[KevinDavis]

[KevinDavis]

[Thud]

My wife says Whedon has been offered an option for two sequels.

[FormerACLUmember]

[KevinDavis]

I got this message from the Browncoat board:

Well boys and girls and boys dressed as girls and girls dressed as Kaylee, the time is almost upon us. This Friday we take that old rust-bucket out of the shipyard and see if she can breach atmo. It's been a long (to paraphrase a band I like) strange trip, and it'll be nice finally to show everybody what it is we've been tinkering with all this time. You already know you have my thanks, from the hardcore fans to the softcore... fans.... let me try that again. From the people manning the booths, buying DVD sets for their friends, getting banners seen everywhere on Australian TV, raffling artwork for ticketholders (Adam Hughes, take a bow), to the most casual fan who just wants to see the flick and won't ever even read this. You guys are the fuel in the engine, the Fire in the Fly, the weird green stuff coming out of Serenity's butt. (Hmmm. Forget that last one. I'm a little bit out of control here.)

Everyone needs something to keep them going. Mal has his ship. Zoe has her integrity. Jayne has Vera. And I've got you guys.

So what now? There have been so many posts about seeing it, seeing it again, the first weekend, the second weekend, being enthusiastic without being obnoxious (and yes, it IS hard to see over the pom-pom of a Jayne hat), buying tickets in advance, making a noise... I honestly wouldn't know what to add. I can tell you this: the movie will play in about 2200 hundred theaters, which is a good number. Too many, and you get empty theaters with no energy -- not enough, and you get, well, not enough. It may be hard to find in some areas but it'll be out there. Leave no multiplex unturned! This is going to be a ground war, peeps -- we have to hold the valley for a long while. However it opens, it needs to HOLD. Instead of the Alliance we'll be fighting viewer apathy, fear of something new, the urge to wait for DVD, and Jessica Alba in a bikini. (Although I have it on good authority that she spends 90% of the film in a huge wooly parka. Make sure that gets out.)

The day this puppy opens, I'll be seeing it with my family (don't worry, there's a lot of them, and they're all paying) and then I'm off to Europe to learn the word 'Browncoats' in nine different languages -- 'cause like I said, it's all about holding. I'll never be far from a computer, though, so I can check in with y'all. Thanks for every damn thing.

And remember, amidst all the urgency to make this an event, all the work and the worry, to take two hours and just enjoy yourself. That is, after all, what all this fighting's about.

-joss.

[KevinDavis]

Quick poll here...

Which movie are you more excited about? Star Wars or Serenity?? Me it was Serenity....

[KevinDavis]

Here is the theme song:

Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don't care, I'm still free You can't take the sky from me Take me out to the black Tell them I ain't comin' back Burn the land and boil the sea You can't take the sky from me There's no place I can be Since I found Serenity But you can't take the sky from me...

Clik here to download the theme song....

[KevinDavis]

Here is the timeline:
http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/firefly.html

[BigBlueJon]

Ruttin' yeah! Can't wait to see it this weekend.

[KevinDavis]

Here are some reviews:

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/011813.php

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005527.php

[DGray]

My husband attended the blogger's preview in Atlanta on Tuesday night. His review and comments can be seen here. An excerpt:

Still, Serenity gets a B+ at the very least on an absolute movie scale (and it's hard for me to judge since I'm so head-over-heels for the TV show right now) and it's off the charts for sci-fi action movies. In the latter category, one comes to expect nonsensical characters, wooden acting and flimsy plots that really just exist to participate in the visual-effects sequences. That the only things I have to complain about are a couple of stretches of plausibility - and I always have those with sci-fi, from Star Trek to classic novels - convince me in my own mind that this is, yup, a damn good movie.

[KevinDavis]

For those who want the FireFly dvd click here to get it....

[MotleyGirl70]

SERENITY NOW!!! ping

If you ever need serenity there's now a thread for it :)

[AzSteven]

Just Fandangoed tickets for all 23 developers on my team - we is havin' us an "off-site" meetin tomorrow!

[BenLurkin]

[KevinDavis]

Even Roget Ebert likes this movie... Click here to see his review..

[AngryJawa]

"Shiny...let's be bad guys."

My geek a$$ and the a$$es of three other friendly browncoat friends will be parked in a matinee seating tomorrow.

[MortMan]

Shouldn't the official thread have the show's name spelled correctly in the title? LOL

[Dead Corpse]

Learn to swear in Chinese at the pimple faced kid doling out your popcorn at the theater...

[Dead Corpse]

Sci-fi channels teaser special. Streaming content. 21 minutes long.

[Quick1]

It certainly feels lonely without that usual Sci-Fi night, though. Sucks that we have to wait for January.