Serenity Preview - No Spoilers

[Shadowdancer]

Some people on an earlier thread had expressed concern about the movie losing one of the TV's little "trademarks" -- no sound in space. There was even a quote posted from Joss saying that was one of the things he had been happy to "give in to" with the studio in order to get the movie made.

But there wasn't much sound when they were in space, until at the end. There were a couple of instances earlier in the movie then there was noise as the ship was passing through a planet's atmosphere -- which is to be expected -- but not when it was in space. Until that part near the end.

 

[Shadowdancer]

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.

The entire series is available on DVD. I highly recommend you buy, borrow or rent it and watch it. Then when the movie comes out on Sept. 30, you will be up to speed and ready to go.

 

[Taelorn76]

Thank you PC and Shadow for the speedy reply.
I just headed over to Amazon, as soon as I get home it will be ordered.

 

[John Crichton]

I was going to head to Boston but it would have been by my lonesome and I'm okay with waiting for the final product. I am SO glad to hear that so many people here liked it. Just gives me something else to look forward to with glee after the Star Wars crack-buzz wears off, which will probably be sometime in July...

 

[Plane Sailing]

Interesting. I've not seen Firefly at all (has it been terrestrial in the UK I wonder?) but it sounds like it is worth watching on DVD before it comes out. I see that it is available on DVD in the UK.

The big question is, will I like it? I liked Babylon 5 lots, Farscape quite a bit although I didn't get to see it much, ST:voyager not at all. I saw a few episodes of Buffy which were entertaining but likewise didn't get into that much.

Do you think I might fit the profile for liking Firefly?

Cheers

 

[Belen]

Do you think I might fit the profile for liking Firefly?

Cheers

Before I saw Firefly, I said that Babylon 5 was the best scifi show ever made. Then I saw Firefly and my opinion was forever altered. Buy the DVDs. You'll never regret it.

 

[Henry]

Hard to say. Some people who liked Buffy and Angel, even, didn't like Firefly, but not many. The closest thing I have to compare it to, style-wise, outside of another Joss Whedon series is the TV series M*A*S*H, if you ever saw that way back when. (Not the M*A*S*H movie, which was more comical than dramedy)

If you saw Angel at all, which it doesn't sound like you did, the style is very similar to that.

 

[Richards]

I heartily second BelenUmeria's recommendation.

Johnathan

 

[KidCthulhu]

I describe it as Buffy & Angel without the drama. Which is not to say that it's not dramatic, full of beautifully drawn characters and interaction and lots of depth. Rather, it avoids the soap opera-ness that Buffy went to in later series, and that Angel always had in spades.

 

[Welverin]

What was the level of completeness on it?

On the other hand, it did one thing much, much better than the X-Files movie: it resolved things.

Makes sense though, with the X-files movie they knew that they were going right back to the show, with Serenity there's no knowing whether there will be a follow up of any kind.

Plus, Chris Carter is incapable of resolving anything, and on the rare occasions he did they were later contradicted, thus unresolving it.