Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Serenity (2005).... Firefly Again?
Joss Whedon is credited with Serenity on IMDB, which it says is in post preduction. This is a feature-length adaptation of Firefly is seems.
I wonder why its getting a new name however.
I wonder why its getting a new name however.
Plot Summary for
Serenity (2005)
The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, "Serenity." He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family -- squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal. When Mal takes on two new passengers -- a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister -- he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. Hunted by vastly different enemies, they begin to discover that the greatest danger to them may be on board "Serenity" herself.
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One man's opinion. :)
"Firefly" isn't the greatest ship name I've ever heard of, so I'd welcome the name change in that respect and assume they changed the name to be something better for a movie.
Damn I hope this comes through. Unlike most, I'm sure, I loved this show. I even came into it wrinkling my nose and thinking "How the hell is a SPACE WESTERN going to work?", but I loved the characters and humor so much the show won me over. I always was very ticked they couldn't tell the entire River storyline. She was spooky...
"Firefly" isn't the greatest ship name I've ever heard of, so I'd welcome the name change in that respect and assume they changed the name to be something better for a movie.
Damn I hope this comes through. Unlike most, I'm sure, I loved this show. I even came into it wrinkling my nose and thinking "How the hell is a SPACE WESTERN going to work?", but I loved the characters and humor so much the show won me over. I always was very ticked they couldn't tell the entire River storyline. She was spooky...
[15:56] cbuss1975: HAHA!!! I THINK I JUST DISSED YOUR WIFE!! :S
[15:57] cbuss1975: her middle name starts with R doesn't it....
[15:58] MrRuben51: WHAT?
[15:58] MrRuben51: I didnt catch it.
[15:58] cbuss1975: well not INTENTIONALLY....
[15:58] cbuss1975: and not in person...
[15:58] cbuss1975: check out your firefly post on alabrax.
[15:58] MrRuben51: no idea what your talking about... .OH
[15:58] MrRuben51: 0_o
[15:58] cbuss1975: "with a chill, he realizes who exactly LRG was...."
[15:59] cbuss1975: heh. if you can delete posts....
[15:59] MrRuben51: I think I can :)
[15:59] cbuss1975: dumb buss...click on profile BEFORE making gender-specific comments!
[16:00] MrRuben51: yeah I am not going to remove that :)
[16:00] cbuss1975: well i'm not sorry about loving firefly. :P
[16:00] MrRuben51: :)
[16:00] cbuss1975: ALL YOU DOUBTERS JUST DON'T REALIZE THE MAGIC!!
[16:00] MrRuben51: Well we both thought it was a dud
[16:00] cbuss1975: did you watch more than an ep?
[16:01] MrRuben51: I think we might have seen 2
[16:01] cbuss1975: there ya go. ;)
[16:01] MrRuben51: although if they first one doesnt grab you...
[16:01] MrRuben51: the first one show hook you.
[16:01] MrRuben51: and dont give me that BS about them not showing the first one first.
[16:01] cbuss1975: bah~
[16:01] cbuss1975: i'm not going to give you that bs.
[16:02] cbuss1975: here is the bs i'm giving you....
[16:02] MrRuben51: great
[16:02] cbuss1975: bab5 absolutely blew first season as well my friend....
[16:02] cbuss1975: and lost just as many viewers.
[16:02] MrRuben51: I personally didnt think it blew.
[16:02] cbuss1975: firefly had the potential to explode into a kickass scifi show. the elements were there.
[16:02] MrRuben51: One man's opinion. :)
[16:03] cbuss1975: we'll never know, but it would have. ;)
[16:03] cbuss1975: not that i can prove it.
[16:03] cbuss1975: (but it would have)
[16:04] MrRuben51: well in all fairness... Farscape wassnt great the first season.
[16:04] MrRuben51: B5 however was a good show the first season... it was the pilot that wassnt hot
[16:07] cbuss1975: ehhh....i suppose you could see it that way....
[16:07] cbuss1975: i personally thought Bab5 was teh suck the first season.
