good news category:
From the forum of cantstopthesignal.co.uk.
Serenity opens #1 in the UK!
#1 new opener!
#1 movie of the weekend!
#1 gross per screen!
The only country to have growth from Friday to Saturday!
Press release and figures to follow shortly. We did good, we did real good.
Ok, so it'll get blown off the top spot next week when Wallace and Grommit opens, but that's still pleasing news.
From the same forum:
Looks like it's #1 in Ireland as well
We rule.
At least there are some sane countries out there....
Who'd have thought the British Isles would have a higher per capita of Geek than the U.S.?
Okay, everyone, but that's beside the point.
Hey! I object! It's not like my mere presence on this board is proof of my geekiness...
Ah, who am I trying to kid. ;)
Well, you say geek like it's a bad thing. In here? Not so much.
Utter eradication of any trace of gayness would explain the Reavers' stylistic choices in fashion and decor...
The 'verse needs a Dark!Gay movement. How To Accessorize Your Decaying Corpses. Twelve Clever Things To Do With Facial Mutilations.
This is why it's important to accent your murderous person-eating Evil with subtext. Look how stylish Angelus and Drusilla were!
Finally caught up. I saw it last Monday, and it killed me ded - in a good way. I thought Wash's death was absolutely brilliant because it hit me where I lived. It made me feel even more intensely for all of them, and I was holding my breath for the entire battle scene because Joss *would* kill them all off. I actually thought Kaylee, Simon and Zoe were dead, because OMG he killed Wash - all bets were off.
I noticed the inconsistencies with the show 'verse, but they didn't bother me so much. I liked Action!Simon - at first I was so confused and thought it was a total mindfuck, like Simon had been evil all along. Then I realized it had to be retcon exposition and just enjoyed the pretty. That staff-like thing that lit up totally reminded me of Gandalf (YOU. SHALL NOT. PASS!!) but it looked really cool. The only thing that was really hard to swallow was the massive 180 in Mal's attitude towards Simon & River. Obviously *something* happened in the intervening time between Objects In Space and the movie, but it was still jarring to see him regressing to this attitude of "they're not crew" when before he had gotten to the point of (grudgingly, but still) accepting them over the course of the series.
Also about the look of the movie, I do have to agree with the critics who said some of the shots were too close for the big screen. I felt like a lot of them were either really tight or really far away - there weren't many middle distance ones, if that makes any sense. (Sure I'm mixing my terminology here, not being a film techie type. But hopefully the point comes across.) So at times I felt a little claustrophobic.
Still - loved it. Best movie I've seen in yonks. I laughed, I cried - better than Cats, better than E.T.. Can't wait to see it again - hopefully I can go this weekend.