I may spoil something, so off behind the break....
Short summary: it's not Firefly, so much as "based on the characters created by...."
Did anybody else think "midichloridians" when the reavers were explained?
I think Mal Reynolds got Hollywooden, and basically screwed up as a character. The central elements of Mal in the television series were the loyalty he inspired in his subbordinates, and the precautions featured in most of his planning (exhibits: the pilot, the Train Job, Trash). Instead, the movie version has inherited a bunch of brawler traits that really belonged to Jayne Cobb, with the charisma of a schoolyard bully.
Similarly, I think River as insane unstable witch worked much better than River as insane unstable assassin. Boy, that safeword would have come in handy several times during the series, though.
And the resolution of this story really felt like it ripped the rug out from under the foundation of the mystery of the series.
I'm hoping the movie does well enough commercially that it begets sequels (by preference, rather than prequels) so I can discover where Joss is going next. But if he does, I expect him to use these characters, rather than the ones from the television program that I had learned to like.
October 2, 2005 8:09 PM
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Having watched the commentary by the cast on Firefly, I do wonder what their thoughts are on doing the movie. Of course, if any of them were discontent with the way things were changed for the movie, I doubt we'd get to hear it in the offical commentary for the film.
Comment by: Lauren October 12,2005