17 October 2007

Done the Impossible

There is this documentary made for the T.V. series Firefly and it's companion film, Serenity. Called--Done the Impossible: A Fan's Tale of Firefly and Serentiy.
I have through some kind of fate aquired myself one of the DVD's. Fact it--Scard loves this show. And why shouldn't he? Everyone that actually watches three or four episodes does. Plus the show is totally character oriented...which is just like Card.

Firefly: (for those of you who don't know it) is about another part of the galaxy where the human race has fled after they destroyed "The Earth That Was." The story follows a couple of the most awesome characters in the 'Verse, Mal, Zoe (said Zo-e), Wash, Kaylee, Jayne, Simon, River, Book, and Inara. These space cowboys travel from outer planet in looking for any kind of job that they can get--legit or not. Mal is captain of the Firefly-class transport "Serenity." He is the fearless leader of the crew--Zoe the first mate, who is married to Wash the pilot, Kaylee the mechanic, and Jayne the mercenary. They bring passengers Simon and River Tam and Sheppard Book onboard. Simon and River are fugitives running from the government "The Alliance."

Firefly is fantastic and from a fan's POV--perfect! The people that watch this show are almost cultish...You can't help but love Mal and all the other characters throughout the series.

Now Serenity, the film, is no less fantastic and definetly shows the more interesting part of River's character...but I digress...the documentary is about how the fans reacted to the show and the movie and how dedicated they are. I really think that even if Card wasn't in it, it would be an interesting thing to watch. But Card IS in it and so I own it...and am defintly going to have to watch it again.
Likewise I own Serenity and Firefly and I love the shiny characters so much! If the Ender's Game movie is anything like Serenity--we all are going to love it beyond recognition. If only Joss Whedon could write an intro song for EG?