Ok, I think I have officially played too much WoW this last weekend. It was Columbus Day so we had Monday off of work and school. The general plan was to sleep in (accomplished) then maybe check e-mail and play online a little, (also accomplished) watch a movie or some TV, then maybe get outside. Overall the weekend went well. It rained almost all weekend so that put a damper on any real outside plans. I did find a really good comic book store near by. I have been thinking about getting back into some comics. I picked up a few of the new Green Lantern comics. They are pretty good. I also got the chance to pick up the Serenity comic books. There were three total and the third just recently came out. Thankfully they had the other two there as well. Given this, I think it’s time to go over Serenity. If you haven’t seen it yet, you might want to skip this part. (And go see the gorram movie!)
Serenity!
Long ago there was a silly little TV show called Firefly. I saw the previews for it on FOX and it looked pretty good. I decided to catch the first episode and was enthralled. It’s a science fiction show, with spaceships and lasers and such. Yet, there is this whole old western feel to it. As I have said before, it’s like Star Wars meets John Wayne. I was there for every airing. Some of course got missed because FOX thought it was more important to show Baseball instead, and not reschedule firefly. When it came to the end of the season I watched the last episode and was somewhat confused. It would seem that they were introducing the characters for the first time. Why would they need to do that at the end of the season??? Well, it wasn’t just the end of the season, Firefly had indeed been canceled. To make matters worse, a few web searches uncover the truth about the show, FOX screwed it up.
What was shown as the Pilot episode was actually the second episode. The real pilot was aired last. I believe there were a few other show mix up’s as well as some skipped episodes. And they wondered why there was a confused and low turn out in the ratings. Thankfully there was a DVD set of the show released that had all of the episodes in the correct order. I bought it as soon as I could and commenced Firefly overload. It was glorious! FOX execs were such idiots! Apparently I was not the only one who thought this as millions of Brown Coats (official firefly fans) around the world stormed the stores and bought the DVD in mass. Based on all of the DVD sales and the incredible fan base that this “Single Season” show had, Universal Pictures offered Joss Whedon the opportunity to make his major motion picture directors debut. Serenity was born.
The world as we know it has advanced and evolved to the point of oblivion. The super powers sent ships out to discover new systems and new planets. Distant planets were tera-formed to sustain human life. In this new universe a collective of core planets formed the Alliance and sought to bring order and compliance to the rest of the worlds. Some of the outer planets did not agree. this is when the war started. Sadly the brown coats (rebels) did not succeed and the Alliance took control of all the planets. Captain Malcom Reynolds is a former Brown Coat looking to make his way in the ‘Verse. He’s got his ship, his crew, and his jobs (when he can find them). He also seems to also find a load of trouble where ever he goes. The latest trouble come in the form of two fugitives. It would seem that the Alliance is going to every extreme to get them back. There is also a little mater of this secret that one of the fugitives knows. Information that could destroy all that the Alliance had fought to hide.
Ok, enough back story and synopsis. The movie was awesome. Flat out. If you are a fan of the TV show you will be in awe, shock, and scared. Serenity (the ship) is back and as wonderful as ever. You can tell that they made a few alterations to the set, the ship looks a little darker then before. The characters are more fully developed as well. You don’t have to muck about with the whole “This is Jayne, he is the bad ass of the crew” introductions. When Jayne came on, you knew who he was. They also went more into the back story of the Alliance and how ruthless they can really be. The biggest discovery of the movie would have to be the reavers. We touched on them in the show but never really got the whole story. Now we do and what a story it is. Everything I loved from the TV show was in the movie, the humor, the drama, and all the action you can pack into an hour and 59 min.
When I say that you will be shocked, I mean it. At the end of the movie all bets were off and I had no idea what was going to happen. With a TV show there are certain things you know that are a constant. The hero usually wins, all of the main characters will be back and all within a 60 min window (or 30 min if it’s a sitcom). With this, I was blown away. You know, I really don’t want to say any more about it. Just go see the movie!
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