http://www.sith-order.net/the-blog/2006/01/13/greedo-confronts-han-solo/ a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:14:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.sith-order.net/the-blog/2006/01/13/greedo-confronts-han-solo/#comment-100 itsvery Movie Review - independent film reviews » SERENITY by Joss Whedon Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:40:16 +0000 http://www.sith-order.net/the-blog/2006/01/13/greedo-confronts-han-solo/#comment-100 [...] ***** SPOILER WARNING ***** SERENITY is the movie to the short-lived TV-series Firefly produced by the FOX TV network. And it’s no coincidence that the film is produced by competitor UNIVERSAL. There was a moral outcry when Firefly was aired - the “moral majority” didn’t want to see a “hero” who wasn’t heroic, a promiscuous female mechanic or a heroic prostitute. While there is basically no eroticism or sex in the movie, Captain Mal is still not your standard movie hero - he is a tougher version of Han Solo (and Han Solo shot first!) with a flavor of Rick “i stick my neck out for nobody” Blaine (Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca), and the movie plot is subversive enough (secret government plan to sedate and control the population goes horribly wrong, all evidence is suppressed, people are killed in cold blood to keep the secret) to upset some people. On the surface, SERENITY is your typical popcorn-movie: a space-western with lots of action, “zombies”, good and bad guys, special effects, explosions and enough funny one-liners to keep the audience who doesn’t get the references (or simply isn’t interested in them) happy, and no knowledge of the TV series Firefly is required. The actors do their job well (it’s the original actors from the TV series), and i want to close with a quote from pilot Wash (Alan Tudyk), repeated like a mantra during a crazy flight right through a space battle (see pictures on top) : “I am a leaf on the wind - watch how i soar” Indeed - watch it! [...] [...] ***** SPOILER WARNING ***** SERENITY is the movie to the short-lived TV-series Firefly produced by the FOX TV network. And it’s no coincidence that the film is produced by competitor UNIVERSAL. There was a moral outcry when Firefly was aired - the “moral majority” didn’t want to see a “hero” who wasn’t heroic, a promiscuous female mechanic or a heroic prostitute. While there is basically no eroticism or sex in the movie, Captain Mal is still not your standard movie hero - he is a tougher version of Han Solo (and Han Solo shot first!) with a flavor of Rick “i stick my neck out for nobody” Blaine (Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca), and the movie plot is subversive enough (secret government plan to sedate and control the population goes horribly wrong, all evidence is suppressed, people are killed in cold blood to keep the secret) to upset some people. On the surface, SERENITY is your typical popcorn-movie: a space-western with lots of action, “zombies”, good and bad guys, special effects, explosions and enough funny one-liners to keep the audience who doesn’t get the references (or simply isn’t interested in them) happy, and no knowledge of the TV series Firefly is required. The actors do their job well (it’s the original actors from the TV series), and i want to close with a quote from pilot Wash (Alan Tudyk), repeated like a mantra during a crazy flight right through a space battle (see pictures on top) : “I am a leaf on the wind - watch how i soar” Indeed - watch it! [...]

]]> http://www.sith-order.net/the-blog/2006/01/13/greedo-confronts-han-solo/#comment-42 Lord Vader Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:53:46 +0000 http://www.sith-order.net/the-blog/2006/01/13/greedo-confronts-han-solo/#comment-42 First of all, Han Solo is a criminal - he's a smuggler, and not even a good one! Second, even if they tell you something else - it was Han who shot first and fried poor Greedo! Clearly there was some tinkering with the surveillance video that now seems to show Greedo shooting first (and missing at a distance of 1 meter? Come on!) to wash Han clean of murder. I can tell you, and i know it - HAN SHOT FIRST! First of all, Han Solo is a criminal - he’s a smuggler, and not even a good one!
Second, even if they tell you something else - it was Han who shot first and fried poor Greedo! Clearly there was some tinkering with the surveillance video that now seems to show Greedo shooting first (and missing at a distance of 1 meter? Come on!) to wash Han clean of murder.
I can tell you, and i know it - HAN SHOT FIRST!

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