Monday, September 28, 2009
Serenity Review
After watching the pilot episode of firefly and having a good nights sleep to gather my thoughts, I actually enjoyed watching it. Yes, it did seem a bit long and I was very lost in the beginning, but the plot came around and it seemed like a new twist happened every five minutes. I think I liked it so much because I found it humorous for the wrong reasons. I thought it was a little odd that the doctors sister was chinese when he was white, and when Lawrence revealed his name and showed that he was so ashamed of it, I basically lost it. I think the most important scene was when Lawrence was being interrogated and he convinced the bigger guy (sorry I didn't retain the name) to betray the captain and turn the chinese girl back into the alliance. He is obviously considering it when he almost sniped the captain when he had the chance. All in all, I really didn't hate it but was confused with them flying in spaceships one minute and then riding horses the next. I felt like it was a combination between Star Wars and Wild Wild West. Also, the short scene where the girl eats the strawberry seductively was totally random.
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I totally lost it when I read your post!!! You are absolutly right, there where alot of random things going on!
ReplyDeleteOne of the ways to analyze is to find what things seems out of place within it: River can speak Chinese (she's not Chinese though, sorry--actually, anytime anyone speaks in another language, it's Chinese); Kaylee gets super excited about eating a strawberry. You've got two different things you can talk about now. Why do you think these are elements of the show? Anyone? It's unlikely that they're accidental. Throw out some ideas.
ReplyDeleteLeslie, I am so terrible at looking at the purposes behind those out-of-place elements, so I am just going to comment on the blog :). Good luck with that, though, Sam!
ReplyDeleteThe first part of your blog basically describes exactly how I felt about the blog. I was very very lost at first, and the show seemed to be going slowly at first, but it all came together quickly. Also, what you said about enjoying the plot twists every five minutes, it's almost like you copied my blog because I said the same thing haha. I really enjoyed all of the elements that were continually adding to the plot, like the doctor's situation and those savage Reavers (or however you spell it).
To be honest Zack, I did not read your blog about Serenity until way after I had completed mine but I'm glad that we are on the same page with this and that we share similar ideas.
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