Serenity(AKA Firefly the movie) [Archive] - The Unofficial Opie and Anthony Message Board

SOS

09-26-2005, 03:44 PM

Who else is going to see it? It was based on a tv series that was cancelled because of poor ratings due to scheduling mistakes.

Serenity The Movie (http://www.serenitymovie.com/)
Serenity in IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/)
Quicktime Trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/serenity/)

blackout-

09-26-2005, 04:39 PM

goin friday, awesome show, trailers look awesome.

LiddyRules

09-26-2005, 05:30 PM

i am, not sure when, but i will in theaters.

Jables2002

09-26-2005, 05:48 PM

I downloaded the show a while back, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. So I gotta wait til I see the series before I can see the movie.

Xyn

09-26-2005, 06:04 PM

Not sure if I'll be able to see it friday (I really want to), but I will see it as soon as possible.

And I'll see it again... and again... and again.

If nothing else, I'll watch it to support how great the TV series was. Besides, I'm sure it will be great enough to watch many times.

Its gonna be an awsome ride, and it needs our support if we wanna see more.

Evil Ash

09-26-2005, 06:26 PM

I am going Friday.

ZeoVGM

09-26-2005, 08:09 PM

Oh man, thank you. I wanted to make this thread but I can't make threads yet.

I'm trying to whore this out as much as possible. Heh, it'd be nice if O&A were Firefly fans so they could whore it out a bit too. ;]

Everyone who reads this needs to see the fucking movie THIS weekend. You, from what I hear, don't need to see the 14 episodes of the TV show to get it (although people who did will probably find more little things that make them happy in the pants) since it does a little recap at the opening.

I really would hate to see that Into the Blue Jessica Alba bullshit be #1 over Serenity this weekend. She's hot as hell, but holy crap does that movie look bad. Download it if you wanna see her tits. But dammit, everyone go see Serenity this weekend. I'll be seeing it 3 times.

/rant

Sutsu

09-27-2005, 12:17 AM

Saw the movie in one of those 'BrownCoats only' showings that was made public at the last minute. A guy from off the street, who never heard of the movie or the series, got the quote of the day when he said "Han Solo wishes he was that cool".

It's a bitchin' movie, and I'm going to go see it. And probably drag a few people if I can.

Kaylee = much more gooder.

BIV

09-27-2005, 04:12 AM

Mmmmmmm Kaylee. God I love her.

I'm going to see this as soon as possible.

Adn what is this about Jessica Alba tits?

LiddyRules

09-27-2005, 04:13 AM

Am I the only one who thinks Kaylee, River and Morena are all hotter than Jessica Alba?

Hudson

09-27-2005, 04:21 AM

I am sooooo into this movie!, Watch the Friday shows on Scifi channel and got hooked.

Funny thing is that half the cast are from shows that were/are on the WB

ZeoVGM

09-27-2005, 11:02 AM

I am sooooo into this movie!, Watch the Friday shows on Scifi channel and got hooked.

Funny thing is that half the cast are from shows that were/are on the WB

Actually, the ones you're talking about (Mal, Zoe, and Jayne) went onto the other shows on WB (Buffy and Angel) after Fox originally cancelled Firefly. Joss loved the actors so he got them to be the "big bad" in the last season of Buffy and the last two seasons of Angel. ;]

And actually, River was the ballet dancer in a season 3 episode of Angel too, before going on to Firefly.

Mommadeez4u

09-27-2005, 11:41 AM

http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/649/649040/serenity-poster-med_1126190935.jpg

Yum.

JoeyDVDZ

09-27-2005, 01:00 PM

Anyone interested, SciFi is doing a whole day of firefly starting right now.

d0uche_n0zzle

09-27-2005, 01:02 PM

I'm so there.

JoeyDVDZ

09-27-2005, 01:06 PM

Kaylee is quite the yummy dish. I love the ep of Firefly where she & Mal go to a fancy party and she's trying desperately to fit in, but she winds up attracting the guys by talking engines instead of being all girly....

ruckstande

09-27-2005, 01:14 PM

I will be seeing this in theatres if only in the hope that if this movie can do well then Farscape will have a shot into being made into a feature film.