[16:07] cbuss1975: and so did everybody here i knew. I had to beg four people to start watching it again during Season 3.
[16:08] MrRuben51: Ahh I watched it from the start when ever I could get it.
[16:08] MrRuben51: It hoped around so much there for awhile it was hard to find.
[16:09] MrRuben51: I remember when i was AMAZED that they killed Kosh!
[16:09] MrRuben51: I woke my wife up
[16:09] MrRuben51: after that she started watching
[16:09] cbuss1975: really? that was pretty close to the end.
[16:09] MrRuben51: It impressed her that they would kill off a main character.
[16:09] MrRuben51: Close to the end?
[16:10] cbuss1975: of season 3 or 4, whichever.
[16:10] MrRuben51: I said thats when she was hooked... not me.
[16:10] MrRuben51: Kosh died alot sooner then that.
[16:10] cbuss1975: i don't think i ever stopped watching it, but i was the only one i knew at the time that watched it after the first 4 shows.
[16:11] cbuss1975: MAN it took a LOT of convincing to get aaron to watch it again.
[16:11] cbuss1975: and the TBS every-night showing...
[16:12] cbuss1975: firefly had a lot of the same potential i thought. it wasn't a GREAT show, but it could have been once the characters were fully developed and the storyline took off again.
[16:12] MrRuben51: Although... I have to say... season 5 stunk
[16:12] cbuss1975: well yeah, that's a given.
[16:12] cbuss1975: season 1 was better than season 5.
[16:13] MrRuben51: yup
[16:13] cbuss1975: and i don't mean that as a compliment to season 1....
[16:13] cbuss1975: :P
[16:13] cbuss1975: can you at least concede that firefly was FUNNY? i mean the actors were GREAT (aside from the pilot and his wife...they weren't as good).
[16:14] MrRuben51: sure they were ... i guess. It was too goofy for me however. It failed on all fronts in my mind.
[16:14] cbuss1975: Buffyesque humor is goofy.
[16:14] cbuss1975: but it had a very dark plotline underneath.
[16:15] MrRuben51: yes
[16:15] MrRuben51: However its ok.
[16:15] cbuss1975: my amalgam character larissa was based upon River.
[16:15] MrRuben51: It wasnt a space cowboy show
[16:15] MrRuben51: I like my space shows to be more serious.
[16:16] cbuss1975: i agree that i was initially very put off by that (aaron loved it however), but it didn't detract from the show for me after i got used to it.
[16:16] MrRuben51: spaces balls is one thing... space drama is something else
[16:16] cbuss1975: i think you took it too seriously then, as did most people who didn't like it.
[16:16] cbuss1975: which is sad (for them, not about you).
[16:16] MrRuben51: shows should not be like but plugs... they should not need an adjustment period
[16:17] MrRuben51: :D
[16:17] MrRuben51: LOL
[16:17] cbuss1975: and yet so many do.
[16:17] cbuss1975: like farscape.
[16:17] cbuss1975: and babylon 5.
[16:17] MrRuben51: bah
[16:17] cbuss1975: hell even STAR TREK really didn't do well it's first season.
[16:17] MrRuben51: ok ok
[16:18] cbuss1975: (i mean back in the day)
[16:18] MrRuben51: so Firefly was in good company
[16:18] cbuss1975: but the name did suck. ;)
[16:18] cbuss1975: who names their ship Firefly??
[16:18] MrRuben51: Funny Space Cowboys?
[16:19] cbuss1975: see...i think the main point people missed is that this was FROM THE CREATOR OF BUFFY. :)
[16:19] cbuss1975: i kept that in mind, and all the silly stuff suddenly became funny as hell.
[16:20] cbuss1975: i mean buffy isn't exactly the most serious horror series around either, but i LOVED it's humor.
[16:20] MrRuben51: I think he lost me at.... space cowboys robbing a train... I mean why do all that when you could just fly down on it. I mean how is anything on land remote... WHEN YOU CAN FLY INTO SPACE?
[16:21] cbuss1975: see that proves you thought too much. you want a thinking man's scifi series watch stargate. :)
[16:21] MrRuben51: my belief could not be that suspended.
