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August 15 2005

Serenity makes Rotten Tomatoes' list of Fall 2005 highlights. Just a little tidbit which lists the highlights for each week in the fall season. Serenity is listed as the highlight for September 30th.

I particularly enjoyed the one-sentence description of the film. It's unusually succinct.

binkaboo | Firefly&Serenity | 03:34 CET | 4 comments total | tags:

I read some of writer Scott Weinberg's other capsule summaries and they're all as good as the Serenity one.

Thanks for the tip, binkaboo.

Drifter | August 15, 07:34 CET

hm, not the best capsule, to my way of thinking. It posits the film as a shaky proposition for newbies, but of course all the obsessive fans will be attending. Not precisely the most welcoming way to paraphrase the movie to ppl w/o a clue to its quality. I almost wish the connection the TV show were severed entirely to the media's knowledge, b/c the movie is constantly framed in the show's failure and the ardent fan-support. Which is fine if it were just marketed to us, but preaching to the choir is not enough.

dottikin | August 15, 15:44 CET

True, dottikin, but then when the entire choir starts preaching, it makes quite a difference. At least that's what they're banking on. ;)

Willowy | August 15, 16:56 CET

I'm completely with you dottikin, on every word you said. When I read "...may be a tough sell to the general moviegoers...", I kinda winced, and just in general I wish that the movie were sold more on its own terms, instead of being connected with "all the obsessive fans." Cuz if I didn't happen to already be a fan of Joss Whedon and Firefly/Serenity, and this was the way I encountered the movie, it's very likely I'd roll my eyes and move on.
Cuz I'm not sure I'd be so much impressed with the intense fan-worship as, to be honest, condescending towards it. You know, "what a bunch of freaks," that sort of thing.

[ edited by forcorreo on 2005-08-15 16:52 ]

forcorreo | August 15, 18:49 CET

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