# "Serenity" (Firefly movie) delayed to September **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334 "2004-11-23T19:20:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/121 "2005-05-04T18:50:41Z")
_Mal:_ “I’m aimin’ to misbehave.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/122 "2005-05-04T19:24:59Z")
> [@Fiver](#): > > So, apparently I’m the only Doper who’ll get to see _Serenity_ tomorrow night. > > Shall I create a thread Friday morning? Or would you all rather not hear about it? I’ll be there (well, at the Denver showing)! I hadn’t heard the rumor about cast members showing up, I’ll keep an eye out for them, and poke my nose into the post-viewing thread. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/123 "2005-05-04T19:27:57Z")
**silensus:** you take the ugly one, I’ll get the other. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/124 "2005-05-04T19:36:14Z")
**ExTank** : “I would appreciate it if one person on this boat would not assume I’m an evil, lecherous hump.” ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/125 "2005-05-04T19:55:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hey, did we _ask_ you to watch this show? > 🙂 Well, okay, no. But what with all the slobbery excessive praise all over the boards, I felt compelled to check it out. Besides how else was I to get all the “I’ll be in ma bunk” and “Him. I choose him” jokes? I just needed that sense of belonging here on the dope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/126 "2005-05-04T21:08:11Z")
Anyone heard from **NE Texan** lately? Someone should probably post the “announcement” thread soon. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/127 "2005-05-04T21:09:56Z")
> [@Izzybella](#): > > Well, okay, no. But what with all the slobbery excessive praise all over the boards, I felt compelled to check it out. Besides how else was I to get all the “I’ll be in ma bunk” and “Him. I choose him” jokes? I just needed that sense of belonging here on the dope. 🙂 You were supposed to say “As a matter of fact, you did.” and I would say, “Oh. Never mind.” Get with the program. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/128 "2005-05-04T21:31:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You were supposed to say “As a matter of fact, you did.” > and I would say, “Oh. Never mind.” > > Get with the program. > 🙂 Oh. Well, then. Never mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/129 "2005-05-05T00:59:25Z")
Let me start by saying that I had no interest in the show. I mean really, Cowboys in Space envisioned by The Creator of Buffy? Not my bag, but a work buddy cajoled me about watching _Firefly_ back before the DVD release and went so far as handing me VCDs of the first three broadcast episodes. I reluctantly watched the first broadcast episode (_The Train Job_) out of a sense of duty to the enthusiastic pleadings of my buddy. It was watchable. Since I had 3 episodes I figured I might as well watch the rest of them. _Bushwhacked_ was also watchable, so I popped in _Our Mrs. Reynolds_ and I fell. I fell hard. What an awesome combination of story, character, and setting. I still maintain that episode would be a successful movie. I went to work the next day and begged my buddy to get me the rest of the show. Long story short: watched the whole season, bought the DVDs, talked all my friends into watching them, converted most all of them into fans. I also shared the pain of the rest of the fans in the realization that there was only one season to experience of the rich landscape populated with these wonderful characters. So with great joy I leapt at the news that I was offered a chance to watch _Serenity_ last Thursday. There is much that was good about the film. The characters, the scenes, the action, the suspense, the humor, I could go on. All components of what made the series great. I’m sorry to report that I cannot recommend it as highly as the series. ☹ Without spoiling anything it seems as if there was an attempt to wrap a story around a message, but sadly the story feels to be just that - wrapping paper. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/130 "2005-05-05T01:36:02Z")
> [@sciguy](#): > > I’ll be there (well, at the Denver showing)! Hey, cool! Wondertwin powers, activate! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/131 "2005-05-05T01:48:33Z")
> [@Fiver](#): > > Wondertwin powers, activate! Good gad. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/132 "2005-05-05T04:18:40Z")
> [@Tarrsk](#): > > Anyone heard from **NE Texan** lately? Someone should probably post the “announcement” thread soon. Yeah, really, where is that good-for-nothing… Oh, _wait_, that’s me! Sorry I’m late - (“I wish the real world would just stop hasslin’ me”) - got busy, but [here’s the announcement thread!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315162) ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/133 "2005-05-05T23:55:50Z")
I just want to say that I saw the trailer in the theater today and. . . WOW!!! As good as it was online, I can’t wait for this now. This is where they belong! ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/134 "2005-05-06T01:10:08Z")
Hey, what movie was the trailer with? I was hoping it would be with Hitchhiker’s, but it wasn’t (at least where I am). Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/135 "2005-05-06T04:35:30Z")
Just got home from _Serenity._ I’ll start a thread tomorrow, if **sciguy** doesn’t/hasn’t beaten me to it. But for now…whew! Just… shiny! ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/136 "2005-05-07T05:02:46Z")
> [@NE Texan](#): > > Hey, what movie was the trailer with? I was hoping it would be with Hitchhiker’s, but it wasn’t (at least where I am). > > Thanks… It was with Hitchhikers in my theatre. So, I’m no help. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334/137 "2005-05-08T05:11:50Z")
**ddgryphon:** Was there any sort of audience reaction to the trailer that you could tell? Good, bad, indifferent? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-movie-delayed-to-september/276334.md?page=6)