Serenity

Saw Joss Whedon's Serenity the other night. It was better-than-Good. Not Awesome. But then again, I don't know how high my own ratings system goes, so...

Then again I didn't have unreasonably high expectations, either. I liked Firefly, and thought it deserved a longer run, given the richness of the characters and setting.

Let me just quote Myself, from a conversation about the movie with a friend:

I like they way they depicted the universe in the movie a lot better than the TV version. The High-tech cities actually looked high-tech. All the guns weren't commercially available today (although I did see a Microsoft Natural a.k.a "Banana" Keyboard in there). There was a plausible explanation as to why the outer planets were so backwards. The "Mule" is now a hovercraft and not a Kawasaki quad.

...No explanation for why, in the future, they use horses or six-shooters, though.

It was sad and funny and tense. Full of broken Sci-Fi conventions. However I doubt the movie will revive this show - it's pipping the $20 at the U.S. box office right now; which is a pity. I would gladly pre-order a new direct-to-DVD season tomorrow if one were on the cards.

Right: next show to obsess about, please!