Serenity review from a non-Firefly viewer

[talkswithwind]

I've seen about three Firefly episodes, not in order. So I have a faint idea for the characters, but zero sense of plot. Most of what I have I gathered second hand from the rabid Firefly fans (RFF), of which I know bajillions. You'd think that bajillions would allow a show to stay on the air, but I digress.

Comments

[talkswithwind]

The Reavers are not the Main Plot Point until much later in the film. In the traditional BEM movie, the BEM emerges as an ominous threat that Our Plucky Heros don't recognize until Much Too Late. In Serenity the Reavers are a known problem, and can be avoided. The main plot of Serenity is actually the Republic chasing after River, not Reavers attemping to (but ultimately failing) to eat our plucky heros.

The big nasty fight scene at the end does look like the traditional BEM fight scene. The key difference here is that our heros knowingly stuck their metaphorical dicks into a meat grinder, rather than surprise! meat grinder.