[16:21] MrRuben51: I do watch stargate.
[16:22] cbuss1975: well so do i, but i like firefly equally for it's personal charm.
[16:22] cbuss1975: (heh. you should paste this on your blog) :)
[16:22] MrRuben51: I might just do that.
[16:23] cbuss1975: i think we've both come up with some good arguments for and against the show.
[15:57] cbuss1975: her middle name starts with R doesn't it....
[15:58] MrRuben51: WHAT?
[15:58] MrRuben51: I didnt catch it.
[15:58] cbuss1975: well not INTENTIONALLY....
[15:58] cbuss1975: and not in person...
[15:58] cbuss1975: check out your firefly post on alabrax.
[15:58] MrRuben51: no idea what your talking about... .OH
[15:58] MrRuben51: 0_o
[15:58] cbuss1975: "with a chill, he realizes who exactly LRG was...."
[15:59] cbuss1975: heh. if you can delete posts....
[15:59] MrRuben51: I think I can :)
[15:59] cbuss1975: dumb buss...click on profile BEFORE making gender-specific comments!
[16:00] MrRuben51: yeah I am not going to remove that :)
[16:00] cbuss1975: well i'm not sorry about loving firefly. :P
[16:00] MrRuben51: :)
[16:00] cbuss1975: ALL YOU DOUBTERS JUST DON'T REALIZE THE MAGIC!!
[16:00] MrRuben51: Well we both thought it was a dud
[16:00] cbuss1975: did you watch more than an ep?
[16:01] MrRuben51: I think we might have seen 2
[16:01] cbuss1975: there ya go. ;)
[16:01] MrRuben51: although if they first one doesnt grab you...
[16:01] MrRuben51: the first one show hook you.
[16:01] MrRuben51: and dont give me that BS about them not showing the first one first.
[16:01] cbuss1975: bah~
[16:01] cbuss1975: i'm not going to give you that bs.
[16:02] cbuss1975: here is the bs i'm giving you....
[16:02] MrRuben51: great
[16:02] cbuss1975: bab5 absolutely blew first season as well my friend....
[16:02] cbuss1975: and lost just as many viewers.
[16:02] MrRuben51: I personally didnt think it blew.
[16:02] cbuss1975: firefly had the potential to explode into a kickass scifi show. the elements were there.
[16:02] MrRuben51: One man's opinion. :)
[16:03] cbuss1975: we'll never know, but it would have. ;)
[16:03] cbuss1975: not that i can prove it.
[16:03] cbuss1975: (but it would have)
[16:04] MrRuben51: well in all fairness... Farscape wassnt great the first season.
[16:04] MrRuben51: B5 however was a good show the first season... it was the pilot that wassnt hot
[16:07] cbuss1975: ehhh....i suppose you could see it that way....
[16:07] cbuss1975: i personally thought Bab5 was teh suck the first season.
[16:07] cbuss1975: and so did everybody here i knew. I had to beg four people to start watching it again during Season 3.
[16:08] MrRuben51: Ahh I watched it from the start when ever I could get it.
[16:08] MrRuben51: It hoped around so much there for awhile it was hard to find.
[16:09] MrRuben51: I remember when i was AMAZED that they killed Kosh!
[16:09] MrRuben51: I woke my wife up
[16:09] MrRuben51: after that she started watching
[16:09] cbuss1975: really? that was pretty close to the end.
[16:09] MrRuben51: It impressed her that they would kill off a main character.
[16:09] MrRuben51: Close to the end?
[16:10] cbuss1975: of season 3 or 4, whichever.
[16:10] MrRuben51: I said thats when she was hooked... not me.
[16:10] MrRuben51: Kosh died alot sooner then that.
[16:10] cbuss1975: i don't think i ever stopped watching it, but i was the only one i knew at the time that watched it after the first 4 shows.
[16:11] cbuss1975: MAN it took a LOT of convincing to get aaron to watch it again.
[16:11] cbuss1975: and the TBS every-night showing...
