The Official Serenity Thread

09/29/05

[Paul_Denton]

Very good. Like I said it is pro-freedom, pro-gun and anti-liberal/anti-communist. It is a rare gem when it comes to movies.

[eclectic]

Methinks if we are not going to explore we deserve whatever plague comes our way

[KevinDavis]

I agree..

[KevinDavis]

I was surprised that a movie like that was ever given the green light..

[Paul_Denton]

Same here

[Truth29]

Well, I just checked boxofficeguru.com for attendance figures and the site is forecasting a 10 day total (includes first two weekends) of $18 million with a comment that midweek sales had been disappointing. I think I will go and see it again this weekend, but not enough people are supporting a freedom loving, free enterprise, and pro gun movie.

You were surprised that this type of movie was green lighted. Unfortunately, if it does not pull out a profit, Hollywood will take the lesson that these values don't sell.

[KevinDavis]

I have a feeling that the dvd sales would help the movie....

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Only 10 million!? I guess the 80 million required for a sequel was asking a lot.

IIRC, the 80 million was for worldwide box office. Worldwide box office can easily double whatever Serenity earns in USA box office, so I don't think we should despair of Serenity sequels just yet.

[IpaqMan]

Here is an enlightening review by Orson Scott Card, political commentator and author of Ender's Game. There are no major spoilers, either.

http://hatrack.com/osc/reviews/everything/2005-09-30-extra.shtml

A brief excerpt:

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"Well, guess what.

It's great.

I'm not going to say it's the best science fiction movie, ever.

Oh, wait. Yes I am.

Let me put this another way. Those of you who know my work at all know about Ender's Game. I jealously protected the movie rights to Ender's Game so that it would not be filmed until it could be done right. I knew what kind of movie it had to be, and I tried to keep it away from directors, writers, and studios who would try to turn it into the kind of movie they think of as "sci-fi."

...

And this is as good a movie as I always hoped Ender's Game would be.

And I'll tell you this right now: If Ender's Game can't be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made."

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[Truth29]

Good review. However, the projected final box office total is $26 - 28 million (per Box Office Guru). Where are all the Firefly fans? We aren't showing that good SF sells.

[kb2614]

Oops, some sites don't like being hotlinked.

[Katya]

What an excellent film...I just got to watch it on On-demand cable. My family and I are so hooked, I'm going out to by the Firefly DVD set this week.