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Firefly / Serenity
Oct. 3rd, 2005 09:44 amDespite being on 24-hour call, I was not going to deny myself the pleasure of seeing Serenity on its opening weekend.
I see the Nielson's have it in at #2, behind Flightplan, and did (what USA Today is calling a solid if unspectacular) $10.1 million. Not too shabby considering.
I really liked Firefly and was very disappointed to see it canceled. I kept wishing they made a Revell or Tyco model of Serenity that I could build.
Anyway - if you haven't seen it yet, rush out and catch it as soon as you can. IMNSHO, Serenity lived up to its hype and more. The effects were outstanding, the cast easily stepped right back into their characters and made them grow, and the storyline was quite engaging. The eventual DVD release of Serenity will most certainly be added to the Firefly collection.
My wife, on the other hand, was kind of so-so about the Firefly series. It was all right, just not outstanding. For Serenity - for the first time ever, she stayed for an entire movie - no breaks - and was completely blown away. Not that she doesn't like sci-fi, but Serenity really did it for her. We both talked about going back and seeing it again - which is something I've never done no matter how good the movie is.
The two key deaths were a bit upsetting, particularly as I am hoping that Firefly would make a comeback after Serenity, just as the Star Trek's did. I haven't convinced myself how well that would work given the losses we experienced in Serenity. One other thing - I had also hoped to have Book's past revealed ... didn't happen. Oh well.
I think the biggest disappointment for me was that they never made a soundtrack CD of the Firefly series. They had some really great music on the show - the music for the final scene in The Message for example. But, I guess you can't have everything.
I see the Nielson's have it in at #2, behind Flightplan, and did (what USA Today is calling a solid if unspectacular) $10.1 million. Not too shabby considering.
I really liked Firefly and was very disappointed to see it canceled. I kept wishing they made a Revell or Tyco model of Serenity that I could build.
Anyway - if you haven't seen it yet, rush out and catch it as soon as you can. IMNSHO, Serenity lived up to its hype and more. The effects were outstanding, the cast easily stepped right back into their characters and made them grow, and the storyline was quite engaging. The eventual DVD release of Serenity will most certainly be added to the Firefly collection.
My wife, on the other hand, was kind of so-so about the Firefly series. It was all right, just not outstanding. For Serenity - for the first time ever, she stayed for an entire movie - no breaks - and was completely blown away. Not that she doesn't like sci-fi, but Serenity really did it for her. We both talked about going back and seeing it again - which is something I've never done no matter how good the movie is.
The two key deaths were a bit upsetting, particularly as I am hoping that Firefly would make a comeback after Serenity, just as the Star Trek's did. I haven't convinced myself how well that would work given the losses we experienced in Serenity. One other thing - I had also hoped to have Book's past revealed ... didn't happen. Oh well.
I think the biggest disappointment for me was that they never made a soundtrack CD of the Firefly series. They had some really great music on the show - the music for the final scene in The Message for example. But, I guess you can't have everything.
