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October 04, 2005

Deet Reviews Serenity

My brother Deet has the scoop:

Ever since I was a kid, I've been drawn to science fiction. I remember being spellbound as a kid reading "Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury. I didn't understand most of it at the time but that book had a profound effect on me.

Now that, I'm an adult, I still find myself drawn to the genre. I still buy Michael Crichton novels and I'm currently reading Phillip K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly", the book Keanu Reeves' next film is based on.

It's very rare that I buy DVDs. They have to strike me as so incredible, I would never think of trading them in. One look through my collection says a lot about what appeals to me: Terminator 3, The Matrix, the Star Wars Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, Contact, Minority Report...sense a trend here?

Well, earlier tonight I saw another very good film, Joss Whedon's "Serenity". I'll be honest, before seeing the film, I had no idea who Whedon was and that he gained quite a following from his TV Series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly---a series that was the genesis of many of the characters in Serenity. But I thoroughly enjoyed the film, especially Whedon's terrific writing and great characters.

The film chronicles one Captain Mal Reynolds' renegade crew of rebels that fight against an evil intergalactic government called the Alliance that doggedly pursues a gifted young girl the crew has rescued. I thought the film had excellent humor, great action sequences and a hero who battles evil and holds a rag tag crew together for the fight of their lives. The young girl, River Tan, they've taken on to protect has psychic powers and fights like...well, combine Beatrix Kiddo from "Kill Bill" with Trinity from the Matrix and you'll come pretty close.

We've come a long way since Ray Bradbury and I'm glad to witness our science fiction's progress first-hand.

Posted by mbowen at October 4, 2005 12:43 PM

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I will probably check it out when it comes to video. I have heard good things and I am a sci-fi buff, but the show never hooked me and the previews for the movie didn't either.

Now the best writer for screen of Sci-Fi is the cat who does Battlestar Galactica. That is serious biz right there.

Posted by: Dell Gines [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 4, 2005 01:33 PM

And it has one of the best villian!

Posted by: craig at October 4, 2005 03:30 PM

If you are interested in the series firefly it is just like the movie. I have it posted on my blog. The entire first series. Just go here: http://meatheadedlibertarian.blogspot.com/2005/10/i-went-and-saw-serenity-last-night-and.html

Posted by: penxv at October 4, 2005 11:17 PM

I like Sci Fi but I thought Serenity was a mess. Yet many seem to really like it.

Posted by: Anita at October 11, 2005 08:08 AM