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Bai Shen

11-30-2006, 08:24 AM

Hey, I was looking around Amazon today and noticed that there is a Serenity Role Playing Game (http://www.amazon.com/Serenity-Role-Playing-Game/dp/1931567506/sr=8-7/qid=1164840842/ref=pd_bbs_sr_7/103-0680453-8653467?ie=UTF8&s=books). Since we have both Serenity fans and RPG fans here, I was wondering if anybody knew anything about it?

Tracy Hickman seems to like it, but given that Margaret Weis was one of the developers that may not be much of a surprise.

I have it. I read through it, but haven't played it yet. Seems decent. Got any particular questions about it?

Ereth

11-30-2006, 11:11 AM

I have it. I read through it, but haven't played it yet. Seems decent. Got any particular questions about it?

Well, first, I wondered if it was a playable game, or a gimmick to have something to sell.
Then I wondered if it were actually FUN. I like Firefly, but I'm not all that certain I'd want to live in that universe!

I've not had a lot of success with RPGs that aren't pure fantasy oriented. As an example, I loved the career building/character generation of Traveller, but once you were out of the service, the universe was simply too big and open ended for a GM to map all of, and you wound up with a rather boring game with a GREAT character generator (in fact, we used to actually roll characters we had no intent to play, just because it was so much fun).

I didn't enjoy Call of Cthulhu much. The whole "research" and "mood" aren't really my things. I'm more into "what did you DO" than "what did you THINK".

Bai Shen

11-30-2006, 11:48 AM

Again, I've only read, not played it, so take this all with a grain of salt.

Well, first, I wondered if it was a playable game, or a gimmick to have something to sell.
Then I wondered if it were actually FUN. I like Firefly, but I'm not all that certain I'd want to live in that universe!

The system seems to work okay. Reminds me a bit of Alternity. It, like Whedons stories focuses on the story, not the tech. There's even a random technobabble chart for what to tell the players when the ship breaks. There seem to be a good bit of people playing it from the net chatter I've seen.

I doubt I'll play it, however. It's too much of a niche system for most people to have tried. And I'm using it mostly as setting info for the Firefly universe.

I've not had a lot of success with RPGs that aren't pure fantasy oriented. As an example, I loved the career building/character generation of Traveller, but once you were out of the service, the universe was simply too big and open ended for a GM to map all of, and you wound up with a rather boring game with a GREAT character generator (in fact, we used to actually roll characters we had no intent to play, just because it was so much fun).

The trick with Traveller is to have goals for your character. Figure out what your character wants to do with his life, an' then the game becomes much more manageable.

I didn't enjoy Call of Cthulhu much. The whole "research" and "mood" aren't really my things. I'm more into "what did you DO" than "what did you THINK".

Dunno what to tell you on that. I know a lot of people that prefer CoC because it doesn't have the traps that D&D does with raise dead and munchkins.

Anyways, this is straying from the thread topic, so drop me a PM if you're interested in discussing this more.

mwhip

01-09-2007, 09:02 PM

Looks like Whedon is going to direct an episode of The Office. There has to be a fight scene with a stake. :D

Skittles

01-09-2007, 09:06 PM

Even better than that, Whedon is FINALLY doing the Buffy Season 8 comic, and it premeires in March!

Agatha Mystery

01-09-2007, 10:23 PM

Gina Torres is expecting.

Warren

01-09-2007, 11:18 PM

Gina Torres is expecting.

expecting what? ;)

mwhip

01-09-2007, 11:29 PM

expecting what? ;)

See when two people love each other very much...

emandbri

01-10-2007, 05:14 AM

Gina Torres is expecting.

How exciting!

Emily

Warren

01-10-2007, 06:33 AM

See when two people love each other very much...

Fishburne really works huh ;)

mercurial

01-10-2007, 07:26 AM

See when two people love each other very much...

TPIUWSFD

(This Post Is Useles Without Stick-Figure Diagrams)

Rob Helmerichs

01-10-2007, 08:28 AM

Even better than that, Whedon is FINALLY doing the Buffy Season 8 comic, and it premeires in March!
I'm kind of surprised they got SMG to sign on for another season.

Unless they're going to recast for the comic book?

:D

Ereth

01-10-2007, 10:19 AM

The artist is going to model Buffy after that girl from the Scooby Do movie.

:P

rkester

01-10-2007, 10:26 AM

I had heard about the comic thing. I'm not into Buffy but happy for those fans who get more.

NOw if Joss would do something to extend the world of FireFly, I'd be thrilled.

