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  Review by Simon Ramshaw ★★★★★ 12

  Dear 'Who Ever Was Responsible For Cancelling Firefly",

  I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for sadistic pleasure in annoying fanboys, I am in no position to stop you, as I do not have patience for people like you. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you bring Firefly back now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

  Love,
  Simon

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  (Just kiddin', o'course, but seriously, mate, do all of us a favour and bring it back. I won't ask nicely again...)

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 7

  Every single time....

  Happy

  In good company

  Revisiting friends

  Caught in the momentum

  Perfect escapism

  Lump in throat

  Confused

  Angry

  Completely and utterly miserable

  Every single time.....

  Goddamnit.

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  Review by Carl Hudson ★★★★★ 5

  A damn near perfect film - fun, entertaining, always moving forward, never stopping to re-fuel. It's a testament to Whedon's brilliant writing, directing, characters and actors that it works nearly just as well stand-alone as it does when viewed after Firefly.

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 19

  Made me watch Firefly and confronted me with one of the greates mysteries known to man. Why on earth was this series cancelled?????

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  Review by megan ★★★★★

  nathan fillion is gonna save the world and all our lives someday and there’s nothing we can do to stop that

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  Review by shookone ★★★★ 4

  Joss Whedons Firefly debacle wrapped into a blockbuster stand alone corset. the pre Avengers test series works best as geeks fetishization of both: genre and women. the female body made for the male gaze, but cleverly deconstructing the secret fantasies from nymphomaniac (Kaylee) to the unknown danger (River). nonetheless, it's foremost sexy as this is not a gender study class. that way we can forgive the movies necessity for the satisfaction of conventional needs.

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  Review by Jonathan White ★★★★ 12

  Serenity was my vector into the ‘verse oh so many years ago. At the time we didn’t have any knowledge of Firefly, and didn’t for years after. I remember finding it quite enjoyable, and rather unique in the crowded sci-fi action genre.

  Then one day, I don’t remember how, my wife made the discovery about Firefly. A few years had passed, so we didn’t remember Serenity all that well, just that we liked it. We sourced the series, and after watching the first few episodes we were completely and totally in love. My son came up for a weekend and we hooked him too. Even though he came in a few episodes in, he quickly became as much of a…

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  Review by Mary Conti ★★★½ 5

  After finally barreling through Joss Whedon's cult TV favorite Firefly in the span of a week, I jumped down into the show's half movie half series finale Serenity

  Part of what disappoints me most about the cancellation of Whedon's show is not losing what the show was, but what it could have become. It was clear with the back half of the show's first (and only) season that it was ramping up to explore its characters more, and introduce more moralistic situations that made it so interesting, along with further worldbuilding.

  Serenity, the film as it exists, almost seems to pretend like it exists in a world where we did get 98 episodes of Firefly. There's a sense of respect…

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  Review by Andy Summers ★★★★½ 8

  People talked about this being the Star Wars for the new millennium. That's a bold statement and something not everyone agrees with. We had three prequels from Mr Megabucks Lucas of questionable quality that slightly tarnished and I mean only slightly tarnished his original trilogy. "Serenity" was a whole new kettle of fish and one that stood on it's own two feet and shouldn't have been compared to Lucas's genre-defining blockbusters.
  A simple story told really well with great special effects, a witty script and some novel twists on the future of mankind, this was a very clever film and television series that ended all too soon. Comparisons are always made and I don't think this was ever truly appreciated…

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  Review by ༘ ade ༘ ★★★½

  i remember loving this movie so much ✶⑅˚₊୶⊹

  
  
  

  nathan fillion way too underrated me thinks.

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  Review by Andy Summers ★★★★★

  Joss Whedon got almost universal credit from everyone for his work on The Avengers. Being more famous for his work on television with both Buffy and Angel, this film however was Whedon's first full-length feature film as director. A Space-Western (they label everything nowadays) with Whedon bringing action, adventure, and a genuinely intriguing storyline that continues on from the television series Firefly. All the well loved characters from the series return in a stylishly energetic film with nods to several science fiction classics while also establishing its own loyal fanbase that this Browncoat is happy to be a member of. Whedon's influence however has obviously rubbed off on the rest of the Marvel Universe because Guardians Of The Galaxy's Starlord reminds us more than just a little of Mal Reynolds. Ten years old and still fresh, Serenity may not have the legacy of the likes of Star Wars, but maybe it should have.

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  Review by friendofhagrid ★★★★½ 1

  I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar.

  firefly, and everything attached to it, is the single greatest contribution joss whedon will ever give to the earth. don’t even try to fight me on this cause i’ll win.