Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

Or possibly not, but we don’t like to let facts get in the way of a good headline here in the blogosphere (god I hate that word). A heavily linked to article at Entertainment Weekly suggests that Whedon has now moved on from Firefly and Serenity after lackluster box office takings for the movie. This seems to have caused a firestorm all over the internet with people taking ridiculous stances…

While the first part of my Serenity DVD review focused on the movie itself, here I’m looking specifically at the DVD presentation of that movie. Before I cover the specifics of the extras, it’s worth noting that both the image and sound quality was extremely high on the pre-release copy that I received.

Serenity Deleted and Extended Scenes

There are quite a variety of extended and deleted scenes presented in the DVD…

I was fortunate enough to be offered a pre-release copy of the DVD for Joss Whedon’s Serenity. I said yes of course. Serenity is the movie sequel to Whedon’s short lived tv series Firefly. Though no doubt most of my regular readers are perfectly well aware of that. In this first part of a two part review I take a look at the movie Serenity itself. Part two will look…

The DVD of Serenity, Joss Whedon’s movie sequel to his short-lived series Firefly will be released on December 20th 2005. Thats only 3 months after the movie came out in theaters. Serenity will have a recommended retail price of $29.98

Serenity DVD Details
Serenity stars Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk and was directed by Joss Whedon. The movie will be offered in 2.35:1 anamporphic widescreen with English and French Dolby…

When you look at the prime movers in genre television over the last decade and a half, one name is going to come up a lot. Joss Whedon (full name Joseph Hill Whedon) was born on June 23rd 1864. He attended Winchester College in England and went on to receive a film degree at Wesleyan University in 1987.

While Whedon is probably still best known for his work on Buffy the…