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Serenity Trailer Out Tuesday
SiliconEntity writes "Joss Whedon's movie Serenity, based on his much-loved but short-lived TV series Firefly, will have an official trailer out on Tuesday, according to an announcement from Joss: 'EXCLUSIVELY on Apple movie trailers (and linked through this site as well of course) will be a small, medium, large or FULLSCREEN trailer for Serenity the major motion movie. Yeah, THE trailer. And the following Friday said trailer hits theaters. Which theaters? Until I get confirmation you'll have to guess, but I'm betting you can.'"
So is Serenity the movie adaptation of Firefly? Having never seen Firefly, I have to ask what the movie is about.
I've heard that Firefly is the Sci-fi fan's latest wet dream. But not getting Fox up here at the North Pole, I have to wonder what the attraction is.
The link doesn't seem to be working for me.
Firefly was the best scifi series on tv since Babylon 5. Fox canned it to concentrate on reality shows... Great characters, great stories, and a cool blend of cowboy and tech.
The short (and not very detailed) explanation is a "Space Western." But that's not doing the series justice. Like so many other innovative series, Firefly was sandbagged by network execs that have the same level of comprehension as Paris Hilton. They nixed the pilot that explained who everyone was and set up the situation, so everyone was confused as hell. The suits then used that as justification to kill the series in favor of Queen Latifah's latest vehicle, or whatever. Google for it, and you'll find plenty of info.
Joss also warned in that post that the trailer has major spoilers for Firefly fans who are familiar with the TV series and would prefer to see the movie unspoiled. For what it's worth, Firefly is one of the better SF series ever made. For one thing, spaceships don't make whooshing or rumbling sounds - scenes in space are completely silent. :-)
What rock are you living under? It's one of the biggest hits of the season, recently featured on the cover of Entertainment Weekly?
I'm pretty sure "Objects in Space" got broadcasted. Only three episodes didn't get aired: "Trash", "The Message" and "Heart of Gold".
Je ne parle pas francais.
I'm too lazy to summarize what really happened. Okay, maybe a short version: Buffy and Spike's reconcilliation took an entire season, never actually led to Buffy loving Spike, and required great sacrifices from him. He suffered greatly for his sins, got a severe alteration to his personality, and finally sacrificed his life (to save the world, of course). Meanwhile, Willow's transition was foreshadowed throughout season 6, and her powers were crippled by her own fear until the very end of season 7. Yes, there were dissatisfying elements to both plot arcs, but Whedon had a series to wrap up.
In closing, use bloody whitespace, and learn to spell "misogynistic". Thank you.
You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!
"Actually, Firefly pulled better numbers than either Buffy or Angel by a couple million viewers. Problem was they weren't big enough numbers for Fox. UPN and/or WB would have been thrilled with Firefly's numbers."
This is true of almost every Sci-Fi series that Fox cancels. I wish that people would just stop offering Sci-Fi to Fox. Fox has no interest in Sci-Fi. They don't understand what makes good Sci-Fi. They don't understand why the Sci-Fi that they make is often bad. Nor do they push it to be better (if anything, they push it to be worse).
Of course, part of the problem is that Fox the studio produces the shows that Fox the broadcaster cancels. I.e. Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Tru Calling, etc. were all produced by Fox. It was Fox (studio) that pushed Whedon to add a third series even though he was already struggling to handle two. It was Fox (studio) that pushed Buffy to UPN (where it never lived up to expectations; further, it took away the popular Buffy/Angel crossovers). It was Fox (studio) that pushed him to add a third series (Firefly) before his popularity dwindled.
The other part of the problem is that Firefly was expensive to make. I don't know that UPN or the WB could have made it. That was also part of the reason why Fox cancelled it. It was more expensive than its ratings allowed (Buffy and Angel did not require props as expensive as the ship was). Fox had been expecting the kind of ratings that Dark Angel (also expensive) had gotten in its first season. Firefly never matched up to Dark Angel's second season ratings.
It's Windows 2000. With the Add New Hardware Wizard.
I really shouldn't know this. Now super-geeks are allowed to beat me up and take my lunch money.
I hope it was on purpose - my appreciation for Firefly was cemented in one particular scene:
The Reaver's ship de-orbiting in the pilot episode. It is shown flying backwards under full thrust, then flips over for atmospheric braking. THAT was when I realized they got the physics right. I don't remember if that was the same time when I noticed there was no noise in space scenes.
Awesomely cool, and a great aspect of Firefly.