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Details people, details!
Sadly I did not see any evidence of the classic look from FireFly specifically:
the color scheme is very "cool" (color temprature... more blue), verses(sic) the much warmer scheme used in the series (more like the pallet from a western)
The outer planets have a warm colour tone.
The alliance planet have a cool, bluish hue: Rewatch "Ariel".
Same applies to the trailer, pay attention when a Reaver ship is chasing Mal and Jayne, and a Reaver shoots a circular saw at Mal, the colour tones are those of the outer planets: Warm, yellowish.
the series was famous for making special effect shots look like they were done with a hand-help camera: out of focus objects coming into focus, wild panning across the frame as if someone was trying to track with a moving object (rather than the perfect framing that is common), the point of view shaking with the "engine noise", etc..
Check out the shot of Serenity zooming above a blue planet during Mal's intro speech near the beginning of the trailer: The camera vibrates, the ship moves out of frame and the camera tracks it shakily... exactly like what you lament not seeing in the trailer.
many more close-ups of the actors. The series usually tried to keep groups in frame.
2 things: First of all, he's showing us fanboys closeup shots of our beloved characters (look folks: The gang's all here!).
Secondly, you have a very selective memory. Check out this site's excellent screenshot galleries to see that there were closeups of people all the time in the series. Why you erased that from your mind? I dunno.
I hope that the preview is not representative of the final work we will see in September in this regard... I liked those aspects of the series.
I hope the trailer is representative: I liked those aspects of the series and they're still there, if you look at what is actually shown in the trailer. Thank you. -
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A TVTURN OFF YOUR TV!
The best sci-fi is in BOOKS not TELEVISION.
Pick up a book, read some Philip K Dick, do something, just stop wasting your grey matter on tv shows!
I read books, plenty of books... I'm running out of places to put them, really. But it's still true that A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.
I'd much rather look at these eyes than read them described: -
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A TVTURN OFF YOUR TV!
The best sci-fi is in BOOKS not TELEVISION.
Pick up a book, read some Philip K Dick, do something, just stop wasting your grey matter on tv shows!
I read books, plenty of books... I'm running out of places to put them, really. But it's still true that A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.
I'd much rather look at these eyes than read them described: -
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A TVTURN OFF YOUR TV!
The best sci-fi is in BOOKS not TELEVISION.
Pick up a book, read some Philip K Dick, do something, just stop wasting your grey matter on tv shows!
I read books, plenty of books... I'm running out of places to put them, really. But it's still true that A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.
I'd much rather look at these eyes than read them described: -
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A TVTURN OFF YOUR TV!
The best sci-fi is in BOOKS not TELEVISION.
Pick up a book, read some Philip K Dick, do something, just stop wasting your grey matter on tv shows!
I read books, plenty of books... I'm running out of places to put them, really. But it's still true that A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.
I'd much rather look at these eyes than read them described: -
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A TVTURN OFF YOUR TV!
The best sci-fi is in BOOKS not TELEVISION.
Pick up a book, read some Philip K Dick, do something, just stop wasting your grey matter on tv shows!
I read books, plenty of books... I'm running out of places to put them, really. But it's still true that A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.
I'd much rather look at these eyes than read them described: -
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A TVTURN OFF YOUR TV!
The best sci-fi is in BOOKS not TELEVISION.
Pick up a book, read some Philip K Dick, do something, just stop wasting your grey matter on tv shows!
I read books, plenty of books... I'm running out of places to put them, really. But it's still true that A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words.
I'd much rather look at these eyes than read them described: -
People need to listen to lyrics more
I do (did I guess) like Firefly's theme song, but come on.. You can't take the sky from me?!? That's one of the easiest things to take away.. it's called a jail cell. And unlike the movies, they don't usually have windows.
Try listening to it while taking "sky" as a euphemism for "heaven"...
