Tag Archive for 'serenity'

Spam a lot? Yes, I do.

Published on 16 October 2005 in Asides. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

It seems like the only entries I find time to make these days are brief one-offs, especially about the upcoming Frames show, but I guess that’s what happens during midterms. No one here wants to read about lots of studying and working on thermoacoustic refrigerators, right? Didn’t think so.

Anyways, I just had an amusing encounter with the friend responsible for me seeing Serenity. She went to see Spamalot this weekend (since it was her birthday) and got to meet Alan Tudyk, who played Wash on Firefly. When he came out the stage door, he saw her holding her DVDs and got all excited and conversed with her about the show and movie for nearly ten minutes even though there were a bunch of other people waiting for autographs. Apparently he’s a lot handsomer in person than he’s been in any of his roles; having seen the picture she snapped of him, I’ve got to agree. In any case, I was amused to see Brooke so bouncy.

Speaking of bouncy, I finally got my ticket order to go through! Now I don’t have to worry about missing the lads this Friday!

Chance Encounters Lead To…

Published on 31 August 2005 in Journal. 7 Comments Tags: , , , , .

I’m in the middle of composing backlogged blog entries on various recent events, including a full report on B’s visit, my new apartment, and the biorobotics lab’s trip to Cedar Point, but I have to take a moment to shamelessly advertise recount tonight’s adventure.

Sunday night included a trip to my uni’s Film Society to see a free screening of Casablanca, a tradition here. For newer readers, I should note that I’m a Film Soc junkie. Mark, Jessica, and I are there nearly every week, sometimes twice in a weekend. As a draw for their later showings (which are not free), Film Soc had a select number of seats with passes to a free advanced screening of Serenity to give away. My group didn’t win any, but, as one of the directors of Film Soc passed me in the aisle, she handed me a fistful of passes, saying, “You guys are here every week. You’re awesome!”

Not one to pass up a free movie, my friends and I went to the theater tonight. Before I continue, allow me to assure you that there are NO SPOILERS here.

Serenity - Go see it

I fully admit that I did not have high hopes for this movie at all. I was never the least bit impressed or interested in Joss Whedon’s other work (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel primarily). To be honest, I found–and still find–them to be out-and-out bad. I’d never seen a single episode of Firefly, and, though I could tell you a couple of names, I knew nothing about the characters or story.

But this movie was awesome. As Mark put it, this is what the Star Wars prequels should have been. I’m not going to claim complete obsession or undying love to the movie/series, but I’m definitely borrowing a friend’s copy of the DVDs and giving this a serious chance.

The movie comes out in theaters September 30th. Don’t judge it by the trailer. Go see it.