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Serenity Opens Today

Posted by Zonk on from the try-to-kill-them-right-back dept.

joemite writes "As every Browncoat knows, Serenity, the motion picture based on the Firefly series opened today. For the uninitiated, Serenity is based on the short-lived Fox television show Firefly (created by Joss Whedon, [Buffy the Vampire Slayer]), which follows a group of outlaws in a unique space-western universe. While there are no aliens or temporal anomalies, the stage is set for our group of heros to out-wit and out-strategize the giant and evil Alliance. Go out and watch the movie this weekend and see why the Firefly series is an Amazon.com best seller." If you're on the fence, reviews available at SFGate, Wired, the Seattle Times, and IGN.

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  1. Rotten Tomatoes by andy4322 · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serenity/

    Currently 83% fresh!

  2. Re:Great movie with free market touches by Holi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Unfortunately Fox owns the first broadcast rights to the show. So Joss would have to rename/rework the show so as not to infringe on Firefly.

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  3. Re:What does a noob need to know by AdamTheBastard · · Score: 3, Informative

    From what I have been told by my friends that went to the midnight screening (here in AUS) with me you need to know absolutly nothing.

    Joss did such a good job introducing everyone that I don't think it would help for someone to try and cram that much back story into a /. post. I've seen it twice now (a preview screening and a midnight session) and I can tell you it is so amazing it wont matter how much or little you know about the 'verse.

    I know I'm bias but I can't recommend this movie enough. The raw emotion that comes from the ship, the characters and the story is overpowering. The throwaway lines that make up Joss' work fit are always in the right places.

    Trust me as much as you trust any slashdotter, but you will enjoy this movie.

  4. A Consolidation of Reviews by Hellboy0101 · · Score: 3, Informative

    To save time searching for reviews (if that's what you're looking for), here you go. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/serenity

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  5. I saw it as a "noob"` by acomj · · Score: 4, Informative

    You need to know nothing. I never watched "firefly" and I got it. It takes a little bit to come together but it does.

  6. Re:Second Time, again by AJWM · · Score: 3, Informative

    "There's no indication in the series that she had been turned into the ultimate killing machine".

    Huh ? What about that time when she killed several guards inside Niska's station with her eyes closed ?

    Or when she tells Jayne "I can kill you with my mind" -- and neither he nor we know if she's kidding.

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  7. Re:Informed users? by Beolach · · Score: 4, Informative

    Fox Networks screwed the show over pretty badly. The episodes have a pretty strong sequential order, and Fox aired them completely out of order: for example, the first episode that introduces the Captain & the ship was the last to be aired. The TV network just really mishandled the show, and then when (due to their mishandling) it didn't have a very high rating, they cancelled it before the season was even finished.

    Anyway, even if you didn't catch any of the TV show, I'd still recommend seeing the movie: it doesn't require that you have seen any of the TV show to follow the plot, and is an excellent movie. If you like it, pick up the TV show's DVD box set.

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  8. Alliance == giant != evil by corporate+zombie · · Score: 4, Informative
    So the Alliance is giant but not evil.

    http://homepage.mac.com/merussell/iblog/B835531044 /C1592678312/E20050916182427/index.html

    Section II, first question.

    M.E. Russel (Q): "Firefly" and "Serenity"'s political and cultural underpinnings are unusually well thought-out. You've obviously developed a whole system of planets, a Sino-American political system, a mix of languages. How long did the concept fester in your head before you started writing?

    Joss Whedon (A): It festered for a while. It was probably two or three years after I came up with the idea that I made the TV show, a year-and-a-half doing that, and then a couple of years to write the movie. So it's had time to bake. And people are always like, "They're fighting an evil empire!" And I'm like, "Well, it's not really an evil empire." The trick was always to create something that was complex enough that you could bring some debate to it -- that it wasn't black-and-white. It wasn't, "If we hit this porthole in the Death Star, everything will be fine!" It was messier than that, and the messiest thing is that the government is basically benign. It's the most advanced culturally....

    More of the same (not evil) later in the interview.

    -CZ