JoeyDVDZ

09-27-2005, 01:16 PM

Just flashed on the episode where Mal put his crew together for the first time.... Kaylee only wound up as ships mechanic because she was fucking the original one, and fixed an engine problem the mechanic didn't know how to fix! Funny shit.

JoeyDVDZ

09-27-2005, 01:18 PM

I will be seeing this in theatres if only in the hope that if this movie can do well then Farscape will have a shot into being made into a feature film.

Did you like the Peacekeeper Wars? I loved it, except for the very beginning where they had the CGI Rygel swimming around collecting crystals of Crichton & Aeryn Sun in his mouth. That was just goofy!

ruckstande

09-27-2005, 01:22 PM

JoeyDVDZ

09-27-2005, 01:28 PM

Except for that, the PK Wars was fuckin great. Claudia Black is the hottest chick on television. I had to buy all the dvd's. Spent about $400 bucks.
On the topic of Firefly, I went to IMDB and found some photos of River (http://imdb.com/name/nm1132359/photogallery-granitz-0) . She's pretty fucking hot.

Did you watch SG-1 with Claudia guest starring? She was in the first half-dozen or so eps of this season as Vala, and she was cute as a button, and annoying as hell to Daniel Jackson. I laughed at just about everything she did there.

ruckstande

09-27-2005, 01:31 PM

I only watched a little bit. I can't get into SG-1. It isn't nearly as funny or well written as Farscape. Plus I can't stand that belt buckle on the black dudes forehead. Here's my favorite Claudia photo (http://www.kolumbus.fi/raine.maattanen/final_cut/claudia_black/cbphoto247.jpg) .

JoeyDVDZ

09-27-2005, 01:46 PM

I always enjoyed SG-1, and I'm starting to get used to Ben Browder in charge now, but I do miss RDA on the show. Claudia did a lot to make it easier for me to get into the new cast though.

cheesenuts

09-27-2005, 02:29 PM

Jayne=the coolest Baldwin brother

LiddyRules

09-27-2005, 04:04 PM

Jayne=the coolest Baldwin brother
He's the Baldwin who's not a Baldwin. He is probably best known from the quotable "My Bodyguard" (Ricky, you're among friends) and Animal Mother in "Full Metal Jacket." Hardcore man, hardcore.

Sutsu

09-28-2005, 10:01 PM

I can't say that River or Inara are hotter than Jessica Alba... I'm not really that big into Inara. But I'd definately pick Kaylee over Alba if only because Kaylee seems more the down to earth type of chick than the almost always too hot to even think about touching Alba.

My bro picked up on Jayne/Adam Baldwin being Animal Mother the second I showed him the trailer. Zoe (Gina Torres) was also in 24. And little known trivia, Alan Tudyk, who plays Wash, played the voice (and some of the motion capture elements) of Sonny in I, Robot.

Mal (Nathan Fillon) can also be seen in Saving Private Ryan. He was the wrong private Ryan if I'm reading IMDB right.

blackout-

09-28-2005, 10:29 PM

torres is in a couple eps of alias too

MikeyP

09-30-2005, 10:59 AM

torres is in a couple eps of alias too

And let's not forget that runaway hit, Cleopatra 2525. :action-sm

hypes

09-30-2005, 11:21 AM

I never got to see FireFly when it was on TV...but I got the DVD's when they came out without seeing one ep. and instantly fell in love with Kaylee....great science fiction show that should never have gone away.

I'd love to see Sci-Fi bring this back for Friday nights...specially when SG-1 goes buh-bye.

-h

ruckstande

09-30-2005, 11:01 PM

Hey did anyone see the movie yet?

Das Dumper

09-30-2005, 11:25 PM

Yes, and it's fantastic. Lots of great action and humor, and you learn a lot more about the backstory with the Alliance and the Reavers.

