I liked the movie. Saw it twice. I'll probably buy the DVD the day it comes out. That said, the craxy side of fandom leaves me shaking my head. If the movie doesn't do well enough to merit a sequel, then it doesn't do well enough. Joss put together a movie that I liked a lot. If enough other folks didn't agree, well, that's how it goes. I saw plenty of ads for the movie. I don't think any one with a fondness for SF movies could have been near a computer, TV, or cineplex for the past few months without hearing about the movie. So if it doesn't do well enough to make the studio cough up the bucks for Serenity 2: Who Can We Kill Off Next? I think that means that fairly well informed folks looked at Serenity, looked at the other movie offerings (or tv, or the book they just bought) and chose something else.

It's not a religious failing. It's not a betrayal of The Master. It's just life.

And if we do get Serenity 2: Yeah, Simon's Straight, Really and We're Proving It With Maximum Skin Exposure I will be there opening night.

Well, I am happy that the browncoat board is such a pita to negotiate -- I've been ignoring it and now I have even more reason to do so. (Apparently, based on things said here.)

If anyone asks what I did at the weekend, I'll mention seeing Serenity, and I'll tell them to go see it, but I draw the line at the level of evangelising that some have gone to.

Yeah I've mentioned the movie to people I think will like it. I'm just happy that a bunch of people I've talked to who never saw Firefly LOVED the movie. I'm all, "Go get the DVDs. The series was so much better!"

The thing I find amusing is that Browncoats aren't all that craxy when compared to the local automotive scene (my other hobby). They just have Serenity to be craxy about instead of big wings on 110 horsepower econoboxes and the same motor swap everyone and his brother's doing.

Personally, I think we just need to send the world's population on a tour of an industrial factory without warning signs or safty rails. Those that survive get to keep living. That should cut down the craxiness right across the board.

On topic: Um... Is/was Jubal Early really a lion?

Yes. And Wash was (sob!) totally a leaf on the wind.

Betsy, are yyou ready for another viewing yet? Maidengurl and I are thinking about heading to Union City on Sunday for a matinee.

So, earlier when I said I'd seen it four times, I miscounted. I had seen it five times. Saw it again last night, so now I've seen it six times.

How about other folks?

How about other folks?

Twice. There are a bunch of other movies in the queue, so I might not see it again in the theaters.

Five. I think I'm going to hold off another viewing until after I have the Wallace & Grommit movie and maybe A History of Violence under my belt—I was drifting off during some of the early dialogue scenes last time.

Betsy, are yyou ready for another viewing yet? Maidengurl and I are thinking about heading to Union City on Sunday for a matinee.

We have Dar Williams tickets, so thanks but no. I want to see Mirrormask and Wallace and Gromit more than I want to see Serenity again -- twice will do me until the DVD comes out.