April 26
2005
Serenity Trailer Now Online!
Time for some thrilling heroics.
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[ edited by Ghost Spike on 2005-04-26 21:55 ]
Ghost Spike | April 26, 14:54 CET
ShotgunWes | April 26, 14:56 CET
:::weeps with frustration yet is oddly excited too::::
ruthless1 | April 26, 14:58 CET
Invisible Green | April 26, 15:01 CET
blutortu | April 26, 15:01 CET
Hey simon, here's the web address for people to pick what size they want. http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/serenity/
[ edited by 400lb_Gorilla on 2005-04-26 22:02 ]
400lb_Gorilla | April 26, 15:01 CET
kylie | April 26, 15:02 CET
Galvatron | April 26, 15:02 CET
I can only echo the words of a fictional version of Shoeless Joe Jackson -- "Is this heaven?"
rbt | April 26, 15:03 CET
I'm going to cry, that film looks so f*cking awesome.
Must.....see...movie....now.
Couldn't get the link for the full size version, rest were the same as the Farscape links I had from last year, full screen weren't.
[ edited by Ghost Spike on 2005-04-26 22:04 ]
Ghost Spike | April 26, 15:03 CET
Simon | April 26, 15:03 CET
Madhatter | April 26, 15:04 CET
Plus, the special effects look really fantastic.
Plus, they got haircuts.
Gonnas | April 26, 15:04 CET
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/serenity/
brother_grady | April 26, 15:04 CET
And yes, this is just the teaser trailer. I'd imagine the full trailer will be released closer to the final release date.
Oddjob | April 26, 15:05 CET
Sister Spooky | April 26, 15:05 CET
Numfar, Do the Dance of Joy!!!
Numfar PTB | April 26, 15:06 CET
Razor | April 26, 15:06 CET
But..."six" fugitives? Wha? Why only six?
meimi | April 26, 15:07 CET
brother_grady | April 26, 15:08 CET
Apocalypse | April 26, 15:08 CET
SpikeBad | April 26, 15:08 CET
That's all I have to say about that.
RootBoy42 | April 26, 15:09 CET
missingbuffy | April 26, 15:09 CET
Razor | April 26, 15:10 CET
Harmalicious | April 26, 15:10 CET
- The quotes that were used originated from the Internet (as opposed to the mass media), and...
- Firefly's worldwide popularity was acknowledged (which basically says, "Jump on the bandwagon!").
Oddjob | April 26, 15:10 CET
Tracy | April 26, 15:11 CET
Wow.
VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt | April 26, 15:12 CET
brother_grady | April 26, 15:12 CET
But still looks awesome. Visually, action-wise, and just generally 'Hey, my buddies are back'. I'm going to keep watching it repeatedly.
Gonnas | April 26, 15:13 CET
Christopher | April 26, 15:13 CET
SillyD | April 26, 15:15 CET
Madhatter | April 26, 15:17 CET
newcj | April 26, 15:18 CET
Razor | April 26, 15:18 CET
spikeangellover | April 26, 15:19 CET
[ edited by 400lb_Gorilla on 2005-04-26 22:19 ]
400lb_Gorilla | April 26, 15:19 CET
Someone remarked about sound effects in space. Just because they were used in the trailer, doesn't mean they will be used in the film. I suppose it could still go either way.
rbt | April 26, 15:22 CET
mister0 | April 26, 15:22 CET
SpikeBad | April 26, 15:22 CET
Oddjob | April 26, 15:23 CET
mister0 | April 26, 15:26 CET
Gonnas | April 26, 15:26 CET
Ghost Spike | April 26, 15:27 CET
MindPieces | April 26, 15:27 CET
*claps hands*
Joss, you've just made me a happy woman!! Expect hate mail from my boyfriend *hehe*
WilliamTheBloody | April 26, 15:28 CET
kishi | April 26, 15:28 CET
Oddjob | April 26, 15:28 CET
A lot of River, though. And no Kaylee?
Willowy | April 26, 15:28 CET
You can certainly see where the money went, the effects look great. Rivers fight scene is just.... fantastic.
Great to see the "Oh god oh god we're all going to die" line.
Who needs to see some kid fall in a volcano and turn evil? THIS is the must see movie of the year. After Eurotrip of course.
zz9 | April 26, 15:29 CET
What about the spoilers? I want to be spoiler free.
Angel TheVampire | April 26, 15:30 CET
Willowy's right, I can't remember seeing Kaylee, or Book for that matter.
Darn, I supposes I'll have to force myself to watch it again.
Hooray!
[ edited by Ghost Spike on 2005-04-26 22:33 ]
Ghost Spike | April 26, 15:31 CET
Hee. Makes me feel all warm and tingly.
riaspark17 | April 26, 15:32 CET
ringworm | April 26, 15:32 CET
Harmalicious | April 26, 15:32 CET
Oh hell yeah, the long wait will totally worth it. It looks sooooooooooooooooo good.
