Serenity Preview - No Spoilers

[Pyrex]

... I saw someone in the crowd wearing an event-specific Serenity T-shirt for the screenings. Where did he get it?...

They may have been printed on Cafepress, much like the nifty Browncoat buttons someone was handing out at the Seattle showing.

 

[Pyrex]

So is it true that River is made out of chocolate?
Daniel

Not exactly. But I have to say I never saw the fluffy marshmallow filling coming...

 

[Pielorinho]

Not exactly. But I have to say I never saw the fluffy marshmallow filling coming...

When Mal said, "River, not another Peep out of you!" I didn't know that's what he meant!
Daniel

 

[KidCthulhu]

Wha?!!! No Brazilian hotness?

Aaron.

Don't get me wrong. She is of the hot. But I'm kinda a) a chick and b) partial to the boys. Hence the trade. Although I mostly just love Jayne. Don't know much about Adam.

 

[Pyrex]

Darn. I'll trade you Morena for Adam. The Firefly Actor Trading Game. Collect all 9!

Hmm, not a bad trade, but if I were to trade I'd rather end up with Jewel than Morena.

Adam was pretty cool though. Stormed into the theater, charging down the aisle in his nice leather Browncoat.

Didn't have much to say, but he stuck around afterwards to meet the fans and sign autographs.

 

[KidCthulhu]

Hmm, not a bad trade, but if I were to trade I'd rather end up with Jewel than Morena.

PC agrees with you, and I respect him for it. And I'd prefer Nathan to Adam, but I can only trade what I have!

Would anyone be interested in a spoiler thread? I really want to talk about the movie.

 

[Taelorn76]

How about a brief synapsis of what Firefly was about. I unfortunatly never had the pleasure of whatching an episode. But the more I hear about it on this board the more curious I become. I only got turned on to Buffy and Angel late into each series, but I definately enjoyed Joss's work. So Firefly and now Serenity seems like something I could get into whole heartedly.
Plus I feel a little out of this discussion.

Thanks

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

PC agrees with you, and I respect him for it. And I'd prefer Nathan to Adam, but I can only trade what I have!

Would anyone be interested in a spoiler thread? I really want to talk about the movie.

I would be up for it. There's a lot to discuss....!

 

[Dagger75]

First I hate you all who got to see the movie already

This will probably be one of the few movies I will see spoiler free. I don't know why but I read spoilers for all the movies when they come out. Saves me a lot of money. Wish I would have read the spoilers for Elektra.

Again hate all of you who saw the movie.

 

[Piratecat]

You really, really don't want spoilers for this movie. It's one of the few movies where I can say that without hesitation.

Taelorn, Firefly is effectively a space western. It involves the crew of a Firefly-class spaceship - "Serenity" - set in the future in another solar system. A Sino-Anglo (Chinese-American) Alliance controls the majority of the system, having beaten the Independents ("Browncoats") in a nasty war a few years back.

The captain of Firefly is a former soldier named Malcolm Reynolds. His crew is a pilot (Wash), his second in command (Zoe), an enforcer/tough guy (Jayne), and a mechanic (KayLee). In the TV show they pick up some passengers who stay with them, a Shepherd (or Preacher) named Book and a young doctor (Simon) and his sister River. It turns out that River is wanted by the Alliance - BADLY. She was being experimented on, and no one is quite sure what was done to her... but it has made her psychotic, and possibly very deadly. There's also a professional courtesan, Inarra, who uses a shuttle on the ship as her base for visiting clients.

The TV show is about their attempts to survive on the fringe of occupied planets, working shady deals and dealing with the Alliance hunting them. The movie deals more directly with what was done to River, and why.

Cast from left to right:

Inarra (companion), River (crazy passenger), Wash (pilot), Simon (doctor), KayLee (mechanic), Book (Shepherd), Jayne (tough guy), Zoe (2nd officer). Seated: Cptn Mal Reynolds.