# Serenity trailers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554 "2005-09-14T04:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/1 "2005-09-14T04:32:25Z")
Has anyone seen a Serenity trailer on any channel other than sci-fi? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/2 "2005-09-14T04:37:40Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Has anyone seen a Serenity trailer on any channel other than sci-fi? I think Fox has been showing it. Rather ironic, considering… ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/3 "2005-09-14T04:39:21Z")
Serenity Now! ---
**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:** [September 14, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/4 "2005-09-14T04:47:24Z")
Yep. Caught one on Fox, and I think I saw one on ABC. Can’t stop the signal. ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/5 "2005-09-14T05:40:51Z")
I’ve seen it on SciFi, Fox, WB, and I think ABC Family once. Looks nummy. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/6 "2005-09-14T14:07:04Z")
It’s on VH-1 and Mtv quite a bit in the mornings.\* - Yes, I leave those channels on when I’m brushing my teeth and eating breakfast in the morning. Yes, I’m lame. I freely admit it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/7 "2005-09-14T14:20:14Z")
Saw it once on Fox (During the Simpsons) and once on NBC (during Medium). What I want to know is how non Browncoats are reacting to them. I would be excited about the movie if the trailer was a shot of a cornfield with “Serenity” printed across it, but I am a fan. I wonder if the average moviegoer is thinking “Wow! I must scurry off and see that on opening night!” or “What the heck is this stuff??” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/8 "2005-09-14T14:26:16Z")
> [@Innanna](#): > > Saw it once on Fox (During the Simpsons) and once on NBC (during Medium). > > What I want to know is how non Browncoats are reacting to them. I would be excited about the movie if the trailer was a shot of a cornfield with “Serenity” printed across it, but I am a fan. I wonder if the average moviegoer is thinking “Wow! I must scurry off and see that on opening night!” or “What the heck is this stuff??” I never saw the show, but the trailer has me intrigued. I enjoy some sci-fi, and Serenity looks entertaining. It’s not one of my “must go see on opening night” movies, but I would like to see it in theaters. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/9 "2005-09-14T14:59:37Z")
They had a couple ads during _WWE Monday Night Raw_ this week, and we saw another ad last night. Can’t remember which show it was during, but it was either \*Bones \* or _Supernatural_. We saw the movie two weeks ago with a friend who never saw the show, and he loved the movie and immediately borrowed our DVDs. If they can just get butts in the seats the first weekend, I think word of mouth might be really good for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/10 "2005-09-14T15:04:09Z")
I saw the trailer and was fairly indifferent. A while later (like, half a week ago) I watched what there was of the actual series and now I’m really looking forward to it! But the trailer doesn’t do Firefly OR Serenity any favors: it looks like Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space and it was only through watching the show that I realised it probably won’t be. I actually think making River the focus of the movie is a bad idea in that way; too many obvious parallels to Joss Whedon’s other series (which I personally don’t care for). It makes it seem like Firefly is all about River the scifi Buffy when in the show she was really much more of a supporting character, and not even close to an improbably sexy kung fu-er. Anyway, that’s my take on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/11 "2005-09-14T19:28:11Z")
I saw the trailer on ESPN a few days ago. I think it’s great. Starting off with the gang pulling off a robbery and the voice over “… and _these_ are the _good guys_”. It doesn’t even vaguely resemble “Buffy In Space”; I’m not sure what’s giving that impression. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/12 "2005-09-14T19:51:31Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > it looks like Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space and it was only through watching the show that I realised it probably won’t be. > > I actually think making River the focus of the movie is a bad idea in that way; too many obvious parallels to Joss Whedon’s other series I agree. The only good think about the series is that it ended before it became _River, The Musical_. I wish River and Westley would run away together. Both series would improve. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-trailers/321554/13 "2005-09-14T19:51:42Z")
Add Comedy Central to the list, now. It’s actually getting pretty good media coverage, I think.