Super SPOILER FILLED Serenity thread

[CarlZog]

The only thing wrong with the movie is that it makes my dream - a return as a TV series - nigh impossible. I know that it would be horribly unlikley anyway, but with the loss of Book and Wash, I find it difficult to imagine making it work on the small screen again.

Oh sure it could. It would just be a little different. Kaylee and Simon replace Zoe and Wash as the boat's open romance. Mal continues to dance with Innara. River's in the pilot's seat and Zoe grapples with her loss. Open slot for another character.

Carl

 

[RangerWickett]

Open slot for another character.

*raises hand* Dibs!

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

*raises hand* Dibs!

Curses, the Ewok beat me to it...well, guess we have to give the spot to him.

 

[Pielorinho]

Y'all are fighting over Wash's spot?

Go for it. Meanwhile, I hear the party's looking for a cleric, and I am SO THERE!

Daniel

 

[Kryndal Levik]

Another difference: on the show, Simon pays people for them to smuggle a cryogenically-frozen River out of the military installation. In the movie, Simon does it himself.

I watched the first episode again today, and came away with either 1) Simon was lying just a bit, which is very possible considering the fact that he was under duress, or 2) the guys smuggled River out (i.e. off-planet) by freezing her, but Simon had to actually break her out.

GREAT movie, by the way; seeing it again this week. I'm looking forward to checking how well it did in its opening weekend tomorrow (Monday) morning; its success the past few days will probably dictate whether there's a sequel or not. *crosses fingers*

 

[Fast Learner]

Another difference: on the show, Simon pays people for them to smuggle a cryogenically-frozen River out of the military installation. In the movie, Simon does it himself.

In the movie, Simon clearly paid a fortune -- his entire fortune, probably -- to get clearance as an assembly member, his special weapon, etc. Seems consistent enough to me.

Also, from my understanding, the ship was darker, more cramped, and more detailed in the movie than on the show.

I suspect that's just the difference in media. Certainly television lighting is different from movie lighting (even with film as the physical medium for both). Many more details will show up on film than even DVDs (many more). And the space is likely a matter of lens choice. Likely, anyway.

 

[Hijinks]

Just thought I'd throw it out there - US Weekly says in this week's issue that Nathan Fillion "doesn't have a face for movies" ... WTF??

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Just thought I'd throw it out there - US Weekly says in this week's issue that Nathan Fillion "doesn't have a face for movies" ... WTF??

What...? They're saying he's not pretty enough to lead a movie? Ugh...Hollywood.

 

[Rackhir]

Nobody's mentioned my one quibble, so maybe I'm just not understanding the movie.

The way I see it, when they're heading to Mr. Universe's hideout, there's two possibilities:
1) They don't expect to be intercepted by the Alliance; or
2) They expect to be intercepted by the Alliance.

If #1, then why on earth do they lead the entire population of Reavers toward Mr. Universe's planet? That's suicide!

If #2, then why on earth do they even bother to go there? Surely if the Alliance gets there before they do, Mr. Universe is going to be dead and the facility is going to be destroyed.

It seems like the logical thing for them to do would be to make the appointment with Mr. Universe, then go somewhere completely different and upload the video to a couple dozen messageboards. Or, I dunno, do something not suicidal, something that has a miniscule chance of success. (It seems to me that the only way they could predict their plan's success would be if Mr. Universe had a backup facility and a Buffybot to inform Mal of the facility's existence).

Other than that, I thought it was the best SF movie I've seen since Gattaca, and ties with that movie for the best SF I've ever seen.

Daniel

Well the fact that they were talking to Mr. Universe was a strong indication that the facility hadn't been destroyed. Also if you recall Mal's reaction when he got into the media chamber he was clearly surprised and upset that the equipment had been destroyed.

I would surmise that given the Operative's earlier tactics with the consort and the knowledge that the Operative had already hit everyone else they'd associated with in the past, that they knew Mr. Universe had been "compromised", but that they didn't think he'd destroy the equipment since the Operative "knew" he'd have overwhelming force and that they had "no chance" of making it to the facility. It's also possible that Mr. Universe had credibility that simply putting the file on the "Net" wouldn't have had. After all there are lots of sites on the internet that have evidence that "prove" all sorts of conspiracy theories.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

I think, much like Mal's conversation with Inara, he suspected that Mr. Universe had been compromised, but that they might keep him alive in case he could be useful again.