The comic was wayyyyyy too short, and I want more.

Thom

01-10-2007, 10:36 AM

Speaking of Firefly, I wonder what this 15 minute show called Firefly in my wishlist is?

The description is a generic description of the Firefly series, but the show is only 15 minutes long. And it appears to be a one-off; no other Firefly is listed in the guide.

rkester

01-10-2007, 10:39 AM

What channel?

Never mind...

"Firefly Man" - The cycle of Life and Death. 15 minutes.

Thom

01-10-2007, 11:06 AM

What channel?

Never mind...

"Firefly Man" - The cycle of Life and Death. 15 minutes.

I don't think that was it. The title was just Firefly, and the description was a vague description of a sci-fi show. I don't remember the channel, and I can't check right now.

I left a wishlist for Firefly on my DirecTV combo box, and it scheduled it.

It's been in my ToDo list for several days now, so it should be close to airing.

rkester

01-10-2007, 11:43 AM

That was the only thing I found that had "firefly" in it and was 15 minutes. :shrug:

Rob Helmerichs

01-10-2007, 03:16 PM

The artist is going to model Buffy after that girl from the Scooby Do movie.

:P
Oh, man, she totally sucked.

I hate it when they recast iconic roles...

scooterboy

01-10-2007, 03:26 PM

For any holdouts or if you need a gift for someone:

Firefly DVD set at walmart.com - $21 shipped.

Linky (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2350565&sourceid=42364371080784876898)

Langree

01-10-2007, 04:56 PM

For any holdouts or if you need a gift for someone:

Firefly DVD set at walmart.com - $21 shipped.

Linky (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2350565&sourceid=42364371080784876898)

I'm waiting for the HD DVD set. :D

rkester

01-10-2007, 04:59 PM

What's the word on the rest of the Serenity comic? I got part 1 and want more!

IndyJones1023

01-10-2007, 04:59 PM

When did this thread about a movie get moved to TV Talk?

Mike10

01-10-2007, 05:26 PM

I'm waiting for the HD DVD set. :D

fox is supporting BLU RAY

rhuntington3

01-11-2007, 06:48 AM

When did this thread about a movie get moved to TV Talk?

When someone reported it apparently. I'm guessing it had too much talk about the TV show and not enough off topic to stay in Happy Hour for someone.

IndyJones1023

01-11-2007, 06:57 AM

When someone reported it apparently. I'm guessing it had too much talk about the TV show and not enough off topic to stay in Happy Hour for someone.
:rolleyes:

They better be much more diligent, then. I've seen other TV shows mentioned in Happy Hour! :eek:

Philosofy

01-11-2007, 10:38 AM

I'm kind of surprised they got SMG to sign on for another season.

Unless they're going to recast for the comic book?

:D

True story: my brother was discussing favorite movies with some guy, who told him his favortie movie was "Fletch." My brother asked if he ever read the book, and the the guy said "No. Do they star Chevy Chase, too?"

Bierboy

01-11-2007, 12:33 PM

rkester

01-11-2007, 12:37 PM

Looks like the Walmart sale is over. It was that price yesterday.

Buy.com has it for under $25 shipped right now:
http://www.buy.com/retail/Product.asp?sku=40231032&SearchEngine=CJaffiliate&Type=CJ&Category=Video&adid=17662

Bierboy

01-11-2007, 12:55 PM

Either price, it's a great DVD set. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it last winter and plan on sitting through it again during a snowstorm!

LoadStar

01-11-2007, 02:07 PM

I try and watch the show whenever it's on Universal HD, even though I have the DVDs and have seen the episodes countless times. It is so nice presented in HD. :)

alyssa

03-01-2007, 09:51 PM

Apparently there will be a special edition DVD released in July.
To quote Joss
Yes, fanlings, there is going to be a 2 disc 'Special Edition' released this summer. You know why? 'Cause the 1 disc 'Normal Edition' has sold so well -- so maybe a little self-back-patting is in order for you guys. Way to keep her in the air.

It's too early to be sure what the Special Edition will contain, but here are some things we're going for:

NEW KEY ART.

Cast commentary -- assuming I can get a decent number of them in one room. They're very busy people, I'm happy to say.

NEW KEY ART.

The region 4 goodies, obviously.

The Tam Sessions.

KEY NEW ART.

New Yub Yub, and Greedo shoots first. So does that kid outside the trading station, the pilot who destroyed Haven, and Kaylee. And Richard Dreyfuss goes INSIDE the mothership.

KEW RAT YEN.

