Subj : Re: Serenity: My Thoughtful Review To : alt.tv.farscape From : John I Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 16:04:02 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > 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.) > Will you be donning your lethal leotard? .