Princessofdarkness | April 26, 15:33 CET
Gonnas | April 26, 15:33 CET
Is this just an encoding error, or some sort of secret fan code we should be availing ourselves of later?
[ edited by HudsonVC on 2005-04-26 22:35 ]
HudsonVC | April 26, 15:33 CET
Mack | April 26, 15:33 CET
I think the sound is only in cause its a teaser and therefore must be IN YOUR FACE!!!
I'm elated!!!!
YOU CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL!
Chirp | April 26, 15:36 CET
Oddjob | April 26, 15:36 CET
Djungelurban | April 26, 15:38 CET
can't even start to describe it. I'm even in tears, and I'm trying to work on my grad paper at the same time.
Can't believe I'll need to wait until November (yeah remember, that I live in Brazil part of the setup) to watch it.
edit:
wow huge typos in the first post, couldn't even type everything right...
[ edited by Numfar PTB on 2005-04-26 22:41 ]
Numfar PTB | April 26, 15:39 CET
kishi | April 26, 15:40 CET
VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt | April 26, 15:40 CET
Angel TheVampire | April 26, 15:40 CET
Re: the blip at the end. Fotokem is just a film processing unit here in LA.
Re: "6 Rebels" I think they are trying to simplify the hooks for the audience. Breaks down like this. Hero: Captain Mal + 6 Rebels (Zoe, Wash, Inara, Jayne, Kaylee and Book) + new passengers (Simon & River)=Serenity.
How many time can I watch this over and over????
DearBoy | April 26, 15:41 CET
Princessofdarkness | April 26, 15:43 CET
Oddjob | April 26, 15:43 CET
SpikeBad | April 26, 15:45 CET
Good also to see Joss so prominently mentioned within the trailer. Go Joss go!
miranda | April 26, 15:46 CET
Serefina716 | April 26, 15:48 CET
And for the words "From the mind of" just makes me all squiggly!
Go Joss!
ShelaghC | April 26, 15:49 CET
And River isn't strictly a rebel, her brother was the one that broke the law, she's an escaped experiment.
But DearBoy's probably right.
Ghost Spike | April 26, 15:49 CET
Mack | April 26, 15:49 CET
WheelsOfJoy | April 26, 15:50 CET
"Ya'll got on this boat for different reasons, .but ya'll came to the same place. So now im asking more of you than i have before"
"I'm taking your sister under my protection here"
"I'm unarmed.....Good" BANG!
"I think we'd better run"....RARRRRRRRRRR!
"Every minute you keep River Tam from me, more people will die"
"I don't murder children"...."I do"
"She is a might unpredictable...mood swings of the sort"
"Lets be bad guys!"
"This is going to get pretty interesting......Define interesting....Oh God Oh God, we're all gonna die"
"I aim to misbehave"
Thankyou Joss
Apocalypse | April 26, 15:52 CET
I'm just not convinced this trailer is gonna get the unconverted out there all hyped up. It basically tells us: here's a bunch of people on a space ship, bang! one of them is a girl who can totally kick ass, boom! and somebody wants her dead. Look, spaceships! Looks, cute girl doing martial arts! The "mystery," as presented in the trailer, just doesn't seem that compelling.
Or maybe the utter, infinite coolness that is the 'Verse just can't be contained in a two and a half minute trailer, and I was hoping for too much.
wren | April 26, 15:52 CET
Hmmm.... wonder if that new DVDR I've got coming tomorrow can convert QT......?
ShelaghC | April 26, 15:52 CET
Looks absolutly breathtaking. SFX are amazing, but where's my Kaylee? I hope she has more to do, then just stand in the corner the whole movie... And no Book? Weird.
Back to watching the trailer :)
Blacklodge | April 26, 15:53 CET
Harmalicious | April 26, 15:53 CET
Mack | April 26, 22:49 CET
Mack - any sign of Book anywhere?
I'm mostly figuring he's not in evidence because he's not a very actiony kinda guy though....
Or maybe there's a sekrit?
;->
ShelaghC | April 26, 15:55 CET
I got shivers running down my back. Damn it. I can't wait 5 more months. I need it NOW!
One weird thing though. Did anyone notice there was a NOISY explosion in SPACE? What the heck? And noisy spaceship whooshing. What's up with that?
Mort | April 26, 15:55 CET
Now if I can just hold out from rewatching those Firefly DVDs.
Jet Wolf | April 26, 15:57 CET
Finland is a-bliss, people, Finland's a-bliss. (Well, I am anyway.)
dreameling | April 26, 15:57 CET
And I just realised something, on the 8th watch through - there are two clips in there early on that actually show Simon rescuing River from the Alliance. Kickass!
Gonnas | April 26, 15:58 CET
Mort | April 26, 22:55 CET
Either they added those sounds in for the trailer or TPTB disagreed with Joss's very realistic no-sounds-in-space viewpoint. It's very possible he was over-ruled about that....
grrrrr.....
ShelaghC | April 26, 15:58 CET
And now, to keep myself from speculating on the plot and deducing spoilers, I will drive the memory of the trailer from my brain!
