Shiny.

[kickaha]

Wow, that was a ride and a half. Some parts nailed, some not so much, some characters felt a little false, others rang true. Worth the wait, though.

Love the Reavers explanation. Whedon's still a bastard. Wish we would have found out more about Book. There was much discussion afterwards on whether the big battle at the end was the opportunity to cull *actors* who couldn't or wouldn't sign on for a sequel movie or series. Any one of them could have died, it just happened to be Wash... although it could have been a little more, y'know... heroic. Although I'm sure that would have just come across as melodramatic and staged, sooooo... *shrug* The randomness of life is one of the overall themes of the series and movie, so I guess it fits.

Comments

[ssandv.livejournal.com]

I feel so...spoiled.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

I *said* I was testing. :)

Oh, and, um... spoilers in the thread now. Don't read.

[madpiratebippy.livejournal.com]

OMG OMG I loved the movie.

But I hadn't seen any of the shows, sooo.... it was fresh, good, great, awesome. Loved it.

[badger.livejournal.com]

Spoiler spoiler spoiler, I made you out of clay.... Sorry, had to. Generally agree with your comments.

Having never seen the show

[gwywnnydd.livejournal.com]

I thought it rocked :).

I have to admit, I wasn't disappointed by the face-fall when the reavers came out of the cloud cover . . . even as much as I was anticipating it, it was *still* worth it :).

And I want a 90# can of Whoop-Ass!

[keridwen.livejournal.com]

Both Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass are actually signed on for all three movies. Joss has said that the next one, if it gets made, will concentrate much more on those two characters.

How is indeed the big question.

I spent the hour after I first saw it saying, over and over, "I can't believe he killed Wash! Joss, you bastard!"

[lirrin.livejournal.com]

In our theatre, there was audible sobbing from a fleet of teenaged Browncoat girls about five rows behind us right after they killed Wash. And it continued through pretty much the rest of the flick.

I'd actually been spoiled about Wash's death, because I chose to read an interview with Alan Tudyk that warned of spoilers (I've never minded much. I knew how LotR went, I know the Chronicles of Narnia and will still see that movie, so...) Anyway, Alan said that he had always figured Wash for a 2 season character at most, and he was really pleased with the way they killed him off.

It's not "Buffy", but people in the Jossverse have a hard time staying dead. Or at least out of the story even if they are dead.