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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 2619644" data-attributes="member: 115">The problem I have with that is you shouldn't need a comic prequel to explain stuff for the movie.&nbsp; The biggest failing of the movie, IMO, is that a lot of it is lost if you haven't seen Firefly or read the comic.&nbsp; The movie was, IMO, not sufficiently self-contained as to make certain points, for a big example Book, mean anything.&nbsp; He would have been better off leaving Book and a couple other points out of the movie altogether.Like I said earlier, I thought it was a good movie... I gave it an eight out of ten.&nbsp; However it's readily obvious to me that while Whedon made a decent movie, it definitely felt like it should have been on TV, and that isn't praise when it comes to movies.&nbsp; I would have liked to see the story spread out over a half a season or more, not crammed into two hours.&nbsp; There was resonance that I felt was missing because of the movie format and for new viewers, because they hadn't at least seen the series.Also, for those interested, the movie I base all my opinions on is The Shawshank Redemption.&nbsp; If I feel a movie is as good as that, I give it a ten.&nbsp; Needless to say, I haven't felt we've had a ten movie in a while.&nbsp; A couple nines, a few eights, a bunch of sevens, but no ten.And what happened to Ron Glass?&nbsp; He seemed so much older and more gaunt.&nbsp; Is he okay?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 2619644, member: 115"] The problem I have with that is you shouldn't need a comic prequel to explain stuff for the movie. The biggest failing of the movie, IMO, is that a lot of it is lost if you haven't seen Firefly or read the comic. The movie was, IMO, not sufficiently self-contained as to make certain points, for a big example Book, mean anything. He would have been better off leaving Book and a couple other points out of the movie altogether. Like I said earlier, I thought it was a good movie... I gave it an eight out of ten. However it's readily obvious to me that while Whedon made a decent movie, it definitely felt like it should have been on TV, and that isn't praise when it comes to movies. I would have liked to see the story spread out over a half a season or more, not crammed into two hours. There was resonance that I felt was missing because of the movie format and for new viewers, because they hadn't at least seen the series. Also, for those interested, the movie I base all my opinions on is The Shawshank Redemption. If I feel a movie is as good as that, I give it a ten. Needless to say, I haven't felt we've had a ten movie in a while. A couple nines, a few eights, a bunch of sevens, but no ten. And what happened to Ron Glass? He seemed so much older and more gaunt. Is he okay? [/QUOTE]

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