Igor! The mallet!
**BAM** **BAM** **BAM** **BAM**
unnnnhhh...
ok... almost there... 1 bottle of Everclear, and I think we're done.
later...
bookrats | April 26, 15:58 CET
Serefina716 | April 26, 15:59 CET
SpikeBad | April 26, 15:59 CET
Mack | April 26, 15:59 CET
Wheelsofjoy Links are up at the top, but I'll post 'em again. Right click, save target as.
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Big (21 megs)
Still don't have the full screen link.
Ghost Spike | April 26, 15:59 CET
Harmalicious | April 26, 16:00 CET
Ghost Spike | April 26, 22:59 CET
Thanks Ghost Spike. I shall abide.
;->
ShelaghC | April 26, 16:01 CET
I think that this trailer will definitely appeal to the ignorati - it's got action, scariness, humor, good-looking people, neat-o spaceships and pulsating, ramp-up-the-adrenaline music. It should at the least bring in the folks who like action/sci fi and those folks we need. It won't bring in the types who refuse to watch anything outside of serious little art films but really, that's a small group. And little do they realize that Joss's work is fun AND spectacularly intelligent. An unbeatable combination.
Holy cow! I loved this! The reaver is scary! River kicks ass! I can't control the exclamation points because I'm so excited! I also loved seeing Buffy/Angel mentioned. Damn right. Damn right!
phlebotinin | April 26, 16:02 CET
Also, for anyone that missed it with all the activity going on on this page, Joss posted a really thoughtful message (and anecdote) on the "TV Gal Mourns the Dead" page. Nice to know he could see how much the Body touched all of us.
acp | April 26, 16:02 CET
bobothebrave | April 26, 16:04 CET
*dances the dance of joy*
Btw are any more test screenings in europe being held?
Kessie | April 26, 16:04 CET
But DearBoy: No way is Mal counted as being a hero, and not a rebel. If you're doing a movie trailer, and your talking about your group as a whole, you don't discount the leader of that group - especially when Mal is as much of a rebel as anyone else on the ship.
The ones I'd imagine would be discluded would be Book, since he's a shephard with no criminal record. Inara, since she's a registered companion of some standing. And, well, I guess probably Kaylee would be the next most likely to be discounted. She does crime with the guys, and technically she's a rebel simply by being on the ship, but going by her lack of screentime in the trailer I figure she's sidelined storywise.
Plus, River? Okay, sure, she's an experiment. But she's also an experiment on the run from the law who keeps kicking people in the face. I think this qualifies her for the Rebel Olympics, along with the other fugitives and criminals on the ship.
Gonnas | April 26, 16:04 CET
Anyway, aside from the tagline, which made me go "huh?", I really really like it. After seeing this, there's no longer any question in my mind that the movie is so much bigger in scale than the TV series. It just looks epic. I think "drool-worthy" might also be an appropriate adjective.
Now I've got to go and watch it 20 more times.
WindTheFrog | April 26, 16:11 CET
Oh and I can't get the full screen version to work. The page just loads blank and stays that way. Anyone got a direct link to a full screener fer me perchance??
Damn still 5 frikkin months till september....Yeah yeah I know, don't wanna get caught in the pre- or post- Star Wars storm, okay, but really I'm tired of WAITING! Wonder till then if new trailers with different cuts will start appearing. Probably. Well the one other 'sleeper' movie that I hoped would succeed this year (Sin City) did some really nice business. If Serenity has a run like that I think things look good. I think people are jaded and ready for some new original fare.
Interesting to see them put Joss name gloriously up there. And mention him as Buffy and Angel's creator. I wasnt sure if they'd consider thos mentions plusses in the big movie pond. But it's damn great to see.
EdDantes | April 26, 16:12 CET
But is he?
Apocalypse | April 26, 16:13 CET
Rogue Slayer | April 26, 16:14 CET
acp | April 26, 16:16 CET
If he's a rebel, then he's not doing a good job. Because the Alliance would like him a good deal less if he were rebelling, one would assume.
Gonnas | April 26, 16:17 CET
I didn't think I could be more excited, but I am!!
Too excited to talk, be back later!!
Dizzy | April 26, 16:18 CET
Ha, yeah, I had the same reaction to the tagline. Oh well, whatever brings in the people.
I guess it beats, "Fireflying into theaters, Fall 2005."
VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt | April 26, 16:29 CET
Indeed it does! Oy.
It *is* a curious tagline. What's it all about?
I love this trailer so much. Pinch me. I feel like I'm dreaming.
phlebotinin | April 26, 16:33 CET
Rogue | April 26, 16:34 CET
Me likey.
Cannot wait to see Jayne and his big damn gun on the big damn screen. Mmmm... Adam Baldwiny goodness.
