Serenity

[attolia]

Serenity was good, but not great. I wonder if I would have enjoyed it more or less if I had never seen the TV series? In a movie, there is less time for individual character development and the larger plot has to come to some closure. In the series, the larger plot carried over from episode to episode and could have taken years to resolve, but the fun was in the smaller escapades and character interactions. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had gotten to watched two previously unknown TV episodes rather than the movie. But if I had never seen Firefly, I might have enjoyed just getting to know the crew without missing the richness that was in the series.



My favorite bit of meta: Mal telling Book that Book would have to share his history with him some time and Book responding that no, he didn't. And in the end, it was clear we'll never find out more than we already have.

Comments

[clari-clyde.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder of Book’s story started out similar to the Operative’s story. It’s hinted that Book once did some very not-polite-to-talk-about things and that he was heavily involved with the Alliance and he does place a big importance on believing, even if not in God. And if Book’s refusal to tell Mal has to do with possible consequences for Mal and the crew if they knew. It’s something I came up with wondering what now with the Operative since he no longer believes.

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder of Book’s story started out similar to the Operative’s story.

That was my theory, too.

[mos-self.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder of Book’s story started out similar to the Operative’s story.

Isn't there that one episode where we see that he has some kind of pull with the Alliance? (He does something to keep them off the crew's back, I think, and it just makes the audience suspect strongly that he knows people in high places). Anyway, my theory is that the 'abbey' isn't really a monastical retreat but some sort of training place for whatever he was going to do before he became a shepherd.