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The crew of the Serenity is getting desperate.Each one terraformed, a process taking decades, to support human life, to be new Earths.Thank you, your vote will be counted and appear on this page within 24 hours.Sorry, there was a problem collecting your vote.The Firefly world introduced a fantasy home for many of us, with
characters we truly cared about and dilemmas we could get behind.There's no grand theme or clear cut good and evil.It's
something folks can relate to, although most of us won't be in a space
battle or fighting psychotic creatures anytime soon.The point of the
name Serenity is the name of the ship, though in a deeper sense that's
what our characters are in search of.Finding freedom and a home, and
that's what the ship represents to them, and to the fans.So you
understand why so many are so excited about this dinky little scifi
flick.The movie captures that beautiful feeling but takes us on a ride that
there's no turning back from.My
screening actually came a week after Episode 3 was released, and I
immediately washed my hands of Mr Lucas, and months later when I saw
Fantastic 4...Check out the movie for yourself.Give it an
honest chance and I promise you will be taken on a journey that will
turn you into a fan as well.Serenity 2 A New Hope?Is it worth buying the new edition, what is the difference?Please explain River for me.Christopher Buchanan
David V.Set 510 years in the future, Serenity is the story of the captain and crew of a transport and cargo ship.Their lives of petty crime are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbors a dangerous secret.The film was released in North America on September 30, 2005 by Universal Pictures.Firefly episode in which Mal and Zoe call themselves "big damn heroes" after rescuing River and Simon "just in the nick of time".TV show continued as a major motion picture.Production
2 Plot
3 Themes
4 Cinematic and cultural allusions
5 Promotion and releases
5."Can't Stop the Serenity" event
5.Production
The film is based on Firefly, a television series cancelled by Fox television in December 2002, after 11 of its 14 produced episodes had aired.Through a business connection, he was introduced to Mary Parent with Universal Pictures, who immediately signed on after watching the episodes on DVD.By June 2003, actors Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin confirmed the deal on the official Firefly forum, as did Whedon in several interviews.Joss Whedon said that the film would be titled Serenity, in order to differentiate it from the TV series.Whedon also mentions in the Serenity DVD commentary that Fox still owned the rights to the name 'Firefly').Whedon's task was to explain the premise of a television series that few had seen without boring new viewers or longtime fans.For budgetary reasons, a gimbal and CGI, much like those used in the pod race in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, were quickly ruled out, creating a challenge for the production team to find an alternative.Instead, the crew fashioned a trailer with a cantilevered arm attached to the "hovercraft" and shot the scene while riding up Templin Highway north of Santa Clarita.Serenity, which had to be entirely rebuilt using frozen images from the Firefly DVD set.Stunt coordinator Chad Stahelski created a customised fighting style for Summer Glau to use in the film's fight scenes.It was a hybrid of Kung Fu, kickboxing and elements of ballet, all combined to create a "balletic" martial art.One day inside an Alliance research facility, psychic River Tam is crudely experimented on by Alliance scientists, one of whom briefs a stoic Alliance officer about Tam's limitless potential as a human weapon.The officer abruptly dispatches the scientists and frees River, revealing himself as Simon Tam, a former doctor and River's elder brother.The crew of Serenity lands on an Outer Rim planet, planning to rob a local security firm of its payroll.Serenity's captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is accosted by Simon, irate over Mal's decision to include River in the heist and expose her to danger.All goes according to plan until River detects the arrival of the Reavers, a horde of feral, spacefaring cannibals.River will be leaving Serenity at the next spaceport.The crew disembarks at a trading post and enters a bar to meet with Fanty and Mingo, the men who hired Serenity for the heist.River wanders into the bar and observes a television advertisement, which causes her to immediately and brutally attack the other patrons.Thoroughly confused, Mal takes River and Simon back to Serenity, where Simon reveals that River was conditioned to be an Alliance assassin.Mal refuses and, after being saved from defeat by Inara's quick thinking, escapes with her back to Serenity.Mal declares his intentions to broadcast this message to the solar system via Mr.As the Operative mobilizes an Alliance fleet above Mr.Universe's planet, Mal provokes the Reaver fleet into pursuing Serenity and leads it into a massive space battle with the Alliance.The Reavers kill Serenity's pilot Wash, the crew evacuates the ship and sets up defensive positions against the arriving Reavers, and Mal descends into the station to transmit the Miranda audio diary.With everyone wounded and ammunition low, River dives through the blast door and seals it, and immediately begins fighting the fierce Reavers.The crew buries their deceased friends and repairs Serenity.As the ship prepares to leave, the Operative approaches Mal and warns him of certain retaliaton by the Alliance.River, blasts into space.Whedon is careful to point out that it is not so simple as that.The Alliance's main problem is that it seeks to govern everyone, regardless of whether they desire to belong to the central government or not.What the crew of Serenity, and specifically Mal and his lifestyle, represent is the