An alternate ending, if you turn it off early.

Proof of the existence of a benevolent higher power -- uh, I mean, new key art.

Mice.

And honestly, what more do you want? Don't answer that, I already know and it's unseemly. But I'm pretty excited here. Back to work, -j.

Take my Yub,
Take Yub Yub,
Yub Yub tak the Yub from Meee...dichlorians....
Happy happy dance :D

Peter000

03-01-2007, 11:53 PM

I think Joss has lost his mind. ;)

LoadStar

03-01-2007, 11:58 PM

katbug

03-02-2007, 12:09 AM

All excited to see new Serenity info...only to find that I'll have to wait until tomorrow to have my self-proclaimed "geek" daughter explain to me what exactly Joss was saying (and why after all this time do I still think of Joss as a woman?!). Anyway, thanks for the update. Makes me glad that I haven't bought the set yet. Oh wait, I did buy it for my dd for Christmas. Grrr!

Vito the TiVo

03-02-2007, 02:17 AM

Sigh. I'm glad for something new (sort of speak) Serenity related, but if there was enough of a home market for them to re-release it, couldn't they have, I don't know, thought about a direct-to-video new production or whatever? I know it'd be tough, with everyone off on new jobs and stuff, but still.

Oh, well. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth and all that. :/

However, it costs next to nothing to rerelease something on DVD (see a million Evil Dead variations from Anchor Bay).

To do a decent direct to video release, assuming you could get cast together and cheaply, it would still cost a couple of million. People always talk about the cost of an episode of a series, but that's when you have everything set up. There's no offices, sets, or anything still standing...

New comic continuation like Buffy though? I'm all about it and it's perfectly possible if Joss feels like writing it.

Warren

03-02-2007, 02:51 AM

/conehead

I will enjoy it

IndyJones1023

03-02-2007, 06:13 AM

What is "new key art?"

wouldworker

03-02-2007, 06:20 AM

What is "new key art?"It means the DVD will have different art on the cover.

How is releasing a two-disc edition of the movie with apparently little new material on it giving something back to the people who made the first edition successful? It seems like the same cynical money grab everyone else pulls.

Warren

03-02-2007, 06:41 AM

why was this moved to TV talk? we are talking about a movie.

Rob Helmerichs

03-02-2007, 07:42 AM

It means the DVD will have different art on the cover.

How is releasing a two-disc edition of the movie with apparently little new material on it giving something back to the people who made the first edition successful? It seems like the same cynical money grab everyone else pulls.
That almost seemed to be the point Whedon (in his usual smart-ass way) was making...

He certainly gave the impression that a new cover was the main attraction. The whole "press release" came off like "Don't buy this; it's a rip-off."

drew2k

03-02-2007, 08:03 AM

Oh ... it was public service announcement! ;)

Skittles

03-02-2007, 08:32 AM

The whole "press release" came off like "Don't buy this; it's a rip-off."That's how I read it too.

Universal is *notorious* for double and triple dipping in their DVDs, so this doesn't surprise me one bit. Neither does Joss's sarcastic but amusing announcement.

At this point, I've bought Serenity on DVD and HD-DVD. The region 4 material just doesn't appeal to me that much (a Q&A session with Joss, three new mini-documentaries, and a few extremely brief extended scenes). *If* they can get all 9 of the Big Damn Heroes in there for a commentary track, and they do a second HD-DVD release, I'll be on board.

But if not? Screw that.

drew2k

03-02-2007, 08:38 AM

*If* they can get all 9 of the Big Damn Heroes in there for a commentary track, and they do a second HD-DVD release, I'll be on board.

But if not? Screw that.What would be cool is if they filmed all 9 "big damn Heroes" sitting in front of a movie screen, MST3K style, watching the movie and commenting on it as it goes along, but instead of just silhouette, we'd see their faces ... I'd pay extra for that treatment.

Skittles

03-02-2007, 08:40 AM

What would be cool is if they filmed all 9 "big damn Heroes" sitting in front of a movie screen, MST3K style, watching the movie and commenting on it as it goes along, but instead of just silhouette, we'd see their faces ... I'd pay extra for that treatment.I'd buy two copies of that.

twm01

03-02-2007, 08:46 AM

and "KEW RAT YEN"?

mrmike

03-02-2007, 08:46 AM

I'd buy two copies of that.

