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| Serenity Set about six months after the last events seen on the TV show. Whedon says, "The movie is bigger, more epic than anything you can do in a series." |
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15th September 2006, 09:55 AM
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| Unreg. Mutant Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tyne and Wear
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| Re: What do you think of it? Actually I think the most "expendable" character was Zoe (or Book). Wash was much needed comic relief and probably the most 'normal' of the characters along with Kaylee. He's not some macho streetfighter/gunslinger like Jayne, Mal & Zoe, he's not a highly skilled Doctor like Simon and he's not a glamorous arch-manipulator like Inara. Zoe on the other hand is much of a muchness with Mal. Both are war veterans and skilled fighters and I just never felt that Zoe's character added as much to the ship as the others. In many ways she was just Mal's lieutenant. I think you could get just as much angst from Wash without Zoe as with Zoe without Wash, although it does leave the possibility of a classic love triangle between Mal, Inara & Zoe in any potential sequels. |
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15th September 2006, 10:03 AM
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| Re: What do you think of it? Needless to say, I loved the movie. And it works surprisingly well even if you have no knowledge of the series. There were a couple of minor continuity errors from the series, but because of how well that opening sequence was done, they're entirely forgivable. And I loved the Operative as a villain - there was not one point in the film that I wanted him to lose. I didn't want him to win, because that would mean River's death, but equally, I didn't want to see him beaten because he was such a nice person. There's one line that really gets across his character for me - "There's a lot of innocent people in the air being killed right now". There are very few villains who would ever say something like that. Of course, all the other factors were brilliant, but that goes without saying. Especially the acting - I didn't expect such good performances from a group of pretty much unknown actors. After watching the film I watched the series as soon as possible and became a big fan of that as well. Now I'm hoping for the sequels to Serenity, even if without Wash and Book it'll be very different. Quote:
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16th September 2006, 07:33 AM
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| wandering & wondering  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: California
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| Re: What do you think of it? I imagine the Alliance government will just find a few flunkies to take the blame for the Reever debacle, fire those people, and continue on with business as usual. That's the way it works in the "real" world, anyway. More's the pity. |
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18th September 2006, 11:15 PM
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| Re: What do you think of it? Always slow to see movies since i don't go to the theaters I finally got a copy of the dvd, It was everything that I expected from Wheden and more. The movie did not disapoint in any way.  |
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2nd October 2006, 05:52 AM
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| Bernard Black wannabe  Join Date: May 2001 Location: Australia
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| Re: What do you think of it? The best thing about the movie is that it was SO GOOD that it actually inspired a lot of Firefly "virgins" to go out and get the series. It really did a lot to make it accessible to a much larger audience. And it really doesn't suffer from the fact that you kind of watch it backwards if you see the movie first. Plus it takes the sting out of Wash's death because you then watch the series and its all "phew! It's like Wash never died!" |
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3rd October 2006, 04:40 AM
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11th October 2006, 01:08 AM
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