If you don’t know what Serenity is… then go to Amazon and buy this:
For the rest of us, they have released a new DVD (with a bunch of new stuff)
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SerenityStuff » Blog Archive » 25 reasons why you should buy the Serenity Collector’s Edition DVD
Oddly enough, there may be Browncoats out there who are on the fence about this. “I’ve already got the movie. In fact, I have it in fullscreen, widescreen, HD, PSP, and three different download formats, plus a couple of overseas versions. I need another one?”
Yes. Yes, you do. And here’s why.
1. More stuff you don’t need an all-regions DVD player to see. With this 2-disc set you’ll finally get the features that Europe and Australia got already (You don’t get the long Q&A Joss did in Australia, but you can catch that on Youtube). First up: The Extended Scenes (6 min. 45 sec.). Longer versions of some of the scenes in the movie, including more Mal and Inara.
2. You love buying new Serenity things, admit it. It makes you tingly.
3. Owning this frees you up to give away your old one and spread the word. Give it to your friends — assuming you have any that have resisted this long.
4. Longer “behind the scenes” feature. This is the Aussie cut, with more scenes (including some from the first cast table read).
5. Somewhere there is a network executive(s) who is still baffled at the refusal of this property to die, despite his, her, or their best efforts. Buy the DVD with a song in your heart.
6. “A Filmmakers Journey” (19 min. 49 sec.). How Joss took “Serenity” from a cancelled show to a new movie.
7. Better cover art. Way, way better cover art. It’s not 11th Hour quality, but few things in this world are and this is much classier. Not a llama in sight.
8. “Take a Walk on Serenity” (4 min.). Joss, Nathan, Alan, and Adam take us on a special tour of the Serenity ship. Worth it to see Jayne flying the ship.
9. DVD Feng Shui. You’ve already got “Serenity” DVDs on your shelf with brown and blue edges, you need a black one to balance ‘em out.
10. The Session 416 videos (7 min. 52 sec). River’s scary-cool progression through the Academy. I loved seeing ‘em online but I can’t wait to see ‘em on a bigger screen.
11. Can you be sure this isn’t a different cut? Maybe Wash lives. Maybe Book and Inara finally realize they’re meant for each other (and where are the Book-Inara shippers? Let’s step up, people…). You know, you’d better get one, just to make sure.
12. New packaging. A Digipak case, one of the ones you see in special edition DVDs and TV DVD sets, with a gatefold, foldout design and often a slipcase. I’m thinking that means more photos, more text, all good.
13. Because how cool would it be to see Best Buy pulling out pallets of the thing to meet demand.
14. “The Green Clan” (3 min. 3 sec). A featurette on cinematographer Jack M. Green and his family/crew.
15. You can donate your old copy to your local library. Or a distant library. Or just give it to a thrift store so someone else can stumble across it.
16. Finally you can see the Fruity Oaty feature without remembering which up-down-sideways buttons to hit to get to the easter egg.
17. “SciFi Inside: Serenity” (21 min. 41 sec). The pre-movie SciFi Channel special hosted by Adam Baldwin. Cast interviews, lots of scenes from the movie.
18. Support the troops. There are soldiers overseas that dsperately need something fun in their lives, and here you are with an extra movie lying around…
19. It is the responsibility of every patriotic American to boost our economy. Probably it’s the same for Canadians, even if their dollar is doing better than ours these days. In fact, Americans had better buy two DVDs.
20. Brand. New. Cast. Commentary. Joss, Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass talking about our favorite movie. Face it, this is a good enough reason all by itself.
21. Opportunities for random kindness. Hand your old copy to the first person you see on the street. Leave it on a bus, or in a restaurant booth.
22. Amazon rankings. At the moment, two weeks before it hits the streets, this re-release of a break-even movie based on a cancelled TV show is at #61 in DVD sales and moving up. After a summer of big-budget and largely disappointing movies, I want to see this at #1.
23. There’s a new front page at the official Serenity movie site, with new video clips. You don’t want them to have wasted all that work, do you? Go check it out.
24. Because you need a reason for a new shindig. DVD release party! Get the gang together and go move “Serenity” in front of “Wild Hogs” on the shelves at Wal-Mart.
25. And the big reason: “Serenity 2.” It is by no means definite, and is in fact one hell of a long shot, but there’s that possibility that massive sales of this DVD could lead to more Serenity in some form. From Joss’ interview at Comic Con with RopeofSilicon:
So give me hope for a Serenity II
JW: Hope for it probably rests with this DVD.
Well I’ll buy one.
JW: Actually I will too, people ask me why I would buy my own DVD and I tell them do you have any idea how awesome it is to buy your own movie?