Okterrificguy

10-01-2005, 01:36 AM

i went into this movie not knowing about the TV series. I gotta go check it out now, cause the movie was fucking awesome. But i gotta ask, is the movie a prequel to this show, or is it set after the show?

blackout-

10-01-2005, 02:14 AM

should be after the show... since they don't have the crew all together until partway through the pilot episode, haven't seen it yet so don't know exactly when it would take place but im guessing right after the last ep of the series (all crews together, bounty is out on river and they're on the run)

Das Dumper

10-01-2005, 08:50 AM

AFAIK, the movie's supposed to take place a year or so after the last episode of the show. That's why the whole crew isn't together at the beginning (Shepherd Book and Inara).

LiddyRules

10-01-2005, 05:34 PM

I just saw it and I guess my quick review is George Lucas isn't fit to lick Whedon's ballsack.

ZeoVGM

10-01-2005, 06:39 PM

Lucas should fucking be bowing down. This is the kind of story, characters, and dialong the new Star Wars trilogy should have given us.

Looks like Friday estimates are in too.

1 FLIGHTPLAN $4,400,000
2 SERENITY $3,900,000
3 TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE $2,800,000
4 A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE $2,500,000
5 INTO THE BLUE $2,400,000
6 JUST LIKE HEAVEN $1,870,000
7 THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE $1,320,000
8 THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED $1,050,000
9 ROLL BOUNCE $965,000
10 THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN $915,000

Not amazing. Not horrible at all. Especially considering this is a $40 million budget movie based on a cancelled TV show with a cast of unknowns.

Hopefully the word of mouth helps it say the same next weekend.

lol @ Into the Blue

blackout-

10-01-2005, 08:06 PM

saw they changed serenity total to 4.2 for friday, i was gonna go but got caught up in the baseball, gonna catch the late show tonight!

LiddyRules

10-01-2005, 10:57 PM

"For a year ain't been nothin' twixt my nethers that weren't run on batteries."

I am really glad I decided to see it so soon, I had no idea how good it would be. Even if you never saw Serenity it was so well written and well made and the fight sequences are the best I've seen in ages but for those who have seen the show it's amazing how much it turns out you care for the characters. It's also really funny, I mean there are so many hilarious moments. Both from the characters (especially Jayne) and this might be the first sci-fi movie to bring up how even "advanced technology" things are still going to suck and everything's going to be falling apart in the future.

blackout-

10-02-2005, 01:08 AM

just got back, so awesome.

ZeoVGM

10-02-2005, 01:10 AM

saw they changed serenity total to 4.2 for friday, i was gonna go but got caught up in the baseball, gonna catch the late show tonight!

Where did you see the 4.2 thing?

blackout-

10-02-2005, 01:28 AM

Where did you see the 4.2 thing?

was on
http://whedonesque.com/

but looks like they updated again and moved it back down to 3.9

http://whedonesque.com/comments/8239

"Overnight data shows Serenity takes 3.9m at the box office on Friday (http://www.showbizdata.com/dailybox.cfm) coming in 2nd for the day, after Jodi Foster's "Flightplan". It beats "The Corpse Bride", "A History of Violence" and "Into The Blue". This is excellent news, as it puts the predictions on target. It also has the 2nd highest person count after "A History of Violence". It is important people go to see the movie tonight and Sunday. Update: New figures (http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/today.html) show Serenity took $4.2m. Update 2: Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2005-09-30&p=.htm) show $3.9m again."

Warfarer

10-02-2005, 11:50 AM

JoeyDVDZ

10-02-2005, 11:56 AM

I think I may suck it up & go see this today. Although I usually get rips from newsgroups, Whedon has been one of my faves for years. I'm geeky enough to admit I helped with the "Save Angel" campaigns that were running rampant when WB decided to fuck over Joss. Serenity looks like a huge monster winner to me.

