Subj : Re: Serenity: My Thoughtful Review
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Trouble
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 10:41:36

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

RR wrote:

> Jim Larson wrote:

>>> I've got Disc 1 at the top of my Netflix queue and I'm going to try
>>> and check out the flick this week despite my ignorance.

>> The movie is probably just fine on its own. However, certain events
>> lose some of their impact if you haven't been along for the
>> (regrettably short) ride.
 
> I really would think that it would *have* to stand alone to be worthy
> of having been made on such a scale. The show's incredibly short run
> probably made that a fairly easy thing to accomplish.

Actually there is a little time lapsed between the end of the series, 
beginning of the movie, and the characters, while unchanged they have 
been dialed up a 'little' to recreate tensions that were alleviated in 
time during the series. The time lapse is sufficient for series watchers 
to understand things are strained 'again' and for non-series viewers to 
have tension and conflict to pin the story on. 

Sci Fi had been running the eps on Fridays, and had a marathon recently 
of eps... BUT, you should be able to walk into the theater without having 
seen the series, the first twenty minutes are laden with enough character 
dialogue and camera/characters-still-moving exposition enough to let you 
know who everyone is.

Surprised I haven't seen this mentioned here, they have resolved the 
Galaxy / Solar System conundrum, the Pilot originally said one thing, the 
Series said another. The movie has picked Solar System.

-- 
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.
Seek what they sought."
--Basho

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