Serenity Takes Wing
I saw the full, finished version of Serenity last night. It's really hard to point out differences between this version and the "90% complete" preview I saw a few months ago. There were no major changes (except for the addition of a real soundtrack).

The expository intro didn't bug me so much this time, and actually Inarra's role didn't seem as minor as my first viewing - though I don't think they changed anything there. I think they tightened things up a lot with editing. In some of the expository scenes, they added some more cut-aways to show more instead of talking heads. A couple of the action sequences seemed REALLY tightened up - with special effects added and cleaner editing to really show what's going on a lot more clearly.

In other words, Joss Whedon really polished it up nice. It was a great show before, but now it sparkles. Serenity rawks.

Unfortunately, it's going to have a problem just getting people to see the show. We went out for ice cream with friends after seeing it, and the girl attending us asked what movie we'd gone to see, and we said, "Serenity." She said, "Oh, who's in it?"

Ummm... nobody. Sure, Nathan Fillion and Gina Tores are big in my book, but most people don't know who they are. And Ron Glass has been doing stuff FOREVER but he's not got star power for drawing in an audience. It's biggest draw is that it's got Joss Whedon-subtitled-"The Maker of Buffy the Vampire Slayer" behind it.

I hope that it succeeds in spite of this, because I really want to see more of Serenity and her crew.
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