Serenity

Serenity

Joss Whedons Space Western.

Whedon's great strength is dialogue  He worked on a cartoon- Toy Story. As well as a lot of SF. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Alien 3. etc. A genre which uses a lot of visuals. His ear, is what makes the pictures. This film, this picture is a Western, in Space! The Hero, Malcolm Reynolds speaks as if he had just wandered off the plains. He uses a train metaphor at one point. After a while it works.

Browncoats. For the Independents- Parliament for the Imperial forces.

Reavers are Vampires and River is the slayer. Its a new riff on an auld song. But its worth hearing again.

Yes we get it : Everyone in the Future will speak Chinese

Inara. Mal's love interest. Is a prostitute. Well it is  different. Anyone else remember Cassie the socialator from the original BSG.

Jayne- ha ha the tough guy has a woman's name



There is a great scene, where Inara and Mal's conversation, is watched by the rest of the crew. Who curse, and whine, when they don't express their feelinsg

British accents. The twins, and the Operative. Joss Whedon always was an Anglophile.

The Operative is interesting. He has so much faith, he willing to be dammed. He knows he will never enter Paradise. His quip. This is not an Arena. The Alliance is not an evil empire. Will 20/21st century pop culture. Still be around in time

The Fem bot, was that a nod to Buffy?

I liked this. It was straight shooting. Sometimes, you just want a nip of your best sipping whisky. 

Pretty cast, Action, thrills and spills. There were a lot of reasons why I watched Buffy and Angel. Part of it was the work of Mr Joss Whedon

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Padraig Harrington won the British open today. The first Irishman to win the open since 1946