Serenity

So part of being able to go see Serenity last night was that I post something on our blog about the movie, be it positive or negative. Wanna guess which way I'm going? And no TML I won't spoil it for you.

Having now seen the movie twice, I can say that it easily stands up to multiple viewings. The movie is absolutely what I wanted out of the big screen adaptation of the cancelled series we all love.

It's also got enough in there that it draws in people who haven't seen it. At the screening I was at there were a lot of Firefly virgins. On the way out I stopped one of them, who I had overheard say he had never seen the show, and asked him what he thought of the movie. He loved it, said he got everything that was going on, but knew that there's stuff he'd understand more when he saw the DVD's. He wasn't the only one. I overheard a few conversations like that afterwards.

I will say this for the movie, Joss raises the stakes to a level rarely seen in movies. Everyone I talked to had the same feeling about it. You'll know what I'm referring to after you've seen it, unfortunately I can't give away anymore now.

The movie, is of course a great movie. It's also a great metaphor, for the battle that Joss went through on behalf of the rest of us browncoats to get the movie made. Now it's our part. 80 million worldwide and there will be two more. At the end of 2002 we were left stranded, much like the browncoats were left stranded on Serenity Valley. They thought we'd go quietly, accept it. But then the Amazon.com uprising began. And it was clear that the browncoats were a bunch of rebels that wouldn't go quietly.

Universal Studios became our Lafayette. And now the Box Office battle begins. Fortunately for us Joss Whedon has loaded our weapons with some mighty shiny ammo with the movie Serenity.