# Serenity - great reviews coing in. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154 "2005-09-30T04:03:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/21 "2005-09-30T20:31:12Z")
Does anyone know if SF Gate has published any comments about it? šŸ˜ƒ I just got back. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/22 "2005-09-30T20:46:41Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Does anyone know if SF Gate has published any comments about it? I think they reviewed it once. In the 1960ā€™s. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/23 "2005-09-30T22:15:15Z")
I just got back. Holy crap, what a great movie! ā€œMy muscular buttocks, itā€™s forty!ā€ ā€œDear Buddha, I want a pony and a plastic rocketā€“ā€ ā€œI am a feather on the wind. Watch how I soar.ā€ Non-spoilers: Kickinā€™ Reaver ass. Jayne and Mal butting heads. Scary Alliance guy who must have come from the same stock as Jubal Early. * * * Some people we likeā€¦die. ā˜¹ And more. Excellent, just excellent. Iā€™d go see it again. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/24 "2005-09-30T22:36:18Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > And donā€™t forget - there will be a DVD, possibly a ā€˜directors cutā€™ with much more footage. Lots of new Firefly material on the way, methinks. I read that while the DVD will contain deleted scenes and plenty of other extra material, Whedon considers the theatrical cut to be the directorā€™s cut, so he wonā€™t be adding any footage back into the movie. Iā€™ll be seeing it for the second time in about two hours. We saw a free preview about a month ago, but I must support the movie and Iā€™m still excited about seeing again. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/25 "2005-09-30T22:43:22Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > And donā€™t forget - there will be a DVD, possibly a ā€˜directors cutā€™ with much more footage. Lots of new Firefly material on the way, methinks. I read that while the DVD will contain deleted scenes and plenty of other extra material, Whedon considers the theatrical cut to be the directorā€™s cut, so he wonā€™t be adding any footage back into the movie. Iā€™ll be seeing it for the second time in about two hours. We saw a free preview about a month ago, but I must support the movie and Iā€™m still excited about seeing again. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/26 "2005-09-30T22:49:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Joss Whedonā€™s unassuming science-fiction adventure is superior in almost every respect to George Lucasā€™s aggressively more ambitious screen entertainments." ā€œSerenityā€ may be a great movie, but this quote certainly doesnā€™t constitute evidence thereof. Itā€™s kind of like saying ā€œ`Serenity' is much better than `Battlefield Earthā€™ or `Gigliā€™.ā€ :\> Regrettably, Mrs. RickJay is too pregnant to sit in a movie theatre for that long now, and I sure as hell canā€™t cut myself off from communication for three hours. Damn. Maybe itā€™ll last long enough for me to see it after the babyā€™s born. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/27 "2005-09-30T23:05:26Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Regrettably, Mrs. RickJay is too pregnant to sit in a movie theatre for that long now, and I sure as hell canā€™t cut myself off from communication for three hours. Damn. Maybe itā€™ll last long enough for me to see it after the babyā€™s born. Dammit man, this movie is good! Itā€™s more important than your damn baby! What the hell kind of wife do youā€¦ . Why, I think you shouldā€¦ **stops** **gets up, splashes water in his face, drys face with towel, returns to computer** ā€¦ yeah, uh, I was away for a while. Now Iā€™m back. I think you are making the right choice here. The movie is spectacular, but the baby thingā€¦ yeah. I can see that. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/28 "2005-09-30T23:05:42Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Regrettably, Mrs. RickJay is too pregnant to sit in a movie theatre for that long now, and I sure as hell canā€™t cut myself off from communication for three hours. Damn. Maybe itā€™ll last long enough for me to see it after the babyā€™s born. Dammit man, this movie is good! Itā€™s more important than your damn baby! What the hell kind of wife do youā€¦ . Why, I think you shouldā€¦ **stops** **gets up, splashes water in his face, drys face with towel, returns to computer** ā€¦ yeah, uh, I was away for a while. Now Iā€™m back. I think you are making the right choice here. The movie is spectacular, but the baby thingā€¦ yeah. I can see that. Thatā€™s why God gave us dollar theaters. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/29 "2005-10-01T00:01:22Z")
