Originally posted by: greencapt

Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
All the recent talk of it has got me interested as well.

Well heck until I get a chance to refind that reference wee *can* just talk about the film/series!

Have you seen any of the Firefly tv series AWK? If not by all means rent the DVDs and watch them! Sci-Fi Network if showing re-runs but I think it really helps to be introduced to the series on DVD. Great cast, great scripts, plausible (for sci-fi) premises. Though 'Serenity' *can* and *does* stand alone as a film, if you see the series first there are so many more levels you can enjoy the film on.

Gaffer- did you see the 'easter egg' on the making of the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial? Joss- "Can you make it weirder? More surreal? Uh, how about a little stranger..?"

Yes!!! I just saw the Fruity Oaty Bar easter egg last night! That was so hilarious! "Fruity Oaty Bar, make a man out of a mouse. Fruity Oaty Bar, make you bust out of your blouse." Pure comic gold.

And I agree that Serenity can stand on its own as a very fine movie, but I'm so glad I saw the series first. Some people were trying to tell me I should go ahead and see the movie when it was in theatres, but I held out to see Firefly first. It really helps you care more for the characters. Of course, the first time I saw the movie, I cared so much that it made me really angry, so angry I almost shut the movie off and refused ever to watch it or Firefly again. But I'm glad I got over that. Damn! I have never cared for fictional characters that much before.

And, Jenny, I actually love the cinemtography in the Firefly, the handheld, "You are there," feel, and the fact that it was accomplished by making the interior of Serenity a contiguous set. Rather than all these separate rooms, the camera could actually follow Mal walking from the bridge, through the crew quarters, the dining room, and to the engine room in a single shot, and that, to me, made it seem very, very real. And the sets even had ceilings!!! Who ever does that?!