One of my biggest complaints about so many comedies is that they set up things that you as an audience invest in, only to ignore them because they’re not convenient. I ask, why would I scare myself? Life is scary enough, why force myself to be afraid of what’s in the dark? Comedy also benefits from those really high stakes, but reacting to them is important. I can’t watch horror movies, I have to cover my eyes. People are dying, and you’re afraid for your life. Both genres benefit from really high stakes, and in a horror movie the stakes couldn’t be higher. I think the idea of nervous laughter is definitely at the seed of it. I think horror and comedy are intrinsically linked, like when you get so scared that you have to laugh. What do you think it is about the horror genre that’s so ripe for parody? It’s been compared to films like Shaun Of The Dead and Zombieland. He wanted to go for a more realistic reaction to the ridiculous things, and finding the humour there, as opposed to something like a Scary Movie that is more comedy than horror, and doesn’t even try to walk that fine line. He stand there and tries to comprehend what just happened. Is it going to be the type of movie that honours the stakes of what’s happening? Like, if someone dies, will we be dramatic and say “somebody… just… died,” or be more relaxed about it? When Tucker comes in after the guy jumps into the wood chipper, and he’s asked “what happened?”, it’s more “Oh my God”. You can’t take the sky from me.When Eli and I talked for the first time on the phone, the first thing I asked was how he saw it being played by the actors, what kind of style the movie would be in. The life and the heart just isn’t there anymore. You can exploit the heck out of a franchise, but at some point the exploitations stop being the story, the ship, and the characters. I know there are comic books and a video game, but it’s sort of like the passing of Star Trek. Sure, I could watch the series and this movie again, but what’s the point? Yes, I’d enjoy it, but it’s still gone. It was like saying good-bye forever to old friends. I’d forgotten how attached I’d become to the characters, Zoë (Gina Torres), Inara (Morena Baccarin), Kaylee (Jewel Staite), Simon (Sean Maher), and even the really annoying Jayne (Adam Baldwin). Mal (Nathan Fillion) took some damage, both physically and emotionally, but they all made it, repaired Serenity, and took off for further adventures we’ll never see. I’m sure if the show had continued on television, the pacing would have been better, but Whedon had one shot at pulling everything together, especially the secret of River (Summer Glau), so he had to hurry.īesides Book and Wash, everyone does survive, but not always in the best of shape. If I have one criticism of this two-hour film, it’s that loose plot threads seemed to get tied up a little too quickly. Universe” (David Krumholtz), but that didn’t take away from the adventure. There were characters I didn’t recall from the show such as Mr. After that, I was afraid that everyone else who lived on Serenity was going to die as well.Ĭhiwetel Ejiofor (“The Martian,” “Doctor Strange”) played the primary “villain” known only as “The Operative” and was predictably terrific. However, I absolutely didn’t see Wash’s (Alan Tudyk) death coming (Tudyk is still alive) which was even worse. I knew that actor Ron Glass, who played Shepherd Book, passed away in 2016, but watching his character die on the small screen was horrific. Yesterday, again at the public library, I happened to chance upon the “epilogue” of the too soon canceled classic, Serenity (2005), and no, not the 2019 film currently in theaters by the same name which I have no intention of seeing. Joss Whedon not only created a (rather short-lived) legend, but unwittingly presented the world with an anthem for the libertarian party (which is very much what Whedon isn’t). Needless to say, it was magnificent, a sort of science fiction meets western theme, with sinister, bloated government conspiracy thrown in. I’d heard of the television show Firefly for some time, so when I got the chance to rent the entire series from my local public library a number of years ago, I jumped at the chance.
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