that serenity post i've been talking about
Oct. 2nd, 2005 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daniwithteaI suppose I should start this off by saying "Yes, i recognize that I'm obsessed. And a dork." Now that I've gotten that out of the way, here's some random commentary on my experience (any spoilers will be saved until the end and placed behind a cut.)
1: All Bets are Off
If I were the betting type, I'd be out a few hundred right now - my baby sister did not come crashing into this world during the movie on Friday night. As a matter of fact, as far as I know, she's still enjoying her stay in-utero. (Of course, we're going back for tonight's 7:20 showing, so that may change shortly...)
2. Dorks in Downingtown!
I want to know how the fuck I was unaware of the fact that there is apparently a sci-fi or whedonverse or something group numbering about 30-40 in this tiny little town! Seriously - there was this big group of them that arrived together, and then more kept coming in to join them. It never really occurred to me to go onto the browncoats site and say "hi, anyone going to the regal cinema in downingtown this friday?" 'Cause, hello, it's fucking downingtown!
3. LJ Rulz
as the movie was ending and people were exiting (mer and i are true dorks that stayed behind to watch the credits), these two young girls (I'd guess high-school age) walk by and one of them says something to the effect of, "I can't wait to get home and write about this in my LJ!" tee hee.
4. Take My Love, Take My Land, Take My Music?
they didn't use the firefly theme. at the very end of the credits, they played an instrumental version, and there may have been some versions of it played at parts during the movie (I plan on listening for that today), but seeing that firefly soar through the black at the beginning without that twangy guitar felt strange to me.
5. My Effects are Pastede On Yay
for having a small budget, the effects in this movie were pretty darn good. i saw someone comment that at times, it looked like the backgrounds were pastede on yay. i didn't pick up on that, but i was sucked in by the movie for most of it, and watching the ship, and the guns, and the people...
6. Reavers!
not only are there reavers in the movie, but we get to find out plenty more about them. And damn, are they creepy-looking.
7. Inara and Mal, sittin' in a tree...
There was definitely some romantic tension between Inara and Mal - they played it really well, and I hope to see it develop more in sequels. (Let there be sequels!) My biggest complaint about Inara, however, was that there was no explanation of who she was! Sure, I knew she was a companion, but if I hadn't seen the series, I think I'd be wondering who the hell the chick in the shiny dress was.
8. Simon and Kaylee - finally
All I'm going to say about this for the time being is that I actually woo-hooed (out loud) when Kaylee decided to live and started shooting shit up.
9. Book
I really liked the way they tied him into the story. It wasn't important to know that he was once a passenger on the ship - just that he was important to the crew, and that was made obvious by their interactions planet-side.
10. River
I was absolutely mesmerized by the way that girl kicked ass. That alone is worth seeing the movie for, repeatdely. And I adore those shots of her on the ceiling!
11. Wash
I had read the spoilers. I knew it was coming. But I got so caught up in the movie that I forgot what I knew. It came out of nowhere. There was no time to mourn. I was so thankful Joss gave us that time at the end to mourn for all the fallen heroes. I needed to cry.
That's it for now - time to find my shoes, get mer out of the shower, and head back to the theater.
Go see this movie.
Can't stop the signal.
1: All Bets are Off
If I were the betting type, I'd be out a few hundred right now - my baby sister did not come crashing into this world during the movie on Friday night. As a matter of fact, as far as I know, she's still enjoying her stay in-utero. (Of course, we're going back for tonight's 7:20 showing, so that may change shortly...)
2. Dorks in Downingtown!
I want to know how the fuck I was unaware of the fact that there is apparently a sci-fi or whedonverse or something group numbering about 30-40 in this tiny little town! Seriously - there was this big group of them that arrived together, and then more kept coming in to join them. It never really occurred to me to go onto the browncoats site and say "hi, anyone going to the regal cinema in downingtown this friday?" 'Cause, hello, it's fucking downingtown!
3. LJ Rulz
as the movie was ending and people were exiting (mer and i are true dorks that stayed behind to watch the credits), these two young girls (I'd guess high-school age) walk by and one of them says something to the effect of, "I can't wait to get home and write about this in my LJ!" tee hee.
4. Take My Love, Take My Land, Take My Music?
they didn't use the firefly theme. at the very end of the credits, they played an instrumental version, and there may have been some versions of it played at parts during the movie (I plan on listening for that today), but seeing that firefly soar through the black at the beginning without that twangy guitar felt strange to me.
5. My Effects are Pastede On Yay
for having a small budget, the effects in this movie were pretty darn good. i saw someone comment that at times, it looked like the backgrounds were pastede on yay. i didn't pick up on that, but i was sucked in by the movie for most of it, and watching the ship, and the guns, and the people...
6. Reavers!
not only are there reavers in the movie, but we get to find out plenty more about them. And damn, are they creepy-looking.
7. Inara and Mal, sittin' in a tree...
There was definitely some romantic tension between Inara and Mal - they played it really well, and I hope to see it develop more in sequels. (Let there be sequels!) My biggest complaint about Inara, however, was that there was no explanation of who she was! Sure, I knew she was a companion, but if I hadn't seen the series, I think I'd be wondering who the hell the chick in the shiny dress was.
8. Simon and Kaylee - finally
All I'm going to say about this for the time being is that I actually woo-hooed (out loud) when Kaylee decided to live and started shooting shit up.
9. Book
I really liked the way they tied him into the story. It wasn't important to know that he was once a passenger on the ship - just that he was important to the crew, and that was made obvious by their interactions planet-side.
10. River
I was absolutely mesmerized by the way that girl kicked ass. That alone is worth seeing the movie for, repeatdely. And I adore those shots of her on the ceiling!
11. Wash
I had read the spoilers. I knew it was coming. But I got so caught up in the movie that I forgot what I knew. It came out of nowhere. There was no time to mourn. I was so thankful Joss gave us that time at the end to mourn for all the fallen heroes. I needed to cry.
That's it for now - time to find my shoes, get mer out of the shower, and head back to the theater.
Go see this movie.
Can't stop the signal.
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Date: 2005-10-03 12:42 am (UTC)::: goes and dies from being "spoiled"::: (same thing happened to me with Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince - I read someone's blog and found out about the ending when I was 10 pages into the damn book.
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Date: 2005-10-03 02:13 am (UTC)you scared me for a minute when I saw your original comment on email, because I triple-checked to make sure that the cut was working between #s 5 and 6...