Subj : Re: Serenity: My Thoughtful Review To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 01:34:43 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote: > Tyler Trafford wrote in > news:3qe0s3Fefd7uU1@individual.net: > >> Jim Larson wrote: >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>> >>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>> news:Xns96E4ACA194E163v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Rick Savoia wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96E4AC9D1F629rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Trouble wrote in >>>>>>> news:K_SdnR1O1_e93tzeRVn-jg@comcast.com: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Solar System just doesn't seem big enough though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Even if you have a solar system of a reasonable size, it just >>>>>>> seems too small to support the multiple planets and moons they've >>>>>>> been to as well as the concept of something like the Alliance. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's also very hard to lose a planet in a Solar System. If it >>>>>>> were just a Solar System, I'd have pictured the Reavers >>>>>>> overrunning the place by now. > > Because Reavers have such a robust survival strategy? > What? Eatin' folks ain't shiny no more? -- Jim .