Former Buffy villain Nathan Fillion straps on his six-shooter, hoists his rubber suspenders, and patches together his crappy spaceship in his long-awaited (well, two years) return as outlaw Capt. Mal Reynolds in the big screen sci fi epic "Serenity."
Our Captain Mal again leads a grumbling, ragtag motley crew on a rickety spaceship-for-hire 500 years in the future. If you were able to catch the original TV series "Firefly" that the movie is based on, you may remember that the Fox Network ran it for all of 11 episodes before canceling it AFTER they butchered it, first, by not showing the premiere episode, then by showing other episodes out of sequence in order to confuse ANY fans the show might attract. Despite Fox's botch job, the fans stuck with the series anyway. Hopefully, the feature film will have a more successful launch.
I'm excited to see this since Creator Joss Whedon (who also did "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") has brought back all nine original cast members. The short-lived TV series already has a cult following (fans call themselves "The Browncoats") and the film, which opens Friday, will likely see sequels if this one makes a huge weekend box office splash. (It will.) And according to Sci Fi Wire, "Most of the cast of...Serenity...have signed on for two more movies." Watch the trailer - it rocks.
