I saw Serenity tonight, and I was not disappointed.
Heck in some ways I thought it was better than the series. It was a wicked little sci-fi flick, sadly I think given the material it was never going to be a great one; we're never going to know if Firefly was destined to be a classic sci-fi series. Personally I think the concept only had limited mileage, but sure, who cares? The film was a self-contained work of legenditivity.
Without giving too much away, there were characters I knew, and some I thought I should have recognised had I watched all 13 episodes. It didn't matter, the film was pretty damn tight in that respect, you could feel connections with characters from Firefly without knowing too much about their history from the series. Would have liked to see more of ****** and **** , but there you go.
Hot damn, that was good. Even if you hate Joss Whedon, you have to respect that this was one quality little flick. Go see it.
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Please replace the handset, and try again.