idea that people should have the right to make their own decisions, even if those decisions are bad.The Operative believes so strongly in this idea that he willingly compromises his humanity in furtherance of it.Whedon's point is that a world without sin is a world without choice, and that choice is ultimately what defines humanity.Malcolm Reynolds facing obstacles similar to those of landless Southerners competing against carpetbaggers and elites, and, it has been suggested, the Reavers standing in for the Indians.Inara pays homage to a Buddhist statue, and in Jewish tradition, Mr.An example of the Wild West influenced clothing and weaponry in Firefly and Serenity.Serenity costumes are influenced by Wild West style: natural materials such as wool, cotton, and leather in drab earth tones predominate.Serenity appears to be influenced by Western genre set design, in particular, entertainment programs set in the West during the 1970s and 1980s such as Little House on the Prairie.In a similar vein to the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Serenity goes for an occasional underdone look, or "used future", as Star Wars creator George Lucas refers to it."Serenity" was clearly written by someone who grew up worshiping at the altar of Han Solo and the space marines in Aliens, but this genre picture is still a thrillingly original science fiction creation.However, the tones and pronunciation of these Mandarin words are barely recognizable to the native Chinese speaker.Serenity universe, including Russian (spoken by Simon during the movie).Later, when Mal is fighting the operative, Mal tells him he is "a fan of all seven".Universe asks The Operative (who is standing right behind him while he is talking to Mal) for his "thirty coin", referring to the thirty pieces of silver that Judas was paid to betray Jesus.The third round of screenings, with an additional 15 cities, was held on June 23, 2005.Australian audiences were the first outside North America to get preview screenings.After an exclusive Sydney test screening, Melbourne held a public screening on July 21, 2005.This was followed by a film festival screening on the Gold Coast on July 22, 2005.There had been a screening of the unfinished film in February 2005 at the British Film Institute in London.The audience comprised industry professionals and fans.Melbourne and Sydney on September 12, 2005 and September 13, 2005.On October 5, 2005, Universal made the first nine minutes of Serenity available online.Serenity was initially released on home video in North America on December 20, 2005.The DVD presents the film in anamorphic widescreen with 5.FOX Studios in Sydney, extended scenes, and two documentaries entitled "Take a Walk on Serenity" and "The Green Clan".An "exclusive collector's tin" version of Serenity was released for the two disk edition by the EzyDVD chain of stores in Australia.Serenity was released on HD DVD on April 18, 2006, and was one of the first films to be released on the format.Although many other releases soon followed after the discoveries in muslix64's thread, Serenity's marked the beginning of widespread HD DVD pirating.Fox Studios in Sydney, and with new content including a DTS 5.Fi Inside: Serenity documentary.Equality Now, a human rights organization supported by Joss Whedon.Equality Now" on the official website, is often referred to in shortened form as "Serenity Now", and was coordinated through Can't Stop The Serenity(sic), where a full list of screenings is also available.Spacey Award for favorite movie.Science fiction author Orson Scott Card called Serenity "the best science fiction film ever", further stating "If Ender's Game can't be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made.I'd rather just watch Serenity again."Despite critical acclaim and Internet buzz, Serenity performed modestly at best at the box office.Movie industry analyst Brandon Gray described Serenity's box office performance as "like a below average genre picture".Serenity's international box office results were mixed, with strong openings in the UK, Portugal and Russia, but poor results in Spain, Australia, France and Italy.The crew of Serenity at the start of the film, from left to right: Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Nathan Fillion, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau.Nathan Fillion as Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds.Gina Torres as Zoe Washburne (nee Alleyne).Mal in the war, and Wash's wife.She is a Companion and formerly rented one of Serenity's shuttles.In one of the Operative's traps, Mal is reunited with Inara at her training house, and the two escape back to Serenity.He seems dumb, but may be smarter than he lets on.She is also notable for a persistently bright and sunny disposition.He and River are taken in by the crew of Serenity.She and her brother are taken in by the crew of Serenity after he rescues her from an Alliance Academy.The Alliance's pursuit of River acts as the film's motive impulse.Ron Glass as Shepherd Derrial Book.Book was once a passenger on Serenity, but now resides on the planet Haven.Chiwetel Ejiofor as The Operative.Alliance assigned to track down River and Simon.Serenity, especially Wash, Mr.The soundtrack to the film was released on September 27, 2005.It was composed by David Newman, and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony under Newman's direction.It is of note that the acoustic guitar version of the Ballad of Serenity, which was used at the end of the film's credits, is absent from the soundtrack.Whedon's directions to Newman for the Serenity theme were that he wanted something homemade and mournful that would let viewers know that they were now "home" and evoke the idea of the pioneer, when everyone only had what they could carry.Sequels