+1 (or is that +2)

Skittles

03-02-2007, 08:57 AM

and "KEW RAT YEN"?Anagram for New Key Art. :)

NoThru22

03-02-2007, 10:06 AM

I'm surprised at only one mention of the new comics. They will be written by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, who was a staff writer on Firefly.

trnsfrguy

03-03-2007, 03:39 PM

For those who haven't taken the plunge yet, the box set will be on sale at Target for $17.99 starting tomorrow.

JYoung

03-05-2007, 05:51 PM

I'm surprised at only one mention of the new comics. They will be written by Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, who was a staff writer on Firefly.

The Buffy Season 8 comic goes on sale this Wednesday.

Rob Helmerichs

03-05-2007, 06:41 PM

The Buffy Season 8 comic goes on sale this Wednesday.
No, it doesn't.

It MIGHT be out next week.

mwhip

03-05-2007, 06:41 PM

Clutchbrake posted this in the TV area:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=19177

Cainebj

03-10-2007, 08:04 PM

OK - thanks to this thread it looks like I'm a convert.

I hated Firefly when it aired on TV and I couldn't make it through Serenity - mind you I think Joss Whedon is brilliant and Buffy one of my all time favorites.

I just rented the Firefly DVD and - damn - I think I'm hooked.

Maybe it really was because they showed it out of order?

jones07

03-10-2007, 08:38 PM

Welcome to the "way to late to matter" Firefly fan club :o

DeathRider

03-10-2007, 08:48 PM

Maybe it really was because they showed it out of order?

Yeah, that didn't help any. Glad I didn't see it until I had the SVCDs soomeone did...also got to watch before seeing the movie in the theatre :up:

Purchased the DVDs when they were on sale last year @amazon...

Jonathan_S

05-18-2007, 03:17 PM

Just a reminder that a fair number of cities are having charity screening(s) of Serenity again this June.

http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

And who doesn't love Serenity on the big screen.

Waldorf

05-18-2007, 03:45 PM

Also, the new documentary, "Done The Impossible" (http://www.donetheimpossible.com) is amazing with lots of extras featuring cast members, Orson Scott Card, etc.

Also, it's been released under the creative commons license, so those on the fence can torrent the primary body of the documentary to see if it's something they'd like before ordering the DVD with 6+ hours of content. :)

mwhip

05-18-2007, 03:51 PM

What the hay? How did this end up in TV talk? Serenity is a movie.

IndyJones1023

05-18-2007, 03:52 PM

What the hay? How did this end up in TV talk? Serenity is a movie.
You new around here?

Waldorf

05-18-2007, 04:04 PM

What the hay? How did this end up in TV talk? Serenity is a movie.

Please refer to the following post:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4762833#post4762833

I guess there's not a 'Movie Talk' subforum and there was too much Firefly discussion going on for it to stay in Happy Hour. :confused:

jsmeeker

05-18-2007, 04:14 PM

Also, it's been released under the creative commons license, so those on the fence can torrent the primary body of the documentary to see if it's something they'd like before ordering the DVD with 6+ hours of content. :)

where would one fine a link to the torrent file??

Waldorf

05-18-2007, 04:24 PM

I found it here: (using tiny url in case site in question is blocked from TC forums)

But have since bought the DVD. :)

Well... that didn't work... will edit this post with another link. :)

EDIT: Legal torrents?

http://www.legaltorrents.com/bit/done-the-impossible.torrent

Yep... looks like that works. :D

In case a moderator comes along:

The makers of the documentary offer a free, Creative Commons licensed .torrent download of their film. They state:

In our opinion, the modern state of copyright is counter productivpe to creativity and free culture. It puts unnatural restraints on “fair use”, hinders the creative process and has fundamentally destroyed an entire industry before it was even born.

Much more information about the P2P release in the following README file:
http://www.legaltorrents.com/about_done_the_impossible.htm

jsmeeker

05-18-2007, 04:25 PM

that "small url" thing is also banned.

:(

Seriously, it should be OK to mention the location of a torrent file since it's a legit, non-infringing download.

Edit: Thanks for updating your post.

Jonathan_S

06-22-2007, 04:31 PM

Bump

Reminder that this weekend there are screening of Serenity in movie theaters in a bunch of citys. Thread here

IndyJones1023

06-22-2007, 07:53 PM

And Universal HD is starting another Firefly run next month.

bengalfreak

06-24-2007, 09:03 AM

Bump

Reminder that this weekend there are screening of Serenity in movie theaters in a bunch of citys. Thread here

Hmmm, that thread doesn't seem to exist.

emandbri

06-24-2007, 02:34 PM

Hmmm, that thread doesn't seem to exist.

here is the thread
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=352868&highlight=serenity

FilmCritic3000

06-24-2007, 03:16 PM

http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3?date=10-AUG-2007&feed_req=

SCI FI is airing an eight episode marathon of Firefly on August 10th.

