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Serenity Screenings Sell Out
DizzyEllie writes "Last Wednesday, Universal offered fans of Joss Whedon's Serenity the unique opportunity to screen an unfinished version of the movie in ten cities. This was originally intended to pull both fans and non-fans into the fold, but the screenings sold out so quickly (less than a day for all cities to sell-out, but reportably just a few minutes in a couple of locations), it is clear that only the hard-core fanbase will make it in. This seemed to be completely unexpected by Universal, as ads were appearing in newspapers after the sell out, and incentives for the fans to promote the screenings were removed. The screenings will be held in 10 cities on May 5. Serenity: The Official Movie Website" Definitely a unique promo thing. Shows serious stones too- I mean, if the movie sucked, they wouldn't dare do something like this. Hopefully someone will post a review for us on wednesday. And the rest of us suckers have to wait until September. Bah.
Not that I was after a +1, Insightful, but not all insights need be 32 volume, 60,000 page treatises full of words that break the 8 syllable barrier.
And it wasn't flamebait. Maybe that means I think Mutant X was superior, or the person who modded me thought that.
If Whedon was a horror novelist, his works would be Goosebumps instead of Lovecraft.
If he was a fantasy novelist, his works would be Harry Potter, not Lord of the Rings.
He wants to grow up so much, to be more than the guy that does Buffy... but Firefly should have been named Buffy 20x6.
Where is his science? Hell, even as space fantasy goes, it's subpar. I'd rather watch Enterprise, it was that bad.
B5 needs a second chance. Star Trek needs a 4th chance. Hell, I'd give Lucas another shot at a trilogy before I'd give Whedon the time of day. There are thousands of talented science fiction story tellers out there that deserve their shot at it.
He is the perfect example of fanboy phenomenon. No one would give a rat's ass if Firefly was made by anyone else.
The worst episode of Space: Above and Beyond had more going for it than the cumulative aborted season of Firefly.
There. Is that better than my previous "one line flame" ?
Woo! Three cheers for cliched hot chicks with dark secrets and KUNG-FU POWERS! It's so original because there's kind of some Chinese stuff going on and also because it gives me a massive boner.
Let's all go together and jerk off.