Serenity

I loved this movie!
I laughed; I cried. (Seriously)
I had been waiting for it to come out, because I had seen an episode or two of the series when it was currently running.
Since the movie was so good, I went back and watched the season when the SciFi Channel reaired it. 😄

When did the Sci-Fi channel reair it? Why didnt i know this?

Umm about the time the movie opened in theaters, Scifi reaired it before Stargate SG-1, Atlantis,BSG, etc.
Umm I dunno why you didn't know. 🙁 Sorry you missed it.

oh well but please do me a favor and go to the survey i really want a second season 😄

Hmm...

Finally saw the movie and am very much underwhelmed. I liked the series, though not as much as some others, and it had Whedon's trademark witty and fast paced conversations, but it just didn't work out for me. River turning into sci-fi Buffy didn't do it for me, the second death was a total waste of a dramatic opportunity, and I found the whole plot and the main bad guy rather shallow- and in a setting which is not meant to be shallow, unlike Star Wars which gloriifies in it to good purpose.

i did not like this film at all i was bored sh*tless.

Thats your opinion i REALLY liked the movie. I must agree along with most people that the series is much better, Serenity didnt have as much as a western feel to it which i really enjoy...and if you havent taken the survey plese do...

Originally posted by Ushgarak
the main bad guy rather shallow-

Really? I loved the unkown agent. Thought he was badass.

Well, he's just the latest in a long line of Whedon foes who can fight. In fact, the blue-handed men from the series were much more interesting River-hunting bad guys. The Operative was just another martial artist, spouting crap, being tricked by the good guys, and being beaten up in the end, whereupon he then turns out to be a total wimp.

He was also far too similar to the Bounty Hunter Early, in both mannerism and objectives. His first fight with Mal was almost repetition of Early's.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
He was also far too similar to the Bounty Hunter Early, in both mannerism and objectives.

Point, acknowledged.

Finally bought it today, but I wont get the pleasure of watching until tomorrow night disgust

Cant wait to watch the "Aussie only" special features you guys havent seen droolio

This has got to be one of the best movies EVER! I mean, wow, the main female character was soooo awesome. I am so looking out for other things Summer Glau has done.

I have actually only just seen this movie, so, yeah, hence the late reply to this thread. It was awesome, and I intend to watch it again and again.

Cheers,
Mana

As you can see, River certainly was the standout character for me.

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isnt the old black guy in this movie (i think his name was shepard) supposed to be in the series.If so does he not really die in the movie.

I havent seen one episode of firefly so help me out if im a retard.

It was annoying, but the movie is after the series, so I guess they could really kill off whoever they wanted in it. I mean, Wash was in the series too, and they killed him off. 🙁

Piccies.

Serenity was excellent, easily one of the best Sci-Fi adventure movies since the original Star Wars.

It also gets better the more you watch it. I really enjoyed the villain, and for what Whedon was given to work with, he pulled off an excellent finale. He had so many loose ends to tie up, so many story arcs to branch together, and even though questions remain unanswerred, they had some neat little touches (ie Shepherds conversation with Mal about his past, and why he doesn't need to know). He could have explained things to death George Lucas style, remove all mystery of certian things, but I love the idea of certain things being left open.

The deaths of two huge characters served only to prove that if those characters can die, then so can the others. I thought the battle in the tunnel really hit home that any of those characters could die. Kaylee and especially the Doc I was really rooting for because it was obvious these characters could be classed as expendable.

It was obviously inspired by The Empire Strikes Back, in that the main hero Luke, was expendable when Yoda stated "No, there is another" meaning that Luke was not their last hope and that the audience was prepared for Luke to die and then put him into a situation where he was certainly doomed, which made his survival even more surprising. Serenity seemed to take that idea and make it even more dramatic.

I do however, think the whole series in general died way too early. There was so much potential in each of the characters and the relationships between them. Stupid Fox bla bla etc.

Whoa hoo, another Serenity fan who has basically the same ideas as me about the movie. All your points ring true, especially the last one. They should never have axed it.

Anyways, I was shocked to see Wash die, I wasn't expecting that at all, but it was sooo well done, and yeah, I have seen it so many times now and it never ever gets boring. It's one of those movies that is watchable over and over and over!

Next to the X-Men movies, and the second Alien movie, this is definately one of my favs. I hope and pray he makes another movie... even though that is probably not likely, but one can hope.

Cheers,
Mana

I just saw Serenity and was exited over finally seeing a new good sci-fi movie. Then I discovered it was based on a TV series called Firefly. After downloading all Firefly episodes I discovered it got cancelled after 15 episodes, this made me loose all respect for Fox. The first good Sci-fi show in ages and they go ahead and cancels it, I found a petition that people sign up on to try and get Firefly back on the air, please sign it if u too want this great show back: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fireflyrevival

Originally posted by Mana4X2
Whoa hoo, another Serenity fan who has basically the same ideas as me about the movie. All your points ring true, especially the last one. They should never have axed it.

Anyways, I was shocked to see Wash die, I wasn't expecting that at all, but it was sooo well done, and yeah, I have seen it so many times now and it never ever gets boring. It's one of those movies that is watchable over and over and over!

Next to the X-Men movies, and the second Alien movie, this is definately one of my favs. I hope and pray he makes another movie... even though that is probably not likely, but one can hope.

Cheers,
Mana