Anyone want to recommend a spoiler-free review that I can use as a way of convincing my wife to join me? She doesnā€™t generally care for SF and never saw _Firefly_, but if thereā€™s a write-up that makes a strong case for it as a movie, she might consider itā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![stringy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@stringy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stringy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/30 "2005-10-01T03:41:44Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Anyone want to recommend a spoiler-free review that I can use as a way of convincing my wife to join me? She doesnā€™t generally care for SF and never saw _Firefly_, but if thereā€™s a write-up that makes a strong case for it as a movie, she might consider itā€¦ This is from Margaret Pomeranz and David Strattonā€™s website for their show [At the Movies](http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1469463.htm). The review is mildly positive, but itā€™s their comments below that make the movie sound appealing - they say itā€™s not your usual blockbuster, itā€™s edgier and better written. Neither of them had seen the series, but both gave the movie 3.5 stars. Margaret and David are highly respected reviewers here in Oz, although that might not count for much if your wife would prefer to hear from someone familiar to her. Mind you, she could always check their other reviews to see if theyā€™ve got similar tastes to her - theyā€™re pretty eclectic and take a movie on itā€™s merits rather than just on if itā€™s ā€œcoolā€ or not. And apparently thereā€™s lots of reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/31 "2005-10-01T06:05:00Z")
I saw it. Never saw or even \*heard \* of Firefly, so I had no preconceived notions. I liked it. Good story, nice effects, lots of wit in the script, and most of the crew of the Serenity were actually pretty likeable. That little girl can kick some ass. The only thingā€¦it \*felt \* like a TV show. Not sure how to quantify that, but thatā€™s what I think. Still, definitely worth going to see. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/32 "2005-10-01T06:22:14Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Some people we likeā€¦die. ā˜¹ And that alone knocked the movie down from five stars to four in my own rankings. Itā€™s not that he died, itā€™s how. If heā€™d died during descent, I would have been okay with it but the suddenness and pointlessness of it just screamed ā€œweā€™re unpredictable! any thing can happen!ā€ to me. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/33 "2005-10-01T06:23:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Unfortunately, it will never return to TV. Joss has pretty much said that. Therefore, our only hope is a triple trilogy, done right. [This article](http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/655/655028p1.html) has some quotes from Joss Whedon that make it sound like it _might_ not be quite such a never, ever thing as that: > [@](#): > > If the story continues, Whedon doesnā€™t know what form it would take. Television is really the ideal medium for his style of storytelling, but it takes a lot more control out of his hands and puts it in the hands of executives, a lesson he learned only too well the first time. > > ā€œI love TV. Itā€™s a totally different mode of storytelling. Itā€™s rich and textured in a way that movies never will be. Itā€™s absolutely glorious, but itā€™s a hard, hard business and I felt unwelcome in the landscape on TV. The medium as a storytelling means to me is completely unique and delightful. Iā€™d just want to go back to TV with enough armor on that when they start shooting at me, I live. Itā€™s up to a bunch of other people. Iā€™d like to do a sequel but if they say theyā€™d rather do a television show Iā€™d consider that. I want to keep telling stories with them.ā€ > [@cbawlmer](#): > > I read that while the DVD will contain deleted scenes and plenty of other extra material, Whedon considers the theatrical cut to be the directorā€™s cut, so he wonā€™t be adding any footage back into the movie. Good. I approve of this (in general I mean, and not just with regard to _Serenity_.) Maybe if the studio really screws up your magnum opus thatā€™s one thing, but donā€™t just hang out three alternate endings so everyone can pick the one they like. Tell us the damned story; not everything should be a ā€œChoose Your Own Adventureā€ book. ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/34 "2005-10-01T07:55:50Z")
I saw it this evening at 8:35. There was a huge line, and the theater ended up packed. I was totally stoked to see it. Unfortunately, there was probably no way for it to live up to my expectations. Still, itā€™s possibly the best movie Iā€™ve gone to see all year. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154/35 "2005-10-01T19:10:54Z")
Oboy, finally some decent sf in film! You all have me excited to go. Maybe a matinee today wonā€™t be too crowded. Thanks for the enthusiasm; itā€™s contagious. I [heart] sf. Anyone read Accelerando yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-great-reviews-coing-in/324154.md?page=1)