Serenity kicks ass! (spoiler-free)

Brilliant film! There are millions of reviews out there that describe it all so some spoiler-free ones are here and here. It is much darker than the series ever was - think late-season-six Buffy compared to the early high-school episodes. That's no bad thing, it just feels a little jarring at the beginning. And okay, so some of the acting is a little dubious but the action and emotion draws you so far in that you just can't help enjoying the crazy ride! Go see it! And remember that the character-development holes are all explained in the series, so you should buy the DVD boxed set!

On another note, I had a wander down to Leicester Square on Wednesday to check out the stars at the UK premiere (s'pose the Edinburgh/World Premiere doesn't count) and see how the turnout was looking. There are posters all over the Underground and DLR so they had a decent marketing budget - maybe giving out free stuff! :)

Joss, Chiwetel, Nathan and Summer showed up. Joss (suit + shiny trainers) and Nathan (no tight pants) were both brilliant and stayed outside chatting to fans and signing their way up and down the entire crowd for about an hour. Summer (really tiny and elfin) signed for about 15 minutes, then did her interviews and buggered off inside. About 20 minutes later she reappeared, accompanied her publicist, and signed for about another 15 minutes - I suspect her publicist may have had strict words about ignoring her fans. Chiwetel did the same disappearing/reappearing trick. I managed to score some Serenity promo cards and got both Joss and Nathan to sign them (Yay! :) and took a few photos. Also "acquired" a large cardboard Serenity poster that had been cable-tied to the barriers. Good old swiss army knife :)

The few worthwhile photos are here on flickr.

Flickr keep quiet the fact that you can only have three sets on a free account. I like the look and feel of their site so I might go pro if there's enough money sitting in my PayPal account.

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