Drat. I'd so hoped that Joss would buck Hollywood tradition and not actually show them, even if they're the villains of the piece.

Matt, I saw the trailer twice at ComicCon and barely had time to register that I was seeing a Reaver. I wouldn't have even known that, if I hadn't first seen the face of one on the website of that graphic artist (help me here, people).

The screen shot only confirms what my brain had trouble registering from the speed of the teaser.

Okay, so I'm going through the teaser with a fine tooth comb.

• Mal's line "Violence is going to be soon" sounds just like something he could have said on the show-- I now have no worries about the script.

• There's quite a lot of static/background rumble, so I didn't hear every word as clearly as I'd like, but I'm sure I heard Wash's voice and Kaylee's.

• Any thoughts on the mysterious white/cream glowing ball? (about 0:06)

• The guy Inara's talking to must be, um, the guy who's name I've forgotten but whom we knew was cast.

• Serenity racing another ship, right?

• All the cast except Book are clearly there-- Mal, Zoe, and Jayne all have guns in evidence; Simon has something blow up in front of him; River is strapped to a chair and several other places, including climbing; Inara's in several shots; Wash is in his pilot's seat; Kaylee's in the group shot (0:15), behind Inara. Book I think is there, but I can't see him right now.

• At 0:29, there are two white-clad figures, very blurry, at the back of the shot. Any thoughts?

• At 0:05, Zoe goes from pointing the gun at the camera to being framed by a monitor-type-frame, as if we're seeing her on a secruity camera. Break in of some kind, or is she on Serenity?

• A general impression of lots of explosions.

• Finally-- I am in love. There will doubtless be more thoughts soon.

Wheeeee! I just watched it. I can hardly see or hear a thing that's going on, and yet I am still bouncing up and down in my chair with barely contained excitement! Must now rewatch a zillion times and see what I can extract from it!

We need Mejia.

I think so. I've started making screencaps of a rough-and-ready kind, but I don't feel confident to transcribe it-- I'm not sure if the poor quality sound is the recording or my computer, but it's not high enough to do much by wasy of transcribing.

Serial: Okay, so I got a bit carried away with screencapping. 111 images of downloaded-and-blown-up Serenity trailer, and doubtless a few gaps to fill. I won't upload them all unless someone's terribly interested, because they take forever to upload, but here are a few highlights (I've left the 'trimmings' on at this stage because the times help me place things in the reel):

Chiwetel Ejiofor, right?

White ball thingy

Simon facing an explosion

Ship!

Mal and I think Zoe

Mal and Zoe again

River

eyes (are the rectangles in the lower right corner a quality issue, or significant?)

Mal

Group shot

Someone kneeling between someone's legs (Inara?)

blurry figure with gun

Wash in the pilot's seat

blue shock wave in a corridor

Zoe on a security screen

Mal looking into a safe

Here's hoping the links work.

Oddity: I can't find where the Reaver image is from. I am expecting it to be in the trailer, right? Also, I'm saying 'right?' too often, which means I'm starting to fear I'm talking to an empty room, and therefore should shut up now.

The Reaver appears, for just a flash, at around the 32/33 second mark. It's so fast that I missed it the first few times too.

I'm intrigued by the shot after that. It appears to be River, and in one frame she's on one side of the screen, and then the next she's the other. Bit like that creep little girl in the Ring ::shudders::

In that shot of possibly Inara, it looks as though there's people in the background, all sat on yoga mats, or something, watching. So maybe she's giving a Companion seminar on good technique or something!

The Reaver appears, for just a flash, at around the 32/33 second mark. It's so fast that I missed it the first few times too.

Got him! Thank you.

The shot directly after that is Mal shooting, right? This shot. Then there's a blur with packing cases, then there's River behind struts, then she walks on a bit. Then a little flash of fighting, then Inara talking to CE.

In that shot of possibly Inara, it looks as though there's people in the background, all sat on yoga mats, or something, watching. So maybe she's giving a Companion seminar on good technique or something!

Heh. Could be. "Just a little wider, dear, that's right. It gives your partner some elbow room."

More seriously, I wondered if she was waking someone-- I thought it could be a improvised dorm room or something.

nods

Looks like Chewitel Ejiofor to me.

Go Team Chewy!