ZeoVGM

10-02-2005, 02:13 PM

Definitely go see it. Estimates show it at 10 mil for the weekend (2nd place, behind Flightplan). That's not horrible, but not great. What matters is if it holds and does good next weekend as well.

Warfarer

10-02-2005, 08:29 PM

It was a good movie. I never saw the series but I want to pick up the DVD now.

MikeyP

10-03-2005, 12:01 AM

I am going to see this today. I was waiting for my buddy to go with me since he is the big fan of Firefly, but he will have to go fuck himself now. I have heard that the studios were really happy with the movie vs budget have signed Whedon on to do two more as long as the numbers come in at the theater and make a little money. I have a feeling that the theater numbers won't be great but DVD sales will do well.

So if they actually do 2 more movies, it's gonna be different considering how things went down towards the end of the movie there...

What a great movie though, really. I went with 2 friends, one a fan of the show and the other having never seen it. We all were pretty damn happy, and the fact that it's stirring interest in the show in those who otherwise never saw it before is great. My friend who never saw it is now looking forward to watching the show on DVD.

Trying to be as unbiased as possible, I'm actually looking for something negative to say about the movie and I'm finding it difficult.

ruckstande

10-03-2005, 01:22 PM

I saw it yesterday with a friend of mine who had never seen the series and she loved it. I thought the fight sequences were done quite well and way more entertaining than anything the Matrix did. I didn't say they were more advanced fight scenes just more fun to watch. The story was done really well and I felt the ending really ended on a good note. Now if only Farscape had a shot at the big screen.

Evil Ash

10-03-2005, 05:07 PM

I went and saw it twice this weekend and took two people who had never watched the show before. They both loved it.

twisp & catsby

10-04-2005, 12:52 PM

Fantastic fucking movie.

Firefly is one of my favorite shows ever. I'm so glad this movie exists. Because it shouldn't. The fact that it does just shows how awesome it is.

Sutsu

10-05-2005, 01:15 AM

I don't think the movie takes place too far after the series ended. Dark Horse comics put out a 3 issue mini series that serves as a prequel to the movie, deals with Inara leaving and, as a part of what happens in the comic's storyline, Book deciding that he has to leave as well and ends with the Operative getting River's picture and his orders (don't want to spoil it for anyone).

Also, during the movie after the first fight scene, Mal rips Simon for having his sister on the boat for 8 months and not telling him a few key things about her (again, dancing around what happens).

Das Dumper

10-05-2005, 09:09 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/DiscoStu/pestssig.jpg

Dude, your sig pic is awesome. :clap:

Sutsu

10-05-2005, 11:34 AM

Dude, your sig pic is awesome. :clap:

Aww, thankya fellah.

Xyn

10-05-2005, 12:59 PM

Finally saw the movie yesterday, I was very impressed. The dialogue was great, and didn't seem forced or out of place.

It was very much a movie not a television episode, which means it was about actions first, characters second, just as it should be for a motion pictures budget and timeframe, and it pulled it off without being untrue to the characters.

I don't know how any reviewer could think that Mal and River were the only two characters who were the focus and had anything happen. I thought it was just as intricate characterwise as one of the tv episodes (even if it was event oriented).

Great to hear some of the backstory.

Too bad about the losses suffered, but thats life for you. They handled it well.

I wonder if they will ever expand the crew in future movies, and there damn well better be future movies

Six-Pack

10-05-2005, 01:26 PM

All kung fu prowess aside, River looks like she's one breakout away from really falling off the cliff.

Kaylee is hot, but doesn't hold a candle to Jessica Alba. She isn't even the sexiest chick in the Jossverse: http://dushkubetter.ytmnd.com/

Warfarer

10-06-2005, 11:48 PM

So if they actually do 2 more movies, it's gonna be different considering how things went down towards the end of the movie there...

What a great movie though, really. I went with 2 friends, one a fan of the show and the other having never seen it. We all were pretty damn happy, and the fact that it's stirring interest in the show in those who otherwise never saw it before is great. My friend who never saw it is now looking forward to watching the show on DVD.

