I have a question. How important is seeing the series for watching the movie.

Man! I haven't seen this much action in a thread since Crash came out. Bring it on!

if you watch the series you would be more emotionally invested in the characters and you might catch a few things that fans would notice that regular movie-goers would not, but the movie stands on its own nicely.

Meh. Who'd trust the opinion of a fuming, emotional internet geek anyway? Granted, we're all internet geeks. But most of us trust our own opinions more than taking what everyone else is saying and automatically going against it.

i like how i am some kind of template of what not to do. i made one post over a month ago insulting someone and apparently thats all that matters. Perhaps i should search through every posters history and find a post where they insulted someone and just constantly bring that one post up, i mean, that seems fair, right?
Anway, i will just have to relish in Serenity's critical acclaim and find some way to move past a few of these C's that turn to F's and B's that turn to F's all in a period of less than a weekend, not out of hate for the fans, but because the ones who voted that way had an epiphany that the movie was pure shit.

I dont know how many more "wow, that hoban is an ass" crap. i made ONE insult to someone over a month ago about their opinion on the Serenity trailer. all the subsequent arguments about Serenity were arguments where a bunch of people were fighting about Serenity. If some people hadn't noticed, there are a few people here who spend a good deal of time going on and on about how Serenity is awful and the rotten tomato reviews mean nothing and the metacritic reviews mean nothing and cinema score is useless and IMDB is tainted by the fans and how the whole world, or the US at least, is conspiring to get Serenity good reviews despite that fact that is, in fact, the worst movie of all time. Worse than Glitter, worse than Bio-Dome, worse than Gigli, yes, it is absolute trash and they are just trying to enlighten the non-believers about the crap that is Serenity.

I went on for a bit there, but i have some pent up anger about the issue because since my argument well over a month ago i have been going out of my way to not insult people or say anything that one person might take as a personal attack on their character or something, but all that matters until the end of time is that one post, apparently.

if you watch the series you would be more emotionally invested in the characters and you might catch a few things that fans would notice that regular movie-goers would not, but the movie stands on its own nicely.

The Shepherd: He was a member of the crew on the series -- a much more important character than he was in the movie.

The Alliance: Same capacity as they were in the movie. A villainous government that always got in the way of Mal and his crew.

The Operative (villain): He wasn't on the show.

River: She was on the show, but it never lasted long enough (15 episodes) to really get into what they did to her. By the end they'd figured out she was psychic, and that's where the movie picks up. They didn't know what she's capable of.

Time frame: Joss Whedon (writer/director) has been quoted as saying the movie takes place six months after Objects in Space (the final episode). However, that doesn't really gel with Mal telling Simon he'd been on the ship for eight months, since Objects in Space was set quite a few months after the pilot episode.

Well, haven't seen it, but anyways, welcome wily, and nice avatar.

Thanks for the welcome.

We welcome your thanks.

The villainous government creating the most feared race in the universe -- and said 'verse finding out about it -- eventually bringing about their downfall isn't an "epic" plot?