Literal Barrage:archives

Can it be true? We have word, by way of Alan Tudyk, that a Serenity sequel may well be on the way.
Shiny.

By way of Dean Esmay, we have this wonderful, beautiful news:

Serenity Might Fly Again?
Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor for the SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that there’s hope for future flights of the cast and crew of the movie, which just came out on DVD. Director Joss Whedon—who also created the canceled Fox TV [...]

In a move designed to pump up attendance at Serenity screenings, Universal has released the first 9 minutes of the film in order to get potential audiences caught up with the origins of the story. It’s a pretty darn good idea, if you ask me, plus Brad will finally be able to see at [...]

SciFi buffs will most likely be familiar with the name “Orson Scott Card” – yes, that Orson Scott Card. He’s written up a very, very positive review of Serenity. Dig it:

It’s great.
I’m not going to say it’s the best science fiction movie, ever.
Oh, wait. Yes I am.
Let me put this another way. [...]

I know, I know, but bear with me. It’s opening weekend, after all.

Skippy says wow and plans on seeing it again.
The Smallest Minority realized that this blogging thing might finally pay off, at least inasmuch as it results in free movie screenings.
A Little Reason calls it the sci-fi movie of the year.
Movies And More [...]

I know I’ve been flogging the Serenity horse pretty hard these last few days, but this will be (one of) the last movie-related posts, I swear. TIME.com has posted an hilarious three-way interview with Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman that’s well worth reading. Major-league geekage alert for those who click through on the [...]

The bloggers’ reviews of Serenity are slowing to a trickle, but the mainstream reviews are starting to turn up (it’s running a respectable 80% Fresh over at Rottentomatoes). Ebert certainly seemed to like it, as did David Edelstein (of NPR and Slate fame), while Harry “I’d Sell My Soul For A Chilli Cheese Dog” [...]

There were quite a few additional reviews of Serenity posted by bloggers over the past 24 hours. Here’s a recap of the ones I’ve found thus far:

Citizen Smash would pay $10 to see it again, even though he was a “Firefly virgin”.
The Powerline guys thinks it’s destined to become a cult classic.
It reminded Captain [...]

The Serenity blogger reviews are starting to pour in. Here are the ones I’ve found thus far:

GA Mongrel says Wow!.
mrLawson apparently didn’t get what all the hype was about.
G. Bob says you’re sure to like it as long as you like sci-fi movies with cowboys.
booklore reckons it was worth skipping dinner and an hour’s [...]