So then you’re saying we’ve got a chance?
JW: Well it’s probably not being discussed in boardrooms right now, but the fact of the matter is if it makes enough money sooner or later they say “hey, this is money!”
Fan that I am, I don’t see another movie coming (although I would love to be wrong). But I could see more Serenity of some sort resulting. An animated series? Books? Radio shows?
Serenity Collector’s Edition DVD – A guide to what’s new, what’s not
OK folks, let’s clear this up. Here’s what you’re going to get on the new 2-disc DVD, for those of us who have dabbled in (ahem) other regions. CE refers to the new edition.
The Movie. 1 hour, 59 minutes. Dual layer, Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1), Dolby 5.1. Also, awesomeness. On all versions
Subtitles. CE: English SDH, French, and Spanish, same as the first US release. The UK had a few more: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Italy and Australia got Croatian subtites, Italy also had (duh) Italian. Asian releases had Chinese, Japanese, etc.
Joss’ introduction. The original 4-minute clip shown before the movie screenings. On all versions.
Joss Whedon commentary. Joss telling us about his baby. On all versions.
Cast commentary. With Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass. I get goose pimply just thinking about it. This is brand new, CE only.
Deleted scenes. 14 min., 37 sec. of deleted and extended scenes, with optional commentary by Joss Whedon. Everyone got these before. They include:
- “Extended Lilac Entrance” – More River on the mule.
- “Extended Kaylee And Jayne” – Kaylee talking to Jayne as he cleans up Reaver bits.
- “Inara And Sheydra” – Inara and Sheydra scene from the Companion Training House.
- “Operative Tracks Mal” – The Operative researches mal and discovers a weakness.
- “Extended River And Simon/Haven Opening” – River sees death for everyone. Longer Haven sequence, longer Mal and Book scene.
- “Escape From The Companion Training House” – Mal and Inara’s escape from ther Training House, and the uses of a fake grenade.
- “Mal And Inara Shuttle Chase” – Longer scene.
- “Mal And Inara Quiet Moment” – Mal and Inara talking in Inara’s shuttle.
- “Extended Mal And Operative Coda” – Longer final scene with the Operative.
Extended scenes. An Australian exclusive, now on the CE. You get:
- Extended Fanty & Mingo (2.15 min.) More conversation in the Maidenhead Bar.
- Extended Mal & Irena Wave (2.16 min.) Chattier Wave conversation between Mal and Inara.
- Extended Mal & Operative In Companion Training House (0.49 min.) A few extra lines between Mal and the Operative.
- Extended Mal & Irena Shuttle Improv (0.50 min.) A punchy Mal dissing the Operative during the shuttle chase scene.
Outtakes. 6 min., 2 sec. of comedy gold. On all versions.
“Future History: The Story of Earth-That-Was.” Joss talking about the origins of the show, with some movie clips. 4 min., 32 sec. On all versions.
“What’s in a Firefly” Joss, executive producers Christopher Buchanan and Alisa Tager, CG supervisor Emil Smith, producer Barry Mendel, and visual effects supervisors Loni Peristere and Bud Myrick talk about the movie’s visual effects, particularly the mule chase scene and the final battle death spiral. 6 min., 33 sec. On all versions.
“Re-Lighting the Firefly” Joss and the crew on the fanbase and bringing the show to the big screen. 9 min., 41 sec. On all versions.
“We’ll Have a Fruity Oaty Good Time.” A hidden featurette explaining how the commercial came to be and the commercial itself, in its entirety. 1 min. 35 sec. To find the easter egg in the original DVDs, go to the main menu, select (but don’t click on) “play movie,” then press the left button. A design on the right will highlight. Press play. Don’t know yet if this will be an easter egg or regular feature on the CE. On all versions.
“A Filmmaker’s Journey.” How Joss went about making the movie. Includes scenes from the first cast table read. 19 min, 49 sec. Previously available on the R2 (Europe, Northern Asia) and Australian versions.
“Take a Walk on Serenity.” Previously exclusive to the Australian version. Joss, Nathan, Alan, and Adam take us on a special tour of the Serenity ship. Worth it to see Jayne flying the ship.
“The Green Clan.” Previously exclusive to the Australian version. A featurette on cinematographer Jack M. Green and his family/crew. 3 min. 3 sec.
“SciFi Inside: Serenity” The pre-movie SciFi Channel special hosted by Adam Baldwin. Cast interviews, lots of scenes from the movie. 21 min. 41 sec. Never on DVD before.
“Session 416.” The viral videos Joss did with River and released anonymously online before the movie. They will be shown in the out-of-order sequence they were originally released in. Never on DVD before.
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