I'm with Jesse on Serenity. I didn't hate it, but I don't care to watch it a 2nd time.
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
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Sue - Oct 27, 2011 2:11:21 pm PDT #16498 of 30000
hip deep in pie
§ ita § - Oct 27, 2011 2:50:34 pm PDT #16499 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Twice in the theatre, might even have teared up twice. Haters to the left, yo.
Amy - Oct 27, 2011 3:05:36 pm PDT #16500 of 30000
Because books.
I loved Serenity! You people are cold and dead inside.
Anne W. - Oct 27, 2011 3:06:23 pm PDT #16501 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I loved it, but I haven't been able to bring myself to rewatch it.
Jesse - Oct 27, 2011 3:07:39 pm PDT #16502 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm pretty sure I only saw it the once, but the characters were not the ones I loved from Firefly.
askye - Oct 27, 2011 3:42:40 pm PDT #16503 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I've watched Serenity more than once. The first time I cried at Wash's death, but it just didn't feel like Firefly. It felt too slick.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2011 5:58:48 pm PDT #16504 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Twice in the theatre, might even have teared up twice. Haters to the left, yo.
I'm with ita ! on this one. Saw it at a preview showing and once again before it finished it's general run. I've made my peace with the Simon retcons. I think Mr. Universe is the only major issue I still have, but I'll deal with it given that it was a movie and not and episode.
Typo Boy - Oct 27, 2011 7:21:36 pm PDT #16505 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
A 60's era comedian noted that the skepticism of Shakespeare as author of the plays and poems was based on his humble origins and his lack of a university education. "Now that one third of Americans attend college," the comedian said, "why look at all wonderful plays and poems of the same quality that are just flowing like water". Don't remember the comedian's name, but that was decent snark.
Burrell - Oct 27, 2011 8:25:18 pm PDT #16506 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'll admit it, I thought Serenity was deeply flawed. I mostly enjoyed it, but it was no Firefly.
Beverly - Oct 27, 2011 8:38:57 pm PDT #16507 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I watched Firefly. And Serenity was no Firefly. Pretty, exciting, fun, even. But the characters I'd grown to love were all just subtly off--some more than subtly.