The Firefly Movie: Serenity Thread (September 30, 2005! The Big Damn Movie Is Out!)

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Originally posted by: SilverTorch
Here is a question for those that saw the FireFly TV series on SciFi. Where does it fit in chronologically with the movie, before or after?

It goes in this order.

Television series.
Dark Horse comic books.
Movie.
 

SilverTorch

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Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Originally posted by: SilverTorch
Here is a question for those that saw the FireFly TV series on SciFi. Where does it fit in chronologically with the movie, before or after?

It goes in this order.

Television series.
Dark Horse comic books.
Movie.

Thanks!!!
 

Queasy

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Bloggers (who got free previews this week) are beginning to put up reviews of Serenity.

Instapundit is a good starting place with links to several other blogs.

Be warned that some reviews do have spoilers and won't necessarily warn you.
 

BatmanNate

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Jul 12, 2000
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There's over 70 Earth's in this galaxy, and the meek have inherited not a one.

:thumbsup: One more day.
 

Raduque

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While I can't stand most of what Joss Whedon makes, and I've never seen a single episode of Firefily (so I have no earthly clue what this series is about) this movie looks kick@ss. I'll be seeing it.
 

BaboonGuy

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Just got back from watching it and it is really good. Everyone should watch it so I can go see some sequels.
 

Queasy

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Anybody want to babysit my kids so I can go see it tonight? :D My wife was going to take me for my birthday but we can't find anyone to watch the little ones!
 

0roo0roo

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Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: CtK
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yay, more suckiness..

just like those great alba movies!!! hahahaha



atleast those have alba.

the hooker with a heart of gold bs doesn't quite cut it. i hope serenity is better, but the tv show was way overhyped by the joss wheaton cult. thing had bad plots, unbelievable universe, bad acting, cliche for crew, many totally useless boring and paper thin characters, and was just predictable. i saw it on dvd because of the hype and was underwhelmed and dissapointed. even saw it in order so that stuff about fox sinking it is bs. the pilot was pretty shoddy. nothing groundbreaking or innovative here just old yuk yuk sci fi corniness.

go watch bsg
 

CtK

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: CtK
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yay, more suckiness..

just like those great alba movies!!! hahahaha



atleast those have alba.

the hooker with a heart of gold bs doesn't quite cut it. i hope serenity is better, but the tv show was way overhyped by the joss wheaton cult. thing had bad plots, unbelievable universe, bad acting, cliche for crew, many totally useless boring and paper thin characters, and was just predictable. i saw it on dvd because of the hype and was underwhelmed and dissapointed. even saw it in order so that stuff about fox sinking it is bs. the pilot was pretty shoddy. nothing groundbreaking or innovative here just old yuk yuk sci fi corniness.

i just think you angered 90% of the ppl on this board

i think Morena Baccarin is waay hotter than Alba
 
May 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: CtK
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yay, more suckiness..

just like those great alba movies!!! hahahaha



atleast those have alba.

the hooker with a heart of gold bs doesn't quite cut it. i hope serenity is better, but the tv show was way overhyped by the joss wheaton cult. thing had bad plots, unbelievable universe, bad acting, cliche for crew, many totally useless boring and paper thin characters, and was just predictable. i saw it on dvd because of the hype and was underwhelmed and dissapointed. even saw it in order so that stuff about fox sinking it is bs. the pilot was pretty shoddy. nothing groundbreaking or innovative here just old yuk yuk sci fi corniness.

go watch bsg


You complain about bad acting but like Alba?

Her new movie that opened today is at 19%, no big shock there though. :laugh:

 

Trey22

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Just flew back home to CA from NY on Jetblue, and they had FF episodes playing all the way back on the SciFi channel.

Friends I was traveling with got HOOKED!
 

JEDI

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just saw the movie.

i'm a big fan of the TV show.

but the movie was eh.

SPOILERS:


















- River is unstoppable in combat. WTF?! oh come on. i've had it up to here with these i'm a weak little girl, but on a command sequence, i turn into Wolverine and take down everything in sight (EASILY)!!

- Inara (the hooker w/the heart of gold) => it felt like the writers forgot about her, and wrote her in at the last minute. Hell, the Red shirts on Star Trek fit better into their plotline than Inara in this movie.

- oh come on.. why didnt they continue with the men with hands of blue?

- demystifying the Reavers => What a huge let down. So much more could have been done if they left the background of the Reavers alone. and chose a different reason why the Alliance comes after River.

- and that amarda combat scene is soooo silly. Why in the world does the bad guy need every combat ship in the sector (dozens of them) to goto a planet that Firefly (unarmed transport) is traveling to? sure, a couple of extra ships (at most) incase firefly runs. But dozens of them?! and he's not even expecting ship combat.

the answer=> to have an excuse for a huge fleet battle between the alliance and reavers. oh god, that was soooo unneeded into the plot. this was the stupidest part of the storyline.

- Final fight sequence between Mal and the chief bad guy (who is a master in combat):
Yeah, Mal is quicker at the draw than the bad guy. yeah right... and why didnt mal kill him off when the bad guy was down. he knows (from a previous encounter) that the bad guy wears body armor.

jeez, this whole fight was soooo unbelievable.
 

LordMorpheus

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Saw it a couple weeks ago at a press screening, saw it last night at midnight (a friend of mine rented a theater for Rice kids, pretty good turnout).

Great both times, go see it.
 

0roo0roo

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Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: CtK
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
yay, more suckiness..

just like those great alba movies!!! hahahaha



atleast those have alba.

the hooker with a heart of gold bs doesn't quite cut it. i hope serenity is better, but the tv show was way overhyped by the joss wheaton cult. thing had bad plots, unbelievable universe, bad acting, cliche for crew, many totally useless boring and paper thin characters, and was just predictable. i saw it on dvd because of the hype and was underwhelmed and dissapointed. even saw it in order so that stuff about fox sinking it is bs. the pilot was pretty shoddy. nothing groundbreaking or innovative here just old yuk yuk sci fi corniness.

go watch bsg


You complain about bad acting but like Alba?

Her new movie that opened today is at 19%, no big shock there though. :laugh:

i wasn't really defending alba. they are both lousy actors. i didn't watch dark angel either:p

Christina Hendricks was hotter in the show..but not in the movie so meh
 

alm4rr

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just came back from it
never saw firefly
movie was def. entertaining, but had some real plot holes and random stuff thrown in that maybe made more sense to fans of the series

7.5\10
 

n7

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Just saw it :D

It was pretty awesome!

It wasn't perfect, & to those who haven't seen Firefly, some things will a bit hard to follow.

However, overall, i'd say it was one of the best movies i've seen this year (I liked the show alot, of course :))
 

RyanM

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Holy rutting hell, that movie was shiny.

Best movie I've seen in months, maybe this whole disappointing year.