Bad Kitty | April 26, 16:39 CET
Of course, I could be completely wrong.
k8cre8 | April 26, 16:41 CET
Ghost Spike | April 26, 16:41 CET
=) I always knew I loved River the most.
charisma | April 26, 16:43 CET
zeitgeist | April 26, 16:43 CET
Lioness | April 26, 16:43 CET
That looked very, very good.
Caroline | April 26, 16:44 CET
Now I must watch it again.
electricspacegirl | April 26, 16:47 CET
And the context of the tagline is explained in the movie as well.
Oddjob | April 26, 16:53 CET
phlebotinin | April 26, 16:58 CET
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
When will it be September?....
ShelaghC | April 26, 17:01 CET
400lb_Gorilla | April 26, 17:01 CET
"I'm aim to misbehave"
SHINY!!
[ edited by SillyD on 2005-04-27 00:08 ]
SillyD | April 26, 17:03 CET
aapac | April 26, 17:04 CET
We can do hearts? Oh.
VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt | April 26, 17:08 CET
Is there a url please?
ShelaghC | April 26, 17:09 CET
zeitgeist | April 26, 17:10 CET
VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt | April 27, 00:08 CET
Just type the following in backwards:
;straeh&
The backwards version will give you a ♥, like that!
ShelaghC | April 26, 17:11 CET
Gorgeous...just gorgeous
kdavid323 | April 26, 17:15 CET
Serenity trailer comes online, Joss posts in The Body thread and we do hearts. Strange day. Very good day indeed. I love the effects in the trailer btw. Zoic Studios have surpassed themselves.
Simon | April 26, 17:16 CET
I need more.
Numfar PTB | April 26, 17:16 CET
^amazing
uh..I mean the trailor! That's amazing. On the count of 3 let's all watch it at the same time.
charisma | April 26, 17:18 CET
smog | April 26, 17:18 CET
^amazing
uh..I mean the trailor! That's amazing. On the count of 3 let's all watch it at the same time.
charisma | April 27, 00:18 CET
I can't until I re-download it. :-<
I'm home now and forgot to save it to a disk. And I'm on a dialup. I refuse to settle for the small or medium sized either.
Gotta supersize that trailer!
ShelaghC | April 26, 17:23 CET
We can do ♥! We can do ♥! We can do ♥!
And the Serenity trailer is up!!!
I've been having a rough couple of days and this makes things much better!
killinj | April 26, 17:31 CET
Screw it. I watched it. I unwrapped the series. I love this man. I love these episodes. Oh, God, it's like my first Buffy box set all over again........
Laur | April 26, 17:32 CET
Yeah you can watch it in iTunes but not download it. And as I said the Apple trailers link to leads me to a white page. Why are they so bent on making it hard to get a trailer? Never get that
<1>I can not STOP watching this trailer!!......."YOU CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL"..you really can't. It will be explained in the movie..hehe"
As a tagline that had me kinda puzzled. Not sure how to interpret that. Sort of 'we were canceled but you can't keep us down' or something? But I guess there's another reference in the story then. Hmm, interesting.
Oh btw, Kaylee is in the trailer. Short bits, but she's there. No sign of book though.
EdDantes | April 26, 17:34 CET
SpikeBad | April 26, 17:34 CET
you're actually re-encoding that, though, when you use Jet to save it out, if I'm not mistaken.
[ edited by zeitgeist on 2005-04-27 00:36 ]
zeitgeist | April 26, 17:36 CET
speedracer | April 26, 17:39 CET
jewel | April 26, 17:40 CET
I've been reduced to vowel sounds that was so good.
darkviola | April 26, 17:41 CET
[ edited by zeitgeist on 2005-04-27 00:47 ]
zeitgeist | April 26, 17:45 CET
[ edited by bobtaylor on 2005-04-27 00:47 ]
rbt | April 26, 17:46 CET
♥
I feel it is my small contribution to the vast Whedonesque community.
;->
ShelaghC | April 26, 17:47 CET
Right click and save target as. 41MB
[ edited by Hasufel on 2005-04-27 00:52 ]
Hasufel | April 26, 17:50 CET
thankyou
thankyou
Ghost Spike | April 26, 17:51 CET
Edit: found it!
[ edited by Andarcel on 2005-04-27 00:55 ]
Andarcel | April 26, 17:52 CET
Aw. You say it as if your very presence in our lives hasn't been contribution enough...
Yeah, thanks for the hearts.
=)
[ edited by VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt on 2005-04-27 00:53 ]
VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt | April 26, 17:53 CET
mister0 | April 26, 17:53 CET
400lb_Gorilla | April 26, 17:59 CET
Large version is on about 22 MB, this one is on more than 40 MB.
Djungelurban | April 26, 18:00 CET
Btw, I also love how they show in the trailer this movie didn't come from thin air. While avoiding any 'from the canceled tv show' type lines they nicely point out this has been a cult hit for a while now, making people go: "huh really? wonder what that's all about then".
Well, hopefully of course.
Did I mention this trailer looks damn shiny? (Yeah I know it's a cliche to say 'shiny' at this point but I wanted to say it too dagnabbit!)
