Serenity Opens Today

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.

Comments

Re:Rotten Tomatoes

[BrynM]

I think this one-liner sums up what Sci-Fi has been starving for:

"Like watching the original Star Wars for the first time, or better yet, watching The Empire Strikes Back... Mal is a guy who would shoot Greedo first."
-- Fred Topel, ABOUT.COM

The episode that won me over for the show was The Train Job. (small spoiler) This "bad" guy is blabbering about how he would hunt Mal down and make him pay. Since Mal had him tied up and in front of a large turbine, he just kicked the "bad" guy into it. Ended the whole "threat to hunt you down" thing right there. These are the cutthroat actions you always knew Han Solo and Kirk were capable of, but never saw them do.

Re:Great movie with free market touches

[Deslock]

"It is, in fact, the leftists who have so little faith in fellow human beings that they believe a strong forceful central government is needed to get everything done."

You're describing authoritarians, not leftists/liberals. Some leftist beliefs are authoritarian (nuclear power limitations/regulations, environmental regulations, restrictions on tobacco advertising and use in public places, etc) and some are libertarian (gays have right to marry, less restrictions on most drugs, etc).

Likewise, some rightist/conservative beliefs are libertarian (market should be free of all regulations, tobacco should not be restricted, etc) while many are authoritarian (sexual practices should be regulated, gay couples should not have the same rights as heterosexual couples, use of drugs other than nicotine/caffeine/alcohol should be illegal, etc).

Re:I like the clean look

[dr00g911]

I believe Whedon has referred to the Enterprise-D as a "Floating Sheraton in Space"

I think it made me spit coffee out of my nose when I read that, and I'm a die hard trekkie as well.

There's something to be said for how much more interesting drama you can get when all of the main characters don't share the same ideals, though. The only thing keeping them together is that they're misfits and have no place in a society who has some rules that they don't believe in.