24 September 2005 (Saturday)
sneak preview
Rajiv tipped me off to this opportunity for bloggers to get onto the press list for an advance screening of Serenity next week. Those bloggers who received confirmation emails (not actually guaranteeing us seats, but at least putting our names on The List) have been asked to post the following official movie blurb:
Joss Whedon, the Oscar® - and Emmy - nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE [sic], ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity. The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family –squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.
I came to Firefly love relatively late in life, and in a somewhat roundabout way. I've never seen an episode of Buffy or Angel. I never would have even heard of Firefly, but Julian (the husband, for those of you just tuning in) went with Rajiv and Ari B. to a screening of the almost-but-not-quite-finished Serenity film back in May. J thought the movie was terrific, so we borrowed Ari B.'s Firefly DVDs one by one and watched the entire first (er...only) season straight through, often at the rate of two or three episodes per sitting.
I must admit that I was not enthralled with the (extended length) pilot upon first viewing, but after "The Train Job," I was hooked. And in my usual obsessive way, I began reading up on everything Firefly (including the terrific Firefly Wiki). I love future-world stuff, I love conspiracy theories, and I love good dialogue. Not much to complain about here.
So, with some luck, I hope to get into the screening on Tuesday evening, and then before the movie officially opens I'll report back with a review, or at least some semi-coherent thoughts.