Shiny!

(Even though I own the DVD set and Serenity, it's always nice to see the series on television.)

mwhip

10-04-2007, 06:26 PM

Looks like another movie is a great possibility:

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20071004_serenity_2_a_new_hope.html

Bring Saffron back!!!!

hefe

10-04-2007, 07:06 PM

Don't get my hopes up for nothing!

There's a special hell for people that do that.

terpfan1980

10-04-2007, 07:44 PM

I'd love to see more of the story and continue to be amazed that the masters of re-imagining and cultivating of old properties haven't snagged the rights to Firefly to bring it back and give the fans more. Yeah, yeah, I know that the haters will say it had it's chances, failed, never got an audience, etc., but, uh, that was on FOX, the kings of giving no chance to their shows. The idiots that offered the p.o.s that was a Tiffany Amber Thiessen car chase related show the better time slot and second chance. Those idiots.

Put the show on Showtime so we could have it gorram uncensored and a bit more mature, or if it must be basic cable put it on Sci-fi (whose owners/managers/programmers seem to cheap to spend money for something like Firefly :( ) and let it celebrate the 3 - 6 million fans that would watch in a week (which are darned good numbers for that network).

Been down this road before though, and won't get my hopes up. If it comes to pass, someone please let me know so I can do what it would take to catch the movie/series/whatever. (And by the way, I have done my part by buying the latest incarnation of the movie, which brings the number of different formats I have it in up to 4. UMD, DVD, DVD again in the new release, and HD-DVD.)

hummingbird_206

10-04-2007, 07:44 PM

Looks like another movie is a great possibility:

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20071004_serenity_2_a_new_hope.html

Bring Saffron back!!!!

Anyone know how the new special edition DVD of the movie compares to the original?

On a side note, Nathan Fillon is on Desperate Housewives now.

terpfan1980

10-04-2007, 07:45 PM

Anyone know how the new special edition DVD of the movie compares to the original?

On a side note, Nathan Fillon is on Desperate Housewives now.
Not to harrass you at all, but if you search around in the Happy Hour sub-forum here there was discussion about the special edition which probably has the answers to that question (I recall some discussion in that thread about what was new/different.)

terpfan1980

10-04-2007, 07:49 PM

Here's a link to the discussion about the special edition DVD: Serenity Special Edition DVD (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=360923&highlight=serenity+special+edition)

hummingbird_206

10-04-2007, 07:54 PM

Here's a link to the discussion about the special edition DVD: Serenity Special Edition DVD (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=360923&highlight=serenity+special+edition)

Thanks for the link. Sorry, sometimes I forget to look before I ask :o

terpfan1980

10-04-2007, 07:56 PM

Thanks for the link. Sorry, sometimes I forget to look before I ask :o
No worries, it is a valid question and there was a good bit of discussion in that thread about whether it was really worth investing in yet another copy of the movie if it wasn't that different. I don't really remember what the concensus was (seems to have been very little differences, but still, better to see the details to be sure), and I know it's not easy sometimes to find that sort of information (though the browncoat fans here certainly know the details and can tell you for sure :up: :D )

UTV2TiVo

10-04-2007, 08:14 PM

Bring Saffron back!!!!

Anyone notice she (well, the actress) was on Life last night?

Amnesia

10-04-2007, 08:37 PM

Of course...

alyssa

10-04-2007, 08:59 PM

If there is a Serenity 2, I have to think it'll do *much* better at the box office then One did.
And what was up with releasing Serenity in October? Not a great month for movie going.

FilmCritic3000

10-04-2007, 09:07 PM

If there is a Serenity 2, I have to think it'll do *much* better at the box office then One did.
And what was up with releasing Serenity in October? Not a great month for movie going.

<geekmode>Actually, Serenity was released in theaters on September 30th, 2005. I saw it five times (first 2 showings on the 30th, 2nd showing on the 1st and 2nd) opening weekend.</geekmode> :D

alyssa

10-04-2007, 09:18 PM

LoadStar

10-04-2007, 09:38 PM

Ok, Ok
What' sup with releasing a movie on Sept 30th? Not a great time for movie going.
<happy?>
grin back at you

Here's something that could muck up the works tho
http://wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2478
Great. Another writer's guild strike could be possible? TV sucked the last time that happened... exhibit A, the whole second half of second season Star Trek: The Next Generation. They only muddled through because they had a stockpile of Star Trek: Phase Two scripts to use up.... and they weren't all that great.

