Question for people who saw the Serenity pre-screenings

[brak666]

Now that I've seen the movie, I'm curious about how it compares to the version that they showed in the pre-screens. As I understand it, the music and some of the sound effects hadn't been added yet. But were there any other changes? Were scenes cut or trimmed? Were things added? I'm very curious.

Comments

[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

I heard that very early screenings ended at "Do we have a kill order?" but I feel that was more a choice of not wanting to give away the ending so early. Then again that could be complete hearsay and totally untrue... though it does smack of the Angel series finale so I wouldn't have put it past Joss to have wanted to end it at that point.

[bayleaf.livejournal.com]

Then again that could be complete hearsay and totally untrue
No, that's true. The beta-test screening in LA ended with 'Do we have a kill order,' but the audience feedback was very negative. I think that ending is appropriate for a season finale, perhaps, but not a movie so I'm glad he changed it. (And maybe you're right and he just didn't want to give away the ending, who knows.)

I'm not sure what else, if anything, changed since I saw the movie in June.

[natlyn.livejournal.com]

In June there was narrative over some of the concluding scenes, including the Simon/Kaylee one, basically saying how the crew was getting on in the aftermath.

[brak666.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Do you remember what any of it said?

[natlyn.livejournal.com]

Not really. Something about Simon having time for Kaylee now, something about Zoe grieving. ::shakes head:: Sorry, I'm not even sure who did the voiceover. I think I was pretty much still in shock.

[arallara.livejournal.com]

I saw one of the first round of advance screenings, and the one thing I felt frustrated with was Wash's death. Not in and of itself, but because I didn't feel like he had been present enough in the movie overall for his death to have the emotional impact Joss was clearly looking for. It's like he hadn't earned that moment of shock, you know? For people who have never seen Firefly, especially, I think they wouldn't have been invested enough in the character to be affected by his death. Joss must have heard that from a lot of fans because Wash was *definitely* more emotionally present throughout the final cut than he was in the first one. I can't remember the version I saw well enough to know if he added entire new scenes with Wash, but he was certainly more *there*, adding emotional texture to a lot of scenes with his little jokes and commentary and questions, and I think it made his death *much* more narratively successful.

(Also, I haven't read your first post on Serenity yet--just not ready to read other people's responses--but I've bookmarked it for later!)

[jkivela.livejournal.com]

Hello! I'm a friend of anothersuperboy and was reading your fic a bit ago (commented as pollyjuiceboy, that's my slash journal). Was looking though your info, saw a bunch of things we have in common (interests and comms) and wondered if you'd care terribly if I friended you.

Hope to talk to you soon.

Oh, and your Colossus stuff was awesome, BTW. I'll just say that again.

[brak666.livejournal.com]

I don't mind at all. And thanks for the notes about my X-Men story. I've always been proud of that one.

[jkivela.livejournal.com]

You should be. I was able to fill my Colossus fix last night with it.