EdDantes | April 26, 18:00 CET
Right click and save target as.
Hasufel | April 27, 00:50 CET
You are a god! (or goddess?)
Only two hours of download time on my dialup!
;->
ShelaghC | April 26, 18:01 CET
-runs to watch Firefly boxset-
BurkleFreak | April 26, 18:04 CET
400lb_Gorilla | April 26, 18:04 CET
- that is all.
socks | April 26, 18:06 CET
I have one complaint about the full screen trailer, and thats that with all that stuff around it, real player recognises it as a full screen file, rather than widescreen, cutting the edges off when I full screen it on my widescreen monitor.
Is this the most replied to thread in Whedonesque history yet?
[ edited by Ghost Spike on 2005-04-27 01:08 ]
Ghost Spike | April 26, 18:07 CET
400lb_Gorilla | April 27, 01:04 CET
plplplplplplplplplplplpl
ShelaghC | April 26, 18:07 CET
catalyst2 | April 26, 18:09 CET
WooHoo!
genia | April 26, 18:10 CET
After over ten minutes, I still have 1:56 for the download.
grrrrrrrr
ShelaghC | April 26, 18:11 CET
Knuckleball | April 26, 18:11 CET
genia | April 26, 18:14 CET
400lb_Gorilla | April 26, 18:15 CET
I had a list of complaints but I'm not going to post them. Mostly the odd line felt wrong, the odd bit didn't convince me - but there were plenty of cool shots and lines too. And I can find fault in *anything* :-)
Major bummer: the cast didn't get their names on the credits flash thing? I've seen a dozen plus names on them before :-/
Rup | April 26, 18:16 CET
I loved the trailer. Every second of it. Is it September yet??
jewel | April 26, 18:21 CET
Yeah. Happy now.
Full screen is coming out about 2/3 screen. Can I do something?
newcj | April 26, 18:21 CET
The big, giant Christopher Buchanan at the end made me really happy too. But did I see Book anywhere? I feel like I didn't.
marmoset | April 26, 18:22 CET
johnsmusicbox | April 26, 18:22 CET
Apart from my one, very picky complaint, the full screen is beautiful, wonderful.
adam_tvs, you know you want the full-screen, bigger is better.
I do feel sorry for you and ShelaghC, I remember the dial-up days, and the 7 hour download times to get really shoddy quality episodes of Buffy, at least that's how long I've been told it took, I've never downloaded any TV.
1 hour 56 for a 40meg file on dial-up aint half bad though. used to take me an hour to get 10 megs.
Seriously tempted to go and smash my head on the sink, but knowing my luck it wouldn't result in the desired 5 month coma, but blood everywhere and b*tch of a headache.
Ghost Spike | April 26, 18:23 CET
Knuckleball | April 26, 18:23 CET
Aha! Now I get it!
They're taunting Fox Network executives!
bookrats | April 26, 18:24 CET
Oh.My.God. This looks fantastic! Oh, please, time pass by quickly. I want to see this movie!!!!
palehorse | April 26, 18:24 CET
Viva la Joss
rayne&ripper | April 26, 18:31 CET
adam_tvs: I imagine the music will change. I know they have had some set backs in regards to the score for the film.
Apple now have a piece of poster art in their rotation at the top of the trailers page. Just a logo and a release date, really.
Gonnas | April 26, 18:31 CET
Rup | April 27, 01:16 CET
Yeah, but outside of us loyalists, most folks don't know who the actors in the cast are.
The reason for cast names on a screen is generally audience recognition in order to draw more people to the movie. It's not a slight. Joss is really the most recognized name involved in the movie.
ShelaghC | April 26, 18:33 CET
I really hope they don't take to much of the Western out of it. But I guess I just have to have faith in Joss.
pezwitch | April 26, 18:34 CET
adam_tvs | April 27, 01:23 CET
Usually trailer music isn't based on what's going to be in the actual movie. (LotR was a rare exception.)
ShelaghC | April 26, 18:37 CET
riaspark17 | April 26, 18:39 CET
On the other hand, I can't deny it looks So! Shiny! For the other stuff, we'll have to rely on strong reviews and word-of-mouth. I mean, look at Sky Captain: pretty visuals, a boatload of bankable stars and a story not worth the paper it was written on, and it grossed very little at the box office.
dottikin | April 26, 18:43 CET
I liked the first bit of music in the trailer, think it kicks in at "vision of the future", didn't like the music where River was fighting as much, but the music over the last 30 seconds or so was great.
I'm still dissapointed it isn't being scored by the same person as the TV show, and that the ballad of serenity isn't going to be in it.
Ghost Spike | April 26, 18:47 CET
Gio | April 26, 19:01 CET
Super cool fx, bad-assed tunes, and Jayne's Big Gun. Used to be, when I was feeling tuff, I wanted to be Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After that trailer-ey goodness, it's settled.
