Serenity

Originally posted by Shwartz
Yeah all and all it was a good movie. The series was not as great as I hoped. I can kind of see why it didn't do as great on the television. Besides, I don't see how the show could of continued with the pilot of Serenity dying in the movie. I thought that was kind of a low blow. But hey, shows come and show go.

Um . . . 😕 . . . the movie was basically the last episode, so the pilot, Wash, his death, did make sense in a cronilogical sense. Also, Reapers are actually called 'Reavers', and they were never shown until the movie came out.

I just finished watching the 'special features' of the Firefly series, and I have to admit, I got a tear in my eye since the realization overcame me that those special features would be the last related footage to Firefly that I may ever enjoy.

However, I came to realize this:

Serenity Firefly is like College. There was a point in time where I wished that my college days would never end. There came a point in time where I knew Firefly WOULD end. These were sad times. Like college, I enjoyed Firefly, yet I knew that it would be over soon and there was nothing I could do about it. Folks would go there own ways, different directions, etc. Like college, Serenity had to end.

But, I embraced it and I can now relive it on dvd.

I bought it on Dvd it was the last one on the shelf, it was like ten bucks cheaper than what it said on the tag. I was really happy I got it though and am now trying to get all my friends to watch it too!

I got Serenity for Christmas and watched a week or so ago. Overall, I enjoyed it and thought it was a decent movie. I'd probably give it an 8 out of 10. I liked the humor a lot. The action was pretty good as well, but it wasn't AS good as I had heard before.

I watched it again too..

All I have to say is was about 10 times more awesome in theaters.

My sister bought me the Firefly set, I practically died I was so happy! I enjoyed the movie but the show is fun!

man i loved serenity, summers glau gives a good performance, makes you really believe shes nuts.

this movie sucked i hate it so much i fell asleep wile watching it

Originally posted by Zarathustra
I'm not sure I understand complaints about the Operative. He's an idealist whose worldview is shattered in the end. His motives and personality are explained fairly well, so what more is expected of him? Most movie antagonists aren't so well developed.
It's a mistake to define Mal as a copy of Han Solo. They're both rogues of a sort who are both essentially moral individuals, but beyond that? Mal is a far more conflicted character, his experiences are the opposite of Han's (while the latter goes from being a smuggler who's out for number one to believing in the rebellion, the former has lost faith after his rebellion failed and circumstances force him to look out for number one). Do they fit the same general description? Yes. There are only so many different types of characters and none of them are "original" anymore, so to make similarities or influences out to be knock-offs is unjustified.
As for the Reavers, keep in mind this was created as something of a space western. The Reavers were created as the incomprehensible and violent "other" that Indians were used as in Westerns: the boogeyman out on the edge of civilization, keeping settlers scared, not zombies. The revelation of their origins was more akin to the revelation of Nazi concentration camps than anything: the side effect of trying to make a brave new world.
If an actual criticism had been made of River I might attempt to respond to it. "She's annoying" does not apply.

Beautifully said! 🙂

I thought Serenity was a great movie. Not perfect, nothing is, but the humor relieved the tension so the movie could rebuild it, and the intensity was amazing.

I miss WASH, his death was oddly beautiful, fit so perfectly, and showed that Joss Whedon has his own rules for what can happen.

I've got the DVD and this is a movie I'll toss in from time to time. There is so much there that you can get something more out of it when seeing it again, and to me that is one of the signs of a good movie.

Oh, and I think we saw someone who was... I guess you'd say evolving into a reaver in the firefly series, and that episode had a nice little speech by Mal in which he foreshadowed something they do in the movie -- just an example of why I respect the writing for this show/movie so much!

That Great Vengance guy wouldn't know a decent Sci-Fi movie if it jumped up and bit him in the ass. It's amazing what you can do with a well-written script, and someone who knows what he's doing in the director's chair ain't it folks? This film ( And the series ) was SORELY underrated. Firefly is cancelled and we're left with the new Battlestar Galactica. Pfft.

I'm ordering firefly, though I've never actually seen any of the episodes.

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Firefly is great.

Yeah. Firefly was awsome. It was seriously underrated. I was pissed when Fox cancelled it. Missed a good thing.

Still havent seen Serenity...everytime I go to the shops, its sitting there begging me to buy it...but I have to turn away and regret not having enough money on me...

Too bad they couldnt keep making Firefly as a DVD release series at least...

hey im so happy that someone made a forum about serenity on here cause the only other site ive found is lostinserenity which sucks a little bit thanks to a friend of mine (i love it buts annoying sorry if anyone goes on it) but anyway this movie rocks! so does firefly i feel that its easy to understand without seeing firefly but also you can really see the diffrence. but to who ever said that River was annoying i hope you die , she made the movie

HPrOX, Be careful 😉 peopole ARE entitled to their opinions.

i know i was just upset saying that it was a bad movie... yeah...sorry

And the number one reason why Firefly is better than Star Wars:
Mal ALWAYS gets to shoot first.

my firend sent me a poll from a channel that wants to put firefly back on the air ill get it from him and ill post it if you really want to get it back on the air... but also if you have comcast firelfly episodes are on there like three episodes. YAY!!

I loved this series and was incredibly disspointed when they cancelled it. I didnt get a chance to see the movie in theatres and I dont have a lot of time to watch DVD's I like at home becuase I have 2 kids and work and such. I do however have a little down time at work sometimes so I bough it for my psp.....I'm about half way through and this movie is just awesome. Can't wait to finish it if I get time lol. I'm thinking i'm gonna have to take the psp version to game trade place and actually buy the regular dvd for my collection.

ok i FINALLY got the website my friend has been out and not only so heres the survey if they get enough people to give good reviews theb they might put Firefly back on!!!
http://www.fireflyseasontwo.com/BrowncoatProfile.asp