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In case you missed it, Joss hath announced: There shall be no Serenity until September 30. Wherefore I am alone and palely wandering into a hedge, or something like that. Sulky knights get all the best scenery.

*pouts* Damned stupid marketing reasons. How many space westerns with quippy yet disillusioned anti-heroes could there possibly be coming out in late April?

Wait. I take that back, or there'll be six.

Anybody in the Greater NYC area want to make an opening night outing of it, when it finally does arrive?

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Hell, I may come down for the weekend just to join you!

Oooh, that would be lovely!

I'll be there with bells on.

Yay!

Well, apparently the movie version of Frank Miller's "Sin City" (a very cynical and hard-bolied comic book) is due in early April, and some of the bigger budget summer movies will be opening in early May.

But I don't get this either, and think that Joss' "this is not that bad at all" statement is covering for how he really feels. He just doesn't want to anger the new studio he's at, since they haven't bothered him much till now.

"Sky Captain" suffered a similar fate, getting bumped from summer to fall, and it vanished pretty fast. I wish I didn't see the same thing happening here.

That said, though, the original opening date for Serenity was right before Passover, so there was a good chance I wouldn't get to see the movie in the theaters anyway. September might work better.

But wouldn't we rather see Episode III delayed intstead

Personally I'd rather see Episode III staked through the reels at midnight in an unmarked grave instead. Not that I'm holding a grudge for the waste of two hours of my life that was Episode II. *g*

But, yeah. And good point about Sin City.

I can't read Joss' statement at all. On the one hand, Hollywood has this thing where you have to be really gracious and upbeat even while they're reposessing your editing system. OTOH, Joss is not known for BSing his fans. So I'm guessing there's some spin and maybe some wishful thinking, but also some truth.

Anyway I'll do what little I can to make sure opening weekend box office is high. I suspect, though I could be wrong, that there are a lot more people waiting for Serenity than there were for Sky Captain. And I hope that initial buzz of fans is enough to get Serenity the press that will get new people to turn out.

I'm actually pleased. That gives me more time to Netflix the DVDs.

Oh, good. I'm glad somebody gets a silver lining. :)

It is? ::wails:: I wanted May! :;sulks::

Oh well. I'll bow to the inevitable... and that means the DVD's not likely to be out at Christmas now.

Awhhhh. Stupid inevitable. No bowing for you. :)

Dunno about the DVD, but you're probably right.

Waaaah!
I am so disappointed...

Sigh. I know. Me too. But as long as it *is* getting released at *some* point...

Count me in!

Yay!

Having checked a calendar, I'm thinking we should actually do Oct. 1. It's still opening weekend, and then the Shabbas observers could come more easily. Unless we want to take off work and catch a pre-sunset showing.

Forgive me, I assume you're talking about Joss Whedon and I'm gleaning that he has a movie coming out? Can you give me more information or direct me to a website when you have a minute? I'm a big buffy fan but I kind of stopped following him after the show went off the air.
thanks!

*grin* Yes, I am, and yes, he does. It's called Serenity, and the info is at www.serenitymovie.com. It's based on his (now cancelled, but out on DVD) TV series Firefly, but I'm sure you don't have to have seen it to get or enjoy the film.

thanks!
Wasn't that show suppossed to be kind of horrible though? I never watched it, just heard some bad things.

I quite liked it, though I think it suffered in its original airing from the fact that the network refused to start with the pilot, which gives the context to make you care about the characters. (Also the Friday night scheduling didn't help).

On TV they didn't air the pilot until last, and while I never would have said it was horrible, I didn't fall in love with it till then -- when they'd already announced the show was cancelled. On the DVDs you see the pilot first, and it really makes a big difference.

well,cool,I'll check out the website. thank you!

Any time!

For what it's worth, I've never met anyone who disliked it. Everyone I know who's seen it has loved it. (Although I think the DVD collection helps; it's nice to see them in order, and the network apparently scheduled it bizarrely.) YMMV and all, of course. :)

No matter how many other sci-fi westerns there may be, none of them have Jayne. Or Kaylee. ::sulking deeply::

*cuddles you* Our day will come.

That could possibly be a thing =)

Cool!

hi - I wound up here from someone else's LJ (not sure whose) but I am so thrilled to see there's any release date at all! Last I heard, Serenity was just a rumor!

...skipping off to Serenity website now...

Yay! Glad this is good news to someone. :)

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*grin* Thank you kindly.

I like the idea of a big-ass outing.

It's not just Sin City that Universal's concerned about -- it's the XXX sequel, it's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (another cult SF property, but one with a lot more name recognition), and there's the danger of being swallowed by the Revenge of the Sith hype machine (let's face it, the entire month of April is going to be ceded to 20th Century Fox's publicity department).

Sky Captain isn't a good comp, because delay was announced very close to the release date, after they'd already started showing trailers. Serenity's marketing campaign wasn't even originally going to start until Feburary (the trailer was going to debut in front of Elektra).

I like the idea of a big-ass outing.

Yay! With five extra months to plan, we should be able to get *lots* of people.

And when you put it like that, I can't say it doesn't make sense. Much as I'd like to.

I didn't know a Hitchhiker's movie was even happening, or if I did I'd forgotten. That does make some slight amends to me, since I practically know those books by heart (but will refrain from reciting them in the theater.)

Think they'll put the trailer in front of all those other films now? Showing the Serenity trailer with Episode III could really help turn out people who'd like it if they knew it existed.

Was there any doubt we'd see it on opening week? Only question is which showing on saturday! (and motzei shabbos is a good thing..

We've fallen out of the habit of watching movies on opening night.. but I think we'll be able to make it with nearly 10 months to schedule...

*grin* Yeah, the lead time does help with the planning. I figure we need to pick a theater with maximum public transit ease and a showing with enough time for it to be motzei shabbos even with travel time, so probably eightish.

Sorry to hear about the delay. *pout* Paul & I are both in on the outing.

Yay!

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