Serenity DVD [SPOILERS]

[Vigilance]

My only problem with the movie was Book's death. Not how he died, or any clichés therein, but just the fact that he died with so much character detail left unresolved. The series had spent a lot of time hinting at the mysterious true nature of the enigmatic Shepherd. And now those hints come to no fruition!

Still, Serenity was a great movie. Great outtakes, too.

I appreciated Joss killing him without the "big reveal". Whatever we learned of his past, it would not have been as cool as what's in your head. Anytime other oh-so-mysterious characters have had their pasts revealed (Snake Eyes, Wolverine) the results have been lame.

 

[Meloncov]

So, is Ron Glass upset that his character was killed?

Now, I truly want to know if Alan Tudyk didn't want his character, Wash, to die, too.

Both were rather accepting. I haven't read much about Glass, but I know that Tudyk expected the charecter to die early from the begining of the show.

 

[Roudi]

I appreciated Joss killing him without the "big reveal". Whatever we learned of his past, it would not have been as cool as what's in your head. Anytime other oh-so-mysterious characters have had their pasts revealed (Snake Eyes, Wolverine) the results have been lame.

Yer, you might have a good point there.

 

[Ranger REG]

Yup. People have their limits. What Joss did to Zoe far exceeded hers. And she had quite a high threshold. Ask Niska.

Niska only tortured Mal and Wash. If you're referring to scene where Niska allowed Zoe to choose one prisoner to set free, obviously she was going to choose her husband. She didn't mull over it.

 

[librarius_arcana]

I liked the movie just fine, but the Operator bored me to tears.

"A suave, literate, philosopher-assassin. With a katana. See, he's like a sci-fi samurai, get it? Get it?"

At no point in the film did he seem like anything but a writer's construct. Which is sad because Whedon actually can create compelling, unique characters.

The Operator ain't one of them.

Far from it, I saw him as a complex character, (try working out how he thinks)

 

[Allura]

So, is Ron Glass upset that his character was killed?

Ron Glass spoke at a Q&A at ICON this year. As an actor, it was his first death scene. As someone who really loved his character, he was NOT happy.

OTOH, he says that Joss has told him if there's another movie, he WILL be in it. I believe Alan is "optioned" as well. So make of that what you will....

 

[Richards]

That makes sense, as Serenity was basically the third movie in a trilogy, that Joss opted to make first in case he didn't get green-lighted to make the other two. If there is a "next" movie, I expect it will be set between the end of Firefly and well before the beginning of Serenity.

Johnathan

 

[Ranger REG]

That makes sense, as Serenity was basically the third movie in a trilogy, that Joss opted to make first in case he didn't get green-lighted to make the other two. If there is a "next" movie, I expect it will be set between the end of Firefly and well before the beginning of Serenity.

Johnathan

*raises eyebrows*

Why is everyone in Hollywood so anxious to do prequels? I'm starting to blame George Lucas for popularizing the trend. :\

 

[Richards]

Actually, it wasn't a matter of Joss wanting to do a prequel - it was more concern on his part that if he made "movie 1 of 3" first and it didn't generate enough sales to greenlight movies 2 and 3, he'd be leaving his Firefly fan base stranded. However, by making Serenity as movie 3 of 3, if worst came to worst, at least there'd be some closure. And if it turned out that sales were strong enough to make additional movies, then he could always go back and make movies 1 of 3 and 2 of 3.

Johnathan

 

[Vigilance]

*raises eyebrows*

Why is everyone in Hollywood so anxious to do prequels? I'm starting to blame George Lucas for popularizing the trend. :\

Well, whatever people on the internet say about the SW prequels, the last one made like 800 million dollars worldwide.

I think the studios are paying more attention to what the majority DOES rather than what the minority of internet fanboys SAY.

[comic book guy]Rest assured that I was on the internet within moments expressing my disgust[/comic book guy]

Chuck