Serenity, the movie based on ‘Firefly’, opened today at the Edinburgh film festival. I’ve been waiting to see what the reviews would be like from professional critics and non-Firefly fans who might see the movie at the festival. Here’s the first article posted after the premier:
There was an article in Entertainment Weekly about the movie. It said there have been 66 “advance screenings” so far, which is apparently an unusually high number for any movie. I guess they’re hoping for good word-of-mouth before it opens on a wider basis.
OTOH, big overseas sales can turn a flop in America into a big moneymaker that spawns sequel after big damned sequel. Or maybe even a TV series. That movie sounds like it could be turned into a really good series.
Anyway, Scottish people aren’t furriners, like the English or people from Massachussets. They’re Merkins who talk funny.
I know. I’m afraid by the time the damn movie is officially released, everyone but me will already have seen it, and I’ll be sitting in the theater by myself.
The fact is, you have to monitor this site constantly, 24/7, if you want to have a chance at seeing any advance screening. The damn things go on sale, then poof, they’re gone within minutes. Note that the four sites listed on the page are all listed as “SOLD OUT” already.
Earlier this summer, I missed getting tickets to the Dallas screening by about an hour.
Of course, extremists like my wife and I think nothing of scheduling surgery around the opening of Serenity. “Sorry, no. Can’t get operated on that week. Serenity is opening the next day, and we have tickets to see it 5 times in a row. How about the week after?”
