Subj : Re: Serenity: My Thoughtful Review To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 01:48:13 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > Tyler Trafford wrote: > >> 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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Personally, I always thought they were in a cluster of Solar >>>>>>> systems with a few terraformed planets/moons in each. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thats what I thought when I heard about the change, why stick to >>>>>> pulling >>>>>> bankjobs in California when you can go to Bolivia? >>>>> >>>>> Because you need FTL drives to go to Bolivia. Anyway, everyone knows >>>>> what happens in Bolivia... >>>>> >>>> >>>> And they say Americans know nothing about world geography! >>>> So we are fine with space travel, terra forming and psychic assasins >>>> but >>>> not ok with FTL travel? >>> >>> Prexactly! >> >> Of course, the show also said that the Reavers made it to edge of the >> galaxy. > > The show exaggerated. Exaggerate this, show boy. (The movie doesn't exist until I have seen it.) -- Tyler Trafford Indomitable in retreat; invincible in advance; insufferable in victory. -- Winston Churchill, on General Montgomery .