Wednesday November 02, 2005 Serenity
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At the beginning of the year, I mentioned that there were several films being made this year that would be based on TV series. |
The one that was of particular interest to me was Serenity, which would be based on the TV series Firefly which was on FOX a couple of years ago, but was unexpectedly cancelled. Firefly was a great TV series. It was just getting interesting when it was canned.
Our son had an unexpected sleepover last Friday, so it was an opportunity for my wife and I to finally get out and see Serenity before it disappeared off the big screens.
Spoilers ahead. If you haven't seen this film already, and you like science fiction, stop reading this now, waste no time and head out to your local theater right away before it's too late.
Others have blogged already about how great this film is. I've got to agree with them. If you hadn't seen Firefly, you might not pick up on all the tag-lines and in-jokes from the TV series, but the film is still a self-contained entity and you should be able to understand what's going on.
The film is very intense at times. Just when you think things are slowing down and the action is over for the moment, something unexpected happens that'll leave you gasping.
A good attempt was made to tie up all the loose ends from the TV series and to explain exactly what it was all about. I liked that River's character was expanded to its full potential and details were given on why she was like she was. The TV series really only hinted at this.
Nice to see all the actors from the TV series were in the film. The humor in the film is so subtle and really is a major win for me. Original dialogue, good emoting all around. Great visuals; both the CGI and the shots of the actors against various backgrounds. I would like to have heard an explanation of Sheperd Book's past life. There was only a one-liner in the movie on this and that didn't resolve this at all.
Others have hinted that there might be another film coming from Joss Weldon using the same Serenity crew. That seems unlikely to me. They did leave it open enough at the end, but there would have to be a completely new plot developed in order for this to happen.
Still, if it happens, I'll be there. I'll also be looking out for any other new movies by Joss (like Wonder Woman).
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Also, I've watched Serenity twice and rewatched the dvd set a few times again since the last viewing of the movie and there are clues that the series tosses out that could be missed.
Such as if you recall the Operative kept talking about unquestioned belief, and in the pilot episode, Book breaks down in part of it saying he's trying to believe but...
Another part is in the last of the TV episodes where there is a line of "Thats no shepard...". Toss that in with in the movie where Mal is talking to him about whats going on, he tells Mal about how the OP is going to come at him and Mal asks how he knows this and he says he wasn't always a shepard. Then toss in when he dies in the movie he tells Mal to believe. And supposible in the book, Serenity, Book meets the OP and the OP asks what he's doing there, so they know each other.
There is a possiblity for the series to come back, but rumor is that it won't happen unless the movie makes $80m. Some of that can be found out on "The Signal"'s webstie, a podcast about serenity. I think the website is www.serenityfirefly.com, but I might be off.
Man, I want to go watch it again!
Posted by Jeffrey Olson on November 02, 2005 at 08:52 AM PST #
Posted by Rich Burridge on November 02, 2005 at 08:56 PM PST #