Fans of Firefly had hoped that if Serenity were successful, it might lead either to a revival of the television series or a film franchise (colloquially referred to as the "Big Damn Trilogy", or BDT).Fans' hopes for further theatrical films appear to have been partially dashed by Serenity's mediocre box office showing.However, on December 1, 2005, IGN Filmforce reported that Universal had expressed an interest in making a Serenity TV movie for broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel (which is owned by Universal), and eventual DVD sale.It is expected that commissioning of a television sequel would be contingent on strong DVD sales of Serenity.On June 23, 2006 a number of fans organized and spread word of "Serenity Day", on which all fans were proposed to purchase a copy of Serenity in an attempt to convince Universal that a sequel would be profitable.Serenity prior to its release, and also Joss Whedon's birthday.DVD reached since January 16, 2006.He wrote, "There's no sequel, no secret project regarding Serenity or somesuch and I'm not even sure how anyone thought there was talk there.I've seen Nathan and Tim (and Summer and Alan) recently because they're my friends because I'm so, yeah, awesome.Whedon's response to the rumor consequently sparked many websites to publish articles stating that he would never work on a sequel to Serenity.Isn't there any ACTUAL news to get wrong?Sorry about all this; it might be best if I just stay off the computer for a while....Not even Serenity could patch that wound.DeCandido, and published on August 30, 2005.Serenity: The Official Visual Companion was written by Joss Whedon, published by Titan Books, and released on September 1, 2005 in paperback.Serenity, published by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, was released in 2005.This was followed by Serenity: Out in the Black by Tracy and Laura Hickman.Serenity: Those Left Behind.Joss Whedon mentioned in a November 2007 interview that he is reteaming with Brett Matthews to write a new Serenity miniseries, titled Better Days, relating a heist where everything goes right and the crew finds themselves in a rare place: on easy street.The new comic is due in early 2008.In the film, Mal says that Simon and River have been on the ship for eight months.Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, p."Serenity Saloon" is open fer bidness."Serenity Saloon" is open fer bidness.Interview with Zoic Studios' Visual Effects for Serenity.Interview with Joss Whedon.Whedon, Serenity: Director's Commentary, track 2 "A Better World"; Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, p.Whedon, Serenity: Director's Commentary, track 10 "Posing a Threat".Firefly a Liberal Checks In.Firefly the Complete Series.More Serenity Screenings Announced, Sell Out Immediately.Serenity Screenings Sell Out.Serenity Trailer Now Online!.Serenity DVD Amazon sales rank tracker.German Special Edition on Amazon.Can't Stop The Serenity."Uncle Orson Reviews Everything".Whedon, Serenity: Director's Commentary, track 7 "Mr.Dallas: BenBella books, p.Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, pp.Whedon, Serenity: Director's Commentary, Track 3 "Aboard Serenity".Exclusive: A Serenity Sequel?.Serenity DVD Amazon Info Tracker.Whedon Responds to Rumors of Serenity Sequel Death."Serenity 2 A New Hope?"Moss, Wil (6 November 2007).Serenity: The Visual Companion.Official website of the film
Serenitymovie.Official Australian website of the film
Serenity at the Internet Movie Database
Firefly and Serenity at Wikia
Interview with Serenity visual effects supervisor
Session416.See Copyrights for details.Look up serenity, serene in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Serenity, an absence of agitation.This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.The hopes of having a reliable set of IRC servers operated in a courteous manner with experienced, amiable staff that could hold together a friendly atmosphere and provide easily accessible assistance became reality in late 2003.IRC as their 'home' and who are spreading the word so that others may share the experience!Peruse through our Channels List feature to find something to your liking.IRC 'Now celebrating our fourth year!!IRC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network created to provide a safe chat environment with responsive IRC Operators.Welcome to Serenity Kennels!Located in the heart of Wisconsin, our leonbergers are raised in our home with our four children, where they are given lots of love, attention, and the opportunity to contribute to every aspect of our family life.While striving to peruse the quality of my Leonbergers, I do a variety of aptitude testing, health, and genetic screening, which include Hip, Elbow, Patella, Cardiac, Thyroid, and participating in the study for Addison's Disease.Welcome to the new Serenity Web Site.Please let us know what
you think of the new design and layout.SERENITY follows captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of civilized society.Everything goes completely awry when a government assassin is sent to retrieve River.River harbors both a dangerous secret and astounding fighting powers, and Mal decides that discovering the truth about what she knows might just be worth his time.Glau prepared for her role with Hong Kong stuntwoman Ming Lu, as well as stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski and Hiro Koda, and as a resulted performed nearly all the stuntwork herself.Westerns, Star Trek, Star Wars and even samurai films.The film's strength is compelling character relationships and Whedon's trademark dialogue...Serenity is first and foremost a movie that will fulfill the hopes and dreams of each and every Firefly fan.Serenity isn't about effects.It's about narrative and characters, and it does a solid job in both areas.Fillion, a natural leading man.Serenity is decent stuff.RT on DVD: The Lives of Others, RoboCop 20th Anniversary, and More Out Today
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