Serenity fans remain unstoppable

Serenity fans have a saying: Never give up, never surrender.

Shit, wrong movie.

Well, that should be our saying because damned if we don't keep coming back for more. Fans have organized 47 (!) and counting charity screenings of Serenity (the big-screen continutation of the old Fox TV series, Firefly) in around the world. After the disappointing box-office it's hoped that there may be enough interest to continue the series in some form, whether as straight to DVD or theatrical or TV movies. Read the 2scoops review of Serenity here. Do yourself a favour and check out a sci-fi adventure film with characters, plot, clever dialogue and all types of stuff that you'd assume would be in most sci-fi movies, but just have been missing lately. Apparently we're stubborn about getting the public to watch good movies. Go figure.

I remembered the quote that we live by:

We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

- Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly

Hell yes. I like to think the fans identify with Mal, the main character who was on a losing side of a war, takes something that he loves (his ship) and manages to keep it flying.

Can't Stop the Serenity in Toronto

Joss Whedon's magnificent space opera, Serenity, returns to Toronto this weekend in a special charity screening, which provides Torontonians with a) another chance to catch one of last year's best movies, and b) more proof that the Browncoats (as Serenity's fans are generally known) are pretty much unstoppable.

Toronto's Serenity screening will be held at the Royal at 4:00 on Saturday. Tickets are $10 at the door. More info can be found at Canadian Browncoats, or at CantStopTheSerenity.com.