Serenity

[xparrot]

It rocks. You knew that already. It's got great lines. You knew that already.

And yes, some of us knew about this already, too. So. Yeah. Welcome to Denial, everybody's invited. Egypt's lovely this time of year, and I've got a bungalow right on the banks. With little plastic dinosaurs on the window sill.

Otherwise?

Opening was awesome. Switch and switch and switch again. (Not to mention finally hearing the basics of Earth That Was.)

When it comes down it - the fights are cool and all, but it's still the dialogue and the humor I love the most. Bits going too far to be hardcore action...it wasn't that they didn't pull it off, but...that being said, definitely need to rewatch. Plenty of lines to memorize. Mal's sputtering, "You can't!" about Jayne being captain.

And popcorn. Watching Mal & Inara with popcorn. And Inara even kicked a little ass herself - "That's not incense."

Book hurt in the right - not pointless just for shock value and to prove we CAN kill anybody - way. Even if we didn't entirely get his story...implications that he was an Operative, yes?

Serenity herself cosplaying - fuuuuck creepy. Actually that goes for a lot of it. fuuuuuck creepy. And Jayne cradling Vera (I think it was Vera?) as they fly through the Reavers, hee.

The coverup, the Reavers' origin...I'm not sure. Too pat, too...simplistic. (Not to mention, testing on an entire planet? The hell?? There's stupid and then there's George Bush.) But the Reavers themselves are still - Reavers. Brrr. And the theater cheered when the doors opened on River standing alone. For future reference - don't pick on her brother.

He's not dead. Screw the grave. Not dead, not in my happy little world.

And lastly: Mal x River OTP. Oh yeah.

Comments

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Hey neighbor! I have a bungalow right next to yours, on that Egyptian river. With a triple helping of "WTF??!!" and "But they didn't have to do that!"

Overall I really loved it (aside from that ONE LEEEEETLE THING) but discussing it in the car with my husband on the drive home, we both agreed that it feels like ... an ending. It didn't so much leave me clamoring for more, as feeling that the series has now been wrapped up -- and a great send-off it was, but it now feels finished. I don't know if Joss & Co. meant to leave that impression, and I don't know how much of it has to do with this massive load of denial I'm carrying around regarding a certain favorite character's untimely demise, but it now feels like the major mysteries have been solved, the one character who still had a lot of mystery in his past (Book) is clearly a mystery that will never be explored, River has found her place with the crew, and they sailed off into the sunset. It's interesting to imagine the characters' lives beyond the movie, but I don't feel as if I'm missing out on something huge and wonderful, the way I did after watching the last episode of the series.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was the thing, it wasn't merely that he died, it was just so pointless!! just because it's an action movie and one of the heroes 'has' to die. only they totally don't. Argh! When Book dies, it gives Mal impetus to go on, but Wash's death didn't do anything. Zoe didn't behave that incredibly differently than she did otherwise, everything would have happened exactly like it did if he had lived. It didn't affect the story at all, just added shock value. >_> (It's annoying me more because otherwise I loved the movie, and it's irritating to have to mentally edit that part out to fully enjoy it ^^;;;)

You have a point, that it did tie a lot up - I do want to see more, but not as impatiently as I was waiting for this. I've heard that the deal was for a trilogy of movies? But they didn't leave that much hanging, or bring up things that demand farther explanation.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

What I had read was that they ("they" meaning the studio execs) were going to see how the first movie did and only then would the second two be green-lighted. So this movie may very well be designed as a stand-alone in case it didn't pull in the numbers to justify making another one.

About the death ... yeah ... it really was just one of those pointless shocker deaths, which is one thing if you're killing off Joe Nobody background character, but is almost an insult to the fans when it's a main character that people care about. And the final insult was that we didn't even really get any reaction from the characters -- he was one of Mal's original core group, and all we got is some shock, and he ends up buried next to frikkin' Mr. Universe for pete's sake ...

This *has* given me some fodder for thought about character deaths in fiction, however. Some fictional deaths, even when it was my favorite character who got axed, were not only acceptable, but powerful, and left me feeling as if it couldn't have ended any other way. And some, like this one, just leave me with a bad taste in my mouth. I'm trying to figure out what makes some deaths "good" deaths while others are just a lazy shock tactic ... to apply it to my own writing.

[zimarra.livejournal.com]

Heya,
I'm sorry that I didn't get to go see the movie with you guys. I hope you got my phone message and weren't too worried. I'm really free today though. So If you want to do anything.. (Watch more "yugioh" with some kettle corn?") I'm up for it. I just need to get out of the house.. *sigh*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

hi, yes, I got your message after I got back - was wondering if I had the wrong number, did you get my message on your voicemail? today I have some shopping and such that I really gotta get done, will you be free tomorrow, maybe? wouldn't mind a couple hours of YGO watching ^^

[zimarra.livejournal.com]

Sure. Tomorrow would be a good day. I was just out walking to Ithaca Falls and such- such a nice day. Yea. I got your message, I couldn't figure out to change the message from the non male voice. Blargh! I had it once, then someone said it was too hard to hear, and then I deleted it and now I can't figure out how I recorded for my voice! ...

[evil-kat.livejournal.com]

what made me mad about his death was it looked like it was a wooden stake. I've argued over this with my friends, and they're convinced it was metal. But really! JOSh, WRONG SHOW!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

bwah! yes, it had to be metal, but it did look kind of wood-y...and either way, yeah, he wasn't a vampire! he didn't have to be killed like that! --he didn't have to be killed at all! damn you, Joss Whedon!!

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

::Looks up from her little corner with plastic dinos.::

Sigh... there's this funny little story.

See, I told some friends of mine that there was ONE reason why I was a bit happy that Firefly got cancelled. Joss Whedon does not like happy, stable relationships. Buffy-Angel/Riley/Spike, Xander-Cordelia/Anya, Willow-Oz/Tara, again and again he breaks his couples apart... but Wash and Zoe somehow made it through the series still together.

I thought they were safe. Silly me. He just couldn't resist it.

This is what Egypt is for!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I've never watched Buffy (this is less a case of not wanting to see it and more a case of active avoidance, e.g. I need another fandom like I need a hole in the head) but I'd had a friend tell me that not a single relationship worked out in it, which worried me greatly. But still. Man. Not fair. I loved the Z/W so damn much. ;__;

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

...Mal/River?

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

...I'm a disturbed individual. OMG their love is so totally fucked up in the head

(really it was the last episode of the series that did it, when he caught her in space. I dunno. They'd be cute!)

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

;_; But what about Inara?

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Inara can have Kaylee! ...in all honestly I didn't care for Mal/Inara ^^;;; I liked them when they were snarking, but when they went all angsty about it I wanted to smack her...

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

Heh, no Kaylee/Simon for you, then?

Actually, the pairing that occurred to me when I saw that last episode was more disturbing. Jubil E/River. Two disturbingly competent psychotics. It's a match made in a mad scientist's lab. XD