As an introduction, I think I have to state that I liked Firefly, the TV show Serenity is based on, very much. In fact, it quickly became my very favourite show across all genres. So, as they cancelled it I was nothing less than angry, because I still cannot understand why the people in charge - be that the weekly viewers or the executives that in the end pulled the plug - did not see the immense potential that lay within this series. It was fresh, full of new ideas, full of interesting characters, with a fine ensemble cast and inspired screen writing. In short: a vast new universe to be explored with interesting worlds and people and - around that - stories to be told. Later, when I heard there would be an adaption for the big screen, I was worried if it might hold up to the very high mark the TV show set. There are too many characters, too many facts and to many relations that link them all together to fit in a two hour format. I feared if a Firefly movie would be produced, all the things that _make_ that show would be left behind to create kind of a "fast food" movie. Quickly paced, with colorful pictures and a nice bit of rumbling in the speakers, but ultimately without anything that lasts, without soul. Well, I saw it today and I have to say it came out just the way I feared it would. Quick popcorn action with all the kaboom one could ask for while shamelessly neglecting the essential factor: people. Don't't get me wrong: if you never saw Firefly, then I'm quite sure you will be adequately entertained. But that's really all there is. The result of this big screen portation is a sadly generic sci-fi flick of the more forgettable kind. Nothing left of the originality, freshness. Nothing of the interactions between the crewmembers that made the original concept so much better then its competitors. So, in the end, I am still left to lament the end of a great show that I loved so much and to notice, that maybe the last chance of saving the concept behind that all has been wasted. I think it couldn't have worked after all. Not as a movie format. Finally, I have to put the blame on the studio that cancelled the show, for not having enough faith in a new concept to let it grow an audience. All has to be quick money, so they prefer milking but the last drop out of worn-out concepts and dead ideas instead of making way for a new one. It's a damn shame. A damn shame.
