I am one of those people who freaked out when Firefly was cancelled and, not surprisingly, I am also one of those people who went to see Serenity this weekend. (NO SPOILERS) I'm not going to say very much here other than it exceeded my expectations and you should go see it. Oh, and here's a lovely photo of Gina Torres.
One thing I would like to say about Joss Whedon is that he has done a superior job of maintaining the integrity of theFirefly story across multiple media. As it becomes more common for stories to be told over and across many formats--movies, TV, comics, games, fan fiction--audiences will be scrutinizing not just the way a story is told in one format, but how it is deployed across several. Some stories will be packaged in ways that disrespect the audience, cashing in on fan interest with half-hearted story extensions and silly licenses. Others will find innovative ways to knit stories across media experiences. For instance, I appreciate the way the Firefly comic book fits into the overall storyline. Also, I think Whedon did a remarkable job in making Serenity a movie that tells a whole story for new viewers and extends the original story for the fandom.
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We're not really tv people in this household, but we saw Serenity last weekend and Netflix let us start Firefly yesterday. I'm not sure if it's a good idea here to see the story unfold while knowing what the ending will be, but it works.
My criticism after the movie was that I didn't like the scope; it was too big and explodey when what I wanted was a character sketch. (Sometimes I feel like I say this after basically every movie except My Dinner with Andre.) Everyone had to be drawn a little too broadly, all the big lines of dialogue were a little too predictable. It was fun, but it wasn't any sort of deep fun. Firefly does it better, though, gives me what I'm looking for (mostly), and I'm wondering why everyone wanted a movie so much and what good it did them, but maybe we'll watch it again once we're through the whole season rather than just half and feel differently.
Posted by Rose | October 16, 2005 4:08 AM
Posted on October 16, 2005 04:08