Last night we finally got around to watching Serenity. The film was all the way back in Knox’s smallest cinema (which is still large compared to others I’ve been in, but still) and probably about half full.

After watching trailers for movies like Doom (I’m not sure if I should be excited about this film or not… probably not) and seeing half the crowd jump up and down with excitement, I knew we were in some pretty geeky company.

The film is basically a continuation of the series. It wasn’t touched on a lot in the series, but River is a pretty important character. She’s the main character of this movie, and it shows her prior to boarding the Serenity (which isn’t explained much in the series) and also details the source of her power.

It’s a bit hard to say whether the story contained within the film is the original plan for the series, but it all fits together regardless.

I very much enjoyed the film, and can’t wait to see what eventuates. I suspect it may be part of a trilogy of planned films, though it’s tough to see where they will go with the story after this if that’s the case; there aren’t a lot of loose threads left which is good on one hand (it ties up the series nicely) but bad on the other — no more Firefly. Very enjoyable; worth a watch if you like sci-fi at all.

As I mentioned the other day, I’ve been making my way through the first (and only) season of Firefly. This series was pretty much doomed from the outset by FOX. Possibly as a “hey, we’re sorry” by FOX type deal, Joss Whedon has made a feature-length film based in the Firefly universe.

The movie is called Serenity (the name of the space ship in the series), and is due for release at the end of September in the US. The main point of this post is that if you like the series, the trailer is out now for your downloading pleasure.

Like I said, the show’s a bit cheesy, but it’s good fun. If you like sci-fi or Whedon’s other shows (Buffy, Angel… I don’t like either of them), go out and rent the DVDs.