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Ahhhhh! You've uncovered my secret identity as a human being who occasionally makes typographical errors. What is this world coming to?!?!

How cool was that bit?

Hipster Alice with her record player!

Serenity The main difference between this film and it's parent TV show is that Firefly had quite a relaxed pace to it. Focising on characters rather then plot and action. Serenity, which needs to do the hard job of finishing up atleast some of the story threads left brutally hanging when Fox cancelled the show mid season has more plot to get through. But Whedon's script does an admirable job fitting in as many character moments as possible. It's quite a trhing to see the same characters fairly standard early 200's 16:9 widescreen TV show in the morning, and them in cinematic widescreen later in the evening, Joss Wedon makes his feature film debut here and does a more then respectable job. The cast feel like they never left the show. Nathan Fillion's Captain Reynolds seems darker, though, more like the character from the pilot episode with the same name. Less willing to joke around. He means business. But that actually fits the story well. Which works through Whedons premise for the never happened second season and contains everything from mild political satire to a few dramatic scenes of significant impact. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the films villain. A character with a similar way of speaking and outlook as the one in the very last episode of Firefly. But he plays it very well. So often villains in sci-fi arent all that interesting (the very similar Guardians Of The Galaxy). But the Operative is a character with a distinct philosophy, way of acting and speaking that making him both more interesting and menacing then the average baddie. Special effects are more elaborate and a bit more sophisticated then they were in the TV show, and there certainly are more of them. But even in 2005 this wasnt state of the art. But they don't actually need to be. Like Firefly the films strengths lie elsewhere. Because even with more of a plot to wade though, and more action, much of it well staged, especially the scenes with River kicking ass, the thing that made the show so interesting is left largely intact. So when an important character dies rather suddenly, it actually leaves a genuine impact. David Newman's score does a good job taking the general western/oriental fusion of the TV shows music and broaden the scope a bit. I dont know if this films works 100% on it's own, divorced from the TV show. But perhaps it doesnt need to. It fills the blanks left by Fox's far too early cancellation as best it can and leaves the characters in a slightly better place then before. Films based on TV shows are usually hit an miss. The Star Trek franchise is the most enduring one. But TOS had 3 seasons. over 70 episodes. Serenity feels like it's there to take care of unfinished business. The cast, Whedon. They were deprived of a full series, or even a full season. This movie's the only shot they had to set things right. It gives the film a sort of urgency, an immediacy that a Star Trek film, or other films based on TV shows usually lack. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, no matter the burden.

Oh, millennials love Kyle! He's the mayor of Portlandia!

Now that's what I call incest!

I never see any subforums except when I start a new thread. The "View New Content" link is where I click 99% of the time.

It was just announced that Spielberg will be having Williams work on several boring dramatic films that he is filming in a matter of months in the exact time frame Williams is supposed to be scoring Episode VII.

Yup. If you can ignore all the dubstep stuff, TASM 2 actually has a good deal to offer.

It's colouful, imaginative, fun, unorthodox, different from his usual. For once, his team play is a strength of the work, not a detriment. Karol

Ted Soluri: "So, do you come to Milwaukee often?" John Williams: "Well, this is my first visit here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the native Americans." TS: "Hey, isn't Milwaukee an Indian name?" JW: "Yes, Ted, it is. Actually it's pronounced 'Mile -wau -kay' which is Algonquin for 'the good land'." TS: "I was not aware of that." JW: "I think one of the most interesting aspects of Milwaukee is the fact that it's the only major American city to have ever elected three socialist mayors." TS (to camera): "Does this guy know how to party or what?!"

Williams is working on his sketches now - not just sketches of themes, but also sketches of little TIE Fighters, stormtroopers, lightsabers in the margins of his notebooks. He has a lot of work to do if he wants to be at his absolute best for December 2015.

No it's not. It's a "platonic relationship" theme.