s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

Last night we went and watched a sneak preview of Serentiy. For those of you don’t know, this is the movie based on the tragically short-lived SF series Firefly. It was good. Very good. Some surprises, which I will not reveal as they would be massive spoilers for those of you who have not seen it. After the film we managed to find a few people who had not seen Firefly before, but they really enjoyed it too, and “got” everything that was going on. I hope the movie is really popular, since I have heard they have options for a few more movies, and we can always hope the TV series would be revived if there was sufficient interest.

The short intro clip by Joss (the writer/director) was also very cute- especially the Lederhosen comment.

This sneak preview sucked in a good fraction of the geek population of Wellington. Our tickets were arranged and purchased by Thomas (yay Thomas!), a fellow I met through wargaming. A huge chunk of the local SCA group was there, and we spotted a number of Bellydancers we know.

Before the show they had a “Shindig” at Coyote, a western-themed bar across the street from the theater. Part of this was a costume contest. Tam won a prize. This is especially amusing because she was just wearing her work clothes, but they were sufficiently interesting and ethnic to garner a gift certificate. Hee!

Great comment from Kerry before the film started. She looked around the packed theater, and considering the crowd said “I bet Wellingtons internet useage has dropped significantly tonight.” :)