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If you’re yearning for some great sci-fi, you owe it to yourself to get to know the crew of Serenity, based on Firefly, the little sci-fi show that wouldn’t die.
In slip you have n’t heard , the history of the video showFirefly(upon whichSerenityis establish ) harkens back to that of a little known television show from the 60 ’s . You may have heard of it … it was calledStar Trek .
Like the originalStar Trekback in the 60’s , Fireflygained a strong , intemperate - center following right from the outset . The problem was that the show ( brainchild of Joss Whedon whose premature huge hit wasBuffy the Vampire Slayer ) air on FOX electronic web . It was n’t the fact that it was FOX so much as the fact that they exhibit episodes out of the intended guild and rather of giving the show a chance cancelled it after only 11 installment had air out .
Almost straightaway the call went out among the small but dedicated fanbase to try out to get another internet to pick up the show . unluckily none of the net want to have a bun in the oven the torch , but with brisk sales of the DVD edition of the series , Universal decide to get a gravid screen version into production , and if Holy Writ of oral fissure end up carryingSerenityinto big numbers racket , all those networks may end up feeling like CBS after they decide to go withLost in Spaceinstead ofStar Trek .
I would actually advocate that you pick up the serial on DVD since you may find it as ridiculously low as $ 30 . Take a couple of days over the weekend to watch it andthengo see the movie . You ’ll enjoySerenitythat much more .
Having made all the comparisons toStar Trek , the similarity end with the cancellation and popularity issues remark previously . Serenityis not about a grand missionary post to research space , but is alternatively more of what would happen if a bunch of working class folks got a hold of a spaceship . Serenity is the name of the ship , a Firefly - class transport that Captain " Mal " Reynolds ( Nathan Fillion ) purchased as a near - junker sometime after a solar system - wide civil warfare has have place , and his side ( the Browncoats ) has lose . He has a rag - shred gang ( sorry for the cliche , but it fit ) and they spend most of their time doing small - time job along the " out rim " , the outskirts of the solar system where the planets are more like the Old West than the glisten steeple of the inner , core planets . include in the bunch are a young medico and a adolescent girl who seems to be suffering from genial problems after having been a victim of experiments by the " Alliance " , the political science entity that won the war and is not as benignant as the nitty-gritty satellite citizens believe it to be .
The work party of Serenity has always known that the Alliance wants the miss ( River , played by freshman Summer Glau ) , but the political science has stepped thing up by putting a passe-partout assassin on the trail . The story take on us through the twist and number of discovering what is so peculiar about River andwhythe Alliance is after her .
That ’s all I ’ll say about the history , because the existent strength ofSerenity / Fireflycomes from the lineament . Joss Whedon ( God Almighty / writer / director ) has craft a great casting of complex characters . As a whole they serve like a dysfunctional family that fights and bickers , with personality that are not clear - excision … sometimes get out them towards the leisurely agency out while at other time displume them towards doing the right thing . Mal isfiercelyloyal to his work party , but he will not waver to put them in harms manner if the stakes are high-pitched enough . He is strong , but not infallible and when in dubiousness , well he ’s still the sea captain and that ’s the end of it .
Among the rest of the gang we have Zoe ( Gina Torres ) , his first officer who suffice with him during the warfare . tranquil and reasonable , but you would n’t want to be on the other side during a firefight with her . There ’s Wash ( Alan Tudyk ) , her married man and pilot of Serenity , and with her toughness and his sense of humour they make an rum but endear couple . We have Kaylee ( Jewel Staite ) the " Scotty " of the show , a wide - eyed ( but not barren ) vernal gentlewoman to whom ship maintenance descend course . And then we come in to my personal best-loved Jayne , act by Adam Baldwin … He ’s the most " dirty " of the bunch as far as willingness to shoot someone or betray someone out for a reward , and he ’s the least intelligent of the grouping , but he ’s the most lovely part of the bunch . He ’s almost like a large kid that does n’t bonk any well and just follows his urge . In the end , if he really debate you a Quaker he ’ll lay it all on the contrast for you .
There ’s also Ron Glass play a small role as Shepherd Book , a minister whose deep backround check more than run across the eye ( his function was larger in the TV series ) . I do n’t recall check him in anything since his days onBarney Millerbut I ’ve always liked him as an actor and it was great to see him back on the screen .
If you ’re disappointed by the watered down , cardboard character sci - fi that Star Trek has become and by Star Wars ' CGI - is - everything - and - character - are - lowly style , you owe it to yourself to get the DVD set up ofFireflyand then go seeSerenity . Just be warn that this is n’t for the under-10 bunch as some of it ( in both the television show and the picture show ) is very intense and some of it pretty graphic .
Serenity is a dramatic mystery thriller that observe Baker Dill , a fishing gravy holder master haunted by a mysterious yesteryear . When Baker ’s ex - married woman tracks him down with a desperate supplication for help to save their Logos , he finds himself wrestling with the dark pick he may have to make to save his boy - tossing him into a existence that feels almost phantasmagoric .
Serenity is a dramatic mystery thriller that follows Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain haunted by a mysterious past. When Baker’s ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate plea for help to save their son, he finds himself wrestling with the dark choice he may have to make to save his son - tossing him into a world that feels almost surreal.
Serenity is a dramatic mystery thriller that follows Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain haunted by a mysterious past. When Baker’s ex-wife tracks him down with a desperate plea for help to save their son, he finds himself wrestling with the dark choice he may have to make to save his son - tossing him into a world that feels almost surreal.
