Well, 他媽的！

[mundens]

Joss Wheedon is 真的是天才, 懂嗎？

Just got back from the Serenity advance screening. Still slightly shell-shocked by it I'm not going to say anything specific about the film itself, no spoliers from me, but if you haven't seen it you must do soMy day started with some virtual flowers and wish of a great day from a new friend. Man, did that wish come true

Comments

[argentbear]

It was a cool costume dude. How hard was the Blue Sun tshirt to make? I have a hankering for one now.

Where did Nick get the replica gun? (I don't know much about guns) Is it something commercially available, or did he make it?

[mundens]

Thanks!

The T was pretty easty really, the hardest part was finding a source of iron-on transfer paper for a printer. None of the computer-type places had any, and I finally got it from Whitcoulls. The image came from the Firefly wiki, I merely mirrored it using PaintShop, printed it out and ironed it on a shirt that was on special from Farmers.

In fact I stuffed up the ironing-on bit a little, but was lucky in that it just made it look a little more worn, and faded, which probably adds to the authenticity!

I think Nick got the replica commercially but you'd have to ask him to be sure or find out where.

[argentbear]

Cheers Frank, can't wait for the coat to arrive. Don't forget Norman and Joel who were in on the planning and wrangled all their guys together as well.

The gun is a resin replica I got after coming accross the guy on the Serenity movie site forum I've been frequenting. You can contact him here PtByNmbrs@aol.com

[amphigori]

So, if you're not a fan of sci-fi all that much, and you hate Buffy, will it STILL be an awesome movie?

[mundens]

I know at least one person who didn't like Buffy who loves Firefly (the series Serenity is based on). They said that Firefly was what Buffy was always trying to be and never quite made it.

If you don't like the humour from Buffy, you probably won't like Serenity.

It is basically a space western though, so if you like Carnivale or Deadwood, there are similarities (or so I am told, never having really watched either).

If you ever played the GDW RPG Traveller, this is The Traveller Movie, though with a much better background.

I'm happy because the plot has a Virtual Adept message!

"Can't stop the signal" the catch phrase of the advertising campaign, is the Serenity equivalent of "Information wants to be free", and the main plot has everyone sacrificing and risking their lives just to get information out.

[jarratt_gray]

It's not sci-fi, it's space opera with a western flavour. Feels much more like an awesome Star Wars.

The humour is different that Buffy, much drier I think.

It is a very good movie, but it is probably much better having watched the series. You could always try a couple of episodes first.

[amphigori]

I know people who love Friefly and don't think much of Buffy. I recommend watching an episode or two of the series as a gauge. Lots of people have copies of the series.

[laputain]

"他媽的"

"His mother"?!?

[mundens]

The translation I had was "Fuck me blind!"

(But then, I don't know chinese and was merely relying on the Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary!)

[yeldarb_smaillw]

Did you get pictures of your costume? Did others? Post them, please!