Was Serenity any good?

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:56 pm

Was it any good, or do i need to of seen FireFly to understand it?

THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCEMENT.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:05 pm

All I've heard from friends is that it's a sick movie. I've yet to watch it

Post by **Penguin** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:27 pm

It's a great movie. You don't have to see Firefly first to understand it.

You should watch Firefly sometime because it's the best show ever on TV.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:35 pm

aye, firefly was pretty awesome... big shame they didnt keep it going

and serenity is cool aswell, give it a look, youll enjoy

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:43 pm

Sweet, was thinking of picking it up this week with FireFly, the complete set is only £17.99 which isn't bad at all. I heard good things about the show just not the film, ill have to check it out. Thanks guys.

Post by **S@M** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:43 pm

it was fun, a bit slap stick, but fun. Kinda a traditional action hero film, like indiana jones in space

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:28 pm

firefly + serenity = the win :icon14:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:37 pm

I've been meaning to get ahold of it...but there's some porn star named Serenity clogging up all the results making it hard

Post by **brisk** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:38 pm

Preferably watch Firefly before you see Serenity.... it'll make more sense.

But still, its not essential. Both are superb, especially the TV series.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:58 pm

watch firefly first - period.

serenity doesn't hold a candle to firefly in terms of quality, but is still a good movie.

just that the show is excellent.

Post by **sliver** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:46 pm

Mal reaches the second transmitter and finds that it is inconveniently located on a platform surrounded by a large drop. He is about to attempt to reach the platform when the Operative shows up. They have a stand-off, which results in Mal being quicker on the draw and shooting the stun gun out of the Operative's hand. Mal then proceeds to try to reach the transmitter, but the Operative follows him. There is a fight between them with the Operative using a pressure point which is designed to completely disable his opponent — it fails, and has no effect on Mal due to a piece of shrapnel tearing up the nerve cluster in the War.

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Post by **seremtan** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:09 am

why

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Post by **sliver** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:18 am

because i just read the entire, exhaustive synopsis on wikipedia and it sounds frightfully stupid.

Post by ek » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:28 am

it is, has a moran cult following.

Post by **seremtan** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:40 am

sliver wrote:because i just read the entire, exhaustive synopsis on wikipedia and it sounds frightfully stupid.

take any movie, write a synopsis of it, and it'll sound stupid. for example:

"a bunch of monkeys are messing around in the desert when all of a sudden they encounter a big black monolith that makes them super-aggressive and kill the other monkeys at the waterhole. then one of the monkeys throws a bone into the air and it turns into a spaceship..."

you get the picture

Post by **seremtan** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:41 am

ek wrote:it is, has a moran cult following.

altnick dumbass

Post by **sliver** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:22 am

seremtan wrote:take any movie, write a synopsis of it, and it'll sound stupid. for example:

"a bunch of monkeys are messing around in the desert when all of a sudden they encounter a big black monolith that makes them super-aggressive and kill the other monkeys at the waterhole. then one of the monkeys throws a bone into the air and it turns into a spaceship..."

you get the picture

I've read plenty of synopses on Wikipedia, and i cannot recall ever having been put off to this degree by the description. Moreover, it is clear that whoever wrote it is thoroughly taken with the material, and didn't intend to cast it in a harsh light.

That said, i am resolved to be fair, so i will see Serenity by the end of the week and get back to you. I have nothing against joss whedon -- i quite enjoyed buffy even if the gender stuff got too strong in the last season -- and i'm a fan of gina torres.

riddla wrote:you probably wont like black people because of their skin color either

this, however, is just an incredibly stupid comment with no bearing on anything that's been said.

Post by **Transient** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:25 am

brisk wrote:Preferably watch Firefly before you see Serenity.... it'll make more sense.

But still, its not essential. Both are superb, especially the TV series.

Truth!

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:58 am

silver do yourself a favour and watch firefly b4 serenity.

firefly is where the quality is at.

Post by **Ryoki** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:08 am

I watched the series last week, excellent stuff. A damn shame it was cancelled...