I. Want. To. Be. River. Tam.
(BTW, howdy, new friends.)
barest_smidgen | April 26, 19:07 CET
zeitgeist | April 26, 19:10 CET
rayne&ripper | April 26, 19:11 CET
And of course, we all know River's got a shiny red scythe stashed away in her bunk.
Ghost Spike | April 26, 19:12 CET
Laur- I do remember when you were all hardcore, heh heh man you broke like a little girl!
This movie looks unbelievably fantastic, and I feel so incredibly humbled to go to see it tonight. Man when those Universal ppl interview me about marketing I am gonna push so bad for lot's of TV exposure to that trailer! Thanks again Joss for making another day sweeter!
nixygirl | April 26, 19:14 CET
Oddjob | April 26, 19:19 CET
spikeangellover | April 26, 19:20 CET
Edit: because I can't tell time straight apparently (in other words, the SHINY TRAILER has affected any math skills I might have once had)
[ edited by riaspark17 on 2005-04-27 02:22 ]
[ edited by riaspark17 on 2005-04-27 02:25 ]
riaspark17 | April 26, 19:22 CET
pezwitch | April 26, 19:24 CET
Djungelurban | April 26, 19:26 CET
I've been sitting quietly breathing since I can't download this at work - and my DSL connection at home is Snafu-ed too right now. Hmph. OTOH, can anyone who happend to catch the trailer that Joss showed in San Francisco or Long Beach Wizard World tell me if this is the same or substantially different? T'would make me feel a little better at least . . .
And welcome barest_smidgen! Great name.
SoddingNancyTribe | April 26, 19:29 CET
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nixygirl | April 26, 19:30 CET
Oh, and thanks for your post.
riaspark17 | April 26, 19:34 CET
BurkleFreak | April 26, 19:36 CET
jewel | April 26, 19:40 CET
electricspacegirl | April 26, 19:50 CET
SpikeBad | April 26, 19:50 CET
And I agree with what some of you said upthread. Gotta have my twang.
Willowy | April 26, 19:51 CET
spikeangellover | April 26, 19:56 CET
David Nabbit | April 26, 20:03 CET
I think you said it: a trailer can't convey that. It does convey excellent action, compelling characters (especially that villain!) and hints at an intriguing plot. That's what brings people to theaters. I would have liked a little more of the humor and drama, but I can understand Universal's decision to package it as straight action sci-fi. You can't really put the substance of Joss into two minutes. The critics and word of mouth will hopefully take care of that.
Andarcel | April 26, 20:06 CET
Except for Willow. Buffy never did manage to beat Willow, Ms Black Hair and veins kicked her royally. Actually if you think about it, she has never been beaten when going on full power, just cooled down.
Illyria vs Buffy on the other hand, that's a fight I'd like to see. But at the same time River's got that mind reading thingy, so she could probably anticipate every move both of them would make. Anyway, the fight of a lifetime.
Djungelurban | April 26, 20:08 CET
1155: blah blah blah FILES/CONTENT.IE56XVSHK3AINSTMSIA.EXI not found.
It starts loading the Install Wizard thing and then says that. I've saved it to the computer and tried to run it, opened it in my temp folder, and both ways, I get that message. And having said all that, I'm beginning to think I saw Windows 2000 being necessary, when I have Windows 98. What do I do now? Please. I'm begging.
Well, I did say idiot. Went ahead and tried Quicktime, and lo and behold, freakin' shiny! Off to watch it 10 more times!
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Angela | April 26, 20:11 CET
I saw it on my work computer within minutes of it appearing. So did many others at the office (loads of Whedonists there). Now that I'm home, I can post
Blew. My. Mind!
That was awesome, not to put too fine a point on it.
One thing (for now), it seems our heroes are awfully clean cut.
Also, I would argue that the trailer, as it is, could attract non-cultists. The scenes looked damned exciting. I did think though that the humour needed a bit more context to make it effective for non-believers. So in the movie, the humour should work; in the trailer, not so much. It is maybe harder to get that Whedon twistomatic deadpanic stuff across. Heh, heh.
And as a spoilerphobe, I have to admit something. I've always felt trailers ruin movies. Still do. But after seeing the Serenity teaser trailer, I want to know more and see more. I am pumped. I didn't think I'd feel that way. So, my orange hat off to Joss.
Drifter | April 26, 20:14 CET
Paul_Rocks | April 26, 20:17 CET
Two hours plus later the fullscreen version is MINEMINEMINE!!!!!!
(And now I can't watch it because I got a phone call. :::sniff:::)
ShelaghC | April 26, 20:19 CET
likelove it here.Plus, Reavers. Scary.
barest_smidgen | April 26, 20:21 CET
charisma | April 26, 20:25 CET
So far, I've watched it three times, and every time I hear "Oh God. Oh God. We're all going to die" I laugh out loud.
I do think this trailer is something that would spark the interest of the uninitiated.
I was going to get a few eps of Buffy in tonight, but I must alter that plan at grab the Firefly set.
