![]() ![]() The wall in this shot was built six inches too long because of a mismeasurement, and had to be redone. ![]() Whedon felt “The prologue works because it is thematic and relates to her (River’s ) state of being.” The opening is one long take (four and a half minutes), which “establishes a sense of safety in space.” The director lauded Steadicam Operator, Mark Moore ( Resevoir Dogs, Deep Blue Sea, “Awake”) who “In forty-something takes, only slipped once-going backwards up stairs.” Whedon wanted to “…show the layout of the ship and give people a real sense of where they are, going through room by room, and meeting every character. For instance, the opening classroom scene turns out to be a dream sequence, then ends up in a scary lab. “If you explain for twenty minutes, people go away.” The director tried to get in a lot of exposition without being dull. Of creating and writing the film, Whedon said it was difficult because the show was done he didn’t want to have to repeat, but there was a lot of history. Whedon claims the funky company logo is “…everyone’s favorite thing to do. It is your movie, which means if it sucks, it’s your fault.”Ģ. This movie should not exist-failed TV shows don’t get made into a major motion picture unless the creator, cast and fans really believe. The follow-up to his beloved television series “Firefly” was “…Ignored…hailed as one of the most cancelled shows of the year.” The director explained “The people who made and watched the show loved it a little too much to lay down their arms. Serenity is a film that, according to Writer/Director Joss Whedon, should not exist. ![]() And perhaps that is Serenity’s best unintended side effect, the beauty of a director’s film love story to his beloved, short-lived series may gain “Firefly” new audience and fans.ġ. ![]() My initial attempt at “Firefly” was put off by a terribly slow and unengaging first episode, but after seeing the film, I’m encouraged to try again. As one of the stragglers who has tried both ways, I suggest Serenity first. The reaver ship that was destroyed by the gun mounted on Serenity is called "Betty," and it was from the film Alien Resurrection, which Whedon worked on.For latecomers to the “Firefly”/ Serenity universe, knowing fans often advise watching one before the other.Several of the Reaver ships in the final battle are Alliance ships with different paint schemes.In the Official Serenity Companion, he acknowledged that it would have to be done in a way the audience would buy." (In his original script, before he knew they couldn't commit, all members of the crew survived, with Zoe and Wash promising to have children together.) Despite this Whedon has also revealed that there was a 'strong possibility' that Wash and Book would return if a sequel ever was made - indicating that he had plans to find a way to bring them back. "Universal Pictures wanted all the main actors who would appear in the sequels to be contractually available, meaning Whedon had to find a way of getting Tudyk and Glass out of the story. Whedon said that the reason Wash and Book were killed off in the movie was due to the fact that actors Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass couldn't commit to sequels.Whedon said that if the Firefly TV series would have kept going, Season 2 would have concluded with the Serenity crew discovering the Miranda planet and uncovering the origin of the Reavers.“For the second fight, the cameraman, who was also a dancer, moved through a gap around the combatants to achieve the movie's dynamic camera angles.” Glau is actually a trained dancer, and she used her dancing skills in River's two fights. Whedon has revealed that Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, and Sean Maher all performed a lot of their own stunts.In the process, I thought Serenity would make a great Fun Facts list, so here are 13 fun facts about the movie that you may or may not know.Ī lot of the information here comes from Imdb, and I've included some of my own commentary as well as videos for you to watch. Seeing the filmmaker receive the Comic-Con Icon Award last weekend sparked my interest in going back and looking at some of his earlier work. I’m a huge fan of these characters, and the movie was completely awesome! It was the first feature film that Whedon directed, and he's sure come a long way since then. Serenity brought Joss Whedon’s Firefly crew back together for a big screen adventure that would be their last. ![]()
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