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What was funny?

Some parts I remember offhand-

Mal: If you don't hear from me, you take this ship . . . and you come get me.

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Mal: Do you want to run this ship?
Jayne: Yes
Mal: Well . . . you can't

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Simon: My only regret is that I haven't taken the time to do what I want.
Kaylee: What, you mean sex?
Simon: Uh, yes.
Kaylee: Forget this, I'm not going to die!

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Wash: What about the part where this is a trap?

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-and there's plenty more, but if you have to convince someone something is funny . . .

At any rate, I remember laughing quite a bit. It was a bit more intense than the TV show, but I really enjoyed the last scenes where the team was under attack and loosing badly. It felt more desperate than most action films I've seen in a while, and that gave it an extra bit of energy. And then River doing her thing (she could kick Buffy's butt, btw) was great.

And I must admit, while I think the humor was a huge asset to the show, I don't think that's what made it for me. The humor was largely the same as Buffy and Angel, and I never really could get into those shows because the plots just failed to grip me (though I appreciated the writing). But Firefly had a great premise (basically, what if Han Solo never met Luke and the old guy) and I could identify with many aspects of the characters, who all viewed the world through different lenses. Those elements were still in the movie.

Was it different from the show? Yes. I think that's part of what you have to do when changing from the little screen to the big screen. Was it still funny and fun? I thought so. I thought many of the elements that made the TV show great were there, even if it was not quite the same.


Edited by JeffS (03/10/2005 20:29)
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