list of movies i am excited to see this year:

1. serenity
2. … nothing?

of course, most of my friends have already seen the film thanks to wilson’s backroom dealings (and obsessive nature!), but hopefully i’ll have a whole round of new converts to take with me when it comes out next month.

if you haven’t yet seen firefly, i highly, highly recommend it. i’m late to the game on this one by a few years; i vaguely recall it first coming out and being unimpressed. i immediately forgot about it, and only thirteen episodes (three of which were never aired) it was cancelled.

turns out, i was wrong. science fiction western though it may be, it’s really a cleverly-done character story. joss whedon may not have done everything right by me, but with firefly he hit the nail square on the head. it’s got a perfect balance of action, wit, intrigue, and character development. for a fox television series it has a remarkable depth; for example the episode jaynestown explores the idea of ’symbols’ from multiple perspectives while still remaining one of the most fun episodes of the series.