Subj : Re: Serenity: My Thoughtful Review To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 16:00:09 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Rick Savoia wrote: > Jim Larson wrote in > news:Xns96E4B2AFE7E353v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > >> 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. >> > > It's not an exaggeration....it's the truth! The Truth, damn you! > > (note: send an operative after Larson before he can further spread > lies). > (I'll see your operative and raise you my River-like powers of balletic chop socky.) -- Jim .