[WillRain]

For all my fellow Browncoats in Freeperland, I thought I'd pass this along. Universal Studios invited selected bloggers, notably the folks at Powerline, for a free viewing of Serenity for the price of an honest opinion on their blogs. I'm happy to report that both Powerline, and the Captain came through with almost entirely positive commentary - both from people who admit knowing nothing about the series.

this bodes well, I believe, for Serenity's ability to break out of the SF genre fan-base and appeal to a wider audience. Here's hoping for a $25 million plus opening weekend.

[Fenris6]

Yup. Loved Firefly. But I still want my FARSCAPE back! :)

[WillRain]

Follow the links crom the Captain's trackback on that article and you can find lots of blog reviews on the net. Almost all positive.

[irv]

Bought the DVDs of the series for a friend for Christmas last year. He thought it was sort of an odd gift, but after we watched them through from the beginning (including 3 episodes that never aired) we both agreed it was a great show.

The entire cast is terrific. Even Adam Baldwin. (I almost boycotted because he's a Baldwin, but his character, the man called Jayne, is hilariously psychopathic.)

I'm looking forward to seeing the movie this weekend.

[Hawk1976]

Just got back from seeing Serenity. That is certainly the best sci-fi movie to hit the big screen in a long time. Realistic, fatally flawed, characters. A bad guy who isn't pure evil, and good guys that certainly aren't pure. Fairly solid plot.

Overall I'll say this, if George Lucas ever decides to make another movie, he needs to have a long sit down with Joss Whedon and re-learn how it's done.

[beebuster2000]

just back. serenity is awesome. must see.

[Question_Assumptions]

The film definitely skirts the line between PG-13 and R but the violence is driven by the story and not particularly gratuitious or gleeful, like it is in some action movies.

[chipengineer]

Just saw it today. As good as everyone says!

[Katya]

Just watched the film for the first time on cable...loved it so much I just discovered that there was a short-lived television series that gave birth to this film. Whoever is keeping tabs on whether they will ever revive the series, keep me posted.