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Paul LoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
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 Posted - 09/22/2005 : 12:33:16 PM
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Seen [url="http://instapundit.com/archives/025717.php"]here[/url] on Instapundit...
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MOVIE SEEKS BLOG REVIEWERS: The PR folks for the forthcoming Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, etc.) science fiction movie Serenity are inviting bloggers to advance screenings. (List of cities here via an Excel document that didn't quite format right, but it's legible). It's free, and all they ask is that you blog something, good or bad, about it.
If you're interested, email 'em at rsvp@gracehillmedia.com and they'll put you on the list. I'll be going to a screening in Knoxville.
Follow the Instapundit link above for the (poorly formatted) list of cities & links to more info.
"...You know perfectly well what is the matter with you. You have known it for years, though you have fought against the knowledge. You are mentally deranged." |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2005 : 8:08:55 PM
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| Guess Joss Whedon must be supremely confident about his new film. If the Harry Knowles's of the world clean his clock, "Serenity" will be DOA long before the Eberts of the world had their say. |
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Cullen
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
624 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2005 : 2:04:30 PM
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He's already given advance screenings of the movie, several months back, in fact. Word has been good so far, so this might not be as big a risk as one might think. In fact, you might see it happening more in future if the movie's a big enough hit.
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2005 : 5:31:31 PM
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BTW, having never seen an episode of Firefly, I only now realized that this movie is a spin-off.
Serenity is an interesting, even wry title for a sci-fi action comedy, but I wonder who made the decision to drop any reference to the series from not only the movie title but also from most of the TV ads I've seen. |
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hentai_wolf
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
139 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2005 : 10:58:21 PM
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Well, the whole reason the movie was made was because the DVDs sold extremely well, so I doubt they're trying to distance themselves from the TV show. I suspect it's more along the lines that pretty much everyone who bought the DVDs will know that it's related, but they don't want anyone to think you have to have seen the TV show in order to understand the movie.
I'm looking forward to this movie more than any other movie this year. The word from the advance screenings have been pretty good, but I haven't looked too deep into them because I'm trying to avoid knowning anything else about the movie. I don't even watch any of the trailers. I'd love to go to the midnight screening of the ENTIRE FIRST SEASON at the Coolidge Corner theater in Brookline, MA, but I really don't think I'd be able to stay awake for the whole thing.
Go see this movie. |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2005 : 01:34:14 AM
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| Currently it's rated 8.5 (out of 10) on the IMDB. |
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hentai_wolf
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
139 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2005 : 01:42:17 AM
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So after actually seeing this movie I have to say:
Go see this movie! Please! Don't force Joss Whedon back into writing scripts for people who don't appreciate his work! |
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tam1MI
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 10/01/2005 : 10:48:40 PM
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Originally posted by hentai_wolf
So after actually seeing this movie I have to say:
Go see this movie! Please! Don't force Joss Whedon back into writing scripts for people who don't appreciate his work!
What Hentai said! GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!! IT ROCKS!!!
(And besides, you can also see previews for the sure-to-be-Jabootu-fodder Doom, starring The Rock). |
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KreenWarrior
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
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Posted - 10/02/2005 : 12:10:17 AM
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This movie is simply beautiful. Hilarious, but also a great action movie. Don't know what else to say without raving like a maniac about how cool it is.
*Spoilers*
I think my favorite moment was when the Operative finishes one speech with "I'm unarmed...", and Malcolm instantly draws his gun and shoots him a couple times |
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 10/02/2005 : 12:40:27 AM
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Saw it today. Loved it. I'm tempted to buy a Jane action figure to help send Joss more money.
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CobraCmdr
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
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Posted - 10/03/2005 : 08:29:06 AM
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| I have to say I loved this movie too, and I usually hate Sci-Fi television. |
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Prankster
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 10/03/2005 : 12:26:52 PM
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It is a terrific movie, even if you've never seen the show.
I wouldn't worry too much about Joss going back to the salt mines. He's got Wonder Woman coming up, don't forget, and I think this new movie "Goners" that he's got in the pipeline is also going to happen. Plus he's still writing comics. He's a brand name now.
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Joliet Jake Blues
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
Australia
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Posted - 10/03/2005 : 5:05:53 PM
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My two word spoiler free review:
heartbreakingly beautiful
"Age and guile beat youth, innocence and a bad haircut" - P.J. O'Rourke |
Edited by - Joliet Jake Blues on 10/03/2005 5:06:18 PM |
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MikeC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 10/04/2005 : 08:45:00 AM
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I agree: I'd only seen a couple of eps of the
TV show before seeing the movie (and picked up
the SERENITY RPG the night before the premiere,
breaking my oft-made promise to NEVER buy ANY MORE
NEW RPG's and was pleasantly suprised), and had
no problem following the plot. Knowig the show
helped, but there was just enough exposition
woven into the action that someone completely
new to the 'Verse could follow without problem.
I'm actually pleasantly suprised I liked it as
much as I did. I tried to watch BUFFY & co, but
was quite put off by the hipper-than-thou post-mod
attitudes of the scripting. I had thought that
Whedon was one of those writers who was a bit too
wrapped up in their own cleverness for its own sake
(sort of like Douglas Adams in the DIRK GENTLY
stories, though they were still enjoyable), but
in SERENITY he seems to have been able to keep
that tendancy under control.
And, I have to respect him utterly for keeping
the cast of the TV show on for the movie. It
shows a true commitment to his vision for the
show that he didn't cave in to presumed pressure
from the studio to cast 'bankable' names.
I think the reason they're not playing up the
connection to the TV show is that Universal doesn't
want to be seen as pandering to the 'fan boy' demo.
After all, they're assured that the movie will do
X business based on the sales of the FIREFLY DVD's,
and the fact that the series was made by a different
studio (Fox, perhaps?) may also play into it.
But, now that I've seen the movie, I will have to go
out and get the DVD's.....
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Edited by - MikeC on 10/04/2005 08:48:56 AM |
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