"Serenity #1 SF movie: beats out Star Wars!

[thewayne]

Not terribly surprising: Star Wars was revolutionary, but not that great of a story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6517155.stm

Comments

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

No insult on Serenity, but let's see how well it does in 10 years. I know it's the current geek favorite, but it's also the newest thing on that list which means it's the freshest in people's minds. If people are still lovein' it after it's 5 or ten year anniversary, we'll talk.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Absolutely valid point. Does it have legs? For me, Star Wars IV: A New Hope does not, aside from the "ground-breaking" aspect. I think Empire Strikes Back has much better legs, but it has to build upon IV and climax with Return/Jedi.

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'm kind of torn in terms of which I'd say was overall the better movie. Each one definitely had its strengths, but trying to compare 'em is rough. If nothing else, though, I'm glad to see Serenity get the props & respect that it most definitely deserves.

[deborak]

Yay! Serenity FTW!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yep. But where/when the heck did FTW enter pop culture? I have a couple of friends who use it regularly on WoW, I'd never heard of it.

[deborak]

Originally it's from the old Hollywood Squares game show. The phrase got abbreviated for use in l33t speak, was spread through online gaming, and has been popping up more and more in blog culture.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Wow. I remember HS very well! Paul Linde in the middle, old Charlie in the lower left with his tin soldiers.

Ah, now I remember! I'd completely forgotten that phrase and connotation. Thanks for the memory, I needed something pleasant today (aside from getting some moderately slick code working that me and other SQL DBA's would probably be the only ones to appreciate).

[deborak]

It made me feel unbelievably old that the first personality I thought of in relation to HS was Charlie Weaver. Most of the newbs would barely remember Whoopie Goldberg being on that show.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I couldn't remember Charlie's last name off-hand. Yeah, you're probably right. Whoopie would probably be history for newbs.

[cteare.livejournal.com]

I think Serenity played out well for the fans of the show. I hadn't really seen more than a couple of the television episodes though. Fox kept moving it around and I missed most of it. I could follow along the movie well enough, but my husband couldn't. He'd never seen the tv show and a lot of the movie didn't make sense to him.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

As has been discussed to death, Fox mishandled the show so badly that there was little it could do but crash and burn. If a new show doesn't bring in humongous ratings for Fox in the first couple of eps, it's probably doomed.