IGN review of the Serenity CE DVD.
IGN gives the Serenity Collector's Edition DVD the score of 9 out of 10.
Their bottom line: This is a great, wildly entertaining film - accessible to old and new fans alike, to sci-fi fans and western fans and movie fans, in general - represented on a beautifully packaged Special Edition DVD, sporting a top-notch transfer, some strong audio work and a boatload of worthwhile extras. So, the real question is this: What are you waiting for?
I'm just waiting for Amazon to send me the gorram thing!
Edited to move quote to extended.
[ edited by cabri on 2007-08-14 00:51 ]
August 13 2007
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Haunt | August 13, 18:52 CET
andrewisfat | August 13, 19:13 CET
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@theonetruebix | August 13, 19:27 CET
Popular in these categories:
#1 in DVD > Westerns
#2 in DVD > Science Fiction & Fantasy
#5 in DVD > Action & Adventure
Spaceships and horses!
Sunfire | August 13, 19:46 CET
omegabob | August 13, 21:18 CET
Nebula1400 | August 13, 21:26 CET
IrrationaliTV | August 13, 21:31 CET
Nebula1400 | August 13, 21:43 CET
C. A. Bridges | August 13, 21:58 CET
With all this attention the new CE version of Serenity is getting, I figured the original DVD would drop in sales on Amazon.com. Yet in the past week it's been slowly going back up and is currently at #127 in all of DVD sales on Amazon.com.
Matt_Fabb | August 13, 22:05 CET
UnpluggedCrazy | August 13, 22:13 CET
Haunt | August 13, 22:42 CET
No. Really. There is tingladge.
I must say that I am very very glad that there was no mind-changing on the "director's cut" thing being that Joss said that the director's cut is the movie that was released. I mean, even this particular reviewer of the special edition says that the cut scenes were rightfully cut.
I don't know what I'm more excited about getting: the commentary with Joss and some of the BDHs; The Green Clan; The Tam Sessions...there's just too much Fruity Oaty goodness going on.
7 days and counting...
(By the way...what are you most looking forward to getting with the Special Edition of Serenity?)
[ edited by AmazonGirl on 2007-08-14 04:53 ]
AmazonGirl | August 13, 22:52 CET
I guess most looking forward to the new commentary. Love commentaries. I also want to see this Scifi feature.
dreamlogic | August 13, 23:23 CET
Well, since I've seen everything else that's on it, the cast commentary.
But, given my obsessive pursuit of them when they originally were released, it's safe to say that I'm looking forward to calling up the Sessions on an actual official DVD.
@theonetruebix | August 13, 23:46 CET
I am also most looking forward to the new commentaries.
Edit: And I didn't join the pig pile on Lucas. I think I've grown.
Son of Edit: Oops. I missed page two of the review the 1st time around.
[ edited by RBB on 2007-08-14 06:36 ]
RBB | August 14, 00:11 CET
Good review, though I see they're still reinforcing the "noone was interested in a Firefly movie until the DVD sold incredibly well" myth.
Ghost Spike | August 14, 02:04 CET
cabri | August 14, 02:16 CET
IrrationaliTV | August 14, 02:30 CET
war_machine | August 14, 06:41 CET
Well, let's remember that Joss implicitly fuels this belief by suggesting that the sales of the CE DVD might pave the way for a sequel. I suspect that he has said this to encourage fans to buy more DVDs, while knowing that there is very little chance that the DVD sales will actually lead to a sequel. That may sound a little cynical (heck, that's my nature), but I just think that it's part of the business. So, I'm a little more forgiving if people believe the spin despite evidence to the contrary.
palehorse | August 14, 07:51 CET
But I could see an animated series. I really could. And most all of the actors have done voice work before. And Tim's not busy right now...
C. A. Bridges | August 14, 08:16 CET
And the advantage of animation/audio is that scheduling is more flexible since all the actors don't need to be together to do it and it takes much less of their increasingly valuable time. It's also, obviously, much, much cheaper.
Well, let's remember that Joss implicitly fuels this belief by suggesting that the sales of the CE DVD might pave the way for a sequel.
As i've said before, I don't think Joss is actually implying that, I think he's basically saying "Hope springs eternal and if it makes buckets of cash, someone might notice - but it's vanishingly unlikely to produce a sequel", everyone's take, as we've already established, differs on this point though.
Saje | August 14, 08:33 CET
And in terms of "spin" well one would have to forgive the fans for having such misinformation, when things like that Joss Whedon introduction for the movie that was put on the first dvd, kinda tells or hints at what is considered "spin".
"Failed tv shows don't get made into major motion pictures unless the creator, the cast and the fans believe beyond reason. It's what I felt, its what I've seen, the dvd sales, the booths at the cons run by fans, the websites, the fundraisers. All of the work the fans have done helped make this movie"
"It is in an unprecedented sense your movie..."
"Remember, they tried to kill us, they did kill us and here we are. We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Thank you, for helping to get this movie as far as it has gotten. Welcome to Serenity"
ETA: now while those quotes don't explicitly mean the dvd sales helped greenlight the sequel... that message indidcates that the dvd sales have had an impact... so I can;t really blame people or smack them down for having the wrong information.
[ edited by kurya on 2007-08-14 15:06 ]
kurya | August 14, 08:47 CET
Nebula1400 | August 14, 09:26 CET
Not to pile on here, but what he says is (paraphrasing) "buy it, because someday, somewhere, someone will realize it's made them money and maybe want to pick it up again".
But whatever one thinks he's said about the CE, he's also gone out of his way in a number of instances -- two of them just very recently -- to debunk the "Firefly DVD sales got Serenity made" myth.
*shrug*
[ edited by theonetruebix on 2007-08-14 16:14 ]
@theonetruebix | August 14, 09:55 CET
Razor | August 14, 11:18 CET
*ditto shrug*
palehorse | August 14, 12:20 CET
@theonetruebix | August 14, 14:09 CET
That being said, there are some exceptions to this rule: namely "Serenity" (the pilot episode) and "Objects in Space" (as well as the BDM, obviously!) These are the only times that I have not only listened to them more than once, but actually several times. This is how every commentary should be done.
I am REALLY excited about the new commentary track - it's just a shame we don't get to hear everybody (although that may just be too crowded).
All I need now is a UK release date!
-=NeoDoug1=- | August 14, 16:56 CET
Pumps | August 14, 19:16 CET
As has been pointed out here before, that already exists: Hit "stop" on your DVD player as soon as the ship safely lands on Mr Universe's moon.
@theonetruebix | August 14, 19:25 CET
omegabob | August 15, 02:05 CET