Trying to be as unbiased as possible, I'm actually looking for something negative to say about the movie and I'm finding it difficult.

I could see them easily doing 2 more movies. Basically just pick it up and keep going.

I am yet to find the DVDs anywhere though and I am getting pissed.

SOS

10-07-2005, 12:01 AM

I could see them easily doing 2 more movies. Basically just pick it up and keep going.

I am yet to find the DVDs anywhere though and I am getting pissed.
You may have to get them off of ebay/amazon or dl them from somewhere...

ruckstande

10-07-2005, 08:34 AM

Try deepdiscountdvd.com. Very cheap website especially for tv series.

ravin

10-07-2005, 09:06 AM

so, this movie is good? space stuff? decent plot? do you need to see the tv show, in order to see it?

Xyn

10-07-2005, 11:48 AM

Dont need to see the tv show at all to enjoy the movie (although I would watch the TV series as well, before or after seeing the movie, as you will get more out of the movie that way).

Good movie, nice effects (not overdone effects for the sake of effects), decent plot, great dialogue. Go see it

ravin

10-07-2005, 11:51 AM

sold. thank you sir. i'm gonna go check it!

ruckstande

10-07-2005, 01:21 PM

I hope this branches into a trilogy or a new series. Try watching Farscape too. They rerun that on Sunday nights now I think at around 10. I like Firefly alot but to me Farscape is by far more entertaining.

blackout-

10-07-2005, 02:17 PM

yes, farscape > firefly > *

ZeoVGM

10-07-2005, 04:15 PM

Okay everyone, the second week is here. If you did NOT see Serenity yet, GO SEE IT THIS WEEKEND.

If you already did, GO SEE IT AGAIN.

Hell, if you can spare it, BUY AN EXTRA TICKET! And make sure you spread that around and tell other people the same thing! In real life, on forums on the Internet, chat rooms, whatever!

Time to show people what real storytelling and writing in a sci-fi movie is like.

To watch the first 10 minutes of Serenity, click here: http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/3929_Serenity/web/index.html

To check out the (critically acclaimed) reviews of the movie, click here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serenity/

Go. See. It.

Xyn

10-08-2005, 01:35 AM

Already seen it twice, its great chatching all the stuff you miss the first time around (not as much as rewatching the TV episodes gives you, but still a hell of allot).

Gonna go watch it a third time sometime this week

BIV

10-08-2005, 04:02 AM

Fucking brilliant. Some serious twists and shocks, great effects (but like someone else said, not overdone), great villians, and Joss's stories and dialog is always top notch.

I don't think you will need to have watched the show, but it'll be better if you do.

Starman

12-17-2005, 07:31 PM

It comes out on DVD this Tuesday! 12/20

I can't wait

JoeyDVDZ

12-17-2005, 07:45 PM

I can't wait to get this one. I have a bootleg of it, but I'm sure the release dvd is gonna rule. I loved the series, missed it during it's first run, caught it on Sci Fi. I hope they're smart enough to pick it up & revive the series, like they did with some other shows in their time....

ZeoVGM

12-18-2005, 12:20 PM

Woo, DVD on Tuesday. :D

Eveyone buy 1324718249812 copies!

Or one, whatever.

But get it!

Wishypants

12-18-2005, 12:39 PM

LiddyRules

12-18-2005, 02:38 PM

Damn it, I loved Serenity and Firefly. I think this might do good DVD business just like the show did.

Dr Midnight

12-18-2005, 03:44 PM

Love the series, loved the film, love Joss.

DC Chick

12-19-2005, 06:08 PM

There was a blurb in this week's entertainment weekly which Joss Whedon says that the Firefly movie franchise isn't going to happen. It was not considered a flop, but didn't make enough money to warrant sequels. He said he's okay with that and now he's going to focus on writing the Wonder Woman script and then revisiting the buffyverse perhaps with direct to DVD movies featuring Spike.

