He killed Wash. AIEEEEE!

There was a loud, grieving "Noooooo!" cried out during the movie.

I thought the movie was excellent, but am also feeling the gut punch of Wash's death. I don't feel betrayed by it, though. That's storytelling. Folks don't survive the Pequod either. The movie was grainier than I expected, and there wasn't really much of any score at all, and some of the transitions were abrupt. All stuff that'll be cleaned up between now and then.

It was a little funny ticking off Joss' movie moments - he's a lot more obvious than Tarantino, that's for fuckin' sure. Blade Runner? check. Night of the Living Dead/Fort Apache/Assault on Precinct 13? Check.

Summer Glau was the most compelling cinematic fighter (female division) I think I've seen since Michelle Yeoh was young. And lordy, did she get a power shot.

I almost don't want Nilly to watch; don't want to think about her grieving over Wash. Though I don't know if she can be more traumatized than Kate and Kalshane seem to be.

Hec is much like me. Only more loquacious.

This is the quote the RQG has decided goes with Hec and Betsy's posts:

I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.

I liked the movie, but I am glad I was spoiled, because then I didn't actually have to watch Wash die.

I also want to see how much difference the finishing touches make in the final movie that comes out in September.

Gorram double posting.

I do agree with the point of needing a moment of catharsis. There HAS to be more footage in there they can use...

Honestly, though, I have serious hopes that it will be made a lot better by having the right music in that scene, extra footage or no. Music can do pretty amazing things.

I really wanted Mal to make some sort of comment about the stupid stereotype of the Giant Whirling Blades of Death. It would have made that bit work a little better.

ETA: I "knew" the series was never coming back before I went in, because I'm a realist. But now I really know. You can't make this kind of paradigm shift twice. I'm not sure it will make the shift commercially successfully even once. Though I'll do my personal damnedest to make sure it does.

The lighting threw me off, much more than the music.

This is when spoilers are good. I've gotten the gut punches out of the way, before I fell in love with the film. Now, when I go and fall in love with the film, which I surely will, I won't have to break up with it before the closing credits.

And lordy, did she get a power shot.

Oh hells yes. I may need that for my wallpaper.

I pretty much agree with what Hec said (quelle suprirse). I thought there was more of a chance to process Wash's death than I was expecting from Kate and Kalshane had led me to believe, but they may have been knowing it was coming.

The unspoiled folks I was with, after the movie, said "I was getting worried that he was going to kill everyone off there for a while. That would have pissed me off." Heh. They were Firefly fans, not Joss Whedon/Buffy fans, but they loved his intro.

There was also some discussion to how this will play to someone unfamiliar with the series, and I have some fears on that front. Book, to take just one example, is going to be a total mystery to newcomers (and not in the good way that he was a mystery during the series). I'm not even sure it was clear what Inara did, either. I loved it, but I fear it's only going to work for the converted.

I really wanted Mal to make some sort of comment about the stupid stereotype of the Giant Whirling Blades of Death. It would have made that bit work a little better.

Heh. I leaned over to my friend when they showed those and said "I know what Sigourney Weaver would say to that."

The lighting threw me off, much more than the music.

I think that will most likely be fixed in the final version - color balancing and all that. If you look at the scenes from the trailer vs. the same scenes in the preview, you can see the difference.

I can't believe that he killed Wash! (I'm guessing that's the plot-point that somebody over at lj was beginning a campaign to change.)

We had Summer at our screening! She is so tiny and so cute in person.

I really wanted to learn more about Book's backstory. I'm sad that we probably won't get it. Unless it's what the comics are about.

Also, I think it would be interesting to see Zoe post-Wash -- maybe more Zoe backstory in the future.

I really enjoyed the movie despite it's not being all finished and stuff.