We're Numer.. - Firefly&Serenity

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June 15 2007

We're Numer... Serenity Clocks in on Rotten Tomatoes' "Journey Through Sci-Fi" Top 100 List.

48! Above such movies as Return of the Jedi and Planet of the Apes. ...How does "Galaxy Quest" make number 13 though??

dog13000 | Firefly&Serenity | 20:39 CET | 7 comments total | tags: rotten, tomatoes, firefly, serenity

While the list did contain some great Sci-Fi movies that are often overlooked, some genuine classics were relagated to languishing in mid position on the list. *shakes head*

And Serenity at #48?!! WTF?!!

Added to that, Rotten Tomatoes' "critical consensus", which is worthy of a FOX TV ad blurb for Firefly:

Snappy dialogue and goofy characters make this Wild Wild West soap opera in space fun and adventurous.

Again, WTF?!!!

Serenity received great reviews on Rotten Tomtoes. A far higher percentage of positive to negative than many other movies did.

The ranking of Serenity, along with the mediocre ranking of several ground breaking Sci-Fi movies, makes this list a very puzzling one indeed.

11thHour | June 15, 22:08 CET

That critical summary is pretty much correct, I'd say. Most of the reviews sighted snappy dialogue and slightly off-the-beaten-path characters, and it's a space soap opera with a wild west twist.

Personally, I think coming in the upper-middle of a top 100 sci-fi films list is a pretty good achievement.

gossi | June 15, 22:16 CET

Perhaps the "critical consensus" offered a loosly accurate overview, but the choice of a word like "goofy" really throws off the effect. And that consensus, while flawed, came closer to a take on Firefly, not Serenity.

Serenity had a much darker tone to it. Imagine someone reading that consensus with words like "goofy", "fun", and "snappy", only to have the story intro include three people ruthlessly killed by a sword?

Yeehaw?

Just my opinion, but that "critical consensus" was off the mark.

11thHour | June 15, 22:25 CET

The critical consensus there has been in place since September 30, 2005, and yeah, it's always bugged me.

But I'm definitely not complaining Serenity has come in at #48 on a list of the best sci-fi movies ever.

UnpluggedCrazy | June 15, 22:57 CET

If they hadn't gone with the "adjusted" score of 79.0 and had gone with the 81 "tomatometer" score, Serenity would've been about #34 or 35. Right in there with Bladerunner, etc.

TDBrown | June 16, 05:06 CET

They're comparing Serenity to Ghostbusters...

The Least | June 16, 05:56 CET

Well, Ghostbusters is one of my favorite movies...

UnpluggedCrazy | June 16, 07:15 CET

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