ETA: Correction, FIRST part of second season. The second half had some decent episodes. And actually, now that I think of it, it really affected the latter bit of first season as well.

LoadStar

10-04-2007, 09:40 PM

Bring Saffron back!!!!
Who? Oh, you must mean Yo Saf Bridge. ;)

mwhip

10-04-2007, 10:41 PM

Anyone notice she (well, the actress) was on Life last night?

And she plays Joan on Mad Men.

Graymalkin

10-04-2007, 10:42 PM

Hey, nobody told me that Firefly is available on Universal HD! Cool!

terpfan1980

10-04-2007, 11:27 PM

Great. Another writer's guild strike could be possible? TV sucked the last time that happened... exhibit A, the whole second half of second season Star Trek: The Next Generation. They only muddled through because they had a stockpile of Star Trek: Phase Two scripts to use up.... and they weren't all that great.
Not to threadjack here, but the one thing that was pretty good about the last writer's strike that I remember was Letterman's show. Top 10 lists with entries like "There would have been a joke here..." and similar things that were the result of Letterman and company having to ad lib.

terpfan1980

10-04-2007, 11:28 PM

Hey, nobody told me that Firefly is available on Universal HD! Cool!
Skittles mentioned that title long ago in one of the HD-DVD threads. It was part of the reason I bought the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 :D

IndyJones1023

10-05-2007, 07:01 AM

Skittles mentioned that title long ago in one of the HD-DVD threads. It was part of the reason I bought the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 :D
No, he means it's running on the Universal HD network right now. Serenity has been available on HD DVD for a while.

slydog75

10-05-2007, 07:21 AM

No, he means it's running on the Universal HD network right now. Serenity has been available on HD DVD for a while.

But FireFly isn't . Is it?

IndyJones1023

10-05-2007, 07:30 AM

Firefly as a series is not available for purchase in a high def format yet. It is currently running on UHD, though.

HoldenBanky

10-05-2007, 07:31 AM

Firefly the series is owned by...wait for it... BURN IN HELL FOX.
Serenity is owned by Universal.

NoThru22

10-05-2007, 08:27 AM

I've been watching the show on Universal HD and will finish out with the HD-DVD of Serenity and I must say, the show is a big improvement on HD! The special effects shots are still 480i (upconverted) but all the other shots show a big difference from the DVD. Fox would be stupid not to release the show on Blu-ray.

terpfan1980

10-05-2007, 10:56 AM

emandbri

11-10-2007, 08:46 AM

Since I know the non browncoats get annoyed with all the firefly threads I decided to bump this one up instead!

Here is a really cute firefly song by filker Tom Smith. You can downoad it for free by right clicking and hitting "save as."

http://filkertom-itom.blogspot.com/2007/09/050-im-on-firefly.html

Lord_Skywalker

11-10-2007, 02:28 PM

mwhip

11-10-2007, 02:57 PM

Gina Torres is going to be on Dirty, Sexy, Money

as

Simon Elder's (Blair Underwood) ex wife

emandbri

11-12-2007, 10:24 PM

Someone just posted on the st. Louis browncoat group that target has firefly for $14.88. I'm going to see if I can find a set tomorrow, I've always wanted a loaner set. I checked online and it says it is sold out.

terpfan1980

11-12-2007, 11:32 PM

Gina Torres is going to be on Dirty, Sexy, Money

as

Simon Elder's (Blair Underwood) ex wife

Cool on Gina Torres getting steady work, though I'd love to see her get paired back up with Whedon's new project.

emandbri

11-13-2007, 12:56 AM

Gina Torres is going to be on Dirty, Sexy, Money

as

Simon Elder's (Blair Underwood) ex wife

Interesting that she is working so soon, she just had a baby this summer. Don't know any other details though they have kept everything hush hush, don't know when the baby was born, if it is a boy or a girl, or what the baby's name is.

emandbri

11-13-2007, 02:14 PM

I checked my target and they are out, I got a raincheck for 3. I then went to best buy (to look at back-up camera) and they pricematched it based on the raincheck I had so I got two, one for my brother and one to loan out.

Bai Shen

11-19-2007, 02:11 PM

Thinkgeek has a Browncoat shirt (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/9db8/?cpg=wnrss).

Schmye Bubbula

01-01-2009, 09:24 AM

The Serenity theatrical film appears this Saturday, Jan 3, 2009, at 9:00 pm on the Sci-Fi channel!