Angela | April 26, 20:34 CET
"I'm unarmed." "Good" What a way to end it! Such a classic Jossism and I can just hear the roars in the theater. Who couldn't love that? Has made me laugh each of the eight times I've watched this already. How do I make it go slo mo?
gingeriffic | April 26, 20:34 CET
Hasufel | April 26, 20:35 CET
hobgadling | April 26, 20:38 CET
Quote: Holy Shit! The trailer for the Firefly movie is now available. I don't know if I have ever been more excited in my entire life.
So Say We All.
Hasufel | April 26, 20:40 CET
"Let's be bad guys."
"Oh god oh god we're gonna die...."
This is going to be such a classic.....
Many many many thanks and ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ to Hasufel for the full screen download!!!!!!!!
ShelaghC | April 26, 20:48 CET
Anyone here from Chicago so I have someone to go see this beauty with?
ShelaghC | April 26, 20:51 CET
Can't believe I didn't say it in my previous post but I was over-excited I guess: SHINY! Now I need to know when we're going to get the trailer before a film in the UK - must see it on the big screen.
Paul_Rocks | April 26, 20:52 CET
I came on the Firefly scene late and have pretty much ignored all the set reports, spoilers, and news before now, but when that part in the trailer came up I was like "Holy crap, this is real, there's going to be a JOSS MOVIE IN JUST 5 MONTHS!"
Now hopefully the whole world (I wish) will get to know what a truly brilliant place the mind of Joss Whedon is.
riaspark17 | April 26, 20:57 CET
And I've only watched it once, and I'm torn between "oooh" and "meh. No Kaylee. Boo." Must watch it ten more times, however, before I choose a side.
Daromaius | April 26, 21:06 CET
nixygirl | April 26, 21:07 CET
brownishcoat | April 26, 21:08 CET
riaspark17 | April 26, 21:10 CET
@theonetruebix | April 26, 21:12 CET
ON topic: I was talking to a friend about the trailer and we agreed that this is the single most important "Whedon" day since the Kerry fundraiser.
Off to watch it again... sigh... I love you Joss.
Willowy | April 26, 21:14 CET
The trailer looks amazing!!!!!
The wait until september will be really rough now...
Mycroft | April 26, 21:15 CET
And I'm holding strong on the "waiting til Friday for the theater experience" front. Go me!
brownishcoat | April 26, 21:25 CET
My two cents?
JOSS. IS. GOD. (im not worthy)
Love, Love, Love.
Currently only ten percent downloaded, but I'm patient.
Spoilers? Sorta one. Much more like appetizers.
The other day watching Firefly, River's beauty brought me to tears. Her dancing, her fascination with space... i cried so many times.
So Rock On!!!!!! wooo hooo! Scythe, anyone?
How many times can I possibly watch this before the movie?
Oh wait...
GRAPHIC NOVEL THIS SUMMER!
Could there be a better way to celebrate finishing my final exams this afternoon???
(insert your own sound effects here)
im a big damn ruttin madwoman right about now.
ETA: Anyone else up for the Snoopy Dance?
♥ <--- that is so cool
ETA: now i can ♥ too
ETA: sometimes i'm a slow learner
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WhoIsOmega? | April 26, 21:27 CET
PS Regarding the discussion of whether or not River was "genetically altered" while she was being held, there is absolutely no reason that she could not have her genes altered after she was born.
rkayn | April 26, 21:28 CET
Same for Book. The shepherd who is not a shepherd? Simon, the surgeon reduced to medic?
Every last one of them are rebels. 'Cept maybe Kaylee.
WhoIsOmega? | April 26, 21:33 CET
Firefly Flanatic | April 26, 21:47 CET
(I'm downloading by phone, too. Full screen, of course. Says I have like four hours left but it's 1/4 done and it hasn't been that long. Worth the wait. The only other trailer I ever downloaded was Episode One.)
WhoIsOmega? | April 26, 21:54 CET
As for River in the TV show, I don't know if she was genetically altered, but she was seriously messed with, and she didn't just read minds, she saw in the future as well. In Out Of Gas, she predicts the fire before the explosion and there's other examples. And between her shooting skill and the fight scenes from the trailer, I'd say maybe she was being groomed to be some kind of super-assassin?
Another thought, doesn't the hired killer in the trailer remind us of the bounty hunter from Objects in Space? And are those short shots in there of Simon breaking River out of the Alliance's claws. (Flashback maybe) And I do believe we see glimpses of River fighting Reavers by her lonesome here.....
Uh am I allowed to say all these floating thoughts? I mean I'm assuming we've pretty much all seen it or going to see it. Let me know if I'm blabbing too much.
Oh and I have to say I think they all look much more vibrant and even grittier than in the show. That shot of Jayne, many shots of Mal and even Zoey...it's like the lighting brings out aspects of their faces and expressions we haven't seen before. And I think Mal's hair is less stiff and little more ruffled here. Looks better. And man does Joss know how to shoot River.
Okay I'll stop ranting now....
EdDantes | April 26, 22:07 CET
Summer, if you read this - have my children?
