Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Firefly
All things related to the Firefly TV series (including the Serenity movie and comic spin-offs).
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It’s Serenity Day! The Serenity was released today in NZ (DVD Region 4). A display stand at the door of the local Whitcoull’s had a pile on display with the sign “Get your free gift too.” And so I’m now the excited owner of the “Limited Edition” double-disc edition and I have a Serenity mouse…
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I’ve been a big fan of Doctor Who ever since I learnt to hide behind the couch and I really enjoyed the recently rebooted series. So when I saw that Damaris have just published Back In Time: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Doctor Who I was intrigued. The sample text they have online looks like…
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There’s another advanced screening of Serenity on this Sunday at Village Cinemas on Queen Street (Auckland). Tie in with the Pulp Culture festival also on at the Aotea Centre. See: Serenity – Special Advanced Screening – 23 Oct. Also, Serenity interviews here and the River Tam viral marketing campaign for Serenity here.
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You can see the first 11 minutes of Serenity as an video stream here.
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With Serenity officially out now in the wider world the reviews are out too. See: Wired News: Serenity’s a Smarter Space Opera Serenity – Film Reviews – Film – Entertainment – theage.com.au BBC – Movies – review – Serenity Serenity (2005) – Hollywood Jesus Telegraph | Arts | From Buffy to blockbuster of the year…
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Went to the cinema, saw the film, loved it. For the uninitiated – watch all the Firefly episodes in the order on the DVD set, read the comics, go to Serenity. (Repeat) So much for it being a relatively unknown film. It sold out the Megascreen at the Village on Queen (400+ seats) and we…
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Off to see the pre-release screening of Serenity tonight in town. After a day of cold, wet rain, hail and strong winds (& snow in Christchurch) it’s a nice way to end the day – especially as I’m going with a couple of other enthusiasts. Managed to get the first two of the comics that…
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It’s Friday, which is normally my evening of space opera – Andromeda followed by Star Trek : Enterprise. But Andromeda finished last week leaving the total amount of space opera across all channels as Doctor Who and Enterprise. TVNZ seems to have dropped the ball on Stargate (Stargate on TVNZ) and I guess in NZ…