tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post1405611866622488371..comments2023-10-18T05:23:01.822-05:00Comments on Laurence Hunt's Blog: The Serenity Pilot Is Superior to Serenity the Movie Due to Its Ability to Portray Slices of LifeLaurence Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-10726401894327423312008-04-20T12:20:00.000-05:002008-04-20T12:20:00.000-05:00Thanks for adding those thoughts. I know Whedon wa...Thanks for adding those thoughts. <BR/><BR/>I know Whedon wanted the movie to have the tragic dimensions of life as it is, though perhaps at the time his perspective was impacted by the cancellation of the Firefly series, which was his favourite story. The deaths of central characters was certainly a way of telling us that the story of the series couldn't continue.<BR/><BR/>On top of that, the studios press the writer to fill up the story with action sequences, on the assumption that the audience will lose interest if the focus is on narrative alone. <BR/><BR/>Certainly Fox tipped everything off balance by refusing to present the series in the order in which it was originally intended. Universal was far more accommodating, though I think still locked into the idea that "action" is necessary to win audiences. <BR/><BR/>I guess ultimately Serenity the Pilot was about beginnings, and the movie was about endings. But whatever rationalization one offers, the pilot developed the characters in a way that the movie was less able to do (with the obvious exception of the revelation of River's identity).Laurence Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-50136405584256113652008-04-20T11:50:00.000-05:002008-04-20T11:50:00.000-05:00I think I might agree with you. The show was abou...I think I might agree with you. The show was about all the characters and their stories, and more relaxed. The movie seemed more obviously science fiction and not about as many characters.<BR/><BR/>I think the movie was the best they could do with only having a couple of hours in which to tell the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-5948975810364269022007-07-08T09:31:00.000-05:002007-07-08T09:31:00.000-05:00I wanted to share some of the dialogue from the Fi...I wanted to share some of the dialogue from the FireflyFans site:<BR/><BR/>http://www.fireflyfans.net/showblog.asp?b=6761䡥<BR/><BR/>LaurenceHunt Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 04:23<BR/> <BR/>Your comment helps me clarify the idea. Basically, the strength of the Firefly series is that it doesn't need the big special effects - and I think Star Wars did, for example. The big effects are fun, but they are really secondary to the story, which is about character development against the background of a world changed by the passage of time and the evolution of human history and technology. Really, even the Alliance vs. Browncoats idea is secondary. Joss is making us think about what life could be like if we have to abandon our mother planet, but have the vitality to start all over again perhaps dozens or hundreds of times on that many planets and moons in some corner of the galaxy somewhere (never really specified). Again, the pilot is more about the answer to this question than is the movie, which is taken up with bigger ideas. The big ideas are interesting, but the portrayals of the texture of life in the pilot are more interesting still. <BR/> <BR/>BlueEyedBrigadier Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 19:17<BR/><BR/>Really says something when a 2 hour TV episode (2-parter, natch) beats out it's movie counterpart that runs for roughly the same length of time. Though the movie's story did benefit from the larger operating budget for doing stuff like the Hover Mule chase and flight through the Alliance-Reaver battle;)<BR/><BR/>BEB<BR/> <BR/>msg Monday, July 02, 2007 - 06:09<BR/> <BR/>Hear hear!!!Laurence Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-51433984772194820982007-07-05T19:17:00.000-05:002007-07-05T19:17:00.000-05:00Maybe one day we can be sponsors for the program!Maybe one day we can be sponsors for the program!Laurence Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-55335115407371684192007-07-03T07:48:00.000-05:002007-07-03T07:48:00.000-05:00Do your part to keep Serenity alive and maybe one ...Do your part to keep Serenity alive and maybe one day Fox will bring it back. Keep up the posts on the subject.SusanEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968598387333808985noreply@blogger.com