Joss Whedon’s new film, Serenity, is out today and much of the geek crowd is standing in an anticipatory puddle of drool. Based on his now-canceled Firefly series, the film is actually getting some good reviews. I have the Firefly series on DVD, but I haven’t gotten around to watching the whole series yet. Whedon did say that it wasn’t necessary to have watched the series to enjoy the film, but I tend to be a completist about these things. If a movie based on a book is forthcoming, I usually try to read the book first. The little bit I have seen of the series has me intrigued. Gene Roddenberry liked to characterize Star Trek as Wagon Train in space, but Firefly is much more explicit in its references to Westerns. And the trailer for the movie includes some scenes of a really cute girl kicking all kinds of ass, which for me is a sure sign of cinematic excellence.
Face it… you’re a Browncoat just waiting to happen. Hie thee to Serenity: The Official Movie Website (click my name below because I can’t use HTML here) and view the trailer if you haven’t already.
The movie was good, and there was a great deal of skinny girl kicking big ass butt. Not too much of the Western stuff, which I kind of missed, but there’s only so much you can cram into one movie. Watch the series.