Firefly/Serenity (spoilers?)

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:05 am

Finally caught up on all the DVDs. I'm sad I missed out on it all when it originally happened but then again it did come and go in the blink of an eye.

I just wanna say I thought the film was brilliant. But how did you guys feel about the deaths of the some of the main cast?

Looked for the old 'Serenity' thread to no avail...

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:57 am

It is perfect in every way.

Wash dying is sad, but it gave it the air of drama it needed. Too many films give characters that "untouchable" feel where you know they're all going to be okay. That last stand scene, where one by one they all drop... knowing that Wash and Book have both been killed makes it plausible that they might not get back up again.

One of the things about Serenity is that, to draw a metaphor, it's Return of the Jedi. The series is Eps IV and V, the film is VI*. Because Joss knew he wasn't guaranteed another film afterwards (because he was hella lucky to even get one), he gave it a sense of closure. There's scope for more if needs be, but Serenity tied pretty much everything up and gave some form of response to [most of] the lingering questions from the series.

It's also quality on its own. Hell, even Jonathan Ross loved it. Said it had absolutely everything that was missing from the last three SW movies.

Yay, another convert.

* - And the events of Eps I-III get covered in flashback throughout the series. Everybody knows Mal & Zoe: Teh Early Years would be rubbish. Because we all know how it ends.

[EDITAGE]

The Official Serenity Thread:
http://transfans.tfarchive3.com/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4245

Star Wars Deathmatch:
http://transfans.tfarchive3.com/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4431

Puppets!:
http://transfans.tfarchive3.com/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4574

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:07 pm

I'm with you!

Approaching the film I expected some kind of prelude to a possible new TV series or film franchise...

But the minute I saw Book all bloody on the ground I knew he was gonna die. An impeccably acted scene, you just knew straight away.

Wash's death kinda made me feel numb, but in a good way. You knew no-one was safe, and I was convinced more would die.

So in the end more like a conclusion than a prelude. They could still do another TV series (I take it thats unlikely tho?) but it wrapped up most things nicely.

"Take my love, take my land, Take me where I cannot stand..."

Just wanna add Fillon's a god and Jewel Staite's lush.

Brendocon wrote:
[EDITAGE]

The Official Serenity Thread:
http://transfans.tfarchive3.com/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4245

Star Wars Deathmatch:
http://transfans.tfarchive3.com/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4431

Puppets!:
http://transfans.tfarchive3.com/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4574

*starts reading*

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:11 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Just wanna add Fillon's a god

He's an utter legend, isn't he?

I'd recommend Slither, too. It's a b-movie schlock-horror homage to all the 80s video nasties. Not out on DVD yet, though.

and Jewel Staite's lush.

Everybody loves Jewel.

Post by **Best First** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:50 pm

I love her most.

i'm doing it now.

she doesn't know though.

Serenity/Firefly, as much as i would love more, as it is, it works.

I knew full well that only 2 of the cast died, and i was still bricking it with the last stand - its that well done.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:06 pm

Glad to see the film saw the end of those oversized Alliance uniforms.

Great villain too, don't you think?

Post by **Best First** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:15 pm

yes, and quite relevant to modern times - a man of belief who sees himelf as paving the way to a better world and uses this to justify his actions in this one.

ooer missus.

in fact i think this is my fave film ever ever.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:17 pm

The thing that gets me most about The Operative is the way he comforts the doctor at the beginning, as he's busy killing him. "It's okay - it's honourable, you're alright... don't worry..." Creepy.

Cracking villain. Much better than the panto guy they got in for Revenge of the Sith.

Post by **Best First** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:27 pm

Brendocon wrote:better than the panto guy they got in for Revenge of the Sith.

oh! oh! but it was, oh! such a great performance! oh! oh! oooooooh! ooooooooooooooh yesssss.

so, you see, the point i am making is that people who thought that - are wankers.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:17 pm

Ah, now I understand. You are not one of the wankers, but are pretending to be one in order to flush the wankers on the board out.

Post by **Best First** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:09 pm

although obviously - i am also a practitioner of onanism.

"do you mean to say... sex?"

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:47 am

I had to look that one up. It's the only word I've ever seen that could mean both a multiplayer sexual experience and a single-player.

Clever Besty.