I still think that there is a sequel there, maybe a prequel focusing on Book. Maybe if the DVD sells well.
Even if the DVD sets new sales record next week, if Whedon's done with the series, it's over. No one else could take over and do it as well as Whedon.

Mal's back story would be more interesting than Book's. Book was the least interesting of the crew. Besides, I think the movie hinted that he used to be an exterminator for the Alliance (along with when he got hurt in the series and the Alliance hospital took him right in). Kaylee's back story would be good too, but I don't know that there is much more to tell. She saw Serenity's problem when she was bent over on the floor...engines make her hot. Short but interesting story.

ManPurse

12-21-2005, 01:17 PM

I agree, Book wasn't really an interesting character. I personally didn't care when he died.

As for Whedon leaving the series, IF he did, Tim Minear would carry on really well, I think. He wrote several of the standout episodes including OUT OF GAS, my personal favorite.

JoeyDVDZ

12-21-2005, 01:25 PM

Woo, DVD on Tuesday. :D

Eveyone buy 1324718249812 copies!

Or one, whatever.

But get it!

Got mines yesterday, mang...

I FUCKIN LOVED THIS MOVIE!

I regret to admit that when the series was on, I missed it due to something else I watched. I began watching it on SciFi when they were airing it, and IMMEDIATELY kicked myself in the ass for letting it go without my support as a fan. What an amazing show! I will fully support any efforts to revive this fantastic television show.

P.S. - I wasn't unhappy when Book or Wash died. Neither one of them impressed me very much.

ruckstande

12-21-2005, 01:38 PM

Got mines yesterday, mang...

I FUCKIN LOVED THIS MOVIE!

I regret to admit that when the series was on, I missed it due to something else I watched. I began watching it on SciFi when they were airing it, and IMMEDIATELY kicked myself in the ass for letting it go without my support as a fan. What an amazing show! I will fully support any efforts to revive this fantastic television show.

P.S. - I wasn't unhappy when Book or Wash died. Neither one of them impressed me very much.

I feel the same way. Picked mine up at Best Buy and waited in line for about 45 minutes with the Christmas crowd. Didn't care much because I had nothing else to do. I couldn't wait to see this again. Still waiting for a Farscape comeback though. I know I'm repeating myself but I can't stress people enough to watch this show.

MikeyP

12-21-2005, 01:44 PM

I feel the same way. Picked mine up at Best Buy and waited in line for about 45 minutes with the Christmas crowd. Didn't care much because I had nothing else to do. I couldn't wait to see this again. Still waiting for a Farscape comeback though. I know I'm repeating myself but I can't stress people enough to watch this show.

I've watched all of Farscape and I have mixed feelings on it... While the casting, acting, dialogue and writing were excellent, the production quality was LOW low low. Also, certain elements of directing were mediocre at best.
I feel that the production quality and camp factor is what really kept this show from being a GREAT show, because otherwise it had the all of the ingredients.

Firefly and the new BSG have all of these elements, and are therefore great shows because of it.

YMMV, of course. This is just one nerd's opinion.

JoeyDVDZ

12-21-2005, 01:53 PM

As farscape goes, the set design blew ass, the costumes & muppets made me cringe. I passed on it when it was first aired as a result. My mistake. The acting was SUPERB. The stories were amazing, and I loved the interaction between the characters, even the muppet ones! I won't judge a book on it's cover any longer, I can tell you that.

TreeFortRichard

12-21-2005, 01:59 PM

It sucks that amazing shows like firefly die off and drivel like desperate housewhores just keep sucking in the viewers...

cornsalad

03-21-2006, 11:27 PM

FOX simply wasn't the network for firefly, thats not the kind of show it's known for. I hope SCI-FI nework somehow revives the show, it wouldnt be the first. They got the rights to Stargate SG1 (from fox) and revived that with huge success. That and using the acclaim and success of Battlestar Gallactica, and the growing fanbase through DVD sales of the series and Serenity, i'm sure they could revive firefly with ease if they tried it.

mikeybot

03-22-2006, 03:05 AM