Combat Medic

01-01-2009, 09:34 AM

Thinkgeek has a Browncoat shirt (http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/9db8/?cpg=wnrss).

I'm fond of the Blue Sun shirt:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/a231/

deek_md

01-02-2009, 03:30 AM

The Serenity theatrical film appears this Saturday, Jan 3, 2009, at 9:00 pm on the Sci-Fi channel!

Sweet.. I just ordered the BLURAY DVD on this, but will watch in HD on SCIFI.. thanks for the heads up/

Bai Shen

01-05-2009, 12:35 PM

I'm fond of the Blue Sun shirt:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/a231/

Heh. Did you see the customer action shot? :)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/a231/action/21286ec/

IDSmoker

01-07-2009, 12:59 PM

dcheesi

01-07-2009, 01:30 PM

Heh. Did you see the customer action shot? :)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/a231/action/21286ec/
Heh, remind me to post my version when I get home :) (Actually I got a version of the shirt off of CafePress, before ThinkGeek had them.)

deek_md

01-08-2009, 12:11 AM

For anyone still looking to pick these ups, as a late gift perhaps, BestBuy currently has Firefly: The Complete Series (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1324175&skuId=6096681&type=product&ci_src=11138&ci_sku=6096681&nAID=11138&AID=10475872&PID=2026489&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Folspage.jsp%3Fid%3 D1324175%26skuId%3D6096681%26type%3Dproduct%26ci_src%3D11138 %26ci_sku%3D6096681%26nAID%3D11138&ref=39&loc=01) for $19.99.

OMG that is a great deal! I almost wish I dont already own it.. speaking of which , I just bought Serenity on BluRay for my new ps3.. havent played it yet, but looking forward to seeing it in its glory this w/e

Amnesia

01-08-2009, 07:07 AM

OMG that is a great deal! I almost wish I dont already own it.. speaking of which , I just bought Serenity on BluRay for my new ps3.. If you have a PS3, then you should buy Firefly on Blu-ray...

dcheesi

01-08-2009, 07:15 AM

If you have a PS3, then you should buy Firefly on Blu-ray...Is it really that much better than the DVD version? I remember hearing that the HD re-runs weren't that much better, since the deliberate film-grain on the masters limited the improvement you could get...?

Amnesia

01-08-2009, 08:08 AM

From the High-Def Digest review (http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1271/firefly.html):

’Firefly: The Complete Series’ makes its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray with a somewhat mediocre 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer that fails to rejuvenate the series’ problematic source. Close-ups and practical shots look quite impressive (more on that in a bit), but special effects sequences are soft (downright blurry at times), long distance pans are muddled, and texture clarity is a tad inconsistent.
(...)
Even so, fans shouldn’t let that bit of disheartening news discourage their enthusiasm too much. ‘Firefly’s transfer is as technically polished as I expected it to be (the only way it could be drastically improved is if Fox went back to the drawing board and crafted new special effects sequences from scratch) and, for the most part, looks much better than it did on standard DVD. Colors are more vibrant, skintones more natural, contrast brighter and more stable, and blacks (while unresolved at times) deeper. Detail has received a moderate boost as well. Aside from the instances I already mentioned, skin textures are more realistic, fine detail is well defined, and hair and stubble show off some high-def sheen. While artifacting and low-light noise haven’t disappeared altogether (and make appearances on a fairly regular basis), ‘Firefly’s image is much cleaner than it is on DVD. More importantly, the picture isn’t assaulted by the endless blocking, banding, and crush as it was before.

mattack

01-08-2009, 09:44 PM

For anyone still looking to pick these ups, as a late gift perhaps, BestBuy currently has Firefly: The Complete Series (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1324175&skuId=6096681&type=product&ci_src=11138&ci_sku=6096681&nAID=11138&AID=10475872&PID=2026489&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Folspage.jsp%3Fid%3 D1324175%26skuId%3D6096681%26type%3Dproduct%26ci_src%3D11138 %26ci_sku%3D6096681%26nAID%3D11138&ref=39&loc=01) for $19.99.

Same price at Amazon, but free shipping (on orders over $25).

Schmye Bubbula

02-11-2009, 10:34 AM

The Serenity theatrical film appears this Thursday, Feb 12, 2009, at 9:00 pm on the Sci-Fi channel!

Bierboy

02-11-2009, 10:35 AM

The Serenity theatrical film appears this Thursday, Feb 12, 2009, at 9:00 pm on the Sci-Fi channel!
Groovey...I finally have SciFi HD, so I'm TiVo-ing it.

netringer

09-04-2010, 06:36 PM

Browncoats: Redemption Online Premiere

Browncoats: Redemption Online Premiere from browncoatsmovie on Vimeo.

