Serenity

Serenity was really, really good. I loved it, felt extremely pissed that Fox cancelled Firefly all over again (although there never would have been the nether regions line on TV, which was great and it really made me love Kaylee even more), and was extremely sad about the characters who died. I can't believe he killed them, but then again, that's typical Whedon. Always killing his characters. River kicking ass was pretty damn cool, and her just walking around showed Summer's ballet training. I think everyone should see this movie, after watching Firefly, and then Joss Whedon's brilliance will be finally accepted by the masses. Yeah, I cried and was shaking all through the final battle scenes due to a death seconds before, but it also could have been that I was soaked due to the pouring rain. I saw it with a friend who had seen half the episodes, and one who'd seen none, and they both loved it, so maybe people can see it and then they'll go and give Joss more money, but damn if they won't do better with it if they've seen the show.

Now, I'd discuss the characters who die, but I don't want to spoil anyone. So don't read this unless you've already seen the movie. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER. Killing off Book and Wash actually makes some sense, at least Book really does, since he never really fit in the rest of the show, but he did finally have his backstory explained, in a very roundabout way. That he was an Operative before hiding out and becoming a shepherd explains a hell of a lot. And I love that Whedon didn't bother to explain that, although it would have been missed by anyone who wasn't familiar with the show. Killing Wash, however, really sucked. He was my favorite character, and seeing Alan Tudyk die just blew. Really, really blew. Maybe with his newfound success as the pirate, he was becoming too famous for it. And they couldn't kill Zoe, or Mal, or Kaylee, or Simon, or River, so it was pretty much between Jayne, Wash, and Inara. Zoe is black and too kickass, Mal is the star, Kaylee just rocks everything, Simon and River are needed for plot purposes. Inara was Mal's love interest, so there goes her, Jayne is Adam Baldwin, a big star and the real muscle for the crew, plus he's funny. Wash... Wash was just my favorite character and funny and the pilot. But he was the most expendable of the rest of the main cast. Still hurts like hell.