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Tokarev

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Yeah, but she does look pretty good. :)

 

But she doesn't look like anyone that was in the movie. Except maybe Irana

 

It doesn't show a lot of confidence by the distributors that all the posters make it look like an Underworld/Resident Evil flick about a girl called Serenity who does matrix style martial arts.

Now the dvd makes it look like it has LOTR style massive battles asm well.

 

Some people are gonna be kinda confused when they see it.

 

The firefly DVD case wasn't spectacular, but it seemed a bit more classy and at least reflected what was in the box:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000AQS0F.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

 

Personally I think a plain, weathered style one with the serenity logo on it would be more interesting visually.

 

http://www.jasongriffey.net/images/serenity_logo.jpg

 

or maybe this version:

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/7088/serenitycoverllama7ye.jpg

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ok, so i got my copies of the dvd on tues. here's my thoughts on the dvd....

 

the movie is excellent, but then again we already know that, so there's no need to go into that stuff.

the cover is alright. i like the center with the "serenity" over the planet but other than that the other stuff seems out of place, like that whole army of reavers onthe bottom and river's pose on the top.

the bonus features are great, although limited. there's joss's introduction that he gave during the special screenings that were played in the summer, which is truly an inspiring speech and shows how much he really loves his story. The other featurettes are cool as well. The deleted scenes are nice. There's a bunch of mal and inara scenes that tehy cut out that we finally get to see, as well as a bunch of scenes with some great jokes. also a scene that explained more about inara's backstory and what exactly a companion was. it would've been nice for them to keep it in, but in the end it made sense to leave them out.

the gag reel is hilarious. 6 minutes of nonstop bloopers. i was bursting out laughing at a lot of points cause they mess up, but they keep adlibbing their lines while staying in character at the same time.

joss's commentary was very informative and provided lots of insight to the movie. i always liked listening to his commentaries cause they were informative and humorous at the same time.

 

overall i give the dvd a 4/5. i docked it off a point cause of the dvd cover and there werent that many bonus features. hopefully if this sells well they'll release a special edition dvd with loads more stuff and maybe a cast commentary as well.

 

oh and if no one found it yet, there's an easter egg on the main menu. when it starts up, press left and it'll go to a small red circle on the right side. click that and it'll do a small featurrette on teh fruity oaty bar commercial, then play the whole thing. it's reallyfunny and bizzare and reminds me of those weird japanese commercials. i got the song stuck in my head now.

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the gag reel is hilarious. 6 minutes of nonstop bloopers. i was bursting out laughing at a lot of points cause they mess up, but they keep adlibbing their lines while staying in character at the same time.

 

"Look, I need you to pile up the bodies and string 5 or 6 of them on the nose of our ship, and make sure you put Book in the center, he's our friend, we should honor him... Kaylee, go find that kid who's taking a dirt nap with baby Jesus, we need a hood ornament!.... And Jayne, stop trying to steal their ****!"

 

Funniest. "Blooper." Ever.

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With every film under the sun getting extended cuts, with fans hating the cover, with firefly doing so well on dvd and with hardcore fans like us always being willing to shell out more for special editions/extended cuts/director's cuts I can't believe the studio won't release some sort of extended cut/special edition... even if they don't call it a director's cut.

I'd like to see them add back in some inara stuff.

*sits and waits for extended cuts of serenity, sin city and hellboy* (in the uk)

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I finally got around to renting this movie just a few days ago, and I am sorry to say, I don't see that the big deal is about it. Am I missing something?
You're probably missing the background of being a fan of the TV show. Seriously, it adds so much more depth and meaning it's ridiculous.
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Online film critics awards nominations, see bottom category:

http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2006/cirtics_awards/ofcs.html

:D

 

I can't decide whether to wait for the uk release:

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which has few details so far, or order it a month in advance from autrailia with 2 discs, extra features (over the US and maybe UK) and a choice of two cool cases (but pay a small amount more once you include shipping):

 

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or

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which one do you guys reckon i should go for??

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What didn't you like?

 

 

It's lack of focus. It assumes that everyone already knows everything about the Firefly TV show already. I know there was a story in there somewhere, but it was sure hard to spot the first time through. It's not the worst thing I have seen, but I think it's a bit overated in the Swamp here. :giveup:

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it told everyone what the story was in the first 10 minutes before the title appears. that's enough explanation to get non-viewers up to speed.

 

That's probably why I just didn't get into it. Never assume things about your audience. This movie was made strictly for the fans, and nothing more.

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I'm not unfond of the tin one either... thats the same poster as they had in the uk and it isn't too bad... except it doesn't actually show serenity...

 

As for the film, what a lot of people disliked about it was the way it mixed comedy and drama/action in the same film... but then again, thats what a lot of people liked about it.

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