This is the global online premiere of the fan film for charity, Browncoats: Redemption. This film will be available to view for 48 hours beginning Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 7pm EDT.

http://browncoatsmovie.com/?page_id=394

Serenity!

john4200

09-04-2010, 07:46 PM

That was truly awful. I barely made it to the 5:00 minute mark before I could not take any more.

LoadStar

09-04-2010, 07:52 PM

Yeah, sorry, I couldn't even make it that far. I got about a minute in. Someone needs to tell the writer(s) of this film that there's a fine line between "inspired by" and "plagarized from," and they took a giant leap over that line.

john4200

09-04-2010, 07:59 PM

Using Whedon's ideas would not bother me if it was done well. But that was horrendous! Fillion could pull off that folksy dialect, just barely. But that woman (I cannot remember her name, and I am not about to watch it again) was not even close. Was it supposed to be a parody? If so, it was not funny. If it was not a parody, then it is just pathetic.

Robin

09-04-2010, 08:03 PM

I saw a preview at a Dr. Horrible/Serenity screening this summer and it was painful. You couldn't pay me to watch the full thing!

Peter000

09-04-2010, 09:06 PM

That's why Joss gets the big bucks.

LoadStar

09-04-2010, 09:10 PM

That's why Joss gets the big bucks.

Credit where credit is due... his writers are pretty darn amazing.

Peter000

09-04-2010, 09:22 PM

It's more than just the writing though. Finding actors to pull off a Whedon script I bet can be challenging. Joss seems to have a magic of finding people who "get it" from all areas of expertise to pull his projects off.

Rob Helmerichs

09-04-2010, 10:17 PM

Hunter Green

09-05-2010, 08:31 AM

It also probably helps to have a budget.

Bryanmc

09-05-2010, 07:09 PM

It's painful to see something that has clearly has had SO MUCH time and effort put into it, just fall flat like this does. It's not even something to make fun of, because you know how hard the people worked on it.

But good gravy, that was bad.

Schmye Bubbula

09-05-2010, 07:45 PM

The opening titles sequence scenes actually looked pretty damn good to me (but set-up undue expectations that quickly were squashed). The special effects were awfully good; almost as good as in Firefly, no? And the fight scene at the end was decent.
Miriam Pultro (http://miriampultro.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=1196242) (the pilot) is a b-a-b-e! The same, however, can't be said for the Captain: a Nathan Fillion she's not, and so wrong for the part. The bulk of the film comprised excruciating scenes with the crew sitting around talking, talking talking.

I've attended many of the 3rd & 4th year student film exhibitions at the NC School of the Arts Film School in Winston-Salem, NC, and Browncoats: Redemption displayed the same "look," the same amateurish mistakes so many early filmmakers make — awkward beats, unnecessary dialogue, production in love with itself, etc. (But not all of them: I saw David Gordon Green's (George Washington, All the Real Girls) student films, and they were the works of a polished auteur from the start!) So, yeah, Browncoats: Redemption was bad, but I'm still glad I stuck it through to the end, and it was, after all, a labor of love.

BeanMeScot

09-05-2010, 08:06 PM

I saw the movie at DragonCon last night. I thought the acting was atrocious but the story was actually pretty good. There were over 1k people at the screening and the cast was there.

netringer

01-07-2012, 10:18 PM

Gallery: 12-Foot Serenity Filming Miniature
LOS ANGELES – January 3, 2012 – A few months back we were lucky enough to visit the wonderful folks at Universal Archives who preserve and care for some of the greatest treasures of movie history. As we walked through their enormous facility, seeing amazing objects at every turn, our eyes fell upon a large, familiarly shaped piece covered with opaque plastic.

“Is, um, that what we think it is?” we asked the curator who was leading the tour. A major Browncoat, she smiled and said, “Yes.”

It was the 12-foot-long, Reaverized Serenity filming miniature used to create the crash sequence on Mr. Universe’s planet toward the end of the movie, Serenity. Created by the incredibly talented folks at Grant McCune Design for the film, the model was, in a word, breathtaking.

We asked for and were given permission to come back with a camera crew to document this most amazing sci-fi artifact. We did that photo shoot a few weeks ago, and have selected and prepped 47 photos incredible photos of this impressive work to share with you.

http://www.qmxonline.com/news/gallery-12-foot-serenity-filming-miniature/

Shiny!