OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

Atrocities · #1 September 12th, 2005, 12:58 AM

Has any one seen the Dukes of Hazard? -

Is any one going to go see Serenity?

Raging Deadstar · #2 September 12th, 2005, 07:37 AM

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Is any one going to go see Serenity?

No Power in the Verse could stop me

The best thing about it, I've got a date for that and she also loves Firefly.

Atrocities · #3 September 12th, 2005, 11:13 AM

Then your set to for a good evening.

Just get her interested in Space Empires. If she goes for it, MARRY her. Your not going to find any one better!

Slynky · #4 September 12th, 2005, 09:00 PM

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Is any one going to go see Serenity?

Actually, taking off work to see it the day it comes out. Loved that series and it's been a long time to have a "Firefly fix". Got Adam Baldwin and Morena Baccarin's autograph last weekend at Dragon*Con. Wifey took a photo of me with Morena (she's really small !). Wifey recorded the whole hour with Adam, Morena, Jewel, and Ron on video. We were about 8 rows back in a room holding a couple thousand people.

So, we're Serenity freaks, I guess

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Shmonk · #5 September 12th, 2005, 09:36 PM

Yes, Serenity should be a great movie. I bought the DVD set, seen it several times, and loaned it out to friends and have hooked them. I think I'll be leaving work early the day it comes out to catch it. I also hear that it was a 3 movie contract, so there are going to be 2 other movies after this. I would love it to come back as a TV series.

Slynky · #6 September 12th, 2005, 10:15 PM

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Yes, Serenity should be a great movie. I bought the DVD set, seen it several times, and loaned it out to friends and have hooked them. I think I'll be leaving work early the day it comes out to catch it. I also hear that it was a 3 movie contract, so there are going to be 2 other movies after this. I would love it to come back as a TV series.

Word from Adam and Nathan is that the 2 follow-up movies depend on Serenity making $80 million domestic. As to back on TV, when Universal bought the rights from Fox, there was a stipulation that Universal wouldn't be allowed to put it on TV for 7 years (I think...). Funny they would cancel it as being a loser and then prohibit anyone else from putting it on TV. Anyway, this info is pretty much dependable (if you can believe what the actors are saying).

Oh, and Adam donated all the money he made from Dragon*Con to help Katrina victims.

Atrocities · #7 September 12th, 2005, 10:22 PM

Well even if the movie is bad, I will still go see it twice just to help put a dent in that 80 million dollars.

Fox is just evil.... they really are when it comes to shows and selling the rights. If we don't like it and don't want to run it, then NO ONE should. Selfish jerks!

Shmonk · #8 September 12th, 2005, 10:41 PM

7 years? Well, it's on the Sci Fi channel now, they've been replaying the original episodes for several weeks. Maybe it's the movie that can't go on TV for 7 years?

Still, I will have to watch it several times too, to ensure it makes 80+ mil. I think it will, there are lots of closet Firefly fans. Yes, Fox was crazy to cancel the series.

I wouldn't mind going to any *Con event, if I knew the cast would be there. Hmmm, to see the cast in person, that would be cool.

Slynky · #9 September 12th, 2005, 10:56 PM

Yeah, I've really had it with Fox. I mean, they almost canceled (the series) 24 about halfway through the first year...and now look.

It's such a rare event that fans can make so much noise that a company decides to buy the rights and make a movie that another (small) video company is making a documentary of how the fans help bring the movie back to life (and a lot of other stuff that happened between canceling of the show and the making of the movie). The site is here.

Wifey and I were interviewed as Firefly/Serenity fans, signed a release, and were told we may or may not be on the DVD they are releasing. The DVD will contain all the footage from several "cons" where the cast showed up. We've already ordered ours. The guy who owns the company (a really nice guy named Jeremy) was also in the movie (a bald-headed monk...LOL). He's done a lot to promote the movie gaining life as well.

And speaking of being in movies, the cast was so amazed by the fans that they approached Universal about letting the Firefly fans be extras in the Serenity movie. As a result, Universal said, "if you can get to the studio, we'll use you as extras in scenes". So, we met several people at the con who were in the movie, had photos to share, and stories to tell about the cast that were interesting...LOL...like the time some of them got caught peeping through the bushes onto the set at the Universal lot.