[16:12] cbuss1975: firefly had a lot of the same potential i thought. it wasn't a GREAT show, but it could have been once the characters were fully developed and the storyline took off again.
[16:12] MrRuben51: Although... I have to say... season 5 stunk
[16:12] cbuss1975: well yeah, that's a given.
[16:12] cbuss1975: season 1 was better than season 5.
[16:13] MrRuben51: yup
[16:13] cbuss1975: and i don't mean that as a compliment to season 1....
[16:13] cbuss1975: :P
[16:13] cbuss1975: can you at least concede that firefly was FUNNY? i mean the actors were GREAT (aside from the pilot and his wife...they weren't as good).
[16:14] MrRuben51: sure they were ... i guess. It was too goofy for me however. It failed on all fronts in my mind.
[16:14] cbuss1975: Buffyesque humor is goofy.
[16:14] cbuss1975: but it had a very dark plotline underneath.
[16:15] MrRuben51: yes
[16:15] MrRuben51: However its ok.
[16:15] cbuss1975: my amalgam character larissa was based upon River.
[16:15] MrRuben51: It wasnt a space cowboy show
[16:15] MrRuben51: I like my space shows to be more serious.
[16:16] cbuss1975: i agree that i was initially very put off by that (aaron loved it however), but it didn't detract from the show for me after i got used to it.
[16:16] MrRuben51: spaces balls is one thing... space drama is something else
[16:16] cbuss1975: i think you took it too seriously then, as did most people who didn't like it.
[16:16] cbuss1975: which is sad (for them, not about you).
[16:16] MrRuben51: shows should not be like but plugs... they should not need an adjustment period
[16:17] MrRuben51: :D
[16:17] MrRuben51: LOL
[16:17] cbuss1975: and yet so many do.
[16:17] cbuss1975: like farscape.
[16:17] cbuss1975: and babylon 5.
[16:17] MrRuben51: bah
[16:17] cbuss1975: hell even STAR TREK really didn't do well it's first season.
[16:17] MrRuben51: ok ok
[16:18] cbuss1975: (i mean back in the day)
[16:18] MrRuben51: so Firefly was in good company
[16:18] cbuss1975: but the name did suck. ;)
[16:18] cbuss1975: who names their ship Firefly??
[16:18] MrRuben51: Funny Space Cowboys?
[16:19] cbuss1975: see...i think the main point people missed is that this was FROM THE CREATOR OF BUFFY. :)
[16:19] cbuss1975: i kept that in mind, and all the silly stuff suddenly became funny as hell.
[16:20] cbuss1975: i mean buffy isn't exactly the most serious horror series around either, but i LOVED it's humor.
[16:20] MrRuben51: I think he lost me at.... space cowboys robbing a train... I mean why do all that when you could just fly down on it. I mean how is anything on land remote... WHEN YOU CAN FLY INTO SPACE?
[16:21] cbuss1975: see that proves you thought too much. you want a thinking man's scifi series watch stargate. :)
[16:21] MrRuben51: my belief could not be that suspended.
[16:21] MrRuben51: I do watch stargate.
[16:22] cbuss1975: well so do i, but i like firefly equally for it's personal charm.
[16:22] cbuss1975: (heh. you should paste this on your blog) :)
[16:22] MrRuben51: I might just do that.
[16:23] cbuss1975: i think we've both come up with some good arguments for and against the show.
D'oh!!
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The co-author of the previous rant would like to apologize for any misconstrued comments above (and there were a lot of 'em...).
Any comments as to whether Firefly ruled as a series are upheld, but no offense was meant to the loved ones of any buddies of mine and such comments were assuredly posted for the sole amusement of the blog's dumb author.
(that was awkward) ;)
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*ahem*
The co-author of the previous rant would like to apologize for any misconstrued comments above (and there were a lot of 'em...).
Any comments as to whether Firefly ruled as a series are upheld, but no offense was meant to the loved ones of any buddies of mine and such comments were assuredly posted for the sole amusement of the blog's dumb author.
(that was awkward) ;)
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