Comments on: Serenity is a Big Damn Roller Coaster

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:21:34 +0000

I remember a theatre director once telling me that you shouldn't have a gun on stage because everyone knows it's not going to go off. I thought of this when Wash was killed (after my heart broke) - the gun went off this time. And then I had the same thought you did: Damn, they might all die. Mal may lose, after all this. You have to respect that lack of conceit, that unwillingness to be precious, on Whedon's part.

But, sadly, I think it was also a signal to all the fans: There will be no encore.

By: jm3

jm3 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:39:44 +0000

hate to say it (well, not really i don’t… :-), but: told you so.

By: rick

rick — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:27:32 +0000

I too wanted to see the Blue Gloves. I thought the prequel story was weak closure on that thread.

If there is a Serenity 2, they better find someone to fill Wash's void. He was my favorite of the series...

I am a leaf on the wind

By: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:25:23 +0000

I feel the same way – the first movie, perhaps since Star Wars, that I wanted to watch again as soon as it was over the first time. I think Wash’s death traumatized some of the Firefly fans (one guy I talked to asked “why would you do that to yourself?” when I told him that I planned to see it again) but it’s what makes Whedon’s stories believable — people actually die, in pointless ways that make the stories more real. Sadder, perhaps, but more real.

Based on its box office performance, I’m not optimistic that there will be a Serenity II — but if not, it was a very suitable way to close the book on those characters.

By: Roger Espinosa

Roger Espinosa — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:31:06 +0000

Heh --- it was your post about "pulling an Enterprise-D" that I was thinking about when we saw Serenity last week. I thought "They're doing it! They're wrecking the ship!" and then that harpoon came and for once I really wanted someone to find the Deux Ex Machina switch that'd turn back time. Sniff.

By: FunctionalGeek Writes It Down » Blog Archive » Serenity

FunctionalGeek Writes It Down » Blog Archive » Serenity — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:14:02 +0000

[...] If you haven’t seen Serenity, DO IT! Okay, now that you’ve done that, go read the synopsis at 0XDECAFBAD… It’s a great summary of many of the points that made Serenity so great! [...]

By: Roger Benningfield

Roger Benningfield — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 05:59:32 +0000

My wife and I were both deeply disappointed by Serenity… and part of it is was the treatment of Wolver– I mean, River. To my mind, her character was completely trivialized as Joss recycled yet another plotline from 70-80’s X-Men stories.

RE: the guys with the blue gloves… see the Serenity prequel for more on them.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593074492