Daromaius | April 26, 22:15 CET
Gunn 2 N's | April 26, 22:48 CET
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cubiclesatan | April 26, 22:54 CET
jabby | April 26, 23:03 CET
creepy6 | April 26, 23:11 CET
creepy6 | April 26, 23:17 CET
Can I just say I love this trailer....as some of you know my day has SUCKED and am now sloshed. THIS is what's getting me through today. Go Joss. Oh, and I believe I have captured a close friend into the world of Joss. I made him promise me that he would rent Buffy season 1. Now that I'm a fan, I would love for my friends to be fans like me. Dude, it's the only way to go. Am I the only one who trys to convert all their friends to all that is Joss? By the way, you can tell Summer has studied ballet. Did you see that extension? If only I had that. Oh, and I ;straeh& you guys.
Harmalicious | April 26, 23:25 CET
NOLA64 | April 26, 23:27 CET
Harmalicious | April 26, 23:27 CET
spikeangellover | April 26, 23:39 CET
And after watching it one more time, Summer Glau for Wonder Woman!! Ok, I will So totally stop now. *ducks to avoid rotten tomatoes*
Cheers mates, I'm off to watch this trailer a few more times in surround sound. Will savor it like strawberries. If I can only figure out how to view it frame by frame...
WhoIsOmega? | April 26, 23:41 CET
Well, it at least looks pretty darn shiny!!!
Firefly Flanatic | April 27, 00:24 CET
Firefly Flanatic | April 27, 01:12 CET
Dave's trailer page.
Apple full screen download
Caroline | April 27, 02:05 CET
Sunnycide | April 27, 02:23 CET
(Now if we could just get one of those advance screenings in Raleigh or Charlotte, NC, my ♥ felt affection for you would be embarrassingly descriptive and all-encompassing...)
Sweet September, soon come!
Wiseblood | April 27, 02:38 CET
eddy | April 27, 04:17 CET
missingbuffy | April 27, 08:33 CET
ZachsMind | April 27, 10:54 CET
Ghost Spike, I had the same problem as well with the full/wide screen format. I was able to watch the full screen trailer in its correct wide-screen format using Magix 2005. But when I burned it to DVD using the same program, it played on my TV in the full-screen format meaning the picture was stretched tall. Rather strange. Go figure.
MODs, isn't this the highest number of comments for a post?
Madhatter | April 27, 11:38 CET
Doesn't Adam Baldwin look different? Older, more ruthless, I think. And as to people who are worried about sound in space, it's not definite yet, it is only a trailer. But I think if there is a lot of space fighting maybe there should be sound, it would be extremely difficult to base an entire battle scene on just music. In Firefly there weren't a huge number of space battles so it was understandable but I think for the film some compromises may have to be made. Who knows, though? Joss could pull off an unofficial Serenity version of 'Hush'.
I too am disappointed we won't be hearing The Ballad Of Serenity in the film. It's like the heart of Firefly. Perhaps they could sneak it in to accompany the end credits?
After reflection, there are some elements of the film I am worried about. The trailer basically emphasised the action, as a lot of trailers do, going for the 'wow' factor, so I doubt that it is completely representative of the film.
However, I do hope that a lot of the Western elements are retained rather than going for a typical Hollywood action film. Also hoping for a lot of character development and a strong story with good dialogue, and not just flashy visuals and special effects.
Imagine how amazing the music and special effects and costumes and sets will be with a bigger budget... as if they weren't spectacular enough on Firefly, they will be truely epic with such high production values.
I am really hoping that there will be a lot of quick humor, too, as it was one of the main things that hit you immediately upon watching Buffy.
I advise that we all go and see it on the opening weekend, and multiple times afterwards, and convince our families and friends to go, and spread the word at work or in school. Star Wars fans may turn to Serenity for another dose of sci-fi even if Revenge of the Sith is really good, and if it is as disappointing as the other prequels Firefly may prove the perfect alternative.
Razor | April 27, 13:56 CET
@theonetruebix | April 27, 14:46 CET
As much as I'd love Firefly/Serenity in any form, it's Joss's vision I want, not Universal's.
Willowy | April 27, 14:53 CET
Madhatter | April 27, 15:48 CET
Miko | April 27, 22:08 CET
And Mal is as sexy and as hot as ever!
And Willowy, I think we are getting Joss' version. He seems like a little kid right now and I don't think he'd be this happy if he was being coerced into doing stuff he didn't want to do. That said, I still hope, even if this is Joss' vision, that there will be a special "Director's cut" version too. Something with extra footage maybe so it's longer. Of course, I'll most likely end up buying it twice. Once with the regular version and then the Directors -hopefully extended- version!
Firefly Flanatic | April 27, 22:24 CET
You can watch the video, or download the song here.
Is this relevant enough to post as a new thread, or am I just a bit to obsessed with this song?
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rory | April 27, 23:01 CET
I needed to abuse my schools internet connection a few more times before moving home.
Rogue | April 29, 12:09 CET